History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Part 117

Author: Johnson, Crisfield
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Number of Pages: 716


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Meanwhile, not withstanding the various enterprises which have already been mentioned, from lyceums to grindstone factories there were but twelve families in Berea in 1845, and half of these, as Mr. Baldwin says, were talking about moving away. Dr. Henry Parker also says that there were then but about a dozen houses in the village. The village store was then owned by Mr. Case. Holbrook's school apparatus fac- tory was in operation, and two small woolen factories had also been established; one by James and Augustus Northrop and one by John Baldwin. At this time, the Berea lyceum having gone down, Mr. Baldwin who had been fortunate in his business operations, determined to establish, if possible, the cause of high and thorough education at Berea on a solid basis.


There was then an institution under the auspices of the North Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church, at Norwalk. Huron county, which was painfully maintaining a feeble existence. Mr. Bald- win, as early as September, 1849. proposed that that establishment, at least so far as the patron- age of the church was concerned, should be trans- ferred to Berea, and offered to give fifty acres of land, including most of the grindstone quarries and an abundant water-power, for the support of the insti- tution. The offer was accepted, and a brick build- ing. thirty-six feet by seventy-two, was erected on the west, or rather southwest side of the river, during the summer of 1845. In June of that year Mr. Baldwin made a further gift of fifty lots, of a quarter acre each. with the requisite streets and alleys, for the benefit. of the institution. A charter was ob- tained in December, 1845, the school being called the Baldwin Institute. It was opened on the 9th of April. 1846, with the Reverend Il. Dwight, A. M., as principal, and having just a hundred students, sixty-one males and thirty-nine females.


The school soon became a decided snecess, and peo- ple began to settle in Berea, in order to obtain the advantages of it. The change was not very great, however, for several years more. The surface devoted to farming was steadily but slowly increased. as peo- ple began to learn that there was a good basis to the damp-looking soil of Middleburg, and that when properly treated it could be relied on to produce good crops. It was not until 1848, nearly forty years after the first settlement of the township, that a physician deemed it worth while to locate there. This was Dr. Alexander MeBride, who began a practice at Berea


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in the year named and remained until his death, in | lots in Berea. forbidding the sale of intoxicating 1826.


At length, in 1849, the Cleveland. Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad (which now has another city at- tached to its top-heavy title) was built through the township. After this there was a marked improve- ment, both in Berea village and the rest of Middle- burg. Even the deer took warning from the shrick of the locomotive and the too numerous rifles of the settlers, and abandoned the ground they had so long maintained. Mr. L. A. Fowls, whose skill as a hunter causes him to be frequently mentioned in our sketch, says that he killed five deer the year after the construction of the railroad, which were the last that were heard of in the township.


Since 1849 the increase of Berea has been rapid and permanent, and the township outside has also greatly improved. Soon after that time Mr. Baldwin built a railroad, on which to freight stone from his quarry, running along the main road from Berea to the rail- road about a mile distant, using the old-fashioned flat rail, over which he hauled cars loaded with stone by means of ox-teams. As business increased, and the track became crowded with cars, " pony " engines were employed in place of oxen. Mr. Baldwin main- tained the road about ten years, when the railroad company built a new track, nearer the river, on which steam alone is used.


Meanwhile the Berea grindstones had been intro- dneed into New York City, and had been found equal or superior to those previously imported at great ex- pense. Meanwhile, too, Berea stone had begun to be largely employed for building purposes. As early as 1846 David E. Stearns had begun running a saw with which the huge blocks of stone could be cut into slabs of convenient size for use in architecture. The building stone business, like the grindstone business, increased immensely, and now Berea stone is used in enormous quantities in nearly all parts of the United States, not only for solid walls, but for cornices, mouldings and similar architectural purposes. Some of the facts regarding this important business are given farther on. The situation and extent of the great mass of rock, of which the Berea stone is an outerop, as well as the constituents of which it is formed, are shown in the chapter of the general his- tory devoted to geology.


By the side of these material interests. the higher mental and moral welfare of the community was not neglected. In 1855 Baldwin Institute was transferred into Baldwin University, of which a full account is given on page two hundred and two in the general history of the county. At a later day the German Wallace College was established, which is described in the same chapter as the university. The temper- ance sentiment, which, as before stated, had been awakened as early as 1832. continued to increase, and even the presence of a large unmber of miners, work- ing in the quarries, has failed to overcome it. A clause has been put in most of the original deeds of


1 liquors upon them, and very few if any places for the sale of such liquors have ever been allowed in the vil- lage. Undoubtedly considerable liquor has been sold and drank in underhanded ways, but it is believed that Berea will compare favorably in this respect with any other village of its size in the State.


In the township at large the signs of material im- provement were everywhere seen. The log houses of the pioneers, many of which remained to a later date than in any other township in the county, gave place to neat framed buildings: the wet lands were drained, and ample crops rewarded the enterprise of the farmers.


When the life of the nation was assailed the sons of Middleburg showed that material prosperity had not demoralized their courage nor benumbed their vigor. The names of the Middleburg soldiers will be found with the sketches of the regiments in which they served. Since the war the progress of the township has been equally marked, although of course the financial crisis of 1813 seriously decreased the demand for Berea stone. A peculiar industry of the last few years has been the raising of onions and other vegetables in the vicinity of Lake Abram. The "muck," of which the shores of that lake are composed, was found to be especially adapted to this kind of culture, and large tracts were thus employed. In 1876 the outlet was enlarged and a portion of the lake was drained, the ground thus obtained having since been devoted prin- eipally to the culture of onions. Immense quantities are raised: being shipped to Cleveland and numerous other cities of Ohio, and to the principal places along the lower Mississippi, including many large shipments to New Orleans. Of the .. Red Wethersfield " onions eight hundred bushels per acre are sometimes produced.


Before giving the separate sketches of churches, ete., with which our township histories usually elose. we turn once more to the quarries and stone mills at Berea. Notwithstanding the financial depression of the last few years (from which, however, this indus- try, with others, is already recovering) there are few more lively scenes to be observed than that which en- livens the banks of Rocky river. Hundreds of laborers are at work, removing the earth and shale from above the sandstone. "trenching," or cutting a face against which to work, and " capping," which is channeling into the rock with picks. When the stone is thus cut into blocks weighing from one ton upwards, these are seized by mighty steam derricks, which lift their speetral arms amid the muddy desolation around, and are swung gently to a stone-mill or to a truck on one of the little railroads which wind in and out beside the river. Blocks of near a thousand tons have been moved a short distance by wedges.


In the mill the block is placed on a frame when it is sliced up by a gang of saws very much as a big pine log is managed in a sawmill, though somewhat more slowly. But the "saws " are not like any others-being merely straight, thin pieces of steel, without teeth which work their way through the


Henry Parker MQ


The gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch is descended from one of the old New England families. His grandfather, Benjamin, was a resident of Connecticut ; was born May 25, 1755, and was married June 27, 1778, his wife having been born Sept. 9, 1755. They lived to a good old age, the former dying Feb. 22, 1823, the latter April 19, 1841.


Henry Parker's father, Henry, was born at Wallingford, Conn., June 4, 1792, where he remained till 1815, when he emigrated West and settled in the town of Brunswick, Medina Co., Ohio. During the trip from Connecticut, which was accomplished by teams across the country, he became acquainted with his future wife, Miss Melinda Harvey, and on March 16 of the following year they were married, being the first white couple to wed in the town of Brunswick. She was born in Tyringham, Mass., April 9, 1796. Their family consisted of four children, the subject of our sketch being the youngest child and only son. He was born in Brunswick, April 28, 1824. His father, who was engaged in agricultural pursuits, died when Henry was only two years old. Some years after his mother was married to Abraham Conyne, of Strongs- ville, Cuyahoga Co., a miller by trade, and removed her family to that point in 1830.


Dr. Parker's early life was passed in assisting his stepfather in his grist- and saw-mill, and he had therefore a poor oppor- tunity of receiving an education, which was limited to what could be procured at the common schools in the district. He remained in Strongsville till 1844, when he journeyed West and located at Laporte, Ind., where he followed the trade of painting. He remained there till the following year, when he removed to Berea, Ohio, and was employed in a woolen-mill at seven dollars and board per month. In 1846 he commenced the study of medicine, and was graduated from the American Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1854. He has always practiced at Berea, but his business has extended into the five adjoining towns. He has been since 1871 a member of the Ohio State Eclectic Medical Association, and is the present


president of that organization. In 1872 he became a member of the National Eclectic Association.


He was married, Nov. 23, 1847, to Elizabeth, daughter of Sullivan and Aurilla Sherwood, of Royalston, Cuyahoga Co. Her parents were among the early settlers of that town, her father having driven the first ox-team into the township, where she was born Ang. 1x, 1824. By this union he had four children, one of whom died in infancy ; the others are as follows : Henry E., born Nov. 20, 1851, married, and a partner with his father in the practice of medicine; James MI., born Oct. 13, 1853, at Attica, Sencca Co., Ohio; and Charles W., born Aug. 26, 1860, secretary and treasurer of the Berea Savings Loan Association, of which institution Dr. Parker was one of the original founders and incorporators, and of which he has been the president since its organization. A Republican in politics. Dr. Parker was formerly a Free-Soiler, and between 1840 and 1843 was instrumental in helping many a runaway to Canada. He has never been an aspirant for political honors, but has represented his fellow-citizens at different times in the various village and township offices, and has performed his duties with satisfaction to his constitu- ency. During the year 1862, while the war of the Rebellion was in progress, he was appointed by Dr. J. S. Newberry, of Cleveland (who was general manager of the Western Sanitary Commission), and received a commission from Edwin M. Stanton, secretary of war, and Surg .- Gen. Hammond to perform the duties of camp and hospital inspector. In this capacity he served two years and a half, giving satisfaction to the general government and his fellow-soldiers. While in the service he was located in Western Virginia; was with the army of the Cumberland, and with the 14th Army Corps, under Gen. Sherman. Dr. Parker, in allowing his portrait and biography to appear in this work, is simply showing to coming generations an example of what industry, energy, and perseverance can accomplish. He is emphatically a self- made man, and in his varied career as a citizen, neighbor, or physician merits the respect and honor of all.


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stone by fricnon; their progress being facilitated by a plentiful application of water.


But it is in the grindstone factories that a stranger sees the most interesting processes carried on. The method of operation has not been materially changed in principle since John Baldwin fastened his iron shaft to the old water-wheel forty-seven years ago, keyed a rough grindstone to the shaft, and then held a bar against its sides and edge; but the process has been much facilitated by practice. The mills are operated by steam, and the shafts whirl with lightning like rapidity. A stone is placed upon one of them, and in an instant is flying around at the rate of several hundred revolutions per minute. Two sturdy men stand beside it, with heavy iron bars, which they ap- ply to the revolving stone. Crash-crash-crash -- a blaze shoots from every one of a thousand angles -- the dust rolls out in clouds, but is quickly borne away by the patent " blower " which is one of the principal improvements lately adopted -crash - crash-the sparks grow finer as the stone becomes smoother-and at the end of from two to five minutes, according to size, the stone is llung from the shaft, finished.


The blower in question was invented by John Baldwin, Jr., and has been of the greatest benefit to the laborers. Formerly many died of what was called " grindstone consumption;" their lungs being found, after death. to be filled with the fine, flour- like dust, with which the air was impregnated during the turning process. The disease has now disap- peared.


We give below a list of the principal companies and firms engaged in the stone business at Berea, with some facts regarding them:


THEE BEREA STONE COMPANY.


In February, 1871. the interests of Lyman Baker & Co., F. M. Stearns, W. R. Wood & Co., George W. Whitney and C. W. Stearns were consolidated, and the persons named organized a joint-stock company to be known as the Berea Stone Company, with a cap- ital of $500,000. Lyman Baker was chosen president and F. M. Stearns, vice president. secretary and trea- surer. F. M. Stearns is now the president and Lyman Baker the secretary and treasurer. and they, with Robert Wallace, George Nokes and C. W. Stearns. form the board of directors. The company's quarries cover about forty acres, and give employment to one hundred men. Its productions include building-stone. grindstones seythe-stones, etc., etc. The building stone is marketed from the Atlantic to the Missis- sippi, and even west of that stream. The grind- stones have a still wider market; three thousand tons of which are manufactured yearly, and shipped to all parts of the world.


THE BALDWIN QUARRY COMPANY.


This company was chartered in 1873, with a capital of $160,000. Its quarries ocenpy about ten acres, yielding Building-stone, flagging, curbing, grind-


stones, etc., and employing from forty to sixty men. John Baldwin, Jr., is the president, and J. Le Duke. secretary and treasurer, as they have been since the organization of the company. They, with James Dunn and J. B. Kramer, compose the board of di- rectors.


RUSSELL & FORCHE succeeded in 1878 to the Dia- mond Quarry Company. They now work about four acres of quarries and employ fifteen men. They get ont nothing but building-stone and flagging. Their quarries are claimed to have produced thirty thou- sand tons of stone in 1828.


THE EMPIRE STONE COMPANY, represented by the firm of Stearns & Wallace, began business in 1874. It has three acres of quarries and employs ten men. It ships about three hundred tons of grindstones yearly, and from forty to one hundred tons of build- ing-stone daily.


J. MCDERMOTT & Co., whose operations at Berea date from 1853, became a chartered corporation in 18:3. with a capital of $250.000. They employ one hundred and fifty men, their quarries cover from thirty to forty acres, and they ship daily four hun- dred tons of building-stone, grindstones, etc. They forward large quantities of building-stone to Canada, while their grindstones are sent to Europe, Australia and other foreign regions. The officers of the cor- poration are Wm. MeDermott, president; E. (. Pope, secretary and treasurer; M. MeDermott is the superintendent.


PRINCIPAL TOWNSHIP OFFICERS, SO FAR AS THEY CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE RECORDS.


1-19. Justice of the peace, Ephraim Vaughn; township clerk, Jared Hickox.


1822 Trustee, Amos Briggs: justice of the peace, Jared Hickox ; ap praiser, Hosea Bradford.


1823 Trustees, David Harrington, Abraham Fowls, Richard Vaughn ; derk. Wheeler Wellman; overseers of the poor, Jared Hickox, Ephraim Fowls: lister, Jared Hickox: appraiser, Ephraim Vaughn: treasuser, Silas Gardner


1424 Trustees, D. Harrington, E. Vaughn, Thaddeus Ball: overseers of the poor, Benj. Colby, Silas Gardner: lister. J. Vaughn; appraiser, E. Fowls; treasurer, A. Fowls.


1825 Trustees, Buel Prek, Silas Becket, Elias C. Frost; elerk, John Barnum: overseers of the poor, Elliot Smith, A. Fowls; lister and ap_ praiser. J. Vaughn; treasurer, Isaac Frost


1: Trustees, E. C. Frost, B. Peck, S. Becket: clerk, J. Barnunt; overseers of the poor, Watrous Usher, Wheeler Wellman: treasurer, Isaac Frost: lister, Lewis Adams; appraiser, John Adams.


1827. Trustees, A. Fowls, J. Vaughn. Valentine Gardner: elerk, Benj. Tuttle: overseers of the poor, S. Gardner, S. Becket: treasurer, Amos Gardner: justice of the peace, Eli Osborn.


1824. Trustees, E. Fowls. S. Gardner, E. Vaughn; clerk, Eli Osborn, overseers of the poor Philo Fowls, Paul Gardner: treasurer, A. Gardner 1529 Trustees, V. Gardner, Benj. Colby, Sheldon Frary : overseers of the poor, S. Gardner, A. Fowls; treasurer. A. Gardner.


183. Trustees, Solomon Lovejoy, A. Fowls, S. Becket; clerk. John Baldwin: overseers of the poor, S. Lovejoy, S. Becket.


1831. Trustees, E. Fowls, E. Vaughn, Patrick Humaston; clerk, Mer- ritt Osborn: overseers of the poor. John Baldwin, Abijah Bagley ; treas- urer, S. Gardner.


1832. Trustees, Major Bassett, Merritt Osborn, A. V. Green; clerk, P. Humaston; overseers of the poor, A. Fowis, S. Becket; treasurer, Philo Fowls.


1833. Trustees, S. Lovejoy, E. Fowis, B. Colby; clerk, A. Gardner: overseers of the poor. A. Fowls. S. Gardner; treasurer, P. Garduer.


1+34. Trustees, A. Fowls, J. Vanghn, Chas. Green; clerk, Russell Gardner; overseers of the poor, D. Fowls, S. Gardner; treasurer, P Gardner.


1835. Trustees, A. Fowls, Clark Goss. Libbeus 'Pomeroy: clerk, .J Baldwin: overseers of the poor, S. Gardner, P. Gardner: treasurer. V. Gardtter.


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1836. Trustees, A. Fowls, ( Goss, J. Baldwin; clerk, J. Baldwin; overseers of the poor, P. Gardner, S. Gardner; treasurer, V. Gardner; justices, Benj. Colby, Jere. Fuller.


1837. Trustees, C Goss, Enuch G. Watrous. Major Basseit; clerk, Chas. Bassett; overseers of the poor, S Gardner. P. Gardner; school examiners, J. Baldwin, J. Fuller, Henry O. Sheklon: justice, Henry R. Ferris.


1838. Trustees, A. Fowls, Moses Cousins. L. Pomeroy; clerk, J. Ful- ler: overseers of the poor, A. Fowls, E. G. Watrous.


1839. Trustees, A. Fowls, M. Cousins, L Pomeroy; clerk, C. Goss; overseers of the poor. M. Cousins. C. Goss.


1840. Trustees, MI Cousins, Amasa B. Andrews, Jerome Raymond: clerk, George R Whitney: overseers of the poor, David Smith, Silas Becket ; treasurer, Isaac Meacham.


1841. Trustees, M. Cousins, Justus Sheldon, Nelson Pomeroy ; clerk, Philemon Barber: overseers of the poor, J. Sheldon, S. Gardner: treas- urer, L. Pomeroy; justice, P. Barber


1842. Trustees, J. Sheldon, N. Pomeroy, John W Fairchild: clerk P. Barber; overseers of the poor, E. G. Watrous, Jerome Raymond; treasurer, G. R. Whitney ; assessor, Wm. Sheldon.


1843. Trustees, M. Cousins, J. Sheldon, M. Bassett; clerk. P. Barber; overseers of the poor, W. Sheldon, J. Fuller; treasurer, G. R. Whitney; assessor, Daniel Fairchild.


1844. Trustees A. Fowls, C. Goss. N. Pomeroy; elerk, Morris Hep- hurn: overseers of the poor, J. Baldwin, S. Gardner; treasurer, David Goss; assessor, W. Sheldon.


1845 Trustees, M. Cousins, Lawson Brown, David Smith: clerk, J. MeB. Lewis; overseers of the poor, A. Fowls, J. Sheldon : treasurer, D. Goss.


1846. Trustees, A. Fowls, J. Sheldon. F. (' Coltier; clerk, S. H. Wool- sey : treasurer. J. Fuller; assessor, M Hepburn.


1847 Trustees, A. FowIs, J. Sheldon, E C. Coltier; clerk and assessor, M. Hepburn: treasurer, J. Fuller.


1848. Trustees. A. Fowls, J. Sheldon, J. Fuller: clerk and assessor, M. llepburn: treasurer. J. Fuller.


1849. Trustees. M. Cousins, Lawrence Freeman, David Gardner; clerk and assessor, M. Hepburn; treasurer, J Fuller.


1650 Trustees. M. Cousins, D. Gardner, Lewis A. Fowis: clerk and as- sessor, M. Hepburn ; treasurer, J. Fuller.


1851. Trustees, M. Cousins, D. Gardner, L A. Fowls; clerk and asses- sor. M. Hepburn: treasurer, J. Fuller.


1852. Trustees, M. Consins, D. Gardner, L. A. Fowls; clerk and as- sessor, M. Hepburn: treasurer, J. Fuller.


1853. Trustees, D. Gardner, J. Sheldon, A. Lovejoy ; clerk and asses- sor, M. Hepburn; treasurer, J. Fuller.


1854. Trustees, J. Sheldon. A. Lovejoy, James Wallace; clerk, M. Hepburn; treasurer, Jonathan Pickard; assessor. L A Fowls.


1855. Trustees, J. Sheldon, A. Lovejoy, David Gardner; clerk, Har- mon P. Hepburn; treasurer, J. Pickard; assessor, E. F. Chester.


1836. Trustees, G. R. Whitney, C. C. Bennett, Salon W. Smith: clerk, John Watson; treasurer, Silas Clapp: assessor, Adna Warner.


1857. Trustees, G. R. Whitney, C. C. Bennett. S. W. Smith: clerk, John Watson; treasurer, Silas Clapp: assessor. Levi B Warner.


1858. Trustees, S. W. Smith, Wm. Sutton, Eli Dunsher: clerk, J. Watson; treasurer, S Clapp: assessor, L B. Warner.


1859. Trustees, S. W. South, W. Sutton, Jas. S. Smedley ; treasurer, S. Clapp; assessor, L. B. Warner.


1860. Trustees. S. W. Smith, Wm Sutton. Wm. Newton; clerk, Geo. S. Clapp: treasurer, Silas Clapp; assessor. L. B Wainer.


1861. Trustees. S. W. Smith, W. Sutton, J. S. Smedley : elerk, Wm. B. Rugeis: treasurer, Roht. Wallace: assessor. L. B. Warner.


1862. Trustees, L. A. Fowls, W. Sutton. J. S. Smedley: clerk. J. Watson: treasurer, R. Wallace: assessor, L. B. Warner.


1863 Trustees, L. A. Fowls, W. Sutton, J. S. Smedley; clerk, J. Watson: treasurer. S. Clapp: assessor, L. B. Warner.


1861. Trustees, J. Sheldon, Conrad Stumpf, Wm. Pritchard: clerk, J. Watson; treasurer, Geo. Nokes: assessor. B. Wallace.


1863. Trustees, J Sheldon. W. Pritchard. ( C. Bennett; clerk, A. S. Allen: treasurer, John S. Miller; assessor, John Watson.


1866. Trustees. C. C. Bennett. T. Quayle. E. B. Gardner; clerk, A. S. Allen; treas rer, John S. Miller; assessor, Geo. Nokes.


1×61. Trustees, Henry Bevares, P B Gardner, Amos Fay; clerk. J. l'. Mills; treasurer, J S. Smedley : assessor, N. D. Meacham.


1868. Trustees, P. B. Gardner, Amos Fay. S. W. Perry; clerk, J. P. Mills; treasurer. T. J. Quayle: assessor, N. D. Meacham.


1869. Trustees. V. W. Perry, Wm. Engles, John MeCroden; clerk, E. (' Martin; treasurer, T. J. Quayle: assessor, Geo. Nokes. 1870. Trustees. S. W Perry, C. C. Bennett, Wm. Lum; clerk, E. C. Martin: treasurer, W. W. Noble: assessor, Geo Nokes;


1821. Trustees, S. W Perry, C. C. Bennett, Win. Lum; clerk, S. S. Canniff; treasurer, W. W. Noble; assessor, Geo. Nokes, 1872. Trustees, S. W. Perry. C. C. Bennett, Wm. Lum ; clerk, John C. Nokes; treasurer, E. J. Kennedy ; assessor. HI. W. Jourdon.


1874. Trustees. Wm. Lum, E. Reublin. Wm. Huma ton; clerk, C. W. Moley: treasurer. T. C. Mattison: assessor, Geo. Nokes.


1875. Trustees, Wm. Lum, E. Reublin, Wm. Humaston; clerk, C. W. Moley; treasurer, T. C. Mattison; assessor, Geo Nokes.


1876. Trustees, E. Reublin, Wm. Lum, J. C. Nokes; clerk, E. C. Mar. tin; treasurer. Joseph Nichols; assessor, Geo. Nokes.


1877. Trustees, E. Reublin, Wm. Lum, J. C. Nokes; clerk, E. C. Mar- tin: treasurer, J. Nichols, assessor, Geo. Nokes.


1848. Trustees, John S. Miller, E Reublin, J. C. Nokes: clerk, E. (. Martin; treasurer, E Christian; assessor, Geo. Nokes.


1879. Trustees, William Lum, John W. Landphair, Abner Hunt; clerk, E. C. Martin; treasurer, E. Christian; assessor, George Nokes.


METHODIST CHURCH OF BEREA.




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