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April 27, 1896, a law was enacted providing for the inspection of bakeshops and empowering the Chief Inspector to appoint two Bakeshop Inspectors, making total number of District Inspectors thirteen.
The act creating and governing the department makes it the duty of the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to ap- point the Chief Inspector, whose term is four years.
The act also empowers the Chief Inspector, with the approval of the Governor, to appoint all District Inspectors, whose term of office is three years.
It is the duty of the Chief Inspector to give his entire time and at- tention to the duties of his office, to direct and supervise the work of his District Inspectors, and to make such rules and regulations, not incon- sistent with the law, as will be for the best interest of the service.
It is the duty of the District Inspectors to give their entire time and. attention to the duties of their office; to visit all shops and factories in their respective districts; to inspect all manufacturing, mechanical, elec- trical, mercantile art and laundering establishments, printing, telegraph and telephone offices, railroad depots, hotels, memorial buildings, tenement and apartment houses, halls, school houses, colleges, academies, semina- ries, churches, theatres, opera houses, hospitals, medical institutes, asy- lums, infirmaries, sanitariums and children's homes, for which purpose the State is divided into thirteen inspection districts, equalized as nearly as possible.
It is the duty of the two Bakeshop Inspectors to inspect all bakeshops in the State as to their sanitary condition, etc., the State being divided into two districts for that purpose, known as the Northern and Southern.
The present working force now consists of one chief inspector, thir- teen district inspectors, two bakeshop inspectors and four clerks, as follows :
PRESENT WORKING FORCE.
Name.
Office.
From What City or Town" . Appointed.
J. H. Morgan.
Chief Inspector .
Cambridge. Cleveland.
Frank Bach .
First District Inspector.
John F. Ward
Second District Inspector
Youngstown. Elyria.
Ralph C. Shipman E. S. Bryant.
Third District Inspector .
Fourth District and High Explosive In- spector
John W. Bly
Fifth District Inspector.
Bloomdale. Findlay.
L. W. Ralston
Sixth District Inspector.
Mechanicstown.
Chas. W. Highfield.
Seventh District Inspector
Zanesville.
Richard Lloyd.
Eighth District Inspector
Columbus.
C. B. Baker
Ninth District Inspector
Piqua.
A. F. Spaeth
Tenth District Inspector.
Cincinnati.
John A. Mohr
Ironton.
F. M. Dilley.
Cambridge.
E. A. Brown
Thirteenth District Inspector.
Toledo.
Theodore Wagner William Woehrlin
Bakeshop Inspector, Southern District. Chief Clerk.
Warren.
Recording Clerk
Niles.
Order Clerk Correspondence Clerk.
Columbus.
Cincinnati.
H. G. Helsley. H. G. Morgan Bertha Young Mae Gracey .
Bakeshop Inspector, Northern District ...
Cleveland.
Eleventh District Inspector Twelfth District Inspector
Cincinnati.
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The Inspector of Workshops and Factories.
NAMES OF DISTRICT INSPECTORS FROM THE TIME THE ACT WAS AMEND-
. ED CREATING SUCH OFFICE UP TO THE PRESENT TIME AND GIVING TERM OF SERVICE OF EACH.
Name.
Residence.
Term of Office.
*John Lyons ..
Cleveland.
May 13, 1885, to Sept. 15, 1886.
Wm. Z. McDonald
Akron ..
Sept. 15, 1886, to April 29, 1889.
*Geo. Lutz ..
Lancaster.
May 13, 1885, to Feb. 15, 1887.
John H. Ellis
Columbus.
Feb. 15, 1887, to May 31, 1896.
H. C. Traphagen.
Cincinnati
May 13, 1885, to May 31, 1888.
¡Jas. A. Armstrong. *David Fisher
Cincinnati.
Aug. 1, 1899, to Feb. 28, 1905.
Evan H Davis
Cleveland.
May 1, 1889, to April 30, 1896.
Chas. Burns
Warren.
June 1, 1892, to April 30, 1896.
*John W. Bath
Elyria.
June 1, 1892, to July 31, 1906.
*A. M. True
Canton
June 1, 1892, to Dec. 1, 1895.
Calvin C. Banks
Canton
Dec. 1, 1895, to April 30, 1896.
+W. R. Mathews
Zanesville.
June 1, 1892, to Jan. 27, 1896.
E. T. Ridenour
Springfield
June 1, 1892, to April 30, 1896.
Thos. T. Yeager.
Portsmouth
June 1, 1892, to April 30, 1896. Nov. 23, 1892, to June 15, 1902. Jan. 15, 1892, to June 15, 1899. May 7, 1896, to Nov. 20, 1900.
R. M. Hull
Salineville.
May 1, 1896, to June 15, 1902.
W. A. Stoller
Cleveland.
May 1, 1896, to June 30, 1899.
W. D. Hall.
Warren. .
May 1, 1896, to June 15, 1902.
John Tysinger
Zanesville
May 7, 1896, to June 15, 1899.
Jas. H. Arbogast.
Springfield
May 1, 1896, to June 15, 1902.
John M. Williams
Portsmouth
May 7, 1896, to June 15, 1902.
*Frank C. Base
Cleveland.
July 1, 1899, to Feb. 15, 1906.
D. T. Davis .
Findlay June 15, 1899, to June 15, 1902.
Jacob Metzger
Zanesville.
June 15, 1899, to June 15, 1902.
E. S. Bryant .
Bloomdale
June 15, 1902, term ends April 30, 1908.
John W. Bly
Findlay.
June 15, 1902, term ends April 30, 1908.
L. W. Ralston
Mechanicstown
June 15, 1902, term ends April 30, 1908.
C. B. Baker
Piqua ..
June 15, 1902, term ends April 30, 1908.
*John H. Gillen.
Portsmouth
June 15, 1902, to Dec. 31, 1906.
Lewis E. Linton
Zanesville.
Feb. 14, 1904, to July 15, 1905.
10. D. Bell.
June 1, 1904, to March 5, 1907.
*E. F. Griffin
June 1 1904 to May 1, 1907.
A. F. Spaeth.
Cincinnati.
March 1, 1905, term ends April 30, 1908.
Chas. W. Highfield
Zanesville.
July 15, 1905, term ends April 30, 1908.
Frank Bach .
Cleveland.
Aug. 1, 1906, term ends April 30, 1908.
Ralph C. Shipman.
Elyria.
Aug. 1, 1906, term ends April 30, 1908.
John A. Mohr
Ironton Jan. 16, 1907, term ends April 30, 1908.
E. M. Dilley.
Cambridge
May 1, 1907, term ends April 30, 1910.
E. A. Brown.
Toledo.
July 1, 1907, term ends April 30, 1910.
+Deceased.
*Resigned.
BAKESHOP INSPECTORS.
Name.
Residence.
Term of Office.
Theodore Wagner William Woehrlin
Cleveland. Cincinnati.
·Oct. 1,71896, term ends April 30, 1908. Oct. 1, 1896, term ends April 30, 1908.
Richard Lloyd.
Columbus. Nov. 24, 1900, term ends April 30, 1908.
John F. Ward
Youngstown
June 15, 1902, term ends April 30, 1908.
TE. W. Bagley
Zanesville.
June 15, 1902, to Jan. 22, 1904.
F. M. Campfield.
Toledo.
Willard Ducomb
Findlay.
Columbus.
*James H. Lloyd.
Cincinnati.
May 1, 1891, to June 26, 1899.
Cambridge Cleveland.
THE INSPECTOR OF OILS.
W ILLIAM L. FINLEY, State Inspector of Oils, was born at Sarahsville, Noble County, Ohio, on February 22, 1868. In 1880 he removed with his parents to the farm on which they yet reside near Summerfield, in Marion township, Noble County, Ohio. He was reared on a farm, taught in the common schools for several years, and in 1887 removed to the county seat of his native county, and became editor and publisher of the Caldwell Press. In 1893 he disposed of his newspaper, and was appointed a deputy col- lector of internal revenue, which position he resigned early in 1897, and re- moved to Kenton, Ohio, to re-engage in the newspaper business. In 1906 he disposed of his newspaper property in Kenton, and on May 15th of that year entered upon the discharge of his duties as State Inspector of Oils of Ohio, to which position he had been appointed by Governor Pattison.
INSPECTORS OF OIL.
A PPOINTIVE by the Governor. Term, two years. Under the act of 1892 the State was divided into two districts, and a Chief In- spector appointed from each district.
Name of Inspectors.
Years of Service.
Fred W. Green
1878-1879
Wm. B. Williams
1879-1880
Louis Smithnight
1880-1884
D. C. Ballentine
1884-1886
Louis Smithnight
1886
George B. Cox
1886-1890
Joseph H. Dowling
1890-1892
George Caufield. Northern District
1892-1896
B. L. McElroy, Southern District
1892-1896
J. B. Luckey, Northern District
1896-1900
Chas. L. Kurtz, Southern District
1896-1900
John R. Malloy, Southern District
1900-1906
F. L. Baird, Northern District
1900-1906
William L. Finley
1906
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WM. E. KENNEDY.
W ILLIAM E. KENNEDY, Chief Examiner of Steam Engineers, is an Ohio boy, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton County, in 1862, and has al- ways been a resident of that city. He attended the public schools of Cincinnati. At a very early age he left school, and found employment in one of the largest machine shops in Cincinnati, where he worked for years. He has held some very important positions in one of the largest ice manu- facturing concerns in the country, and for ten years was Chief Engineer at the Hunt Street Pumping Station, Cincinnati Water Works, which very re- sponsible and lucrative position he resigned September 26, 1903, to accept the position of Chief Examiner of Steam Engineers for the State of Ohio, ten- dered him by Governor Nash.
Mr. Kennedy has a large circle of friends throughout the state, and is a member of several engineering organizations, and as such had much to do with the securing of necessary legislation for the amending of the Engineer's License Law, during the last session of the General Assembly. He is a mem- ber of the Young Men's Blaine Club, of Cincinnati, and takes an active interest in the affairs of his home city .
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CHIEF EXAMINER OF STEAM ENGINEERS.
T HE law creating this department was passed March I, 1900, and amended March 13 and April 30, 1902, and March 3, 1904, and provides for better protection of life and property against injury or damage resulting from the operation of steam boilers and engines by in- competent engineers and others ;and provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to operate, or cause to be operated, a stationary steam boiler or engine, in the State of Ohio, of more than thirty horsepower, without a duly licensed engineer in charge. Any person who desires to act as a stationary engineer is required to make application to the district exam- iner for a license so to act, upon a blank furnished by the examiner, pro- viding he has had not less than one year's experience as a fireman or oiler, and if he passes the required examination upon the construction and operation of steam engines, boilers, pumps and hydraulics, a license is" granted him to have charge of, or operate, any steam plant. The fee for license is $2.00, and licenses are renewed yearly at a cost of $2.00, pro- viding they are not sooner revoked for intoxication or other sufficient cause. Any person dissatisfied with the action of any district examiner in refusing or revoking a license, may appeal to the chief examiner, who immediately investigates.
The Governor, with and by the advice and consent of the Senate ap- . points a Chief Examiner ; and the Chief Examiner, with the approval of the Governor, appoints one clerk and eight district examiners, not more than four of whom shall belong to any one of the political parties. All the examiners are required to be competent and practical steam engineers, and hold their offices for a term of three years from the date of their ap- pointments, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Chief Examiner has his office in the State House, where all the records are kept, and he issues such instructions, and makes such rules and regu- lations as will secure a uniformity of action throughout the different districts. In order to facilitate a thorough and efficient examination of the engineers, the State is divided into eight districts by the Chief Ex- aminer.
It is the duty of the district examiners to notify every person oper- ating a steam boiler or engine, to apply for a license, and to give such person a reasonable opportunity to take the required examination; and any owner, steam user, or engineer, who, after being duly notified, vio- lates any of the provisions of this law, is liable to a fine of not more than $100 nor less than $10. And any engineer who fails to exhibit his license under glass in a conspicuous place in his engine-room is liable to a fine of $5.00. The examiners have authority to visit any and all engine or boiler-rooms of the state, at all reasonable hours.
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The State Examiner of Steam Engineers.
DEPARTMENT ROSTER-1900-1901.
Name.
Office.
Headquarters.
George M. Collier
Chief Examiner
Charles J. Manney
Clerk ..
George G. Bennett
District Examiner
Cleveland, Ohio.
Thomas Winship
District Examiner
Toledo, Ohio.
Eber H. Harman
District Examiner
Columbus, Ohio.
August Deschler
District Examiner
Chillicothe, Ohio.
Elmer E. Miller
District Examiner
Canton, Ohio.
Jos. H. Ebright
District Examiner
Zanesville, Ohio.
DEPARTMENT ROSTER 1901-1902.
Name.
Office.
Headquarters.
George M. Collier
Chief Examiner
Charles J. Manney
Clerk
·George G. Bennett
District Examiner
Thomas Winship
District Examiner
Columbus, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. Toledo, Ohio.
E. H. Harman. .
District Examiner
Columbus, Ohio.
August Deschler
District Examiner
Chillicothe, Ohio.
J. A. Manning
District Examiner
Ashtabula, Ohio.
Jos. H. Ebright
District Examiner
Zanesville, Ohio.
John Sherrod.
District Examiner
Cincinnati, Ohio.
W. E. Haswell
District Examiner
Bucyrus, Ohio.
A. H. Stotts
Messenger
Columbus, Ohio.
DEPARTMENT ROSTER-1903-1904.
Name.
Office.
Headquarters.
Wm. E. Kennedy
Chief Examiner Clerk
George G. Bennett
District Examiner
Thomas Winship
District Examiner
E. H. Harman
District Examiner
August Deschler
District Examiner
Chillicothe, Ohio.
J. A. Manning
District Examiner
Youngstown, Ohio.
Jos. H. Ebright
District Examiner
Zanesville, Ohio.
Jno. T. Schuller
District Examiner
W. E. Haswell
District Examiner
A. H. Stotts
Messenger
Cincinnati, Ohio. Bucyrus, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. Toledo, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio.
Charles J. Manney
Columbus, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio.
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DEPARTMENT ROSTER-1907.
Name.
Office.
Headquarters.
Wm. E. Kennedy
Chief Examiner
Columbus, Ohio.
Chas. J. Manney
Clerk
Columbus, Ohio.
Daniel E. Kennedy
Clerk
Columbus, Ohio.
Joseph Howle ..
District Examiner
Cleveland, Ohio.
Thomas Winship
District Examiner
Toledo, Ohio.
E. H. Harman
District Examiner
Columbus, Ohio.
August Deschler
District Examiner
Chillicothe, Ohio.
Wm. P. White
District Examiner
Cleveland, Ohiò.
A. L. Strickland.
District Examiner
Zanesville, Ohio.
Jno. T. Schuller
District Examiner
Cincinnati, Ohio.
W. E. Haswell
District Examiner
Bucyrus, Ohio.
A. H. Stotts
Messenger
Columbus, Ohio.
D. S. CREAMER.
D AVID S. CREAMER was born on a farm in Mead township, Belmont County, September 3d, 1858. He has held many places of public trust. He was elected township clerk of Mead township in 1886, and was elected Recorder of Belmont County in 1892, and it was at that time that he moved to St. Clairs- ville, the county seat. He served two terms as member of the City Council at St. Clairsville, and was three times elected president of the Board of Man- agers of the Belmont County Agricultural Society. Mr. Creamer was at one time -half owner of the St. Clairsville Gazette, which was one of the oldest papers in southeastern Ohio, being established in 1812. When he retired from the Recorder's office he engaged in the fire insurance and real estate business in St. Clairsville, and continued in this occupation until he was appointed · State Fire Marshal by the late Governor Pattison on June 1, 1906, which office he now holds.
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STATE FIRE MARSHAL.
DUTIES OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL.
T HE act which established the office of the State Fire Marshal was passed by the Seventy-fourth General Assembly on the 16th day of April, 1900, and on June 1, 1906, Governor Pattison, by the au- thority given him under this act, appointed D. S. Creamer, of St. Clairs- ville, Ohio, to be the third State Fire Marshal.
Under the provisions of the act it becomes the duty of the Fire Marshal to cause an investigation of all fires which occur in the State, with the object in view of reducing, if possible, the enormous fire waste. It is also his duty to make an investigation of inflammable and other conditions from which fires are liable to originate, and have the same remedied or removed. For many years, on account of the difficulty con- nected with establishing the crime of arson, very few incendiaries have been punished in the State, the total average per year not exceeding two. Estimating the loss caused by incendiary fires upon the best information to be obtained, the total loss to the people of the state resulting from such fires will amount to from twenty to forty per cent of the total fire waste of the state each year. The wisdom of the legislature in providing some means of reducing this waste is therefore apparent. To assist the Fire Marshal in carrying out the object of the act, the state was divided by him into twelve districts and a division assistant to the Fire Marshal was appointed for each district, to whom, under the provisions of the law, township clerks, mayors of villages and chiefs of fire departments report all fires occurring in their respective territories. All fires reported as suspicious are investigated by the assistant, and where necessity re- quires one of the two deputies appointed by the Fire Marshal goes to the scene of the fire and holds an inquest. The testimony of all witnesses who have knowledge of the fire, is taken in writing under oath. If the facts warrant, an arrest is made and the guilty party bound over to the grand jury, indicted and tried for arson. The office is provided with a corresponding clerk and a statistician, whose duties are to keep a com- plete and classified record of all fires and their causes. The office has already met with unexpected success in the prosecution of incendiaries and a goodly number of fire-bugs who, through the efforts of the office are now in the "Pen," will be prevented for some time from carrying out their nefarious calling of setting fire to buildings for the purpose of securing insurance or for any other motive. Below will be found a com- plete roster of the employes of the department, together with their post- office addresses :
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The State Fire Marshal.
ROSTER OF REGULAR EMPLOYES OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
/
Name.
Office.
Residence.
D. S. Creamer
Marshal
Columbus.
J. P. Brennan .
First Deputy
Columbus.
Geo. W. Thrush
Second Deputy
Columbus.
H. G. DeWeese.
Chief Assistant
Columbus.
Garrett Fox
Assistant
Columbus.
D. B. Sharp
Attorney
Columbus.
O. L. Hartupee
Assistant
Columbus.
C. Maris.
Pyrologist
Columbus.
Jessie Canfield
Stenographer
Columbus.
Belle Walton.
Stenographer
Columbus.
F. H. Dimon
Assistant .
Sandusky.
Parks Hone.
Assistant.
Toledo.
M. C. Fogarty
Assistant
Toledo.
George C. Rings
Assistant
West Unity.
Earl Bloom
Assistant.
Bowling Green.
E. F. Ferguson
Assistant.
Van Wert.
Val Lee .
Assistant.
Sidney.
J. H. Newman
Assistant.
Dayton.
John Ambrose
Assistant
Cincinnati.
Wm. H. Sweeney
Assistant.
Cincinnati.
J. J. Williams
Assistant.
Oak Hill.
J. C. Nichols
Assistant
Cambridge.
M. H. Jenkinson.
Assistant
Pomeroy.
Chas. W. Chew.
Assistant
Mansfield.
Nathan Feigenbaum
Assistant.
Cleveland.
H. T. Brockman.
Assistant
Cleveland.
Frederick Henkel.
Assistant.
Cleveland.
J. E. Monroe.
Assistant
Cleveland.
A. T. Ullman
Assistant
Ashtabula.
Hamilton Glass
Assistant
Flushing.
THE BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
T HE Ohio State Library was established by Governor Thomas Worthington in the year 1817. The General Assembly which met December 2, 1816, appropriated $3,500.00 as a contingent fund for the Governor of 1817. In the summer of that year Governor Worthington visited eastern cities to investigate the management of state institutions. While in Philadelphia he determined to purchase a collection of books for the establishment of a state library. On his return he authorized the fitting up of a room above the auditor's office, in the south end of the old state office building, then on High Street, im- mediately south of the avenue to the west entrance of the State House. He deposited therein the books he had selected-509 volumes-the be- ginning of the State Library. Most of these books are still in the library.
John L. Harper was the first librarian. Changes in this office were frequent till 1824, when Zachariah Mills was appointed. He served eighteen years.
In 1844, the library was placed under a commission consisting of the Governor, the Secretary of State and the State Librarian. The latter was appointed by the Governor. In April, 1896, the law was again changed and the entire management of the library was vested in a board of commissioners appointed by the Governor for a term of six years. They elect the librarian and all the assistants.
The State Library was open originally only to state officers and members of the General Assembly. The regulations provided that "the librarian shall open accounts with the Governor, Secretary, Treasurer and Auditor of State, the Judges of the Supreme Court, and the members of the General Assembly and their clerks." The privilege of drawing · books did not extend beyond the period the legislature was actually in session. As late as 1895 books were loaned only to "members and of- ficers, and ex-members and ex-officers of the General Assembly; State officers, and clerks in the several departments of the State government at Columbus, and ex-officers of the same; the Judges of the Supreme Court, of the Supreme Court Commission, of the Circuit Court and the Common Pleas Court; officers and teachers of the. benevolent institutions of the State, and of the State University; officers of the Penitentiary ; widows of ex-members and ex-officers of the General Assembly and of ex-state officers ; and clergymen resident of Columbus."
Under such regulations the circulation of the library was, of course,
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quite limited. In the long period since it was founded many valuable works have been placed on the shelves that were accessible to the general public only for purposes of reference in the reading room of the library. These were sought by those who were engaged in the preparation of some literary work or in the study of some "special science or subject of art." The newspaper files were frequently consulted by editors and reporters. The books had a limited circulation among State officers and their families. Members of the legislature, as a rule, found themselves too busy to read. They made frequent use of the state documents kept in the library.
The first board of library commissioners under the Garfield Act of 1896 was appointed by the Governor in April of that year. The mem- bers were Rutherford B. Hayes, J. F. McGrew and Charles A. Reynolds. One of the first acts of this board was to open the library to citizens of the State. The old distinctions in favor of state officials were in large meas- ure removed. Citizens of the State who desire to draw books now do so by furnishing the library board a satisfactory guarantee, or by making appli- cation through their local library. Those living in distant parts of the State may borrow books by paying transportation both ways. The books are not sent out indiscriminately. Rare and valuable works are not issued for use outside of the library. Those in the circulating department, how- ever, are issued freely on the same conditions to all citizens.
While it contains works in almost every department of literature, the library is strongest in State publications, government documents, his- tory and its related branches, bound periodicals, and newspaper files. In recent years a systematic effort has been made to add to the early liter- ature relating to the State. The work of collecting has necessarily been slow, but the very substantial progress already made. warrants the hope that this may soon become the best reference library in the country in all things pertaining to Ohio.
There are at present (November 15, 1906) 112,735 bound volumes in the State Library.
TRAVELING LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.
This department was organized in the summer of 1896. A travel- ing library is a collection of from twenty-five to forty books sent out by the State Library to a reading club, an association of citizens, a board of education or a public library, to be kept four months, with priv- ilege of renewal.
The objects of the department are : I. To furnish good literature to patrons. 2. To strengthen small libraries. 3. To create an interest in the establishment of new libraries.
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On receipt of a request on the forms furnished by the State Library, properly filled and signed by the members of the club, the officers of a free public library, board of education, or other associations, the books will be shipped. The parties receiving the books must pay transportation both ways.
The conditions under which these libraries are issued are very simple. The organizations to which they are sent obligate themselves for their proper use and safe return. The system has proven very popular. Traveling libraries have been sent out as follows :
Year ending November 15
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
*1906
To women's clubs
2
37
69
75
125
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