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NORTH, William F .:
Treasurer of The Real Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia: born in Phila- delphia, Pa., in 1844; received an academ- ic education; entered Treasurer's office of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, 1865; entered the Philadelphia Stock Ex- change. 1970; elected Treasurer of The Real Estate Trust Company of Philadel-
phia in 1885. Member of the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution. Address, 5912 Wayne Ave., Germantown, Philadel- phia, Pa.
NORTHROP, Henry Davenport:
Clergyman, author; born in Poultney. N. Y., March 10, 1836; son of Daniel and Sophia Northrop. He was graduated from Amherst in 1857, and studied divinity in New York. Married Josephine L. Mer- rick, New York. 1862. Ordained to Pres- byterian ministry in 1861. Author of "Crown Jewels," 1887; "History of the United States," 1890; "Peerless Reciter," 1892; "Grandfather's Bible Stories," 1893; "Grandest Century in the World's His- tory," 1900; "John Winslow," 1901; "World Renowned Authors," 1902. Ad- dress, 1729 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
NORTON, Thomas Howell:
Major United States Army; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from West Vir- ginia; Second Lieutenant First West Vir- ginia Infantry, May 11, 1861; honorably mustered out. Aug. 27, 1861; Captain Fif- teenth Infantry, Aug. 5, 1861; transferred to Eleventh Infantry, April 25, 1869; re- tired, Dee. 15, 1870; eommissioned Major 1904; brevetted Major, Sept. 1, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Missionary Ridge, Tenn., and in the Atlanta campaign and battle of Jones- boro, Ga. Address, Wheeling, W. Va.
NORTON, William C .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Wayne County; born at Clinton, that county, Oet. 10. 1852; educated in the common schools and at the Delaware Literary Institute, Frank- lin, N. Y. Has been engaged in farming and breeding Jersey eattle and trotting horses: is President of the Pennsylvania Live Stock Breeders' Association; was one of the live stock judges at the World's Fair, Chicago, in 1893: was a member of the State Board of Agricul- ture; is a Director of the Wayne County Agricultural Society, and is a member of the Clinton and Pomona Granges. He was Town Clerk. Township Overseer of the Poor and Supervisor; also County Treasurer for three years; was a member of the House of Representatives, session of 1899; re-elected in November, 1902. Address, Aldenville, Pa.
NOR WOOD, William:
Lawyer; third son of Robert and Eliza- beth (Doek) Norwood: born April 15, 1843.
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near Lisbon. County Down, Ireland. His parents with their family went to Cincin- nati, Ohio, in 1847; he was educated at Eaton and Cincinnati, Ohio; was a soldier in the rebellion of 1861-1865. Member of the Union Veteran Legion; admitted to the bar at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1377, and practiced law there till 1590. He then moved with his family to Pittsburg Pa .. where he is now in the practice of law. Married Marie Louise Mills of Cincinnati. Ohio. in 1SS0; she died in 1SS4. In 1887 he married Marie Catherine Barnett of Pittsburg, Pa. Address, 411 Grant St., "Pittsburg, Pa.
NOSS, Theodore Bland:
Educator; born in Waterloo, Juniata County, Pa., May 10. 1552: son of Rev. George and Isabella (Coulter) Noss, re- moved to Nossville, Pa .. in 1853; attended public schools several short terms; boy- hood experiences connected with farm. store and tannery of his father. Re- moved in 186S to Strasburg. Va .; began teaching in a district school in 1872 near Hagerstown, Md .; entered State Normal School. Shippensburg, Pa., in 1873; was graduated from the same in 1874: princi- pal of Shippensburg public schools, 1874- 1875; principal of Preparatory Department of Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa., 1875-1877; entered Syracuse. N. Y., Uni- versity in 1877; was graduated from same in 1880; Ph. D. in 1883; vice principal of State Normal School. California, Pa .. 1880-1883; principal of same since 1883. Married, May 17, 1883, Mary B. Graham, Monongahela, Pa. Republican in politics; lay delegate to General Conference Meth- odist Episcopal Church, Cleveland, 1896; active member National Educational As- sociation; President of Normal Depart- ment of same, 1599. Author of "Out- lines in Psychology and Pedagogy," 1890; "The Child Study Record." 1900: "The Chapel Hymnal." 1900: general editor of "The School Year Books;" publisher State Normal School, California, Pa. Address. California, Pa.
NULL, Joseph A .:
President and Treasurer of the Ameri- can Furnace and Machine Company of Pittsburg: born at Tarr. Westmoreland County. Pa., June 19. 1874: educated in the public schools, and private school in Allegheny: was graduated in the business course at Curry University. Pittsburg. He was connected with the Lockhart Iron and Steel Company of Pittsburg for eight
years; organized the American Furnace and Machine Company and was elected President and Treasurer, which position he holds at present. Address, 1820 Irwin Ave., Allegheny, Pa.
NYE, Levi B .:
Principal Middletown High School; born in East Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pa., in 1869; educated in public schools of Dauphin County, Millersville State Normal School, Pennsylvania Chau- tauqua, Palatinate College, Lebanon Val- ley College, and Cornell University; was graduated from Millersville State Normal School, June, 1897; and from Lebanon Val- ley College, June, 1903. Married Amanda M. Erb in June, 1898. Since 1899 principal of Middletown High School. Address, Box 374, Middletown, Pa.
OAKES, James:
Brevet Brigadier General United States Army (retired); born near Limestoneville, Montour County, Pa., April 4, 1826; Cadet United States Military Academy. July 1, 1842; graduated, July 1, 1846. Served in the war with Mexico down to operations before the capture of the City of Mexico; received the brevet of First Lieutenant, March 25, 1847, for gallant and meritor- ious conduct at Medelin, and during sev- eral years successively Acting Adjutant Second Regiment United States Dra- 'goons, Second Lieutenant and Captain by brevet for gallant and meritorions con- duct in the battle of Molino del Rey; on staff of General Harney at battle of Cerro Gordo; Regimental Quartermaster, 1847- 1849. After the Mexican War he was or- dered to Austin and Forts Graham, Lin- coln and Mason, Texas, participating in combats with the Comanche Indians; twice severely wounded in 1850. Promoted First Lieutenant, 1851; in cavalry recruit - ing service, 1850; on Coast Survey, 1833- 1854. November 14, 1854, married Anna Maria de Beelen, daughter of the late Antoine de Beelen Bertholff of Pittsburg. Pa. Captain Second United States Cav- alry, 1855, and marched with the regi- ment to Fort Mason, Texas. He was commended for success and gallantry in Indian troubles on Aug. 30, 1856; stationed at Fort Clark. Texas, 1856-1858; at Fort Inge. Texas, February, 1860, until surren- der in 1861 to the State secession author- ities; marched his company to Green Lake en route to the coast, and re-
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turned to San Antonio, when he was intrusted with dispatches and made his way out of the State by way of Austin, Brenham and Galveston, escaping cap- ture, to Washington, D. C. Promoted Major Fifth Cavalry, 1S61; stationed at Wheeling, W. Va., and at Washington, D. C., 1861-1862; promoted Lieutenant Colonel Fourth Cavalry, serving with the Army of the Ohio, 1862, and commanded it during the , Tennessee and Mississippi campaign. From 1863 to 1866 was Assist- ant Provost Marshal General for State of Illinois, also Chief Mustering and Dis- bursing Officer and Superintendent Vol- unteer Recruiting Service for the State; was brevetted Colonel and Brigadier Gen- eral, 1865; promoted Colonel Sixth Cav- alry, 1866; in charge of Freedman's Bu- reau and commanded District of Austin, Tex., 1867-1869; afterward on northern frontier of Texas, Kansas and Arizona. Member Military Order of Foreign Wars, Aztec Club of 1847, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Grand Army of the Repub- lic, Order of Indian Wars of the United States, United States Cavalry Associa- tion, Military Service Institution, and National Geographic Society. Address, care N. Holmes & Sons, bankers, Pitts- burg, Pa.
OAKLEY, Violet:
Artist, illustrator and cover designer; born in New York. She was a pupil at the Art Students' League, Pennsylva- nia Academy of Fine Arts, and also stud-, ied under J. Howard Pyle. Aman Jean, Collin and Lazar, Paris, France. She is a designer of stained glass windows and mural decorations, some of her best works being in the Church of All Souls', New York, and mural decorations in Govern- or's reception room at new State Capi- tol to be built at Harrisburg, Pa. Ad- dress, Villa Nova, Pa.
OBDYKE, Benjamin P .:
Manufacturer; born in Philadelphia, June 3, 1838; at twelve years of age entered a saddlery hardware house; on the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted as a soldier and served for three years and three months in the body of troops known as Gosline's Zouaves. His term of service expiring in November, 1864. he became bookkeeper and cashier in a mer- cantile house, and in 1868 entered the business house of Austin & Opdyke. sheet metal workers; becoming a partner of
Mr. Austin in 1872. In 1890 the old firm went into liquidation, Mr. Opdyke pur- chasing the corrugated water conduct- or branch of the business, which he con- tinued to manufacture, and which grew to a large business in his hands. He served on the Executive Committee of the Bi-Centennial Celebration, and held an official position in the Constitutional Centennial Celebration of 1887. He is President of the Central Transportation Company, and a Director in the Penn- sylvania Nautical School. Address. 5939 Woodbine Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
OBER, Benjamin Franklin:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Dauphin County; born in West Donegal Township, Lan- caster County, Pa., Feb. 17, 1850; in ear- ly boyhood removed with his parents to Dauphin County; reared on a farm; edu- cated in public schools, Harrisburg Acad- emy and Indiana State Normal School; when eighteen years old began teaching school and taught for eight terms; in 1879 moved to Berrien County, Michi- gan, where he was engaged in farming and teaching school; in 1885 removed to Dauphin County; served two years as School Director in Susquehanna Town- ship, and seven years as Secretary of Penbrook School Board; has been en- gaged in the livery business in Harris- burg since 1889; elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- dress, Penbrook, Pa.
OBERHOLTZER, Ellis Paxson:
Journalist and author; born in Ches- ter County, Pa .. Oct. 5, 1868; son of Sara Louisa Oberholtzer; he was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1SS9, B. S., and in 1893, Ph. D. After- ward studied at Berlin, Heidelberg, Paris and Vienna; connected for several years with newspapers in Philadelphia and is the author of "The Referendum in Am- erica," "The Relation Between Govern- ment and Press in the German Empire." "The New Man." "Robert Morris, Patriot and Financier"; now editing the "Ameri- can Crisis Biographies." Member of the Franklin Inn Club of Philadelphia, of which he is Secretary. Address, 1905 Tioga St., Philadelphia, Pa.
OBERHOLTZER, Sara Louisa
Post, economist, and philanthropist; daughter of Paxson and Ann (Lewis)
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Vickers; born in Uwchlan, Chester Coun- ty. May 20, 1841, on the Vickers pot- tery estate. which was one of the principal underground railroad stations in the State during the rebellion; her un- cle was one of the signers of the original declaration of anti-slavery sentiments in 1833; educated at the Friends' Boarding School and the Millersville State Normal School; began writing verses, articles and dialogues at a very early age. Married John Oberholtzer, January, 1862. She con- tributed to magazines and newspapers for years, and wrote Bayard Taylor's Burial Ode and had it set to music and sung at his Longwood burial; bi-centennial poem read at Chester at the Celebration of the Landing of Wm. Penn, Oct. 22, 1SS2; The Valley Forge Memorial Poem, read to twenty thousand assembled at Valley Forge, June 18, 1887; "The Storming of Antietam Bridge," read at the unveiling of the monument for the dead of the Fifty-first Volunteers, Oct. S. 1887 at Antietam, Md., and composed many hymns which have been set to music; organized the Longport Miscroscopical Society at Longport, N. J., in 1884. Pres- ident of
the Pennsylvania Woman's Press Association, and of the Montgom- ery County Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union. Author of "Violet Lee and Other Poems" (1873), "Come for Arbutus and Other Wild Bloom" (1983), "Hopes Heart Bells, a Quaker Story" (1884), "Daisies of Verse" (1886), and "Souve- nirs of Occasion" (1892) (Lippincott). Is. author of School Savings Banks literature and has established the system in 250 public schools in Pennsylvania and hun- dreds of schools in the United States and Canada. Her collections as the result of natural history study and travel are in- teresting, the birds and their eggs from Tasmania being especially unique. Ad- dress, 1905 Tioga St., Philadelphia, Pa.
OBERLY, Aaron S .:
Medical Inspector in the United States Navy; born in Northampton County, Pa., in 1537; was graduated in medicine at Yale, 1860. Commissioned as Assistant Surgeon at the beginning of the Civil War. Served with Admiral Faragut in the different attacks in the Mississippi river and with Admiral Porter in both attacks on Fort Fisher. Retired in 1889 for disability incurred during a long stay in Asiatic Waters, while serving as Fleet Surgeon. Address, Easton, Pa.
O'BRIEN, Charles Anthony:
Lawyer; born Nov. 27, 1853, in Baldwin Township, Allegheny County, Pa., son of Dr. John H. and Jane (Neel) O'Brien; was graduated from St. Vincent's College, Wheeling, W. Va., with the class of 1872. The following three and a half years he studied with his father and practiced medicine at the West Pennsylvania Med- ical Hospital. Studied law in 1874 and in September. 1876, was admitted to the Allegheny County bar; he was Counsel in the celebrated case of Moreland and House and the Pittsburg stamp case in 1831; was married on June 26, 1879, to Lucy Bingey; member of the Roman Catholic Church and the Royal Arcanum. Democrat in politics. Address, 355 South Negley Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
OCHS, George Washington:
Journalist, publisher; born in Cincin- nati. Oct. 27. 1861; son of Julius Ochs; he was educated at the University of Tennessee. Knoxville; he was twice elect- ed Mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn., refus- ing a nomination for third term; he was President of the Board of Education of Chattanooga; President of the Chattanoo- ga Chamber of Commerce; member of the executive Committee of National Muni- cipal League; delegate to National Demo- cratic Convention, Chicago, 1892; publish- er Paris edition of the New York Times at Paris Exposition, 1900, receiving from the President of France the decora- tion of a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in recognition of this service. Became Gen- eral Manager of the Philadelphia Times May 7. 1901, and, in 1902. when the Times became consolidated with the Public Ledger. he became General Manager and Vice President of the new organization. Address, The Public Ledger, Philadelphia.
OCHSENFORD, Solomon E., D. D .:
Born in Muhlenberg. 1596; Professor of English Language and Literature, and Mental and Social Science. Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa .; was born in Montgomery County, near Falkner Swamp, Pennsylvania. Nov. S. 1955, of Pennsyl- vania German descent: was educated at Mount Pleasant Seminary. Boyertown, Pa., 1871-1873; Muhlenberg College. 1873- 1576: Philadelphia Theological Seminary, 1876-1873: ordained a Lutheran clergyman by the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and adjacent States, 179: pastor at Selingsgrove, Pa .. 1979-
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1899, and in the latter year elected to the professorship he now holds: Secretary of the Danville Conference of the Lutheran Ministerium, 1583-1884; President of the same, 1889-189S; English Secretary of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania, 1895-1902, of its Executive Board, 1897-1902, and of its Board of Presidents, 1897-1898; English Secretary of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America since 1901; news editor of The Lutheran, Philadelphia, Pa., prior to 1336; since that year one of the editorial cor- respondents; a frequent contributor to the periodicals of the church, contribui- tor to the "Lutheran Cyclopaedia" (Scrib)- ners, 1899), to "Appleton's Annual Cy- clopaedia," 1884-1902; to "Appleton's Cy- clopaedia of American Biography," Six volumes; editor of the "Lutheran Church Almanac," Philadelphia, since 1SS3, and a member of the editorial staff of Sunday School Lesson Series. He has published "My First Book in the Sunday School." Reading, Pa., 1SS3; 4th edition, 1898; "Lu- theran Church in Selinsgrove, 1884"; "Passion Story," Philadelphia, 1889; Muhl- enberg College Quarter Centennial Me- morial Volume, Allentown, Pa., 1892; Ju .. bilee Memorial Volume of the Danville Conference. Lebanon. Pa .. 1898; "Lu- ther's First Hymn Book." Reading, Pa., 1898. - Address, Reading, Pa.
O'CONNOR. Francis J .:
Jurist; born in Somerset County, Pa., Aug. 11, 1860, he passed his boyhood of. a farm, obtaining an education in com- mon and private schools. He began teaching while quite young. filling seven terms in the public and five in the nor- mal school of his county, after which he entered the law department of Michigan University. He graduated in 1884 and was admitted to the Circuit and Supreme Courts of Michigan. On his return to Somerset County, he spent one more year teaching, and was there admitted to the bar. and soon after to that of Cambria County. He removed to Johnstown in 1886, where he practiced for several years in association with his brother. J. D. O'Connor. In 1SS? he was elected Dis- trict Attorney for Cambria County, and in 1891 became City Solicitor for Johns- town for a two years' term. In 1901 he was elected President Judge of his dis- trict for a term of two years, after a memorable judicial campaign. Address. Johnstown, Pa.
ODAY, Harry A .:
Teacher; born in Messengerville, N. Y., 1873; was graduated from the State Nor- mal School at Cortland, N. Y., took three years' work in Syracuse University, after which he served in the army during the Spanish-American War; was graduated from Taylor University in 1901. Principal of High School, Athens, Pa., for four years; Supervising Principal of Honesdale, Pa., schools at the present time. Ad- dress, Honesdale, Pa.
ODELL, Joseph Henry:
Presbyterian clergyman and pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Scran- ton, Pa .; born May 20, 1871, in London. England; son of several generations of preachers. Educated in England at the Wyggeston School, Leicester; the King Edward VI. Grammar School, Birming- ham; Mason College (affiliated with the London University) and at the East Kes- wick Theological Seminary. Came to America in 1893. and was for eight years pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Ful- ton. N. Y. Married in 1895 to Sarah Winifred, daughter of Rev. Holliday Bickerstaffe Kendall, theologian and au- thor. of
London, England. Address. Scranton, Pa.
ODIORNE. Walter J .:
Insurance official; born in Maryland. June 16, 1869; was educated at Friends' High School, Baltimore; when he was seventeen years of age his family re- moved to Philadelphia, where they have since resided. He was employed in Phil- adelphia as clerk with a mercantile house for two years. and with a fire insur- ance company for eight years; then en- tered the insurance business for him- self, establishing the firm of Odiorne & Longstreth, which has since been succeed- eu by Shubert, Swan & Odiorne. In October. 1902, married Marion Town. whose father is Medical Examiner for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Is a member of the Second Troop, Phila- delphia Cavalry, also of the Military Or- der of the Loyal Legion. Union Repub- lican Club and Union Fire Association. Address, Cynwyd. Pa.
O'DONNELL, John C .:
Ex-Postmaster of Pittsburg; born in Butler County, Pa., Jan. 30, 1835. His father died when he was five years okd. and at the age of twelve he went to work
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in the iron mills at Brady's Bend, Pa. In 1854 he went to Pittsburg, where he worked as a roller and puddler, and aided in organizing the labor union named Sons of Vulcan. He was its President from 1858 to 1860 and for several terms after- ward; leaving the rolling mill in 1866, he opened a grocery store at 3340 Penn Ave- nue, Pittsburg, where he still continues engaged in this business. In 1888 he was largely instrumental in organizing the Grocers' Protective Association, and was its first President and several times re- elected. He is a Director in the Pennsyl- vania National Bank and a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburg. As a Democratic politician he has been a delegate to many conventions and served for several terms in the Common and Select Councils. In 1891 President Cleveland appointed him Postmaster of Pittsburg. Address, 3440 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
OELLERS, Richard G .:
Newspaper manager: born in Philadel- phia. Pa., Aug. 5, 1843; educated in pri- vate schools, he early entered on a busi- ness career, being engaged in a drygoods house until the founding of the Public Record newspaper, when he was en- gaged as business manager of the enter- prise. He was identified with that paper until 1877, when Mr. Singerly purchased it and changed its title to the Philadelphia Record, Mr. Oellers continuing as man- ager of the new concern. In addition to his newspaper work he has been active in public affairs. In 1877 he was elected on the Board of Management by the House of Correction, and continued on it until the Board was abolished in 1887. He has also served as a Director of the Pennsylvania Nautical School. In the year 1891. on the resignation of Mr. Bardsley, City Treasurer. Mr. Oellers was chosen by the City Commissioners to fill the vacancy. an action which was con- firmed by the City Councils. Gov. Pat- tison did not sustain this action, appoint- ing a Democrat to the place, but in the election of 1891 Mr. Oellers was made City Treasurer by a very large majority. He is a member of the Union League, the Columbia Club and the Five o'clock Club. Address, 2006 North 13th St., Phil- adelphia, Pa,
OGDEN, Robert Curtis:
Merchant, member of the firin of John Wanamaker since 18$5; born in Philadel-
phia, June 20, 1836; son of Jonathan Og- den. Is President Board of Trustees of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va .; Direc- tor Union Theological Seminary, New York; Trustee Tuskegee Institute, Tuske- gee, Ala .; President Conference for Educa- tion in the South; President Southern Ed- ucation Board; member General Educa- tion Board; President Pennsylvania So- ciety, New York; Republican. Honorary member Clio Society, Princeton. Re- ceived following honorary degrees: Yale, 1902, A. M .; Tulane, 1903, LL. D. Author of the booklets "Samuel Chapman Arm- strong" (Founder's Day Address, Hamp- ton, Va.), 1894; "Pew Rents and the New Testament, Can They be Recon- ciled?" 1892; "Sunday School Teaching." 1894; also of the articles "Getting and Keeping a Business Position," Saturday Evening Post, November, 1899; "The Ethics of Modern Retailing," same, Octo- ber, 1900. Married Ellen Elizabeth Lewis, of Brooklyn, March 1, 1860. Residence. 771 Madison Ave .; office, 784 Broadway, New York.
OGLE, John G .:
Lawyer; born in Somerset, Pa., March 25, 1851; educated in the Millersville State Normal School and Bethany College, West Virginia. While a boy he was for three sessions a page in the United States House of Representatives and for about ten years clerk in the post office at Som- erset. His legal studies were conducted in the office of Judge F. J. Kooser, his brother-in-law, and he was admitted to the Somerset County bar in 1873. Since that time he has been in successful prac- tice. In 1875 he married Cora, daughter of Judge W. J. Baer. From 1SS6 to 1889 he had a law office at Latrobe, Pa., from 1889 to 1891 was in partnership at Somer- set with John R. Scott, and since has been in partnership with Gen. Koontz, the firm name being Koontz & Ogle. This firm has a very large practice in railroad and corporation low. Mr. Ogle has been several times Chairman of the Republican County Committee, and is looked upon as one of the best speakers in its ranks. Address, Somerset, Pa.
O'LEARY. Charles R .:
Paymaster United States Navy; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania sistant Paymaster, July 9. 1998, during Spanish - American War. Honorably dis- charged March 1. 1899. Assistant Pay- master in United States Navy Sept. 15. 1599; Paymaster March 3, 1903; Assist-
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ant General Storekeeper, Navy Yard, League Island, Pa., since Oct. 31, 1903. Address, Navy Yard, League Island, Pa.
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