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Chirurgical Society. Address, 1633 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
STEWART, George H .:
President of the Valley National Bank. Address, Chambersburg. Franklin County, Pa.
STEWART, J. G .:
Physician and surgeon; born in Par- nassus, Pa., Sept. 11. 1852: educated in Elders Ridge Academy, College of Phy. sicians and Surgeons. Baltimore, Md., and University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Mar- ried Miss Agnes Cooper June 20, 1888. President of First National Bank of Pit- cairn, Pa. Republican in politics. Ad- dress, Pitcairn, Pa.
STEWART, James R .:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: First Lieutenant Ninth New Jer- sey Infantry, Oct. 3, 1851; Captain, Feb. 10, 1862; Major. Dec. 23. 1862; Lieutenant Colonel, Jan. 8, 1863; Colonel, June 20, 1864: honorably mustered out, July 12, 1805: brevetted Brigadier General of the Thited States Volunteers, March 13, 1865, "for meritorious services." Elected Feb. 4, 1SS5. , Address, 2001 Diamond St., Philadelphia.
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STEWART, John:
Jurist; born in 1539; was educated in Princeton College and studied for the legal profession in the office of Judge Watts, Carlisle. Pa. His admission to the bar was followed by a long period of practice, which was broken by service in the Civil War as Adjutant of the 126th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and by membership in the Constitutional Con- vention of 1872. He has also been a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania. In 1×89 he was elected to the bench of the Court of Common Pleas for the Thir- ty-ninth Judicial District. He was re- elected in 1×99. and is still performing the duties of President Judge of this district. Address. Chambersburg, Pa.
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STEWART, John Lammey:
Professor of History and Economics in Lehigh University; born at Philadelphia Nov. 18, 1867; educated in public and pri- vate schools of that city; was graduated from the Central High School and the University of Pennsylvania in 1ss9. Mar- ried Mary Eno Mumford at Philadelphia, June 18, 1895. Address, Lehigh Univer- sity, South Bethlehem, Pa.
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STEWART, Joseph:
Member of the Pennsylavnia House of Representatives from Allegheny County; born in Coleraine, Ireland, March 21, 1851; educated in the public schools of his na- tive town; came to the United States in 1868, and located in Pittsburg, Pa., where he learned the trade of machinist; in 1871 he removed to the First Ward of Alle- gheny and became connected with the Pittsburg Locomotive Works, where he has since been continuously employed as a machinist; in 1895 was elected Common Councilman of Allegheny and re-elected in 1897; was elected Select Councilman in 1899, which office he resigned upon his election to the House of Representatives in November. 1902. Address, $56 Lincoln Ave., Allegheny, Pa.
STEWART, Robert Ekin:
District Attorney of Allegheny County, Pa .; born at Stewart Station, Westmore- land County, Pa., April 2, 1841; son of John and Margaret (Shaw) Stewart; was graduated from Jefferson (now Washing- ton and Jefferson) College in 1860. First Lieutenant, Company E, of 123d Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, Aug. 6, 1862, to May 13, 1863; Major of the Twenty-fourth United States Colored Troops, March 27, 1865. to Oct. 1, 1$65; participated with regiment in the Antietam campaign in September, 1862. and on division staff at Fredericks- burg and Chancellorsville. After surren- der of Lee's Army in April, 1865, Com- mander of the sub-district of the Roa- noke, with headquarters at Burkesville. Va. Read law with Hon. James P. Ster- rett; entered the law office of Hon. John P. Penney and the Hon. Wm. G. Haw- kins, Jr., in 1566; admitted to the bar of Allegheny County, Pa., May, 1\67, and has since practiced law in Pittsburg. serving six years as a member of the Board of Examiners for admission to the bar. President of the Braddock National Bank, 1$$2-1897; School Director for thirteen years, and President of the Allegheny County School Directors' Association for about seven years; member of Pan- Pres- byterian Council of 1584, at Belfast, Ire- land: Trustee of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America since 185; member of the Board of Trustees of the Western Penn- sylvania Institute for Deat and Dumb and of the Carnegie Free Library at Brad- dock, the Grand Army of the Republic. and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Elected District Attorney in No-
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vember, 1903. In 1868 married Caroline, daughter of John and Leonora Markle McMasters. Address, 424 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
STEWART, Thomas J .:
Adjutant General of Pennsylvania; born Sept. 11, 1848, near Belfast, Ireland, and was brought by his parents to Norris- town, Montgomery County, in 1849; was educated in the publie sehools and at the Quaker City Business College in Philadel- phia; at sixteen years of age he enlisted as a private in the 138th Regiment, Penn- sylvania Volunteers; was engaged as a manufacturer and dealer in window glass from 1870 to 1882; was Assistant Adjutant General of Department of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Republic, from 1882 to 1SSS; elected Department Commander in 1890; in 1SS3 was appointed Assistant Adjutant General of the Grand Army of the Republic in the United States; in Sep- tember, 1897. was appointed Adjutant General of the Grand Army of the Re- publie by Commander-in-Chief J. P. S. Gobin; reappointed September, 1898, by Commander-in-Chief James A. Sexton; was reappointed by Commander-in-Chief Albert D. Shaw in September, 1899; eleeted Commander-in-Chief of the Grand mander-in-Chief James A. Sexton; elect- ed Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic Oet. S, 1902; was a member of the House of Representa- tives. session of 1885-18$6; has been con- neeted with the National Guard of Penn- sylvania sinee 1568; was appointed Adju- tant of the Sixth Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania. in 1877; On Sept. 20, 1889, was appointed Assistant Adjutant General, First Brigade, and reappointed in 1894; was appointed on the part of the House of Representatives a member of the commission to locate and establish the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors' Home, and afterward as a member of the Board of Trustees of the same in- stitution on the part of the Grand Army of the Republic, and acted as Secretary of both the commission and Board of Trustees; in 1590 was appointed a mem- ber of the commission in charge of the Soldiers' Orphan Schools; elected Seere- tary of Internal Affairs Nov. 4, 1886, and re-elected Nov. 4. 1590. Appointed Ad- jutant General by Governor Hastings, Jan. 15, 1895; reappointed by Governor Stone. Jan. 17. 1699. and again appointed by Governor Pennypacker, Jan. 21, 1903. Address, Norristown, Pa.
STEWART, William:
President of the Allegheny National Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
STEWART, W. E .:
Presbyterian elergyman; born in Beaver County, Pa., near Freedom, in 1850, of Seoteh-Irish and Welsh aneestry; pre- pared for college in the academy at Qua- ker Valley, Pa., also in the Clinton, Pa., Oakdale, Pa., and Beaver, Pa., selcet sehools; was graduated from Westminster College in June, 1878, and from United Presbyterian Theologieal Seminary in Al- legheny, Pa., in April, 1881; was licensed by the Beaver Valley Presbytery in June, 1881; while he was a lieentiate he served the Fifth U. P. Chureh, Philadelphia, and the Twenty-fifth Street U. P. Church, New York, each three months. Was called to the Seoteh U. P. Church, West Charlton, N. Y., in February, 1882, serv- ing nearly four years, and to the First U. P. Church, Oil City, Pa., serving three years; entered the Presbyterian Chureh, April, 1889; organized the mis- sion which grew into the present Watson Memorial Chureh, Perrysville Avenue, Al- legheny, Pa .; served the Mingo Junetion, Ohio, Presbyterian Church as pastor for a year and a half, and the Alexandra, Pa., Presbyterian Church since 1593. Commissioner to the General Assembly in Los Angeles, Cal .. 1903. Married Kitty B. Watson, of Allegheny, Pa., Oct. 3, 1SS2. Address, Alexandra, Pa.
STEWART, W. F. B .:
Jurist, manufacturer. financier; born in Chanceford Township, York County, Pa., Feb. 25, 1849; son of Thomas R. and Sarah Jane (Bay) Stewart; educated in York County Academy, York, Pa: honorary A. M., Ursinus College, Collegeville. Pa .; studied law and was admitted to Pennsyl- vania bar, Nov. 3, 1573; Judge of County Courts since Jan. 1. 1\96, and manufac- turer of iron and steel, wall paper, and hosiery. Promoter and one of principal owners York Haven Water and Power Company, organizer and one of syndicate of seven owning York County Traction Company, owning and operating all elec- trie railways and electric light companies in York and York County; organized and one of principal owners Security Title and Trust Company; organized, built and op- erates York Card and Paper Company dargest wall-paper factory in worlds, York Knitting Mills Company, Norway Iron and Steel Company. Democrat in
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politics. Married Laura E. Danner of
York, Pa., Aug. 26, 1887. Member of American Academy Political and Social Science. Address, 126 West. Market St., York, Pa.
STILES, Henry Howard:
Clergyman, Presbyterian Church; born in Baltimore, Md., Aug. 9, 185S; his fam- ily moved to Austin, Tex., in 1859. At the age of twenty he entered the University of Wooster, in Ohio; was graduated in 1883. Three years later he received the degree of A. M. from his Alma Mater; entered the Western Thloeogical Semi- nary of the Presbyterian denomination at Allegheny, Pa .; was graduated in 1889, and became the pastor of the Forty-third Street Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg. Since 1894 he has been pastor of Second Presbyterian Church of Altoona. Ad- dress, Altoona, Pa.
STILL WAGON, William Cassius:
Lawyer; born July 12, 1852, at Clays- ville, Washington County, Pa .; son of An- drew Jackson and Jane (Egan) Still- wagon; was graduated in 1871 from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, where he commenced the study of law. Com- pleted law studies with J. H. Hopkins and T. C. Lazear, of Pittsburg, Pa .; was ad- mitted to the bar of Allegheny County April 22, 1874. His preliminary education was in West Alexander Academy, West Alexander, and St. Francis College, Lo- retta, Pa. Married, Aug. 24, 1875, Martha A. Oldshue. Democrat in politics. Ad- dress, 524 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
STINE. Wilbur Morris:
Williamson Professor of Engineering, Swarthmore College. since 1898; born Nov. 3. 1563. at Tyrone, Pa .; son of Rev. John and Sarah (Riegel) Stine; educated at Dickinson Seminary, and was graduated at Dickinson College, Ph. B., 18$6; M. S .. 1889; D. Sc., 1893; Ph. D., Ohio Univer- sity, 1993; studied in Munich, Germany. 1SN9. Married. June 7. 1993, Corinne. daughter of Charles W. Super, then Pres- ident of Ohio University. Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Ohio University, 1886-1893; Director Department of Electrical Engineering, Armour Insti- tute of Technology, Chicago, 1893-1\98. Member of Jury of Awards, Columbian Exposition. 1893, and National Export Exposition, Philadelphia. 1999. Editor of Electrical Engineering, 1993-1891. West-
ern Secretary American Institute of Elec- trical Engineers, 1890-1898, and Vice-Pres- ident same, 1896-1899. Consulting engi- neer for railway and electrical installa - tions. Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science; member of American Physical Society and Frank- lin Institute. Formerly member of Engi- neers' Club, Philadelphia, and Faculty Club, University of Pennsylvania. Author in science of "Photometrical Measure- ments," 1900 ( MacMillan Co.), and some 150 papers, monographs and contributions to physics, engineering and education. Author in literature of "The Wreck of the Myrtle, and Other Verses," 1903; "The Palace of Vision," a peom (Acorn Press), and contributions to periodicals. Address, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.
STINEMAN. George B .:
President of the First National Bank of South Fork. Address, South Fork, Cam- bria County, Pa.
STINEMAN, Jacob C .:
State Senator from Cambria County; born in Richland Township (now Adam's). April 9, 1842; was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools; in early life he engaged in teaching school and working on his father's farm; enlisted in Company F. 198th Regiment, Pennsylva- nia Volunteers, and served to the close of the war, after which he engaged in farming and doing common labor at coal mines; was School Director for eighteen successive years: was elected Sheriff in isss, and was in office at the time of the Johnstown flood; was a delegate to the Republican State Conventions in 18$9 and 1897. and Chairman of the County Com- mittee in 1891; is a Director of the Citi- zens' National Bank of Johnstown and Second National Bank of Altoona: for a number of years he has been engaged in farming and in mining and shipping coal; was a member of the House of Represen- tatives, sessions of 1893 and 1895; elected to the Senate. November, 1896, and re- elected November, 1900, over Fusion can- didate by a majority of 6,257; was a delc- gate to the Republican State Convention in 1902. Address, South Fork. Pa.
STINSON, Charles H .:
Imwyer: born in Norristown Township. Montgomery County, Pa .. June 28, 1825. his father, Robert Stinson, being for many years Justice of the Peace, and a member of the Legislature in 1835. He entered
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Diekinson eollege at Carlisle, and was graduated in 1845, spending a year after- ward in foot travel over the mountains of Pennsylvania for the benefit of his health. His law studies 'were conducted in the offiee of his brother. George W. Stinson. at Norristown, and after his brother's death in 1848 under Addison May, ad- mission to the bar being granted in May. 1849. He quickly obtained a profitable practice, and became prominent in the county courts. After serving in 1863 as a private in the Gettysburg eampaign. he was pressed by his friends in 1864 to ae- eept the Republican nomination for the State Senate, but declined; he accepted. however, in 1867, and was elected. At the adjournment in 1869 he was elected Speaker, and again elected at the opening of the session in 1570, serving in this po- sition with marked ability. He declined a further nomination and also an appoint- ment as Additional Law Judge in 1871. but in 1552 accepted the appointment of President Judge of the Thirty-eighth Dis- triet; he failed to win in the subsequent election in November, 1\$2. his party be- ing in the minority. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Norristown, and in 1879 was appointed a Trustee of the Hospital for the Insane for the Southeastern District of Pennsylvania. He became President of the Board upon the death of General Hartranft. In 1873. on the organization of the Norristown Hall Association, he was elected its Pres- ident, and continued to be annually eleet- ed. As a lawyer he was appointed soliei- tor for the Pennsylvania Railroad and had a large corporation practice. Address, Norristown. Pa.
STINSON, F. G .:
President of the First National Bank of Norristown. Address. Norristown, Mont- gomery County, Pa.
STITZEL, George D .:
Jurist; born on a farm in Washington County, Md., near Hagerstown, Mareh 5, 1822: second son of Henry Stitzel: moved to Berks County, Pa., with his parents at an carly age; attended public and pri- vate schools, and then directed his at- tention to farming. When in his twenty- third year was elected Justice of the Peace for Richmond Township, and, after his term of five years was about expiring, was re-elected. In 15; he was elveted an Associato Judge of Berks County for the
1 term of five years, and in 1861 was re- eleeted. In 1858 he removed to the eity of Reading, where he has continued to reside. He was one of the ineorporators of the East Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany in 1856, and has been a Director ever smee, being, in 1904, the sole sur- vivor of the original board, and one of the oldest railroad Director in point of eontinvous serviee in the United States. In 1870 he was one of the organizers of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Reading, Pa., and served as its Presi- dent for thirty years; in 1866 he be- came a member of the Reading Relief Society, and was elected its President in 1870, which office he still holds. He has been a Trustee of the Charles Evans Cemetery Company since 1874; served four years as President of the Berks County Agricultural Society, and five years as President of the State Hor- ticultural Association of Pennsylvania. He was manager of the first Farmers' Institutes held in Berks County, and has been for many years actively identified with the farming interests of the county, and is a large land owner. For a long period he was the loeal real estate agent of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, and at one time had twenty-two farms owned by the company under his direet supervision. During his long and busy career he has had charge of many estates as executor, administrator or trustee, and has been a Director in a number of banking institutions. He was married to Miss Amanda Weidenhammer, of Meidenereek Township. now deceased. They had two daughters, who are also deceased. Judge Stitzel, at the age of eighty-two years, is still in the enjoyment of excellent health. Address. Reading, Pa.
STUTZINGER. E. E .:
Superintendent of Schools of Forest County; born on a farm his father had cleared in Tionesta Township, Forest County, May 17. 1862; son of Frederick and Mary H. Stitzinger; educated in the local public school, Clark's Commercial College, Titusville, and at the Clarion State Normal School, having graduated at the Commercial College in isst, and at the State Normal in 1895. Almost his on- tire life has been spent in educational work. having taught thirteen annual terms in the schools of Forest County (beginning at the age of sixteen), and is now serving his third term as Superin-
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tendent of Schools, having been first elect- ed in May, 1896, re-elected in May, 1893, and again in 1902. At short intervals dur- ing his life as a teacher was engaged in various kinds of employment, having in turn been farmer, merchant, lumberman, etc. Was married, June 5, 1889, to Miss M. Jennie Hinder, of Tionesta Township. Address, Nebraska, Pa.
STOBER, Jeremiah Albert:
State Senator from Lancaster County; born in Clay Township, Lancaster County, Pa., Jan. 20. 1842; was educated in the common schools and at Ephrata Academy; at the age of fourteen years became a clerk in a country store; in 1863 served a short time in the Union Army and is new a member of the Grand Army of the Republic; has been a Justice of the Peace in West Cocalico Township for a period of over twenty-eight years; since 1881 has been engaged in the manufacture of cigars, and as a dealer in leaf tobacco; for thirty years has represented West Cocalico Township in the Republican County Committee; also served several terms as a member of the Republican State Committee; in 1874 was elected a member of the House of Representatives and re-elected in 1876, serving during the sessions of 1875. 1876, 1877 and 1878; was elected to the Senate in November, 1898, and re-elected in 1902. Address, Schoe-
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STOCKER. George Fitz Randolph:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Anthony E. Stocker. Elected Feb. 6, 1895. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
STOCKMAN, George Henry:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: Private Sixth Missouri Infantry, May 15, 1861; First Sergeant June 21, 1861; discharged to accept promotion Oct. 30. 1861; Second Lieutenant Sixth Missouri Infantry Nov. 1, 1561; First Lieutenant Jan. 22, 1563; honorably discharged June 7, 1864; awarded the "Medal of Honor" under resolution of Congress "for gallant- ry in the charge of the 'volunteer storm- ing party' at the batth of Vicksburg, Miss .. May 22, 1863." Elected Nov. 6. 1895. Address, 1911 Tioga St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
STOCKTON, Charles H .:
Captain United States Navy; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania Mid- shipman Nov. 14, 1861; graduated Sep- tember, 1865; Ensign, Dec. 1, 1866; Master, March 12. 1SSS; Lieutenant, March 26, 1869; Lieutenant Commander, Nov. 15, 1881; Commander, April 3, 1892; Captain, July 8, 1899; Naval Attaché. London, Eng., since May 29, 1903. Address, 123 Victoria St., London, S. W., England.
STOCKTON, Louise:
Author and critic; born in Philadelphia; daughter of William S. and Emily H. Stockton; sister of the late Frank R. Stockton; principal work has been in con- nection with leading journals as editorial writer, book editor and music critic. Con- tributor to magazines of short stories, novelettes, and historical essays; formerly President West Philadelphia Centre Uni- versity Extension; President The Round Robin Reading Clubs, a correspondence system for individuals and classes de- signed for promotion of systematic study of literature; one of the founders of the New Century Club, Browning Society and Contemporary Chib. Author of "Doro- thea," 1SS2; "Apple Seeds and Briar Thorn," 1887; "A Sylvan City." 1883, re- published as "Quaint Corners," 1900. Ad- dress, 4213 Chester Ave., Philadelphia.
STONE, Charles Warren:
Lawyer, ex-Congressman; born in 1844; among his ancestors there were Revo- lutionary "blue coats" intermarried with the families of Prescott and Greene; edu- cated at Lawrence Academy and Williams College, earning his way by teaching and other work, graduating with honor. He accepted a position as principal of the Union School at Warren, was elected County Superintendent of Schools in 1865 and. later in the same year, was chosen principal of the academy at Erie. He took up the study of law, was admitted to practice in the courts of Warren County in 1866, and entered into partnership with Judge Rasselas Brown: served three years in the Borough Council, nine years on the Board of School Directors, and the last three years as its President. In 1x69 elected to the Legislature from the Counties of Warren and Venango, and re-elected without opposition; in 1876 he was State Senator, and served as Chair- man of the General Judiciary Committee, and in 1873 elected Lieutenant Governor. He was one of the three Commissioners
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in 1SS3 who located the United States public building at Erie, and later was a Representative of Pennsylvania at the Inter-State Extradition Conference, called by the Governors of several States; sub- sequently was a delegate from Pennsylva- nia to the Prison Congress, over which ex- President Hayes presided. In 1887 he was appointed by Governor Beaver to be Secretary of the Commonwealth, and served until his election to Congress from the Twenty-seventh District in 1990; has been four times re-elected by large ma- jorities. During the two terms of his service in Congress he was the efficient Chairman of the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures. In 1898 he was a candidate before the Republican Com- mittee for the nomination for Governor and received 165 votes, 183 being neces- ary to nominate. Address, Warren, Pa.
STONE, John F .:
President of the Coudersport Trust Com- pany. Address, Coudersport, Potter Coun- ty, Pa.
STONE, Stephen P .:
United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania; born at Stone's Point, Beaver County, Pa., in 1854; se- cured his early education at the common schools, later going to an academy at Beaver, Pa .; on leaving school he worked on a farm and in a sawmill. In 1577 Mr. Stone was appointed Deputy Prothonotary of Beaver County, and in 1879 was elected to succeed his chief, serving for six years; in 1885 was appointed assistant cashier of the Beaver Deposit Bank and two years later, cashier; in 1891 was one of the organizers of the Beaver Valley Trac- tion Company, and for nine years was its Treasurer. For many years he has been an extensive operator in the oil fields, and is still largely interested in the oil indus- try of Economy Township, Beaver County. He is a Republican; was appointed United States Marshal on April 23, 1901, Ad- dress, Beaver, Pa.
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STONE, William A .:
Ex-Governor of the State of Pennsylva- nia; born in Delmar. Township, Tioga Coun- ty, Pa., April 18, 1864, and attended the State Normal School. Mansfield, Tioga County. During the Civil War Governor Stone served as a Second Lieutenant in Company A, ISTth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and, after the war. became Lieut. - Colonel in the State National Guard; studied law
with S. F. Wilson and J. B. Niles, of Wellsboro, Pa .; was admitted to the bar on the completion of his studies in 1870, practicing law since then at Wellsboro and Pittsburg. Governor Stone's political ca- reer has been one long period of active service in his native State and as a National officer; he was District Attorney of Tioga County, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1891 to 1899. He assumed his gubernatorial duties Jan. 17, 1899, and upon the close of his suc- cessful administration resumed the prac- tice of law. Address, Law Bakewell Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
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