History of northern Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources; an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories; biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; views of county seats, etc., Part 154

Author: Western historical co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1052


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SANDER SANDERSON, boots and shoes, Manitowoc. Was born June 17, 1823, in Norway. 1854, he came to Manitowoc and at once opened a boot and shoe store, which he has since continued. He man- ufactures to order, as well as carries a line of ready-made goods. Mar- ried, in 1867, to Miss Gertrude Hansen, a native of Mornay. They have five children, three sons and two daughters.


E. SCHINDLER, saloon, Manitowoc. Born Sept. 15, 1835. in Prussia. In 1851, he came to Chicago, went thence to Milwaukee, thence to Fond du Lac, and thence to Calumet County. In 1852, he re- moved to Manitowoc, working at various kinds of work for several years, and in 1861 he enlisted in Co. A, 5th Wis. V. I. Served three years. He participated in the battles of Gettysburg, of the Wilderness and Fair Oaks, Spottsylvania Court-House and others. He then returned to Manitowoc, and established his present business in 1867. He mar- ried, in 1869, to Margaret Deidreich, of Bohemia, by whom he had six chil - dren, two sons and four daughters.


A. J. SCHMITZ, attorney-at-law, Manitowoc. Is a native of this place. After receiving the usual course of studies in the schools of this city, he went to Madison, and attended the State University from 1870 to 1875. He also attended the Ripon College one year, In 1874, he commenced a regular course of law studies, and was admitted to practice in 1875. Mr. Schmitz was District Attorney from 1876 to 1880. He wis married, December, 1877, to Miss Bertha Franz. She was born in Manitowoc County. They have two children, both daughters.


CARL H. SCHMIDT, proprietor of the Nord- H'esten (German newspaper), Manitowoc, came to this place in December, 1854. then nineteen years old, having been born in Lnebbecke, Province of West- phalia, in Prussia. Being a printer by trade, he was engaged as foreman in the printing office of the Demokrat (German) and the Tribune, both printed in the same office. This position he occupied till July 5, 1855, when he bought the material for the establishment of the Nord- Westen, and issued the first number of this paper on the 5th of September, 1855. being less than twenty years of age, and only a little over a year in America. He continued the publication of the Nord- Westen till No- vember, 1860, when he sold the material to a company, who published the Union newspaper. After arranging his business matters, Mr. Schmidt entered the army, enlisting Sept. 6, 1861, in Co. B, 9th Wis. Inf., and was promoted first sergeant of said company, a position which he held with an interruption of four months, till March 10, 1863, when he was promoted to second lieutenant, In November, 1863, he was promoted to first lieutenant, and in October, 1864, to captain, and was mustered out of service with his company, Dec. 30, 1864. He was at the battle of Newtonia, Mo., Sept. 30, 1862, and Prairie Grove, Ark., Dec. 7, 1862, and served one year, from November, 1563, to November, 1864. as act- ing regimental quartermaster. Returning from the army, Mr. Schmidt repurchased the printing material formerly owned by him, and in Febru- ary, 1865, resumed the publication of the Nord- Westen, which he con- tinues yet. In 1867, he was elected a Trustee of the village of Mani- towoc; in 1869, a member of Assembly; in 1870-72, a Senator; in 1877-76, Alderman and Supervisor; and in 1878, a Justice of the Peace, refusing a re-election in 18So, and has not been a candidate for office since.


HENRY SCHMIDT. of Ramus, Schmidt & Co., livery and sale stable, Manitowoc, was born Feb. 20, 1840, in Brunswick, Germany.


In 1857, he came to Manitowoc County, and followed farming until Sept. 23, 1861, when he enlisted in Co. B, 9th Wis. Inf. Served three years and three months, at the expiration of which time he returned to Manitowoc and was engaged in the saloon business for about six years, when he followed brewing and soda water business for three years; then returned to farming for two years. In 1875, bought an interest in his present business. Married, Jan. 7, 1869, to Julia Zinns, of Buffalo, N. Y., who was born May 28, 1844, by whom he has four children, one son and three daughters.


JOHN SCHNORR, firm of Schnorr Bros., tannery, Manitowoc, was born in the city of New York, March 11, 1852. In about 1855, he came with his parents to Manitowoc. His father is a mason by trade, and has followed that business about thirty years. This business was established in 1876.


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HON. J. SCHUETTE, firm of Jno. Schuette & Bros. general merchandise, Manitowoc, is a native of Oldenberg, Germany. Came in 1848, with his parents to Ozaukee County. The following year, they removed to Manitowoc. His father then opened a general store, which he continued till 1857, when the firm changed to J. Schuette & Sons. In 1870, the firm changed to J. Schuette & Bros. They are also proprie- tors of the Oriental flouring mill, which was established in 1867, together with a plaster mill and stave factory. This firm has been the most suc- cessful of any in the county. Commencing with a business of about $6,000 a year. they are now doing a business of about half a million a year, Mr. Schuette has been the recipient of many important offices. In 1866, he was appointed by the Legislature Harbor Commissioner; in 1874, he was elected State Senator; served two years; he was elected Mayor for the city of Manitowoc, on the Republican ticket, in the year 1878; re-elected in 1879, 1880 and 1881, which position he now holds, and has held many other important offices.


FRED SCHULTZ, tannery and leather store, Manitowoc, was born May 5, 1830, in Germany; emigrated to America in 1852, locating in Manitowoc. He secured employment as foreman with L. Sherman, where he remained till 1856; he then opened a boot and shoe store, which he continued till 1861. He then built his tannery, which he has since operated. He has been School Treasurer of Dist. No. 2 six years, Town Treasurer in 1859-60, and four years City Treasurer and other offices. He was married, in 1856, to Matilda Bruns of Hanover; had six children, four daughters and two sons.


11ANS M. SCOVE, firm Hansen & Scove, ship-builders, Manitowoc is a native of Denmark, born Feb. 15, 1837. llaving reached the age o manhood, and being anxious to improve his circumstances, he emigrated


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to America ; worked a short time on Long Island, and then removed to Manitowoc. Mr. Scove has, however, traveled through many of the Southern States, engaged in the business of ship-building. During one of these trips, he assisted in building Porter's squadron. In 1868, he became a member of the firm Hansen & Scove. From 1876 to 1880, he was captain of the Life-saving Station at Two Rivers. Resigning this position, he engaged in rebuilding the United States revenue cutter, "Andy Johnson."


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FRED SEEGER, meat market, Manitowoc, was born Nov. 15, 1832, in Wurtemburg, Germany. In 1846, he emigrated to this country and located in Buffalo, N. Y., remaining in that city until 1853, when he came to Manitowoc and opened a meat market, which he has since con- tinued. His is the oldest meat market in Manitowoc. He has been a member of the Fire Department for twenty-four years, and occupied the position of Chief of the organization for eight years. He is a member of the Masonic Order, Sons of Herman, and also of the Freier Saenger- bund since its organization, and the Turner's Society. He married, in 1856, Miss Mena Sommer, by whom he has six children, three sons and three daughters.


ANTON SELSEMEIER, saloon, Manitowoc. He was born, Feb. 16, 1826, in Prussia. In 1852, he came to Sheboygan, where he resided for five or six years. He then moved to Fond du Lac County, remain- ing there two years ; from thence he moved to Calumet County, remain- ing there two years. About 1862, he again moved to Newton, Manito- woc Co., enlisting in 1864 in Co. A, 45th Wis. I., serving until the ter- mination of the war. He then returned to Newton, and engaged in farming until about 1872, when he removed to Manitowoc and opened his present business. In 1854, he married Miss Clara Zettler, a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, by whom he has seven children, threesons and four daughters.


LEWIS SHERMAN, firm L. Sherman & Son, manufacturers of leather and dealers in shoe findings, Manitowoc, was born in Walpole, N. H., May 1, 1811. In the Winter of 1834-35, he came to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, and there taught a district school that season. In the Spring of 1835, he removed to Naperville, Ill., and worked at the millwright business for several Winters thereafter; removing to Essex Co., N. Y., where his father had established a tannery. He and his brother as- sisted in the business. In 1840, he assumed the management of the tannery, remaining eight years, when he returned to Naperville, Ill., and carried on the boot and shoe business for two years. In 1850, he went to Manitowoc Rapids, engaging in the manufacture of leather. Soon after, he built his present tannery in Manitowoc, and discontinued the boot and shoe business.


T. C. SHOVE, banker, Manitowoc, is a native of Onondaga, N. Y., born June 3, 1831 ; came to Manitowoc in 1850, where he has since re- sided. He commenced the study of law in 1853 ; was admitted to the


Bar in 1858, He has the agency for several fire insurance companies, some of which he has held since 1854. He soon after drifted into the bank- ing business, which he has since continued. He was Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue from 1869 to January, 1876. Mr. Shove is one of the oldest settlers of Manitowoc, and a warm friend of education, and has had his full share of satisfaction and pleasure in its growth and pros- perity.


E. J. SMALLEY, of the firm of the Smalley Manufacturing Com- pany, organized July 1, 1881, Manitowoc. Mr. S. was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., July 6, 1817 ; went West in 1847, and began a small factory in Sheboygan, being there, and in that vicinity, ten years ; ran his fac- tory seven years during the time, and farmed three years. He sold out, and moved to Manitowoc, and soon began his present business, locating in the latter city in 1857. He was married, in Erie Co., N. Y., in 1840, to Miss Fannie Frick; she was born in same county, New York, Jan. 17, 1821. They have five sons-P. J, Smalley, married, and living in Cale- donia, Minn., is editor and lawyer; H. D. Smalley, married, and living in Manitowoc City, and is mail agent on M., L. Shore & W. R. R .; C.C. Smalley, married, and living in Manitowoc, and is superintendent Smalley Manufacturing Company ; E. H. Smalley, lawyer, and living in Dead- wood City, D. T., and C. F. Smalley, married, living in Manitowoc, and is secretary and treasurer Smalley Manufacturing Company. Mr. E. J. Smalley, father of the family, is the founder and president of the above works. The stock of the above works is owned within the family.


FRANK C. SORGE, manufacturer and dealer in wagons and sleighs. Manitowoc, was born in Saxony, Germany, May 23, 1830. He emigrated to America in May, 1849, and settled in Green Bay ; learned his trade of wagon making, and lived there until Spring, 1853 ; then he went to Chicago and followed his trade a few months, after which he went to Racine. In October, 1863, he came to Manitowoc, and began his pres- ent business. He was married, in Racine, 1859, to Miss Hannah Huepner ; she was born in Germany. He had four sons and one daugh- ter by first wife. He was again married, in 1873, to Miss Henrietta Hintz ; she was born in Prussia. They had three children, now deceased


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O. TORRISON, wholesale and retail dealer in general merchan- dise, real estate, lumber, ties, timber, wood, pressed hay and grain, Man- itowoc, was born in Norway, March 6, 1828. He emigrated and settled in Port Washington in 1848, and attended school there one year. He settled in Manitowoc Rapids 1849, which was then county seat of the county, and clerked in general store two years, after which he settled in Manitowoc City, then in its infancy, and clerked one year for Baker & Beardsley ; worked for E. R. & S. W. Smith in same store one year, as they had purchased the same. Mr. Torrison, in company with H. M. Nordoi, bought the goods and rented same store in 1853, under name of O. Torrison & Co., which they continued five years, at which time Mr.


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Torrison bought the entire interest, the store being then located on York street, which he continued until he built the store in the Fall of 1862, where he has since carried the largest stock of goods in the city, and doing an immense trade, He was married in Manitowoc, Dec. 26, 1856, to Miss Martha Hanson, who was born in Norway. They have ten chil- dren-Thomas E., clerking in his father's store ; Amanda A., married to Rev. A. Bredesen, and living in Stoughton, Dane County ; Isaac H., who is a graduate of the Decorah College, in Iowa, and now attending a theo- logical seminary at St. Louis, Mo. ; Oscar M., a graduate of the Decorah College, and now attending Iowa City Law School University ; George A., attending the Decorah College ; Gustav H., Norman G., Orrin J., William L., and Agnes M., at home, attending city schools. Mr. Torrison has the finest residence and grounds to be seen in Manitowoc County.


P. S. TILLSON, livery, Manitowoc, was born April 23. 1843,in Wan- kesha County. After attending school he assisted on the farm and man- aged a livery ; in 1868, he came to Manitowoc, bringing with him his livery stock, and has since been engaged in this business ; he, with other partners, own two stables with about forty horses ; they also have a con- tract for sprinkling the streets of the city. Married, April 5, 1870, to Carrie L. Emerson, of Ohio ; they have four children, one son and three daughters.


J. W. TOOMBS, agent Goodrich Transportation Company, Mani- towoc, is a native of Cumberland Co., Me .; came with his parents to New York when a boy : in 1849 they removed to Menasha, Wis. ; Feb- uary, 1854, he came to Manitowoc, wasemployed as book keeper for B. Jones & Co., manufacturers of lumber, continued with the firm till 1861, when he went to Nevada, where he was employed as cashier in a bank ; held that position two years, then returned to Manitowoc and was engaged in the drug business one year. In 1865 he was appointed to his present position, having also held the position of clerk on their steamer several seasons. Mr. Toombs has held the office of District School Clerk eight years, and has also been County Superintendent.


HENRY VITS, tannery, Manitowoc, born, Jan. 21, 1842, in Prus- sia. The family immigrated to America in 1856, located in Manito- woc County. In 1869, he commenced to learn the tannery trade, and in 1873, he, with Mr. Vollendorf, formed a partnership in this business ; he was also a partner with Mr. Sherman three years. September, 1879, he bought out Mr. Vollendorf's interest, and has since been alone in this business. Mr. Vits was Alderman, Chairman of the Board, Clerk of the School Board, etc. He was married in 1868, to Mary Hockemeyer, of Hanover ; they have seven children, four sons and three daughters.


ANTON VOGT, furniture and undertaking, Manitowoc. Was born Nov. 24, 1833, in Prussia. In 1855, he went to Chicago, thence to Two Rivers, and was employed by the Two Rivers Manufacturing Co, for eight years. He also worked four years in a ship yard. April 14, 1867, he removed to Manitowoc, and has since been engaged in his present business. Married Oct. 10, 1855, Miss Katharine Althen, of Prussia. She died Feb. 3, 1875, aged forty-three years. They have two sons and two daughters. He married for the second time on June 14, 1876, Emily Mueller, a native of Manitowoc County.


WILLIAM WILLIAMS WALDO, Manitowoc, was born in the Town of Pultney, Steuben Co., N. Y., May 19, 1825. He received an academic education at Franklin Academy, Prattsburg, N.Y. In 1850, he re- moved to Manitowoc, where he has since resided. On the eighteenth day of April, 1855, he was married to Dorothy Florinda Wood. Seven chil- dren have been the result of this union, four of whom are still living. Most of Mr. Waldo's time, wbile in Manitowoc, has been spent in mer- cantile pursuits until 1869, when he was elected County Judge, which office he held for the four succeeding years. He has served as Alderman for his ward and also as a member of the County Board of Supervisors.


HERMANN WEHAUSEN, brick manufacturer, was born Nov. 3, 1820, in Hanover, Germany. He came to Washington County in 1849 ; two years later he moved to Manitowoc, following the carpenter trade for one year; since then he has been engaged in his present business, and manufactures about half a million brick a year, and employs twelve men. In 1851 he married Miss Sophia Ehrendreich, of Prussia, by whom he has six children, two sons and four daughters.


CHARLES WERBKE, merchant tailor, Manitowoc. He was born in Prussia, Nov. II. 1827. He emigrated to America in 1854, and set- tled in Manitowoc City, and hegan business as above noted. He en- listed in 1861 in Co. B, 9th Reg. Wis. V. I. Served three years and two months, and was mustered out in Milwaukee. He then came to Manitowoc and began his present business. He was married in Manitowoc, in 1865, to Mrs. Minna Kullmann. She was born in Saxony, Germany, Aug. 11, 1836. They have two chil- dren living, Norbert and IIerthe. Mrs. W. does all kinds of ladies' hair work.


C. W. WHITE, attorney at law, Manitowoc, born July 4, 1826, in Oneida Co., N. Y .; came to Green Bay with his parents in 1834; they removed to Lake Winnebago, Calumet Co., in 1838, where he as- sisted at farming. He was admitted to the Bar in 1850. His father then went to California ; returned in 1851 to Calumet County, and in


1855 he went to Washington, D. C., where he has since been employed in the Pension Department. He was born in 1795, and now at the ad- vanced age of eighty-six he still retains a fresh and vigorous intellect.


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E. WAGNER, of the firm of Wagner, Rand & Co., wholesale and retail dealers in hardware, is a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, now a part of Prussia, was born in 1829. His parents came to America in 1849, and settled in Washington Co., Wis .; and he, having accidentally lost his right hand on his passage to the sea board, was necessarily detained from coming to this country until the following year, when he also came to Washington County, and found his family in a miserable condition ; his older brother dead, his father sick most of the time, and two small sisters. There they were, on a small farm of forty acres covered with woods, and no one to work but himself with one hand. It was a fearful task, but, "where there's a will there's a way." He cleared twenty-five acres of dense forest, working day and night, until his health failed him and rheumatism set in. He was compelled to seek other means for earning a livelihood, and accordingly came to Manitowoc in 1854, unable to speak a word of the English language. There he found a few good souls, who assisted him in getting a lot and putting up a small shanty, where he opened a saloon, and soon after added a small grocery store. He did quite well, his business continually increasing, and in 1874 went into the hardware business exclusively, and so continues to this day. The firm of Wagner, Rand & Co. are doing the largest busi- ness in their line in Northern Wisconsin. Mr. Wagner is the owner of one of the finest residences in Manitowoc, besides owning considerable other real estate.


P. W. WIEBOLDT, Under Sheriff of Manitowoc County, Manitowoc, was born in Hanover, Germany, Feb. 1I, 1836. He emigrated to America in 1849, and lived in New York City about eighteen months. He went to California in 1851, and followed steamboating until 1854, when he re- turned to New York City, and from there came to Manitowoc County of same year and bought a farm. He also began a general mercantile bus- iness. His store was destroyed by fire. He was appointed Under Sheriff in 1880. He was married, in Manitowoc County, in 1855, to Miss Louisa Saxe, a native of Germany. They have two sons and one daugh- ter.


THOMAS WINDIATE, Windiate House, Manitowoc, was born in Hampshire, England, Jan. 9, 1828, and emigrated to America in 1837 ; settled in Oakland Co., Mich., where he followed the livery bus- iness. He came to Manitowoc in 1854 and began the livery business, which he is yet following. He purchased the National Hotel and grounds in January, 1855. lIe began the erection of his present large brick hotel in 1857, and finished the same in 1864. He was married in Pon- tiac, Mich., Nov. 13, 1851. Mrs. W. was born in Malone, Lower Can- ada, Nov. 19, 1835. They have five children-Ida E., Thomas, Jr., Cornelia D., Arabella, and Burt.


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MANITOWOC RAPIDS.


The town of Manitowoc Rapids contains the post-villages of Manitowoc Rapids, located in the big bend of the river, and Branch, on Section 5, upon the Lake Shore and West- ern Railroad. The diversified interests of this wealthy town are represented in the following personal sketches :


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.


JAMES CORLEW, farmer, Branch Station. Has eighty acres of land in Sec. 6, forty-five acres improved. He was born in Springfield, Windsor Co., Vt., Feb. 6, 1826. He lived in Vermont until he was sev- enteen years of age, then went to Ticonderoga, N. Y., and lived there, and in Crown Point ten years. He worked by the month at lumbering and farming and saw-milling. He then went to Pennsylvania, and was there about a year and followed sawing. He then returned to Orwell Tp., Vt., and farmed a year, then moved to Sun Prairie, Wis., lived there a short time, and went to Medina Tp., Dane Co., and farmed the following season, then moved to Manitowoc Rapids Township, and since has followed farming and lumbering. Has also dealt considerably in im- proved stock horses. He was married in Orwell Tp., Vt., April 10, 1853, to Miss Evaline Pierce. She was born in that place, Dec. 12, 1828. They have three children-Adelia S., Charles F. and Albert J.


HENRY COUTLY, farmer, Sec. 10, Manitowoc Rapids Township. Owns 68 acres, 62 improved. He was born in Cedar, Upper Canada, Nov. 14, 1827. He settled in Neshota, Manitowoc Co,, May 14, 1851, worked in a saw mill and lumbered twelve years in succession, after which he lumbered in Winter, and in Summer farmed, since which he has made farming his exclusive business. He is one of the pioneers of this county. He was married in Neshota, Ang. 25, 1860, to Miss Henrietta Lehmann. She was born in Milwaukee, Aug. 13, 1833. They have three children liv- ing-Anna M., Ida M. and Flora R. Mary J., the second daughter, died.


MAGNUS ERICKSON, farmer, Sec. 21, Manitowoc Rapids Town- ship. Owns 180 acres land, 140 improved. He was born in Sweden, Dec. 29, 1839, and emigrated with his parents to America in 1850, and settled on his present farm, He lived there until Fall, 1858, he then went to Cal- ifornia, followed teaming and lumbering until 1863, returned to his home and lived two years, and began the livery business in Manitowoc, which he continued about two years. His stable burned, causing him considerable loss. He then bought a hotel on Sec. IT, kept the same one year, sold it, moved on his farm, and has lived there since. He also began selling agricultural implements in 1875, and followed selling the same until Fall, 1880, in connection with farming. He was married in Manitowoc, Feb. 6, 1866, to Miss Sarah S. McAllister. She was born in Kalamazoo, Mich., Sept. 14, 1847. They have one daughter, Harriet V., born Sept. 12, 1878.


ALBERT G. FULTON, farmer, Sec. 34, Manitowoc Rapids Township, has 95 acres land and 75 acres under cultivation. He was born in Cotril- ville, St. Clair Co., Mich., Feb. 28, 1832, and lived there until he was eleven years of age, at which time he began sailing as cabin boy. He was promoted to positions of trust, then to master and also became own- er. He followed the business until 1862, after which he went in the wood and coal business in Chicago. About three years after this he moved to Manitowoc Rapids, since which he has followed farming, hav- ing made a purchase of some of his land in 1852. He was married at Sheboygan, Dec. 10, 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Johnson, who was born in Eastport, Me., Oct. 16, 1836. They have had nine children-living : Henry A., married and farming in Cato Tp., Manitowoc Co., Emma J., Charles E., Anna E., Alice M., Mary E., Laura A., Albert G. (deceased), Daisy E.


CHARLES GUSTAVESON, farmer, Sec. 17, Manitowoc Rapids Township, has 105 acres of land, sixty-five improved. He was born in south part of Sweden, Dec. 20, 1821, and emigrated to America in 1846. Went to Milwaukee and enlisted in Co. F, 15th Reg. U. S. Vols., in Spring 1847 and fought in nearly all the principal battles until the capture of Mexico. He was mustered out in Covington, Ky., September, 1848; he returned to Milwaukee and lived a short time, then went to Manitowoc Rapids and took up some land, improved the same and sold it. He worked in a saw-mill two years. He was married in April, 1850. He dealt in land for some time. He enlisted a company of Scandinavians in Fall, 1861, and was mustered in Jan. 14, 1862, and got a commission as captain of Co. F, 15th Wis. Vol. He was at the bombardment of Island No. Io, and at taking of Union City, Ky., and at battles, Perryville, Ky., and Murfreesboro, and was wounded in his foot, was in field hospital a short time. He soon joined his regiment, and was taken prisoner in battle of Chickamauga, and was held one year and ten days in the prisons of Libby, Danville, Macon Ga., and Charleston, S. C. He liberated himself and escaped in company with a comrade. Ile afterward joined his regiment and went to Chattanooga, from there to Bridgeport, and




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