Bellefonte, Pa., september 20, 1929.
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Your Health,
THE FIRST CONCERN.
—The first requisite in combatting
the progress toward physical decay
is to eliminate all infective foci from
the body. This does not mean to
wait for toothache, headache, fever,
or other announcement of such con-
ditions, but to begin in infancy to
regularly inspect the body from head
to foot.
These physical examinations should
be conducted with great thorough-
ness for the purpose of uncovering
not only physical defects and im-
pairments, but foci of infection, es-
pecially in the mouth, nose, and
throat. The examiner who is train-
ed and educated to make such a sur-
vey performs the function of a sort
of medical air-man, who searches
out the enemy's weaknesses and
gives information by which successful
attack can be made.
We must often start at 25 or earli-
er to prevent a death from apoplexy
at 45. .
In the work of the Institute we
lay down as the first great command-
ment that, in order to obtain physi-
cal efficiency and long life, and all
that these things mean to the indi-
vidual, there must be a thorough phys-
ical examination of the body and of
the life cf the individual. The only
safe course is to take the human
body as you would a machine, or an
automobile, and go over it thorough-
ly, then in order to put it in the
best possible condition apply the
knowledge that science affords, with
precision and due regard to the
conditions found.
It is fair to expect that gains
similar to those derived from appli-
cation of scientific principles to exact
knowledge of the conditions in com-
munities may be attained by follow-
ing the same course with the indi-
vidual—survey him completely from
head to foot and then proceed to
clean him up as you would a com-
munity and start him in the right
pathway of living.
When muscularly fatigued, a bath
or a rub-down is far better than
drugs. When mentally fatigued
(real fatigue, not mere boredom,
which should be corrected by work
and change), rest and sleep are the
remedies, not stimulants.
—*“People are prone to be some-
what careless regarding food pur-
chases. While it is true that. the
canned products are sterilized before
sealing there yet remains by far the
bigger proportion of edibles that
lack any kind of protection,” said
Dr. Theodore B. Appel.
“For example, in markets ready-
to eat meats and fruits will often he
pawed over and handled. Patrons
in bake shops can frequently be ob-
served rubbing their noses and
mouths and following it by touching
the goods offered for sale with un-
clean hands. Candies too are dis-
played in great quantities in win-
dows and on counters where they
are oft times reached by bugs, flies,
dirt, dust and even mice.
“The part played by flies and dirt
in disease spreading is too well
known to repeat. And most people
also realize that nearly all the com-
municable infections are dissemina-
ted by a more or less direct contact
of individuals by their discharges, or
by the handling of common objects.
‘These facts should develop a full
significance of the necessity for the
proper protection of all food that is
to be eaten in its raw state. As a
matter of fact, common sanitary
practice dictates that foods. whether
to be cooked or not, should not be
promiscucusly handled.
Those offering foodstuffs for sale
are in the first instance held respon-
sible by law vroperly to protect their
wares from the hands of customers
as well as from the flies, dirt and
dust. But the law cannot do it all
If the proprietor is careless, or
deliberately fails to abide by the reg-
ulations, a state or local inspector
may finally pick him up; but no one
has any right to rely upon this prob-
ability toremedvy unclean and in-
sanitary conditions. Too much
harm may be accomplished before
the inspector can make the check-
up on it.
“Tt is quite safe to say that the
people who in - Pennsylvania are
careless or unlawfully displaying
foodstuffs, would immediately mend
their ways if patronage would be
refused them. In this manner, the
individual citizen could supplement
official surveys most effectively and
markedly raise present standards.
“However, that is but half the
problem. The patron must him.
self observe personal sanitarv prac-
tice bv keeping hands off food that
he is examining for possible pur-
chase; neither must he cough or
sneeze on it.
Good food is one of life’s greatest
gifts. Don’t spoil it by careless or
unsafe handling and display.
In some communities honey pur-
ports to be a desirable food for
diabetic patients. Somehow the no-
tion prevails that the levulose (in-
vert sugar) that constitutes avprox-
imately half of all the sugar in hon-
ey is readily assimilated and utilized
by one with diabetes. Perhaps it is
a mite better adapted for one with
diabetes than is ordinary cane sugar
or glucose or fruit sugars. But if a
diabetic individual eats honey or lev-
ulose at all freely glucose soon an-
vears in the urine and an excess of
blood sugar is usually found. So the
%% oi Rigid Rules Laid Down
DOG LEADS MASTER for Wifely Deportment
TO BURIED WEALTH
| ard of 1393 is outlined in an excerpt
. from “The Goodman of Paris,”
Poverty-Stricken Man Heiped cently translated into English for the
by Pet. | first time by Eileen Power.
i thor, a Paris merchant, was sixty
years old, his wife fifteen:
“When you go to town or to church
you should be suitably accompanied,
according to your estate, and espe-
cially by worthy women, and flee sus-
picious company . . . and as you go.
bear your head straight, keep your
eyelids lowered and still look straight
before you about four rods ahead and
| upon the ground, without looking nor
turning your gaze upon any man or
woman to right or top left, nor look-
ing up, nor glancing from place to
place, nor laughing nor stopping to
speak to anybody on the road. And
when you have come to church, choose
Danville, Ky.—Because his pet dog
led him to treasure trove of 1,800 sil- |
ver dollars, James Ashe, aged and
poverty stricken, who lives near Dan-
ville, Ky., believes Providence has
favor. * him for upright life. Ashe
Mves alone in a small habitation. He
was walking through a field when his
dog jumped a rabbit, which fled to an
old tree stump.
The dog dug furiously about the
stump and Ashe began removing the
accumulation within to scare the rab-
bit and .ee what there was there. In a
few moments he found the top of a
kettle, then loose pieces of metal, dis- |
colored by ag.. Cleaning one, he dis- 'a secret and solitary place before a
covered it was a silver dollar. | fair altar or image, and there remain
Ashe continued his excavation untia and stay without moving hither and
he had removed a large copper kettle, | thither, nor going to and fro, and hold
apparently full of coins. He could your head upright and keep your lps
not carry it far, and hid it in the un- ever moving saying orisons and
derbrush. He told a friend of his dis- prayers.”—Kansas City Star.
covery, and they took the kettle to
Ashe’s home. The coins were cleaned
and counted. There were 1,800 silver
dollars, none bearing u date later than
1858. It is believed robbers of long |
ago buried the money and never re- |
turned for the loot, or that some ante-
bellum miser placed his hoard there.
Another theory is that the treasure
may have been buried during the Civil
war to prevent roving soldiers or |
guerillas from taking it.
Child Behavior Merely
Reflection of Parents’
There is no mystery about children.
| They are puzzling, often, but they are
| never incomprehensible. At least, they
. are not incomprehensible to old folks
and I think they need not be to par-
ents.
Fathers and mothers are themselves
he keys to their offspring. A dis-
orderly father should be able to un-
derstand why his image will not put
Just Her Wa
ue 0 Y away his toys. A quick-tempered
All in one evening, while dancing |
with me, she said:
“The hall is so hot, ’m cooked.”
“I'm crazy about dancing.”
“l was petrified, when [ saw him.”
“That light is so glaring it makes
me blind.” parents, busy with their own affairs,
“(‘an’t you shut the window? [I'm too preoccupied with their future to
frozen stiff.” | think of the present of their children
“You make me sick.” | and to recall how it was with them
“] nearly had a fit when he told when they were young.
ue ahout that joke.” . { “Run away, now, and play.
“The last partner I had drives me is reading his newspaper.”
insane.” Parents say that, not grandparents.
“1 simply died laughing.” Grandparents do not consider the news
“1 was perfectly dumb.” so important as parents do. Grandpa
“I'm so tired, I'm just dead.” ! has time and memories, some self-
Then when 1 looked at her she knowledge, some sense of proportion.
seemed as alive and healthy as ever. — Lincoln Steffens in the North Amer-
ican Review.
tor for her daughter's tantrums; he
| ean only advise self-control—in the
mother.
Pap.
Of Course
In a plea for more careful use of
English, Professor Jordan said:
“A great many American expres
gions are directly contrary to what
we really mean, and the real reason
why the English are sometimes so
perplexed when an American tries to
say something. The story of how we
say ‘lookout! when we mean ‘look
in,’ is a sample.
“The other day, on the beach. }
heard a young girl ask: ‘If 1 were
drowning, would you help me?
“No, said the young man,’ ew
dently an Englishman, ‘I'd endeavor
to prevent you.'”
Puss Expert Fish Catcher
Cats, in their primitive state, are
born hunters and fishers and on tombs
of ancient Egypt appeared representa-
tions of cats accompanying their mas-
ters on fowling expeditions. One of
the most interesting accounts of cats
as fishers, found in the Plymouth Jour-
nal, relates: “There is now at the
battery, on Devil’s point, a cat which
is an expert catcher of the finny
tribe, being in the constant habit of
diving into the sea and bringing up
the fish in her mouth and depositing
it in the guardroom for the use of the
sailors. She is now seven years old
and has long been a useful caterer.”=—
Famous Educator Detroit News.
William Holmes McGuffey was an
American educator, born in Washing-
ton county, Pa., in 1800; graduated at
‘Washington college, Pa., In 1825. He
was a professor of ancient languages
and later of moral philosophy in
Miami university in 1836-39 ; president
of the Ohio university in 1839-43; pro
fessor of moral philosophy in the
University of Virginia from 1845 until
his death in 1873. He compiled the so-
called “Eclectic Series,” and other
school books.
Writers, Please Note
Not so long ago bottles of gum fis-
sued by the British stationery office
bore the following instruction:
“In ordinary use the best and most
aearly immediate result is secured by
using only such an amount of gum as
will just uniformly moisten the sur-
face without leaving any obvious ex-
cess to delay drying, the condition to
be aimed at being that of a gummed
postage-stamp just moistened as or-
dinarily applied to a letter.” i
Now some sensible economist, cai
tously indifferent to fine writing, has
replaced this piece of unexampled
prose with the terse paraphrase, “Ap-
ply thinly.”
No Atmosphere on Moon
The absence of atmosphere on the
moon is proved by the fact that at the
time of an eclipse of the sun the
moon's limb is perfectly dark and
sharp, with no apparent distortion of
the sun due to refraction. Similarly,
when a star is occulted by the moon
it disappears suddenly and not some-
what gradually as it would if its light
were being more and more extin-
guished by an atmosphere. There are
other indications which lead tc the
same conclusions.
Not Original With Lincoln
The saying. “You cannot fool all of
the people. all of the time” is com-
monly attributed to Abraham Lincoln
and also to P. T. Barnum, though it is
not in their biographies. A little book
published by A. Wessels company in
1903, “The Wisdom of Abraham Lim-
coln,” gives this as a quotation from
Lincoln's speech at Clinton, Ill, on
MORE TROUBLE FOR September 8, 1858. It is quite likely
WEARY P. TIAN that this was a proverb or popular
saying long before he uttered it. A
423d Ls fact 19 JOU dyst. Of nual, book of old English proverbs lists a
tal than knowing that you stand Similar saying: “No one is a fool al-
more chance of getting’ “knocked | Ways; every one sometimes.”
for a loop” in Philadelphia between
the hours of 4 p.m. and 5 p. m. than
at any other time during the day,
according to the figures of the State
Bureau of Motor Vehicles, compiled |
for William H. Connell, director of
the regional planning federation of
the city.
There were 2553 motor vehicle ac-
cidents in the city so far this year
the figures showed, in which 162
persons were killed and 2371 injured.
The evening hours were shown to be
the most prolific in accidents. with
Sunday “leading all other days of
the week.” :
nse lp
Priceless Gavel
When the presiding officer of the
Chicago Association of Commerce
| raps for order at future meetings, he
will rap with a renewed authority. It
is no common gavel that calls the
members to attention for it helped
literally to keep the roof over the
heads of 26 Presidents of the United
States. :
The gavel was carved from one ot
the main wooden roof trusses of the
White House when the repairs to the
roof were made, during the Coolidge
qdministration.
A Storekeeper had for some time
displayed in his window a card in-
scribed, “Fishing Tickle.”
A customer drew the proprietor’s
Began a Big Industry
The shoe industry of this country
Wifely comportment of the stand-
mother should not have to call a doc--
| The mystery is about parents, young ;
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a Oh, Yes! Call Bellefonte 43.
ne LU wl i = £ W.R. Shope Lumber Co.
hy - neu Lumber, Sash, Doors, Millwork and Roofiz.,
QUARANTINE IS
A VITAL NECESSITY.
“Pennsylvania farms and nurser-
ies, representing investments of mil-
lions of dollars, have the entire
world as market,” states Secre-
tary of Agriculture C. G. Jordan in
explaining the absolute necessity of
federal and state quarantines
against plant pests.
“No State. in such favorable cir-
cumstances, can afford to disregard
local outbreaks of devastating insects
. which as yet infest only very small
portions of the entire country. Oth-
: er States and countries are just as
anxious to have the needless spread
of Japanese beetles and European
corn borers stopped as are people in
the uninfested portions of our own
Commonwealth.
“Therefore, when you are stopped
at the quarantine line and your ve-
hicle is searched for carriers of
beetles or borers, remember this in-
‘ spection is a part of a national pro-
gram. The federal plant quarantine
law requires that such quarantines
: be established and the U. 8. govern-
ment provides almost twice as much
money for doing control work as
does Pennsylvania. Unless the State
fully co-operates, the federal author-
ities, in justice to other States, must
quarantine the entire State. Such a
procedure would greatly handicap,
if not shut off important features of
our extensive farm trade with other
sections of the country.
“Fortunately, through her effec-
tive work in co-operation with the
federal government and other States,
Pennsylvania has retained the confi-
dence and good will of buyers of our
products the world over. Last year,
76,000,000 plants, 6,000,000 packages
of farm produce, 10,200 cars of sand
and soil, 55,000 bales of hay, and 25,-
000 boxes of cut flowers were certi-
fied for shipment out of the Japanese
beetle area alone. Without this cer-
tification—without this means of sat-
isfying other States and countries
that every reasonable precaution is
being taken to protect them, our
producers would be deprived of im-
portant outside markets or would
, have to comply with all sorts of re-
strictive measures enforced by other
States.
| “Even more important than the
' establishment of quarantine lines, is
the employment of capabie men as
inspectors. The federal and. state
' governments deem it advisable that
{only men of the highest character,
with a knowledge of insect and
"plant life, be employed. This applies
tothe scouts as well as to the farm
products and nursery inspectors.
i “The scouting work is done large-
ly by the federal government as a
| basis for effective control work. The
exact area and density of infestation
.are determined by the scouts so that
| parasites may be kept at the ab-
solute minimum.
| “We are happy to say that last
i year, Pennsylvania cleaned up a
(larger corn borer infected area and
. showed a greater decrease in borer
infestation than any other State.
| “The beetles and corn borers are
waging a mighty offensive. The bat-
tie is the concern of people 2,000 and
3,000 miles away the same as our
own citizens. It is a fight for the
nation. not merely for Pennsylvania.
i
BUYS DESERTED TOWN
| FOR SUMMER CAMP.
Mrs. J. K. Gardener, of Ridgway,
has found a use for a deserted lum-
ber and tannery town in that section.
Mrs. Gardener has purchased the
entire town of Instanter, Pa., twen-
{ty miles from Ridgway and present-
ed it to the Ridgway Y.M.C.A. for
use as a summer camp. The town
was vacated a few years ago when
'its tannery, the only remaining in-
dustry, was sold and torn down.
The old mill pond has been alter-
ed and made into a swimming pool
for the 150 boys and 68 girls who
camped there this summer. School
buildings have been converted into
| dormitories, officers quarters and a
model kitchen.
| Victor Patterson, secretary of the
YMCA. and a corps of workers,
have made improvements and have
effected the transformation of a mne-
glected and abandoned town into an
ideal camping spot.
BEGIN SURVEY FOR
MILK CONTROL LAW.
A preliminary survey of the farms
from which raw milk is sold to the
consumer and of the pasteurizing
plants, is now being carried on
throughout the State by members of
the health department’s field milk
inspection staff, according to a re-
port submitted, prepared by Ralph
E. Irwin, chief of the milk section.
According to Irwin this activity
; has been undertaken to assist milk
| distributors in making preparations
{ and’ developing proper plans for the
| compliance of the recently enacted
milk control law which will be put
= active operation in 1930.
CONNECTICUT SAVES
LONE CHESTNUT TREE.
SCHOOL OPERATION IS BIG
BUSINESS, DR. KEITH SAYS.
cam
classed with “big business” for the
system in Pennsylvania may well be,
as educating of its youth demands ex-
penditures comparable with the
major industries, says Dr.John A. H.
Keith, Superintendent of Public In-
struction.
A study made of expenditures for
all the requisite activities of educa-
tion showed a total of $213.000,000
in one year. :
The latest figures gathered by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction
show that $202,734,231, is now ex-
pended by local school districts to
operate the public schools for one
year. Added to this amount are the
sums of approximately $400,000 for
State administration $568,500 for
county supervision, $2,900,000 to es-
tablish a school employees retire-
ment fund. and $6,519,594 in support
of the preparation of teachers in the
State normal schools and State
teachers colleges which make a total
o fapproximately $213,000,000 spent
in the interests of public education.
Of the amount expended specifical-
ly by local school districts, $89,439 .-
ers, numbering 59661, or an average
of approximately $1500 for each
school employee annually.
The cost of textbooks, which are
furnished free to school children in
Pennsylvania, amounted to $3,120,-
447, or an average of $1.95 per pupil
in average daily attendance.
Expenditures of capital outlay
which covers costs for enlargement
and expansion of the school plant
through additional grounds, new
buildings, new equipment and en-
largements of old buildings, required
the sum of $34,789,076.
Other expenditures covering im-
portant items include $3,401 356 for
school supplies, $785,838 for salaries
of secretaries of school boards; $598,-
530, fees for treasurers; $2,186,828,
fees for tax collectors; $848 845, for
enforcement of compulsory education
laws; $5.711,473 to keep the school
plant in repairs: $7,366,595 for jani-
tors wages; $3,264,148 for fuel; $1,-
397,689 for salaries of superinten-
dents of schools; $760,847 to reim-
burse teachers for attending insti-
tutes; $4,128 787 to pay tuition to
other school districts; $1,082,894 to
carry fire insurance; $2,197,010 for
transportation of pupils; $1,243,075
for health service; $2,500946 for
teachers retirement fund and $29,-
167,876 to redeem bonds and other
forms of loans, including interest.
DIPLOMATS IN JAPAN .
NEED AUTO LICENSES,
Foreign diplomats and their fam-
ilies in Tokyo will be deprived of the
privilege of running motor cars
without chauffers’ licenses if, and
when, the Foreign Office accepts the
request of the metropolitan police
board that diplomatic immunity as
applied to automobiles shall be
abolished 1
‘There are a total of 70 automo-
biles in Tokyo owned by foreign em-
bassies and legations, the police
say, including 15 at the British Em-
bassy, five each for the French and
German Embassies. and three for
the Russian Embassy, and these cars
are often run by diplomats and
their families without licenses.
This is not desirable, the police
claim, for traffic control. as traffic
policemen often suffer inconveniences
on this account. As a result, the
police now intend to hand licenses to
the diplomats who are qualified driv-
ers.
EACH STATE FRESHMAN
TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED.
To offer a postive means for iden-
tification by deans and other col-
lege officers, all members of the in-
coming freshman class at the Penn-
sylvania State College will be photo-
graphed during Freshman Week
starting September 19. This is a
custom at Penn State, and the re-
sulting small prints are pasted to
each student’s record cards. This
year the athletic association is
adopting the “mugging” idea and
will photograph students of all
classes, placing a print on the indi-
vidual’s pass card to all home athlet-
ic contests.
OFFER OPPORTUNITY
TO KEEP AIR LIGHTS.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open
competitive examinations to fill va-
cancies in position as assistant air-
ways keeper. Light house service
at various air mail landing fields be-
tween New York and Cleveland.
It is required that all applications
be in the hands of the district secre-
tary of the third Civil Service Dis.
trict at Philadelphia, not later than
October 5.
The competitors will not be required
to report for examination at any
place but will be rated on their ap-
plications.
Operation of the public school is ;
933 represents the salaries of teach- !
sm
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
KLINE WOODRING.—Attorney at
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Practices in all
courts. Office, room 18 Crider's Tx. <
e. -
KENNEDY JOHNSTON.—Attorney-at-
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt atten-
tion given all legal business entrusted
to his care. Offices—No. 5, East tush
street.
3! M. KEICHLINE.—Attorney-at-Law and
1
G. RUNKLE.— Attorney-at-L aw,
Consultation in English and Ger-
Justice of the Peace. All professional
business will receive prompt attention.
| A man. Office in Crider’s
Bellefonte, Pa.
on second floor of Temple Court.
49-5-1y
|
PHYSICIANS
S. GLENN, M. D., Physician and
Surgeon, State College, Centre
| county, Pa. Office at his residence.
R. R. L. CAPERS.
D OSTEOPATH.
Bellefonte State College
Crider’s Ex. 66-11 Holmes Bldg.
D. CASEB tometrist.—Re
EER, Op gls-
tered and licensed by the State.
Eyes examined, glasses fitted. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed. Frames r placed
and lenses matched. Casebeer Bldg . High
St., Bellefonte, Pa. . . 1-22-tt
VA B. ROAN, Optometrist, Licensed
by the State Board. State Colle;
every day Ruch Saturday, o-
fonte, in the Garbrick building opposite
the G@ourt House, Wednesday afternoons
from 2 to 8 p. m. and Saturdays 9 a. m.
to 4:30 p. m. Bell Phone. 68-40
FEEDS!
We have taken on the line of
Purina Feeds
We also carry the line of
Wayne Feeds
Purina Cow Chow, 349, $3.10 per H.
Purina Cow Chow, 249% 2.80 per H.
Purina Calf Meal 5.00 per HL.
Wayne Dairy, 329% - 3.00 per H.
Wayne Dairy, 249 - - 2.70 per H.
Wayne Pig Meal, 189, - 3.10 per H.
Wayne Egg Mash - - 8.25perH.
Wayne All Mash Grower $8.50 per HL.
Wayne Calf Meal - 4.25 per H.
Wayne Horse feed - 2.60 per HL.
Wagner's Dairy, 80% - 2.80 per H.
Wagner's Dairy, 229 - 2.50 per H.
Wagner's Dairy, 16%, - 2.20 per H.
Wagner's Pig Meal - 2.80 per H.
Wagner's Egg Mash - 2.80 per H.
Cotton Seed Meal - - 2.80perH.
Oil Meal - - - - 820perH.
Gluten Feed - = = 2.50 per H.
Flax Meal - - 2.40 per H.
Alfalfa Meal - - 2.25 per H.
Meat Meal, 459 - - 4.00perH.
Tankage, 609% - - 4:25 perH.
Oyster Shell - LlOperH.
Stock Salt - - 110 por H.
We have a full line of poull rand
stock feeds on hand at all times at
the right prices.
Let us grind your corn and oats
and sell you the high protein feeds
and make up your own mixtures. We
charge nothing for mixing.
We deliver at a charge of $1.00 per
ton extra.
If You Want Good Bread or Pastry
TRY
“OUR BEST”
OR
“GOLD COIN” FLOUR
C.Y. Wagner & Co. in
¢6-11-1yr. BELLEFONTE, PA.
Caldwell & Son
Bellefonte, Pa.
Plumbing
and Heating
Vapor....Steam
By Hot Water
Pipeless Furnaces
PUSAN
Full Line of Pipe and Fit-
attention to the spelling.
“Hasn't anybody told you of it
before?” he asked.
“Hundreds” replied the dealer;
“put whenever they drop in to tell
me they aways spend something.”
bees have little or nothing on the
cane or the beets or whatever fruit
one prefers, as a source of food for
the diabetic individual.
was begun in 1629 by Thomas Beard, | So rare is an American chestnut
who came over on the Mayflower on tree nowadays that the state experi-
its third voyage and brought hides ment station at New Haven isto have
for making shoes. Seven years later | charge of ‘one that stands fourteen
Philtp Kertland of Buckinghamshire 'feet high in the dooryard of Judge
began making shoes in Lynn, Mass. | Clarence R. Hall's home.
Since that date the state of Massa- Pid he nd 2, JDealthy | Sad
chusetts has come to lead the world | e chesinuls
in the manufacture of boots and On New England's hillsides are gone,
Snoes a marvel.
| the Hall chestnut is looked upon as
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tings and Mill Supplies
All Sizes of Terra Cotta
Pipe and Fittings
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