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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGElt-PHILADELPHiA, WEDNESDAY, ' DECEMBER 20, 1922
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J Most Popular Girl
But Catherine Spingler, Who
Wen Popularity Contest, Likes
Hatrdressing, Toe
WILL BE CROWNED JAN
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VfiilOO MflDTU Dlill Jl
miaeiiuiMiniiui.
MAY ENTER MOVIES
fm vv 'iyffimB
fB, i SjiiMVTB-'
H. '-.Y jtei.-.f&iy4..-fxM..l.VM.4. f i 1
I'hiinueipinn, naving beiu itv'fi'V'tVl
n n nepuinrity contest. e,;' '.r'ra iv'r OxV-'J
cment wis mnde in the fjiV&tsfljJft
111 I Lllll.lia.Sk lUin fllV.aUW WXs'.X ."1 "- WW?WAHM mnrm.-
HM'drMwcT or mivle nctrces which
shall It he? Thnt Is the question which
rt(i(n.vcnr-el(l Catherine- Shlnglcr, gf
4210 North Dnrien street, cannot w
elde.
rntherlne lnt night wns officially
muds known its the most popular girl
In North
84,370 votes
The . iiuuunc
pi. Thentrc
and nuiu Bir i. . ,, .
weeks," she chnttercd nwny nt her home
today, "find It was n let of fun. I'vn
only been In Philadelphia Btemlily for
th last three enrs and have been liv
g out hire mere than a year. But !
I knew an awful le of people and I
asked all of them te buy votes or tick-
n&velTftnuarv 2. I'll get n
Inte It for that. I just wanted te
e what it was lll:e werkinc in a con
test. And fine iephimi "r Biiuii, u..u
bed head, running her flnms threuga
her hnlr te make t mere fluffy.
"I II lOVe lO PW HI iUC uiwive -!
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CATHARINE SHINOLER
4210 North Darlen street, who is
te be crou-ned Miss North l'hlla
uc'.phla, following her election as
"qucin" In a content conducted by
the Kits '.Vheatre, Sixth street mid
Hunting Psrfc avenue
i
N0H01 OPERA
TOU haVC tO (I0 MUCH lUimy iuihbb. xmw-
evcr." Hhc added with a careless nwecp
of her hand. "I may go In for them
Rut I'll love te ue n nair
HOUSE FIRE-SWEP
T
.Vkn ilrtV
dresser, tee. Don't knew which I
iir wn?it the most, but sunnnc I'd
better finish fichoel before I think of
Mhat I'll de Inter en."
Catherine gees te the McCIurc Scheel
at Sixth and Huntington Park avenue, -i
60,000 TONS IN BLAST
.Twelve 'Ten TNT Charge Mevea
Reck Ledge vor River Dam '
Yalilma, Wash., Dee. 20. A twelve twelve
ten charge of TXT was set off
jestcrduy at the Government construc
tion camp at Rlmreck, AVnli., heaving
a huge ledge of rock, estimated te weigh
CO.000 teiiB, into the Tieton River.
The rock inter will be piled against
the core wall of the Rlmreck I)am, te
be the largcnt carth-llllcil dam in the
United States.
It cost $57,000 te prepare the blast.
NICARAGUAN INQUIRf
IS URGED IN SENATE
Oldest Amusement Establish
ment in That City Do3treyed
Early This Morning
ENTIRE BLOCK MENACED
Norri'tewn, Dee. 20. The Grand
Opera Heuse, the eldest amusement
establishment here, wnB destroyed hy
me this morning. The flames, thought
te have been caused by crossed elec
tric wires, started in the top of the
building at 12:30 o'clock and illu
minated the sky ever the entire city.
At first It was, feared the whole
block en Main street In which the
theatre utands the principal business
Bectien of the elty would be swept hy
tun names. Kapid work bv firemen, '
however, confined the blaze te the one
building, and nfter nn hnur the fire!
appeared te be under control.
The Grand Opera Heuse was a three three
steTy structure, the front of which
was occupied by ledge rooms. Motion
picture exhibitions were given In the
auditorium.
Twe weeks age a slight fire stnrted
In the theatre when a motion-picture
film exploded In the projection bes.
Alleged Connection of N. Y. Flrm3
With Chamorro Regime Mentioned
Washington, Dec. 20. An Investlsa- I
tien ey the Senate Foreign Relation-. The Court has granted n divorce te
Committee te ascertain "the true state Mary P. Trimmer, of Cynwvd, from
of affairs" in Nicaragua, the facts con- Seward W. Trimmer, who new resides
wiling American occupation of that re- In Les Angeles. Calif., en the ereund
pu ilie in lull), wliv American lercci of cruel and barbarous treatment. They
Mill uie, quartered there and' 'the con- were married in Syracuse, N. Y.. In
nectien between certain New lerk com- U)18 and three days. Inter Trimmer
mabhIa 1 l...iihii t1 tliA I'linntiiUhn flni .. . & a tat " ..
rmrcinl heitsec nnd the Chamorro Clan
Government e Nicaragua." wna pro pre pro
peied in a resolution introduced yester
day by Senater Ladd, Republican, of
North Dakota.
Reference was made in the measure
te t evolutions adopted nt a mass
meeting in Mnnagua, which, it wa
mid. licensed Dr. Maxime II. Zepeda, a
Xienraguan delcsnte te the Central
American conference new In session In
nns ent te a military camp. His wife
lestineii no was in a guardhouse when
his company went evcrswiH, Trimmer
point? evpr later. On his return they
lived together until July, 11)20, when
the wife said she had te leave en ac
count of his treatment, testifying that
he never worked, living en his mother's
income nnd his chief amusement was
beating his wife without cause. The
wue ucciared n
ah n nliAHu ...III. 1..
Washington, of heiiie "n tiaiter te his mntlier-in.lnw worn ...nCf .in1-,. i.-
teuiitry" and "u warrior of Wall Street latter always defending her. and 'that!
bankers against the legitimate interests Trimmer was also cruel te Ills mother. ,
la his country. en one occasion becoming nngrv nt her
Tunr-i- wi-.n m n . r. . . .. ab,out,n eci transaction and made her
THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY BADLY tc,Pn a cancellation of an engage-
DITTCM DV A OTDAV nnr !nellt .Hne ,.m'1 t,1(lt day for some cel- ;
wi i i ui u i n y i nn I uuu icge aiumni committee work
Animal Files at Chester Child and , ,A ,wn,r,rnnt "J" uecn lssed by Mag-
-r- ui w iiuiic i uune mr me arrest or llarry
Tears His Face Crethc-rs. of Royersford, charged with
Chester, Dec. 20. Police have been violation of the meter vehicle law in
ordered te sheet upon sight n strav deg ""t stepping for aid after striking a
which attacked and severely bit a tiirce- pedestrian. It is alleged his car hit I
year-old hey yesterday when lie steneed Jehn Frnntz en Ridce Dike bn Kiimlnv
upon the front perch of his home Wth ccnlng. Crethers peralbts it is a case
nis mother. ' of mistaken identitv.
The hey Is the sort of Mrs. William '
Leng, of 72(1 West Third street. The Mr. nnd Mrs. Reuben Redebaugh of
tieg wiih en the perch when Mrs. Leng Center Square, will celebrate their six-
rneunted the steps from the sidewalk, ticth wedding anniversary en Christmas
hading her son by the hand. The with a family gathering. Ueth are well
animal leaped at the child, knocked him and active, the former aged eighty-
down nnd hit his face. The mother 'our nnd the wife eighty-two. They
lifted her son from the perch, but the havt hail nine children, sir of whom
os : again attacked him, injuring him are living: Irvln, of Philadelphia J Mrs.
Dniiiy liefere It could lie driven away. Edward Kemerle, Geriuantewn ; Mrs.
I he boy was cairicd te the office of Dr. Wllmer Jehnsen. Hnrrlsbnrg: Mrs.
Allicrt L. Ussctt, who had te take sev- Jehn Rockett, Edge Hill, and R. N.
ral stitches te cloi,e the vnrioue Rodehaugh, Center Square. They have
wOunuu. eizhtecn crnndehllrlren niul p!i1i nrnni.
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icranuciiiidrcn. They were married in
CHRISTMAS-EVE TALKS
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liitemnrsh Tewnshln. Mm, TlnU
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ta nr- r-i .... , , vnujn a luuiuen uame was mary is,
TO BE FLASHED BY RADIO zcarfess.
FAIRIES EXIST, DOYLE SAYS
New Devlce Will Reproduce Voices
of Coelldge, Dcnby and Weeks
. Washington, Dec. 20. Vice Prosl Presl Prosl
eont roelidge, Secretary Weeks ami
weerctary Denhy. it was announced
" night, will deliver radio addresses te
9 American public Clirlstmas Eve,
acn their voices, reproduced by the
iHiiuipnoteplionc, n new electrical mid
j"'"iuKiniiue
Cites Letter of Ten-Year-Old Girl te'
Substantiate Claim
Londen, Dec. 20. Sir Arthur Cennn
Deylo jesterd.iy renewed the con
troversy which he started two years
age when he stated that fairies had
PiAtli0 '".li"1; "!!, " ""tliV,; leen Photographed in a Yorkshire vll
Jiencral Electric Company ut Schenec- lagc. He uays he has corroborate
ai'i ' iYt . 'evidence which removes all doubt about
dreds'r B ' ,,"L :.C" 'iVX 'l"1: W. previous statements.
easting station, It Is declared their Twe "" nEO. he nld, fairies had
vmces win be heard as clearly as though been pliotegrnpuou by two girls, ten
Itrmm'n "W ,Hfec,!r Intet,1,,e '"I l,n(1 6ix,ee enra W. nd 't is new
S k00p,M1CUntn1fv,:vI "lH '"eu8ht l0 ," "ttentlen that Z
f trJil J?:',() l M- en a wvc lengtl veunitcr of the two. seen nfi. lut
v iiiw iiii'iiirii i
NO CLUE TO MINT ROBBERY
Denver Police Unable te Trace
Bandits' Automobile
Denver. Dec. 20. (Hy A. P.)
a racing down an endless number of
uppescil dues without result, Denver
police, nearly forty-eight hours after
the robbery of $200,000 from Federal
Jtescrve Hunk empleyes, Mill lack In In In
rorniatlen ns te the identity of the rob
When the bandit machine sped away
"Iter the robbery nnd the fatal shoot sheot shoet
"ig of Charles Linten, Federnl Rebcrve
""ink guard, In front of the Denver
Mint, It dlBappenrcd completely.
MORE KEPHART CHARGES
T.free New Informatiens te Be
Brought Against Him
ilarrlsburg. Dec. 20. The Attorney
pho.egraplm were taken, wrote a netu r
u llttL frlehd In Seuth Africa, sajlng"
"Kisie nnn l nave Deen seeing fairfn.
lately. We even obtained photegraniiu
them, l wonder why we did net tee
of
I
suppose it
ft
General's ..Department' baa nrennred
"iree additional Informatiens against
Harmen M. Kephnrt, formerly State
treasurer, charging him with mlsde
i a2?r.,n offlce- The Information will
i llled seen because the statute of
limitations will expire early In 1D1SI.
i up original information which re
them In Seuth Africa
was tee het."
Sir Arthur bases his corroboration en
the argument that a child of ten woule
net attempt te decehe n friend in such
a manner. i
THIEVES PufyCTvTiN FIRE
Weman, Beaten and Robbed, Thrown
Inte Pile of Blazing Newspapers
Cleveland, Dec. 20. (Hy a P.) '
Twe robbers today bound, gagged and
bndly bent Mrs. hlennere S&nchaly,
and then, after tier repeated assertion
that ifW in cash nnd n check for $110
was all the nmiuy she had In the
house and her refusal te tell of n secret
hiding place of her money, tied a
stocking cap nbeut her face and threw
hrr into a pile of blitzing newspapers,
from which she was rescued by fire
men. Mrn. Hnnchaly's clothing was scorched
ami she was almost suffocated from
smoKe. the rehhers escaped.
Endlcett P.
Rroelillno, Man,.
Saltenstall
Dec. 20. Endi-
S m. Mrt Kephart being held for eett P. HMtenstnll, District Attorney of
wurt and In bis indictment ret inlsde- Mlddlefcx Count, died suddenly nt hi-
jneaner cover the period from October home In the Chestnut II III section here
December, 10a0, and the three nw hist nUht. Tin DUtrlct Attctrnev hml
ffiSLkS. J"5!lary' February and been 111 five weiks, bul tihysIelaiiH wild
wph, 1021. They are similar te the death was due te an untspwud attack
erlftaal Informatiens. ' , of phlebitis,
Jein the great throng of happy Christmas shoppers who come from all parts of
the city te share in the wonderful savings at the Kensington Sheps. Though the demand
has been heavy, fresh stocks arrive daily at these wide-awake shops. With only three
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l t r. .. -II .Ml r. I a.t. ...- J. .J.nJ!J lCtm b aavlnni tVinf -will
mere shopping aays leir, you win sun nna inuunnuu. 'i"Mm b" ..B -.. .....
astound you. Shep and Save in Kensington THE COUPON AT THE BOTTOM OF
THIS PAGE, means your carfare is FREE.
iUCurbj) $reg. extenb
tiie Station'& &tttti& te
tfjctr fjesit of tuntemtvi anb
friettbg tettf) bt&t hjtfiijcK
for a $nppj anb Presper
eujf Mete car.
ffltuvbp Ptasi.
Jf rent anb erU Streets
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f0
en
PURCHASING AGENTS' ORDERS ACCEPTED '
BERG BROS.
Cor. Frent & Dauphin Sts.
OVERCOATS and SUITS
Sensible and Serviceable Gifts
Mr. Berg's Guar
antee Goei With
Everv Purchase
15
N . E
$20 Men's Overcoats g
In Grays and Browni.
Belted Stylet.
nv t nsf t
si.au mens
Overcoats
Heavy All Weel,
Plaid Back. In
Raglan and Ulster.
Art-
$. men s
Overcoats
Durable Plaid
Back Fabrics. In
the Newest Medels
Beys' Clethes for
Christmas
$8.50 Beys' Twe.
Pants Suits, Over
coats, Mackinaws
.00
$1 Q.75
OA .75
$15 Beys' All-Weel
Mackinaws and
Overcoats
$0.95
$4.95
$12 Beys 2 Pr.
Pants Suits, Over-
coats, Mackinaws
$79S
OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL CHRISTMAS
I Cewt te tht HJJT
YOUR OPPORTUNITY
It ruu iT.nt te Imy tax tllrert from
jn incierj, you muii eeme te n re.
terjr te l fuctnry tn1cf. Yeu cnnet
ipi rnrtury imrrs- in renin Hern pav-
n MkIi tentu In it rfl.ill district.
VTIItem. Axmlniten, Velvet, Had
I3rutM. Extrnllnary Quality
nl Pttisni, In anr ill.
r BiRgest Uarftnin in Town t
VELVETS & AXMINSTERS
fluent Quality 11x13
$21.50, $27.50 up
8.3x10.6 $2000, $25,0
$13r,e, $19.5e
$1 9.00, $1 e.oe
27x54, $2.60 up
7.0x9
6.9
'up
Glffnntic Sale nf
Finest Seamless Wiltens
9x15 $97.50
9x12, $70.00, $57.50 & $53.50
8.3x10.6, $67.50, $55 & $49.50
6x9 ...$43.50
7.6x9 $40.00
AtX AKK PERFKOT GOODS
Fins CirpMi. 9le, S1,S5, 11.60 up r
it. Kuri, Runnera. Carpta br the
Yard a.34. tl nd 80 Inchea wld-.
all (Tatlci.
mm
aiptr, and Orl'ant above Cambria St.
Routs 8 or A te OambrU nt. .
erYfankferd "L" te (lemtrast Bt. Sta.
and walk en anuart taat te Jaap.f
ni. an -m" uss1 SL laotery.
"i
3980 M. Opn ,
. w
Frl.. Until
Athxt i4h
P. . Mall .Ordsra TllTH.
f Ant Dllvnf. ,
Ak.k v...
M. Qua flftt. nnd
LASTING GIFT
Fine
Polychrome
Boudoir Lamps
Special at
$2-39
All Celers
A complete Bteck of Lamps of all
descriptions te choeso from.
We also carry a full line of Xmas
Tre LlthtlnR Outfits. Fleer
Lamps, Table Lamps anil ether
electrical appliances.
Let tislU out jour home for Xinn.
Wlrtu. M ,i a, lrltnf,
INDEPENDENT
Gas & Electric Fixture Ce.
2227-29 N. Frent St.
Get Off at Dauphin St. Station
WARREN R. GREENIG & CO.
HIGH-GRADE PIANOS
, AND PLAYERS
BOLD OH EASY TERMS
3129-31 Kensington Ave.
rh-Oarnlfd'lTuIc'wuicall
gL-ggi
FrankeL en the FrankferdL"
Station StepDauphin Street
La Mede
Sponsors
the Ceat of
Caracul
Lamb
trimmed with
MINK COLLAR
AND CUFFS
$89.75
Werth Twice This Price
40 inches long. Skins beauti
fully rnntched. Finished with
heavy silk cord.
A RARE BARGAIN
Ceet will be tent ter your
inspection, if you desire.
Phene, Columbia 0676, or
icrite us.
Open Monday, Friday,
'Saturday Evenings.
SPECIALISTS IN BCiYS" CLOTHES
ii 4LbdL- Ar3L
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Tn2
DIAMOND C
S. E. COR. frent: DAUPHIN St '
BOYS' SUITS
Frent Dauphin St
PhUadelphia -Pa.
0'COATS &
MACKINAWS
6.00 ALL-WOOL
CHINCHILLA
Inlo coats brltpJ
all around' muff
tmrketa and plrattd
backs
3.95
8.75 BOYS' TWO
PANTS SUITS
Overcoats nnd
mncklnaw.t In rart.
eua blanket nlild
and solid ciders.
i C.95
10.50 BOYS
OVERCOATS
Twe-nnnta nulta nf
t a n e y ehetlefci,
trrrrda nnd liem
spun In licrrln
bone wcaTe . ..
models
HAND-TAILORED BOYS' SUITS
AND OVERCOATS
Of pure worsted, in all the newest shades
Sizes up te 18 years.
.75 a 1 O.SO
te
12
iOPEN EVERY EVENING
n
aw art v
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and I
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HHSfflBKS
MP. FOX
1412-14 GERMANTOWN AVE
2826-28 FRANKFORD AVE
MAKE THIS A FURNITURE XMAS!
Give Her a Lasting Gift
Fer beauty and usefulness noth
ing surpasses a dining-room
suite. We have a large assort
ment of complete suites te
please every taste at prices te
fit any purse. $110.00 Upward.
I liaUHBl --g- , -JtJj CPU KJIll
I
Only Ons Bleck East of Somerset St. "L" Station
y&s&&&&gpmM8
e The Leading Department Stere Uptown
Open Every Evening Until Xmas
FRONT AND SUSQUEHANNA AVE.
One Bleck Seuth of Dauphin St. Station en the New "L"
&7&5SYn
Si? tjftj'jr! jJZj&IJaV Vi-
5
S TAVe aiun DA Vlf SsN S
1 v 1 7 ""- nnuiv
New ter the Last DIG WEEK,
Cema hop in the finnit Tey Htnrr uivtewn.
Tii rumplrte flner dftelfd te Tcya.
AUTOS, COASTERS, DESKS,
SLEDS, DOLLS, GAMES
In fact. tfrythlrlB frm Kahtn Claua' workshop.
I OUR RADIO DEPARTMENT UuSllM0" ,"Lf "V'1. "
tra ftVm in SJ5.He.it l'l.ci.es. Specl.l t tniy ,1,73 t0 W0 lMui 8pe
Women's Kid Gloves
Boxed for Xmas Gifts
Why net? A nice pair of kid
Gloves. Yeu couldn't give any
thing mere practical
and something that
will be appreciated.
These regular $1.G0
values come in Black.
White and Cordovan
with silk - embroidered
backs.
!
A Beautiful Pair of Blanketsc-s rA
High-grade White Weel Blankets, 66x80 inches L .OH
Pink and Blue borders with silk binding te
match. Usual $7.00 value. mW
AN IDEAL GIFT FOR THE HOME
$10 Satin Bed Set $e SH
ndseme Satin Spread .with .callemrl Mlrrr. nnrt C WV
ft
COMPI.RTH HtOCK OF SUPPLIES ANn TiTi- nn..a . .... .nn
Our. ltailln L'ipctU are nt Tour . rTcj at nil time, te 'i.ele teu 1 loin
uti.iv tux ra-ftiiE EVEBYWHEBE
Hat.
k-
I
nadls l'reblrms. OELIVEBY MADE EVEBYWHEHE
HOFFMAN CYCLE CO., 3010 Ken.lngten Avenue
"M tyenlnes Oarfleld 0161
Kedaks
r,i Spcrtinf Osd
f?jwwwwwwwwwxwr
Handsome Satin Spread .with .callemrl Mlrrr. nnrt
cut corners. Bolster Threw te match. Majfnificent
ftfl.ertment of pntterns te choeso from. Strictly
a Holiday Special.
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BERG BROS.
Largest Women's Stere in
Kensington
234246 N. FRONT ST.
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT
Spert Ceat $Q.75
Value $17.50
All colors and siren.
Fur-Trim'd Ceat $1 0.75
Uleck, brown and navy O
$25 Canten Crepe Drenei 1 r
All tlies all colors O
920 Canten Crepe $1 A .75
Dresses lvr
All sizes all colors
$25 Tricetine Suits $fy00
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT
Pole Coats $C.98
Swagger Style
Sliea 8 te 14
Special: Bath Robes $1 .98
CorJiirey Besceu Cleth
Sizes 6 te Bi.
14
.75
Carlten Astrakhan
Coats andTam. . .
Children's Dresses $O.I8
aUiip
Geed variety for Xmns gifts.
S.rtniin 4fnia' Oritrs Atttptti
Open Evsry Ercnlnv Till Xmai
JOHND.ENRIGHT
Want 1 te Shew Yeu
ADIAM0NDRING
vaUU
at
IMt vA tf paay taa
Fine Quality
Specially Priced
JOHN D. ENRIGHT
3020
KENSINGTON AVE.
Any Article Retervd
SriarlS&ilaOpen Every Evening Until XmasSiJg
OI-T
Saved
en any fur Kir
mtnt tieuutit .
here "
FUR
COATS
A Specialty
Every garmeri'
Is absolutely
guaranteed.
M. DAVIDSON
"The Largtit Furrier in
Keniingten"
2424 N. FRONT ST.
Yerk St. Station en the "I,"
All
Neufs the Ta
M time m
H te select BI
your Victrela B
B for Xmas I
JmJ) BUY AT lUL
DRESSES FOR
EVERY OCCASION
at prices you want te pay.
"All that the nam implies"
2540-42 Kensington Ave.
Midr '
miMdfflwfc
ERTELT'S
2135 North Frent Street
ami 111; s TiMrini
BUY DIRECT
FROM THE FACTORY
?;:s$9.00
VlrcluU
(lertnahlev
In ua.er
Tnre
Feld
Hne
colors
Oenutn.
llcnt
Oxford
Hpert 8w eater.
M lb.
In. N ee I 0I1 Of
her ami l.mVTPT k
rd Weel fr SJ
smm ib.
Sample Upen Requeet
WM. H. LEES' SONS
2426 N. Hancock St.
Kensington 0734
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J. ROVINS
FURRIER
2221 N. FRONT ST.
Get off at YORK ST., w.lk
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