The Mount Joy Bulletin VOLUME XX NO. 29 Mount Joy, Penna., Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1921 $1.50 a Year ia Advance Good Farm on State Road With All Live Stock, Crops and Implements $17,000; Double House and Bakery in Mt. Joy $5,000; Other Bargains. See J. E. Schroll, Mount Joy €OUNCIL MET ON “roma is on rons OUR MORTUARY ETE the os GENERAL NEWS FOR |" “4585 36:2 srus vee | OUR WEEKLY MONDAY EVENING os, hort i Lyceum met at RECORDINGS iii: cermin Bir QUICK READING ttt ies a CARD BASKET Sporting Fill School House on | tim ntirely t | held 1@ en "¢ Y V0 r 1 Satu i \ \ ng evel 1eld Fhursday and organized with the | = Eira th 3 BURGESS VETOES ALLEY ORDI. | following officers: President, Ralph|MANY WELL KNOWN PEOPLE | tas Jestres ot ihe Hite | INTERESTING HAPPENINGS | lnrwe and an an os [PERSONAL MENTION ABOUT THE a ligilov: vine seri sd \ | ¢ walt 1ts coming. 11S S¢ “ > arg rest the Patterson y NANCE--FIRE COMPANY AND | issley; vice-pre AST Tlorencel HAVE PASSED TO THE | son finds the mu al farce in a brand| FROM ALL OVER THE COUN- |ian tx ne hundred dol.| MANY COMERS AND DOERS o TT; secretary, Sue ridman, treas- | . pale ot ii, e TRY FC . > 1" Sen Sid on en os i TH ~ ALLY DT oNEALLY ory arer, Balph: Risso. odie ons GREAT BEYOND [new dress of songs, dances, music | TRY FOR JHE BENERIT lars to the good, the receipts being IN THIS LOCALITY J I { ley, itress, Jean- and an. almost ehbirolv rr he : OF BUS a i 4 Vino —— OTHER NOTES. ette Ackerman; organist, Helen | gy OF Busy prone aT Peiing C258 ODER | Mr. and Mrs, N. F. Aintz of M: —— Kauffman; eritic, Grace Eby; re-| Jacob Delzieth died at Columbia ouL Sn only, ings ree I'he January Pattersonian is a vers Pe ¢ ona Inder NA iowa, " Ir in hy sterd: ye Mount Joy Boro Council met in { POTter, Iva Diehm, {his 82nd year. Sehul tz, the grocer: Dh litable number, tr a ar TC ay 3 T, The Mr and M : rio. Buse of this regular session on Monday evening The following program was ren- : — ' the con: 3 a : Bit pe od he Ma “ha There dre 10.019 licensed dc line SAE y Joraw, Gy gy Spon Sun ie a Readis en " with Messrs. Newcomer, Ream, Fel [dered February 3rd: Music, society; Jennie, wife of George Kinzer, | | = 'L 28 ie A iy yd ounty to date oll Teacy, second; Bdua Suit Miss Catharine Shire of I ane ster Jembaum and Hauer present This Sentiment roll call; reading of the|died at Columbia aged 54 years. me af 1 ii 1 y IL Sr in -o on) airs of ty ty Is 12 pole i nt ne in town with friends, > sent. S . . 3 the Tricks 1¢ Dac YOY has played on | ¥ was the first regular meeting in two minutes miscellaneous business; : - : ‘ Afton: con | York Haven the past vear : . . . av: Kavior aw anvohtsr iol The minutes of the prev- recitation, Miss Elizabeth Workman George H. Fry, a native of Co- hen Some iter ness on ' . ha Oil a reduced > Taree OF Miss Anta hrabaker D ay Sa an daagie: h abilap o Sha ake sti female quartette, Misse ar. | lumbia, died at Philadelphia, aged |SPeclalties enliven the action of the ng V1 ), nas reducediThe prize nners were: Ed. Belser, oroiny spent Saturcay al Lancaster, ous Holiae 23 : Spegial meetings Sue pas Ae Mila Rowen 71 Coys. : I AZ offering wheh comes recommended ages of all its employes 10 per | first; Sarah Dillinger, second; Carl Mrs. Rev. G. R. Mergenthaler "Ih a yan yt Friendship j Deth Workman Deb: ate, Pe —— for its pleasing qualities. In addition | cent. 2 : ol Krall, third. The third, a general in- | SPent several days with relatives in The \rusiees report o riendship ¢ s o Bao has . Hazel, wife of Josep Jisineer | 10 @ most generous amount of music Councilman Samuel F. Eshleman |formation class, conducted by Ray- | York. Fire Company No. 1 was received that the Country Boy has more ad- Joseph Meisinger i | was the sick list th as \ y y Mr il F Dicki d read a b motion it was vantages than the city boy, Affirma.|di¢d in the Columbia Hospital aged | 2nd novelty numbers we will have an | Was on the sick ist the past few mond P. Geib, had these winners: Mr. Lloyd Miller of Dickinson Col ps oe d BD ne or Ya rod tive, Clarence Good, Clyde Sn der 30 years. opportunity to see Flint’s Dog Cir-| days. : | Amos Nissley, first; Donald Arntz, | lege, spent Tuesday with Mr. and cepted and the Zenen were grante Neato, Nelson Ahem ye cus, a feature offering of particular Without any clue whatev er, thieves | second; Walter Thome, third. An ex- Mrs. Jno. Deitz. an appropriation of $50. VWollr Goncsal hy ' vicln| John W. Bailey, an aged Menno- interest to the children. entered a bank at Wyomissing, near | cellent program was rendered in ad- Mrs. Harry Ocks and son of near The matter of granting Abner Her- Sor Han A hl Sol nite minister, died at Philadelphia ———— eer Reading, and got away with $70,000. | dition to the above classes. Millersville, spent Sunday with Mr. solo, Margaret Over 30,000 ‘two-year-old rainbow | et Ore Harry Weidman. shey permission to connect with the Grrminn: L aged 78 years 3 boro’s main was then discussed. Mr. a yceum News, Editor; YOUNG FOLKS ARE and brook trout were distributed in | PART OF COSTLY JEWELRY Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Dietz and Newcomer objected to granting the | SOME» society; new business; critics Geor - . streams in this state during Janu: ; hter Ceta Fe S ; reorge Charles Bollock, seven- ams in this state during January. | . daughter Geta Fae motored to Dal- remarks. Adjournment. : The sum of $43,000 was expended | FOUND ALONG HIGHWAY lastown Sunday. privilege for two reasons: First, That ee months-old son of Mrs. Edith Bul- ’ mm S : Council refused to supply water to a lock, died at Marietta. JOINED IN WEDLOCK during the year 1920, by the Lancas-| part of $10,000 worth of jewelry Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fenstermacher non-resident of the boro some time State Acquires More Land rrr ter county commissioners, in freeing | Jost from an automobile between Co- | Spent Sunday in Lancaster with ago, and it should not do so now. The Commonwealth of Pennsyl-| Mary E., wife of Paul Brown, died —— three county turnpikes. | lumbia and Mount Joy by Alfred W. | friends and relatives. Second, That the boro would be fur-|vania has acquired approximately|at Lancaster, aged 33 years. Robert |y ER OF V Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. O'Neal en- Moyer, Jr.,, on Wednesday morning Mrs. Amy Peoples of Hummels- nishing water in a territory for which | 140 acres of ground in the vicinity|Trimble, of Elizabethtown, is a UMB 9 ERY WELL KNOWN | (ortained their friends at a card | was found hear the Laurel Hill ceme- | town, spent Sunday with Mr. and another company at present holds a [of Colebrook and Mt. Gretna, ac-|brother. YOUNG FOLKS ARE JOINED party at their residence on West | terv outside of Columbia next day by | Mrs. Martin Garber. franchise. Upon motion of Mr. Fel- | cording to deeds filed at the court IN THE HOLY BONDS OF Donegal street on Friday evening. |, Dr. Heimer en Miss Esther Gingrich spent Sat- lenbaum Mr. Hershey was granted | house Tuesday. This is in addition] John P. Mueller, a prominent MATRIMONY Benj. H. Nissley of this place, is| Moyer is a son of A. W. Moyer | urday in Lancaster, with her sister, permission, the vote being three to [to the vast number of acres acquired {hardware merchant of Marietta, died : the executor of the extate of Susan| { head of the non-retailing Jewelry Co. | Mrs. Emyl Meyre ome. i by the state in the same locality|at a Baltimore Hospital aged 51 A. Acker, late of Elizabethtown. The |of Lancaster. He left Columbia Mr. and Mrs. |Jno. Gall of near some months ago. Deeds filed Mon-|years. Miller—Foltz legal notice may be found in an- | Wednesday morning with two leather | town spent Sundlay with Mr. and day include the transfer of 28 acres ag—————— Edward W. Miller, the shoemaker | other column. | telescope cases containing samples of Mrs. Abner M. H drst ey and 60 perches and 8 acres and 32 John Bell at Elizabethtown and Miss Helen M. Three breweries at Lancaster and jewelry. : : 7 Mr. and Mrs A. Haas of Lan- perches from Edward Youtz, for| John Bell, of Mount Joy, died at |Foltz, also of that place, were mar- | one at Columbia were closed by the Young Moyer was bound for Mt. | caster, spent Sujiday in town with $9,000; 102 acres and 32 perches, the Lanaster County Hospital Sun- [ried Saturday evening. authorities last week because their | Joy going by way of Marietta and | Mr and Mrs. M. M. Leib from Amos Bachman, for $13,500;|day morning. He had been admitted Sloat—Alwine product is too strong. Beer drinkers| Mayvtown. When Mount Joy was Miss Grace Diletz is home from and 73 acres and 34 perches, and 30|to the hospital January 17. A son Miss Marv E. Sloat. a well known | Sa its too week. Somebody’s lyin’. | .eached he found the rear door of his | Dickenson Collegg with her parents, acres and 76 perches from Eugene |George B., resides at Pennington, N.| hool teacher of Elizabethtown. The Wyomissing bank has dis-| coupe open and the bags of samples | Mr. and Mrs. Jno} Deitz ordinance, not because he did not ap. L. Hershey, for $6000. The tract Jersey. daughter of Prof. E. E. Sloat, eloped covered that $45,000 in cash and|jssing from their resting place in Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beamesderfer sold by Youtz includes the old Cole- | with J. Frank Alwine, son of Mr. and | $140,000 in unregistered securities, | the rear. and two children }Jvisited his parents prove the opening of the said alley, oY : NTS but for these reasons: It has a dead brook mill propesty.. Wort ary R. Dame Jia Mrs. J. L. Alwine, of Elizabethtown, 2 total oF S1853.000 was stolen by TT - at Elizabethtown ¢n Sunday. . as recelved Sunday even-|,.; wore married at Hagerstown last | thieves last week. | HEADLIGHT ON ENGINE Miss Mary Shagk of the General end at Mr. H. H. Engle’s stable and : : : ; NE oy 3 : : furthermore, all the abutting prop- | KLEIN TO BUILD FACTORY ing of the death of Henry R. Bom- | yo 4.v" This became known when | New York City is determined to" pap) g ROBBER AT SCHOCK'S | Hospital, Lancastefr, was visiting with {berger , a former resident of Man- set the pace in many ins ces. This | Mr. and Mrs. J. §. Musser. erty owners have not r¢leased their IN DENVER BOROUGH the couple returned to their home | rrr J : {he CUTE 1 Pas: To ! reek a ladv actress was arrested | Tr . . : ae . ak n elaims for damages against the boro. a. beim, a sa > in Pasade ney here. They were given the parental week a lady actress was arrested for | lhe bright glare of the headlight Mrs. Jac. Brdlbaker. of Enola, s NK ( e a a member oO Mr. Newcomer felt as though the mat | Arrangements are being made by the Ohotch oF the Brothes Tt fol blessine. The voung bride instead of Pik ity to ap als after ing al,, an approaching train disclosed a | spent Sunday wilh her parents, Mr. . : . 5 A of the if Or > 5 A 9 ene "Ny yitio arti ‘arber of is ter could be amicably adjusted and |the Klein Chocolate Company. of . . a Tren, 0 going to her school on bleng a 0} Marti rarber, of this [ ; vs rs, Ie, be he characters Seyen pairs of twins were born at |; upils 12 vears and older was | Spent Monday in town with friends. years ar Burgess Vetoes Ordinance. At a previous regular meeting of Council it finally passed an ordinance creating a new alley on the south side of West Donegal street in the rear of the properties of H. J. Stambaugh, Mrs. Jacob Brunner, Elam Myers and others. Burgess Schock vetoed the : Fs lowing children survive: : Og am ocious lor . [rane into the. aiirond st therefore referred the ordinance to | Elizabethtown, for the erection of ala il Plate villor: Mire Ban h ." | ing boarded a train for Harrisburg ou a . : | trance into t allroad ati ace. S s : : Wo Siroct committee. said commit- | chocolate factory at Denver. Pa, pen, aR ! Sn : S art J pl in company Ww th Alwine { David EK "11 si r 0 Hillsdale, a jsp oi) I ( any t Schock’ I St ate 1nd LL Lancaster, tee to make an effort to remedy the | The mill property on the outskirts of | eo i ai Do Soran Leb Kraybill—Hald i 1 one I Merl ihm ell a ail Cee ebjections. | the borough, owned by Joseph W Sadi wn Ee a Roe pi og Mr. Fellenbaum, of the Water com | Mol as been purchased by.the mittee, reported that coal will soon | company and this will be used be needed at tl 3 tation for mil Mr. Hauer t a Ir were Arntz appropri- rshey and Lf oe Li at 1 of $15.00 was oranted this 2 RB 1 \( Pe mi ) body {J. G. Brown; lain, V 2. Heilig; ¥ridav | Sosrotny, 7 V lis reed; Treas- AU WORKER AVORABLY IMPRESSE Treasurer's Report. ! ne ss, p The report of the Unoin National |urer, W. G. Poko rioti In- | plication i Bank, treasurer, showed a balance of | structor, W. D. Chandler; Delegate, vears. She was a dauel f the | the latter three days of last wi re irpose of eting State Highws: A 1p. mem Wik move : / : $1,654.78 in the Boro account; $729.- | Frank Peffer; Alternate, J. G. Brown jate Philip an roline Frank and) vealed ne tl ongest kind of | FoRr tati Feterence to Eaatis the harve oper) W |[[[Sicepy sichnes Jews the 85 in the Water account and $162.00 ew was the last member of her family. | sentiment in favor of the expansi Jin street. Those present were) Donegal street, to the Miller proherty jl > = spe € ) tz or few in the Interest account. An Exceptionally Fine Crop Deceased was a member of Trinity | of Farm Bureau work, vid 0. H essrs. Newcomer, Roam, Eshleman, ] to be vacated by Ih Smeltzer, on S| : ir rere “ a Student Chairman Newcomer reported that One of the finest crops of tobacco Lutheran church and an active mem- | Martin, of Towa, who in conjunction | lenbaum and Hauer Messrs. | Darbara street : 10me WIL} nery parenis, there is a movement on to establish | ever packed by Seachrist & Leonard, ber of the Ladies Aid Society of the ; with Chairman J. Clarence Reist and Fl rahov ‘and Eichelberger repre- Yinner on Sundav i her } . a clinic here. Its object is to have [local packers, was received last week. church, being its president for a {a group of earnest Farm Bureau. i". State Highway Depart- Deeds Recorded ja 2 oO ur j29 ai 2 home an expert trained nurse come here | It is the entire crop raised by Mr. | number of years. Besides her hus- | men of the township is enlisting Tent f Henry L. Tome to Rosanna Tome, rs 2 jn i v: er, is Annie one day each week and in conjunc- | Daniel Brubaker, an East Donegal band she leaves the following chil- | members for the Lancaster County | Mr. Eiehelbermer presented o draws property in East Donegal, $1 Noes ye “a in tion with the attending nurse or phy- | farmer of near Maytown. The to-| dren: Mary B., wife of Dr. Robert | Bureau. ine of = ! Fee 2 Street fon John A. Tome to David Doyle, | V!¥ ; nr Suds sician, of any patient, suggest or as- | bacco averages thirty inches in D. Swabb, of Lancaster; P. Franck “The concrete results were very Be Se RE cast t oD . bride. He | Property in East Donegal, $1. i ie! dig gist in any way possible. Mr. New- | length, is of good width and is ex- Schock, of this place; Caroline |gratifying, to begin with,” said Mr. vind : in Sa a 3¢ vil rooted Rosanna Tome to David Doyle, lot gh ty Hd ak, Vinton comer also stated that the movers | ceptionally well cured. (wife of Prof. Chester Lloyd-Jones, Martin, “and I feel that when we mel oa or Rot sad of ground in East Donegal, $500. Mr Dr ? id PN oe of the project asked for the use of Tw lof Orange, N. J.; Arthur P. Schock, | have covered the township we will on 2 it ig! gh ie Mill Trustee of East Donegal school to | o 5 HC © Mi pron the Council Chamber for said work Slight Auto Accident of Beaver, Pa. Her step-mother [find it to have a representative mem- Spree. SPpos Biting town the hill Henry L. Tome, lot of ground, $ Fa Nr a Pog 4 but several councilmen voiced objec- Last Wednesday afternoon Mr. E.|Mrs. Louisa Frank, of this place. | bership in the bureau. But better gn ar nnd Lonocneckors William G. Shickley to Nelson B.|*13S “aR SY ie 8 tion. No action was taken thereon. |S. Weaver, of Florin, was traveling [also survives. The funeral was held | still is the expression of opinion as | 9% { ond Chestnut street and using] Shickley, a lot of ground in Mount | =~ i v will ih The annual reports of the Borough | toward Manheim in his Dort roadster. on Monday afternoon at 2:30 from | I have found it so far that the far- 72d Af ad to fill in the low place |7°7, 3500 I i is and Water accounts were read by the | As he was about to cross a small her late home. Interment was made | mer stands in need of a safe and I Rou: a ot of 5 iy vil to a In Heirs of Charles O. Brandt to|MOnhs op ay elerk. They were accepted, ordered | culvert near the new concrete bridge, | in the Mount Joy cemetery sane organization to represent him in v P } be tec or He stated os Isaiah D. Stehman, one-half interest | advertised in the Bulletin and also |at the northeastern boro limits, his | be this important reconstruction period. Pr Deg Te Sats Sct of isa would | in mill property in Mt. Joy, $20,000. MRS. HARRY ZERPHY WAS posters of same printed by the Bul- | car slid into the gutter, breaking the | Henry W. Krall. Once the farmers as a unit realize PAs 3 pp toll Re aL i e 00. to ee { TENDERED A SHOWER letin. front wheel. Mr. Weaver was Hot) Henry Ww. Krall, a very well known | the truth of this, the Bureau will ex- | 2® 0 Fi ir a the hill and When the appeal committee sat to | injured. ire sident of this place, was found dead | pand as if by magic.” [2 i a OE on Redan kear appeals from water renters re- a Ea in a sitting position in the yard at his Mr. Martin was also str mgly m Sra that 7 rion for out $7 200 to Fire Company was held last cently, Z. W. Keller objected to pay- Spelling Bee at Landisville home on Mount Joy street by his wife | pressed with the open-hearted hos- oY pe ! P.apoll wiys for the purpose of considering a ing $15.00 for his residence and $8 A spelling bee will be held by the |on Sunday at 12.30 p. m. He had | pitality of the Rapho township far- | CONCTELE It : © en ..|ing picture show for th for his sales stables. Council fixed | Grammar school in the auditorium at| left the house a short time previous | mers. “They received me like af The menibers ol y ne rd. Bi the Company. Representativ ; . . : > an am | ug wy could no 10 tod both his rates a8 per ordinance, | ndisville on Saturday evening, Feb. | land when he did not return Mrs. brother amongst them, and 1 an | though they eot of oi > 40 the concern interested which would make it $16.00 for his | 19 at 7:30. There will be two spell- [Bran investigated. Deputy Coroner quick kly beginning realize that | this work a sent, i WIth | hut their prop house and $5.00 for his stable. ling and a general information class|J. J. Newpher and his physician Dr. | “the half has not been told” of the | the pres condition SL our boro| with the company’s ap Another water consumer objected | with four prizes to each class. There |W. "uw Thome held an investigation | wonders and glories of this Garden | finances. Also that tepiy gai: hot nt to paying $1.00 for a wash bowl in |i also be dialogues, recitations, |and found that death was caused by | Spot. Further than that, thou 1 we | do a yihing 0 the “hill 3 othe Ream’s Sale Fab. 12 his kitchen when he pays $5.00 for | musie, ete. 2t an attack of acute dilatation of the | have all felt the depression in farm | bridge was completed ar hen hat ! gl ; family use. Objections overruled. a te—— heart. He was a member of St. | product prices, you still have some- | portion oi the street i. De All the bills were then paid and Trolley Hauls Many [Mark’s U. B. church and was aged thing better than out jn.my i aired a Council adjourned. The Conestoga Traction Company | | 67 Jens, 6 months and 4 days. Be- where hundreds of thousands f TT ie ; | carried 17,264,600 passengers dur- |sides his wife he leaves five Seen | bughers eooy ih bana THE SPORTING HILL Bee at Landisville ._ | ing the year 1920. This would be] as follows: Dory Bnd Pane, OT ay Tre entire 10D LITERARY SOCIETY PROGRAM The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Landis- | equivalent to 100 rides for each resi- iw of ya ey of He I a towns ec ville and lunga will hold a spell- | dent of the county, or about two | Mav, wife of Joseph Haines, of Ha driven « i the own: : ; : : A a. wife of Millard Foliz. ing bee in High school auditorium | rides for e ach individual in the state. Id: , wife of M 9 qd 0 t | BY: isville v Friday evening, . | ill e own and Elmer of Read- Feb. 25 at 7.30. There will be two Will Open Bids ceneral ir nforr mse ition bids for the construe \ ior lms { Mr Alice E. randt entertained A Special Meeting A sD¢ cial meeting of ¢ to | | | find . ol ym V », Feb. 11th. called at 8 p. m. | \rpente The vi sitors a good fast team | Paul Keller, Manheim. and will outweigh the locals but we | cura ee -e should worry. { Decedents Estates oh Abram W. Mummaw and For European Relief Mummaw, both of Mount Joy town- te : ey Auto Aseidnt s Re Among the local contributors to |ship, and I. W. Mummaw, Jr., of i Ln | On Sundae while Mr. aryl Mrs jEOPE ial ym the European Relief Council are the | Florin, executors of Levi W. Mum- Visiting in Florida : [im © Dos 3) ya ro Nocohter { tli following: Trinity United Evan-|maw, Mount Joy township Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hoffman, of Lo- | | F. hoi % ue 17s Shi gelical Sunday School, $18.00. A EEN WT cust Grove, left for the state of Flor- | ol el och ih Dal last od he Anh fal oo re total of $708 was contributed on the Will Return to Lancaster ida where she will visit for some time. visit to Sa ry Ford aa So {eqns ; Tze | his bor first day of this month. Evangelist Gypsy Smith Jr. has|A number of relatives and friends Ford touring car near Ironville and | ter Cou ity will be held in th urt | B ke, both of Florin. a \ ret We wmeriia | f | | Amos Ww. 1€ Aancaster Will lelver ne Sd li Meets at Lancaster ———— b vd ti {uct evangel-|are there also, and the entire party he i es. Y Fo t Lancaster, | been engaged to conduct an g ] 3 : ras badly damaged. Mr. and Mrs. | House : : ; . : irthday Package Surprise jistie campaign at Lancaster for one |expects to take in the sights in the DE oy ae ~mniniured. and their Gi i Marita Pasteq Zioz Bru Eo Sd Hi anth, begipving Sov. 13. Stites SEUth hefors Jew before Towing heme, daughter received a deep gash in her called to order by the office rs oi i : | Refo rmed Tapeh \arietta, he Been ” Isaiah G.{Zook tendered her a TT forhead when she was thrown against | Association at 10 A. M ou are | A Short Session stig Reto >. sbi re ye RR [ined ‘SUTprij on her birthda ks Will Close indshied » F yuringe | urgently requested to attend th The regular monthly meeting of} elected pastor rN s ev. Ee B Banks fe windshied. The Ford touring a i f School Board was held Monday | church at Steelton to succe for day, Feb. gi he was Mi SE Ve awthorne| Both ban here will observe a | ar was dggen by Mr. John Convention as this is one of the|the 1 : g pient of ; Roi ai - £, on Sat- | Ledisi y, it being Jincoln’s and contained a§ New | most important duties of your office | evening. Regular routine ma atten rs I H. UEP, who lef that zg kindly to . ice! | as Township Supervisor. p j were cere and a few bills paid. { Lewisburg { i { — March 3, 1921. The meeting will } March 3, th of | Hisabe
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