Part 3

Standing committees of the Baltimore Drug Exchange for the ensuing year are as follows: Legislation, R. A. McCormick, of McCormick & Co., chairman; A. C. Meyer, of A. C. Meyer & Co.; J. F. Hines and Parker Cook, of the Emerson Drug Co.; Dr. A. R. L. Dohme, of Sharp & Dohme; Horace Burrough, of the Burrough Bros. Mfg. Co.; James Owens, of Carr, Owens & Co.; A. E. Mealy, of Gilbert Bros. & Co.; Allen Carter, of the Resinol Co.; John A. Yakle, of the Kohler Mfg. Co., and James E. Hancock, of John F. Hancock & Son. Membership and Entertainment, J. Emory Bond, of Parke, Davis & Co., chairman; George A. Armor, of McCormick & Co.; Parker Cook, of the Emerson Drug Co., and H. A. Brawner, of Swindell Bros. Public Improvements and Trade Interests, W. M. McCormick, of McCormick & Co.; A. G. Stollenwerck, of the Resor-Bisnol Co., and C. Wilbur Miller, of the Davison Chemical Co. Credits and Collections, James Owens, chairman. Publicity, A. E. Mealy, chairman; A. C. Meyer and J. Emory Bond. Auditors, James Owens, chairman, and A. C. Meyer.

DEMAND FOR GOOD PHARMACISTS.

On another page mention is made of the difficulty one man has been having in securing good men for pharmaceutical positions, and this is only one instance of many that have occurred during the past year. Employers who are willing to pay first-class salaries to good men have been unable to get them, the supply being not nearly up to the demand. For a number of years all of the best men of the graduating class have been engaged long before they had completed their course in college, the medium grade men have been easily placed, and even the poorest students have had little difficulty in getting fair positions and holding them. The only men who have had any great difficulty in securing satisfactory berths have been those who have been too lazy to work, or who have had other traits of general character that no employer would wish in any of his employes. Never in the history of the College has there been a better demand for first-class men, and it is doubtful if there ever has been a time when there were so few good men available. Despite the pessimism that exists in the minds of some people as to lack of opportunity for a young man to advance in pharmacy, it is a fact that there are still many excellent opportunities for those who are ambitious enough to fit themselves for good positions. There is no room in any business for the shiftless and lazy.--_Bulletin of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy._

ALABAMA BOARD OF PHARMACY.

The Alabama Board of Pharmacy does not recognize diplomas from any college of pharmacy or medicine. Has reciprocal exchange with those States that accord same courtesy, provided applicant holds certificate by examination and required experience.

All applicants for a Pharmacist license must be 21 years of age, with four years’ practical experience (two years’ credit given for college diploma), general average, 75 per cent. in all branches, and not less than 60 in any one. Assistants must be 18 years of age and make 60 per cent. general average.

Applications must be sent to the secretary not less than five days before the meeting of the Board, accompanied with affidavit from parties with whom you have worked, showing your practical experience.

Examinations had in Chemistry, Materia Medica, Practical and Theoretical Pharmacy and Prescription Work.

Fees: Pharmacist, $5.00; assistant, $3.00.

Next meeting of the Board will be held on the ninth day of June, 1913, at Talladega Springs, Ala.

E. P. GALT, Secretary, Selma, Ala.

LOUISIANA EXAMINATIONS.

The February examinations held at Tulane University, New Orleans, resulted in the following 27 of 42 applicants being passed for registration:

Registered Pharmacists--Mrs. Gertrude Berensohn, New Orleans; Miss Helen C. Bell, Bunkie; Gaspar R. Rosetta, Jos. L. Bernaur, Geo. V. Vlaren, Jos. D. Fossier, Edwood Koffskey, New Orleans; Jos. Ward Cappel, Marksville; F. L. Delahoussay, Lafayette; Eugene Eleazer, Kaplan; W. Mertz Graves, Mer Rouge; Jos. Hugh Goldsby, Amite; Robt. Jos. Hollier, Abbeville; Jos. C. Hanley, Lake Providence; Andrew L. Rachal, Alexandria; N. C. Richard, Donaldsonville; John F. Sullivan, Lake Providence; Alvin L. Woods, Lutcher; W. M. Windham, Sulphur, and Elzie H. White, Dodson, La.

Qualified Assistants--L. J. Maloney, New Orleans; Maurice Broussard, Loreauville; Anthony P. Kennair and Ernest J. Vicknar, John H. Cason, R. H. Donaway and A. O. Lee, of New Orleans.

SEND US.

Send us a photograph of your store; a new idea for a window display; a different way to advertise; anything new you have learned and feel like passing on to your brother-druggist.

FLORIDA BOARD OF PHARMACY.

The Board of Pharmacy of the State of Florida will conduct its Summer Examination of applicants for registration as pharmacists in the Board of Health Building, Tampa, Fla., commencing at 9 A. M., June 9th, and continuing two days.

It is required that the applicant be at least 18 years of age, and that he submit proof of four years’ experience in the practice of pharmacy, actual time spent in a college of pharmacy to be credited as such.

Fee for examination, $15. Application and fee should be filed in the office of the secretary at least ten days prior to the examination.

D. W. RAMSAUR, Secretary, Palatka, Fla.

VIRGINIA EXAMINATIONS.

Examinations for registration in Pharmacy, held by the Board of Pharmacy of the Commonwealth of Virginia, April 15, resulted in the following successful applicants:

Registered Pharmacists--J. M. Hord, L. H. Cosby, H. T. Haley, G. W. Hudson, Max Schwartz and J. G. Gilkeson, all of Richmond; W. A. Smith, K. D. Taylor and R. V. Nelliger, all of Norfolk; P. H. Reynolds, Parker; R. J. Borden, Staunton; R. G. Garrett, Lynchburg; H. L. Brown, Roanoke; G. E. Heller, Bedford; R. N. S. Griffin, Danville, and F. J. Stoll, New York, N. Y.

Registered Assistant Pharmacists--J. B. Spiggle, J. W. Wightman, R. L. Miller, T. A. Ligon, G. L. Miller, R. K. Hawkins, G. B. Updike and C. L. Ingram, all of Richmond; F. W. Martin and H. W. Layden, of Norfolk; H. S. Ramsey, Bedford; G. H. Parker, Jr., Franklin; R. F. Parks, Culpeper, and G. W. Woodward, of Charlottesville.

Mr. W. L. Lyle, Bedford, Va., qualified as a member of the Board of Pharmacy, succeeding G. T. Mankin, of Falls Church, whose term had expired.

FACTS ABOUT THE SOUTH.

Former Vice-President Fairbanks says, “The new South is a realistic fact--not an idle fancy.”

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One-fourth of the United States entire export trade for over a quarter of a century has been the South’s cotton.

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The South produces practically all the phosphate used in the United States, and more than two-thirds of the fertilizers.

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During the past thirty-two years the value of the South’s cotton surpassed the world’s entire output of both gold and silver by over $5,000,000,000.

THE LURE OF THE “FIZZ.”

Few things appeal to us and capture our fancy like a bubbling spring. As it comes sparkling out of the cool depths of the earth it smiles up at us in the friendliest way, like some shy, living creature, inviting us to come and slake our thirst. The mere sight of a spring usually makes us thirsty at once, no matter how recently we may have filled up on tap water or well water.

No little of the charm of the soda fountain is due to the rush and bubble hissing and swirling and foaming into the glass. And who can tell how much of the fatal seductiveness of equally effervescent but less innocent beverages, with their crimson sparkle or creamy foam, or “purple bubbles winking on the brim,” may be due to their hypnotic appeal to our fascinated eye, as we “look upon the wine when it is red, when it moveth itself aright?”

Certain it is that the most popular and irresistible liquors, from lowly lager to lordly champagne, are those that sparkle and foam and bite, with the keen, fresh tang of carbonic acid gas. Even whiskey has to be mixed with something sparkling, “soda” or “Polly,” in order to make it attractive to the eye or even to the palate, except of the educated or jaded minority.

No small amount of the charm of “fizzy” drinks, whether innocent or hurtful, lies in the “fizz.” The motto, “All fizz abandon, ye who enter here!” over the door of every saloon and bar, if enforced, would well nigh sound the death knell of drunkenness.--_Woods Hutchinson, A. M., M. D., in Everybody’s Magazine._

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Mr. J. W. Caton, a 1912 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy is in charge of one of the stores of the Knight Drug Company, Savannah, Ga.

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Mr. H. A. Ross, who was apothecary at the Pennsylvania Hospital, 49th and Market streets, Philadelphia, is located at Okolona, Ark.

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A new brick building, two stories, and having a frontage of 50 feet, has been erected for the Teague Drug Company, Teague, Texas.

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Mr. Robert B. Melcher, who was at one time connected with the retail drug trade of Louisville, Ky., and more recently called on the Southern drug trade in the interests of a jobbing house, died in Atlanta, recently.

Old Stores in New Hands

Mr. D. A. Elvington, formerly with Mr. R. R. Bellamy, Wilmington, N. C., has purchased of Mr. Bellamy the store known as the Kingsbury Pharmacy, at Second and Princess, Wilmington. Mr. Elvington has been employed at the Hardin Drug Store. Mr. Kingsbury will go to Washington, D. C., where he will make his home.

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Mr. Walton Roberts, of Summit, Ga., has purchased the store of the Brooklet Drug Co., Brooklet, Ga.

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N. S. and C. S. Meadows have purchased the Birch Pharmacy, Vidalia, Ga. Mr. N. S. Meadows has been in the employ of the People’s Drug Store at Vidalia, and Mr. C. S. Meadows has been with the Bulloch Drug Co., at Statesboro, Ga. They are well equipped to handle the business, which has been very successfully conducted by Dr. Birch.

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Mr. Lloyd Waldrop, a druggist formerly connected with the Jacobs’ Drug Stores of Atlanta, Ga., has purchased the Benson Drug Store, Tallapoosa, Ga. Dr. Benson, the former owner, has retired from the drug business, after having spent a quarter of a century in charge of this store.

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The Bunn Building Pharmacy, Waycross, Ga., which was managed by R. C. Scruggs, is now under the management of J. C. Register and Cecil Spear.

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Carpenter Brothers, Greenville, S. C., have purchased the store of E. C. Jameson & Son, on Buncombe street. Mr. E. C. Jameson will remain with the store. This makes the sixth store controlled by Carpenter Brothers. They operate their Main street Store, another at Southern Railway Depot, one at Woodside Mill, one at Brandon Mill and one at Ottaray Mill.

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The Fulton Brothers Drug Store, an old-established business in Bessemer, Ala., has been sold to J. J. Martin, of Birmingham. Mr. Martin purchased the interest of Mr. T. R. Fulton a short time ago and has but recently purchased the interest of Mr. D. H. Fulton, becoming sole owner of the well known store. Mr. D. H. Fulton, it is understood, will remain with the store.

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S. M. Thompson, Decatur, Ala., has sold his interest in the Decatur Drug Company to Dr. E. S. Price, Tom Petty and T. A. Bowles, all of whom are well known and popular business men of the Decaturs.

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Mr. F. C. Hodges, of Abbeville, S. C., has purchased the stock and fixtures of the Tate Drug Co., at Calhoun Falls, S. C., and will continue the business under the name of Hodges Pharmacy.

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The Watson Drug Company, Augusta, Ga., has purchased the C. H. Howard Drug Company, of that city. Mr. Jacob Watson is at the head of the corporation which has applied for a charter. The Howard store is located at 912 Broad street, and is considered one of the best locations in Augusta. Mr. Watson came to Augusta from Hawkinsville, Ga.

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J. R. Berney and F. DeL. Smith have purchased the interest of Mr. P. B. Harrell in the Berney-Harrell Drug Co., Ensley, Ala. Mr. Harrell has gone to Selma where he will conduct a store.

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The Jackson Drug Store, at Griffin, Ga., has been purchased by Mr. Forbes, of Newton, Ga., while Mr. Rufus Jackson, former proprietor of the Jackson store, has purchased the Forbes store, at Newton.

LIQUIDS BY PARCEL POST.

The Postmaster General has announced the following amendment, covering the mailing of liquids by parcel post:

Sec. 22. Admissible liquids and oils, pastes, salves, or other articles easily liquefiable, will be accepted for mailing regardless of distance when they conform to the following conditions.

2. When in strong glass bottles holding four ounces or less, the total quantity sent in one parcel shall not exceed twenty-four ounces, liquid measure. Each bottle shall be wrapped in paper or other absorbent substance and placed in a box made of cardboard or other suitable material and then placed in a box and packed in a container made of double-faced corrugated pasteboard of good quality. The corners of the container must fit tightly and be reinforced with tape so as to prevent the escape of any liquid if the contents should be broken, and the whole parcel shall be securely wrapped with strong paper and tied with twine. Single bottles of liquid holding four ounces or less may also be packed as prescribed in the following paragraph:

3. When in glass bottles holding more than four ounces, the total quantity sent in one parcel shall not exceed sixteen ounces liquid measure. The bottle must be very strong and must be inclosed in a block or tube of metal, wood, papier mache, or similar material; and there must be provided between the bottle and the block or tube a cushion of cotton, felt or other absorbent. The block or tube must be at least five thirty-seconds of an inch thick in its thinnest part for bottles holding eight ounces or less, and at least three-sixteenths of an inch for bottles holding more than eight ounces. The block or tube must be rendered water-tight by an application on the inside of paraffin or other suitable substances and must be closed by a screw-top cover with sufficient screw threads to require at least one and one-half complete turns before it will come off. The cover must be provided with a washer so that no liquid will escape if the bottle should be broken.

4. When in a metal container, the weight of the parcel must not exceed eleven pounds. The container must be hermetically sealed, inclosed in a strong box and securely wrapped.

5. All packages containing liquid must be marked “FRAGILE.”

A. S. BURLESON, Postmaster General.

STRANG SUCCEEDS NEILLY.

David Strang succeeds William C. Neilly as advertising manager of the United Drug Company, Boston (Rexall). Mr. Strang has been assistant advertising manager. Mr. Neilly becomes treasurer of the Syndicate Publishing Company, of New York. He is succeeded as president of the United Drug Company, Ltd., of Canada, by Mr. J. J. Allen, of Ottawa.

SURE THING.

The Guest--“When I asked you if you had given me a quiet room you said that after 9 o’clock I could hear a pin drop, and now I find it’s right over a bowling alley.”

The Night Clerk--“Well, can’t you hear ’em drop?”--_Hartford Post._

READY! IT’S PARK & TILFORD’S TEMPTINGLY DELICIOUS CHOCOLATES AND BON BONS

FOR SALE EVERYWHERE

PARK & TILFORD’S CANDY FACTORY

72nd STREET & COLUMBUS AVENUE NEW YORK

OFFICES AND SHOWROOMS

449-453 W. 42ND STREET

How Some Druggists Advertise

ICE CREAM.

Orders taken in any quantity for family use. Standard quality, possessing distinctive flavor. Quick delivery. Fresh strawberry ice cream, vanilla, chocolate. Fresh strawberry sherbet. If you want real good ice cream, ’phone your order today.--_Van Smith Drug Store, Austin, Tex._

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Summer days are ice cream days, and you want the best cream obtainable. Call us up. You’ll find we have the best and that the price is right.--_Boughton’s, Mansfield, O._

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Ice cream that is pure, wholesome and delicious, made from fresh, rich cream and the finest of fruit flavors, will be delivered to your home in any quantity. We give all orders our prompt and careful attention.--_Bell’s, St. Joseph, Mo._

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You should surely serve Milton Ice Cream every Sunday and at least one other day during the week. The dessert provided on these days will be the most delicious imaginable and a continued enjoyment to every member of the family.--_Milton Dairy Co., St. Paul, Minn._

STATIONERY.

At this season of the year, owing to absence of friends, a great deal of stationery is used. One of our most important departments is our Stationery Department. We carry an immense line of all the newest conceits in writing paper, white, in colors and with borders. We are making special prices on fine stationery for summer use and suggest that you place your order now, either for calling cards, monogram stationery, or high-grade writing papers. Let us have your order now; we will fill it promptly.--_Jaccard’s, St. Louis, Mo._

DRUGS.

Sunburn Is Painful--The disagreeable features of the outing can be prevented by the use of Snowatine. It soothes the pain, prevents the prickly irritation and keeps the skin soft and smooth.--_The Modern Pharmacy, Binghamton, N. Y._

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This is a world of progress and change and in no part of it is progress more continuous than in pharmacy. Those who fail to advance with it soon fall to the rear of the procession. Our constant effort is to keep abreast of all advances so that our customers may be insured the benefit of the best goods and the latest and most scientific service.--_Gillespie and Reiber, St. Joseph, Mich._

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When you think of pure drugs, high grade toilet articles, etc.--

When you think of accurately compounded prescriptions--

When you think of exceptional drug service--

And reasonable prices--

Think of Miller’s Pharmacy, _“The Quality Corner,” Chattanooga, Tenn._

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Prescription economy does not mean to buy medicines where you can get them the cheapest--unless you can be sure of absolute purity, freshness and medicinal activity. Bring your prescriptions to us and we know that you will get the best and not pay too much for it, either. This is prescription economy.--_Curtin and Perkins, St. Joseph, Mo._

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We may not be the nearest drug store to you, but we will come the nearest to pleasing you, both in service and quality.--_Miller’s Pharmacy, Chattanooga, Tenn._

LITTLE BITS OF NEWS.

The Pension Office estimates, according to a correspondent of the _Public Ledger_, that the last soldier of the Civil War will die in 1955. This estimate is in accordance with the results obtained by students of vital statistics. A veteran who survives until 1955 will have lived 90 years after the close of the war. The last veteran of the war of 1812 died in New York a few years ago, after having lived more than 90 years after the close of that war, while the last soldier of the Revolutionary war lived 86 years after peace was declared.

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The United States last year imported 153,000,000 pounds of cocoa, the greatest amount on record.

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Coffee from the region around Oaxaca, Central Mexico, is said by experts to compare with the best Java.

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Olive oil produced in Austria last year totaled 1,609,064 gallons, while the output in 1911 and 1910 was 1,956,921 and 820,787 gallons, respectively.

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Honduras has one central university, located at Tegucigalpa, and five normal schools, at Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, Santa Rosa, Comayagua and Santa Barbara. Over these the Minister of Public Instruction at Tegucigalpa, the capital, has direct control.

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Reference has been made to the word cyclone as applied to the storms in the West. We are told by authorities that a cyclone sweeps over hundreds of miles of sea or shore, while a tornado, although having the same whirling motion, is never wider than a mile. The Omaha storm, while destroying a territory 24 blocks in length, confined itself to a width of only about two blocks. Had it been a cyclone of equal strength, we are informed, nothing of the Omaha section would have escaped destruction.

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The Cigar Manufacturers’ Association, of Tampa, Fla., proposes a plan, so says the _Tobacco Leaf_, to obtain legislation giving makers of clear Havana cigars the privilege of making their goods under the supervision of the Government. The plan is to have clear Havanas labeled as such by the Government and mixed and domestic goods to bear labels testifying to their “character.”

A MEXICAN “FOLLOW-UP.”

Awnings. Cannons may tear them, but we repair them. International Tent and Awning Company. Calle Dolores 4.--_Ad in The Mexican Herald._

Style No. 269

Why a Torsion Balance

It is accurate and remains so.

It has no knife edges to wear or shift.

It is quick.

It can be operated with an arrest without injury.

It justly has the reputation of highest quality.

THE TORSION BALANCE COMPANY

Office: 92 Reade Street, New York, N. Y.

Factory and Shipping Address:

147-9 Eighth Street, Jersey City, N. J.

On and Off the Shelves

When you buy CARDUI you shorten the time between purchase and sale, down to the lowest possible point.

Because the advertising behind

CARDUI

and the great popularity of this remedy have been found to “turn” it quickly.

That’s what you want--a quick “turnover.” It’s the only way to make big annual profits.

CHATTANOOGA MEDICINE CO.

CHATTANOOGA ST. LOUIS

News of Interest to the Drug Trade

EGBERT C. REESE.

Mr. E. C. Reese, for many years manager of the Chicago Branch of The Coca-Cola Company, died at his home in Chicago on April 3. Mr. Reese was a well-known and very popular man in the drug trade world. He was 70 years of age.

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Coleman’s Pharmacy, Helena, Ga., has made an assignment in favor of its creditors, the largest being local banks.

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Mr. Stack Branch, Ludowici, Ga., is the proprietor of a very modern and up-to-date drug store in his town. He is enjoying a very excellent trade.

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A drug store was one of the buildings entirely destroyed by a recent fire in Smithville, Ga.

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The Staples Drug Company Building, Edna, Texas, has had another store added to it.

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Mr. C. L. Rabun, of Thomasville, Ga., is now in charge of the Jefferson Theatre Pharmacy, St. Augustine, Fla. He has associated with him Mr. R. L. Furman.

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John P. Cox has purchased the store of C. E. Gillespie, at Hazen, Ark.

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G. M. Chatfield has purchased the E. C. Spann store at Dexter and Perry streets, Montgomery, Ala. Mr. Chatfield is well known in the drug trade of Montgomery.

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The George A. Kelly Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., announces that the company now occupies new offices and warehouse at Anderson street and Duquesne Way, Pittsburgh.

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