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- Hale, George
D.
- On the 1st Sunday in October next, Rev. J. L. Mann, will
preach the funeral of George D. Hale, at his grave near Buffalo
Ridge. Vol. III. #3, Thurs., September 21, 1871 and Vol. III
#4, Thurs., September 28, 1871
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- Hale, Mr. George
- Mr. George Hale, son of Hiram D. Hale, Deputy Sheriff,
living near Buffalo Ridge in this county, was shot on the night
of the 21st inst. The shooting occurred about 11 o'clock. Mr.
Hale was in bed at the time. The ball entered the right side of
the neck penetrating the windpipe, and passed out near the
middle of the left side of the neck. Dr. C. Wheeler was
immediately sent for and found him suffering intensely and in a
very precarious condition. From all the circumstances a pistol
was used that had been in the house for some time, as it was
found out of its usual place, the muzzle filled with fresh dirt
and having the smell of freshly exploded powder. As yet there
are no positive developments as to the inhuman wretch who
committed the deed, and no arrests have been made. No efforts
should be spared to ferret out the assassin, and once known,
punishment should be swift and exemplary.
- Since writing the above, we learn Mr. Hale died this
morning at 5 o'clock. Vol. II. #25, Thurs., February 23, 1871
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- Hamilton, James L.
- Died at Escatawpa, Ala., on the 1st inst. of Chills and
fever, James L., son of A. J. Hamilton, Esq., near this place
in the nineteenth year of his age. He was __?__ and
industrious, and well spoken of by those who knew him. Vol. II.
#49, Thurs., August 10, 1871
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- Hilton, Mr. A. L.
- We are compelled to omit, this week, the obituary of Mr. A.
L. Hilton, who died on the 6th inst., on account of its extreme
length. Will be published in our next issue. Vol. III. #16,
Thurs., December 21, 1871
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- Horton, Thomas
- Died near Haw's Cross Roads, on Wednesday, March 29th,
Thomas Horton, son of J. M. Horton, Esq. Vol. II. #31, Thurs.
April 6, 1871
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- Jones, Mrs. Dulcena
- Died in Monroe County, Kentucky, on 28th Dec., 1870, Mrs.
Dulcena Jones, wife of Samuel Jones, formerly of this County.
Vol. II. #21, Thurs., January 26, 1871
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- King, Dr. Wm.
H.
- Dr. Wm. H. King, of Monongahela City, Pa., son-in-law of
Rev. Samuel M. Sparks, died at St. Louis, Michigan, whither he
had gone hoping to improve his health. He died on the 3rd
inst., and his remains were intered in the cemetery at the
former city on Tuesday following.
- We extend to the bereaved family, and his relatives and
friends in this place, our sincerest sympathy. Vol. III. #11,
Thurs., November 16, 1871
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- Leslie,
Bird
- Died at Washington College on the 4th inst., Bird Leslie,
infant daughter of Mr. W. A. and Margaret Leslie, aged two
years. Vol. II. # 49, Thurs., August 10, 1871
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- Love, Mrs. S. M.
- Departed this life on the 13th instant, soon after 1
o'clock p.m., at Johnson City, Mrs. S. M. Love, consort of R.
Love, Esq.
- Having suffered for eight months with Pulmonary
Consumption, her decline was gradual but steady from the first
attack to the end, and at last she peacefully and without a
struggle closed her eyes to earth and entered the spirit world.
- Her great and only trouble in her lingering affliction was
the thought of leaving her husband and six children behind her
in the wicked world. She earnestly desired to live for them,
but when it became clear to her that she must die, she resigned
them meekly to the protecting care of the Lord and fervently
prayed for the speedy coming of the final messenger.
- Mrs. Love was a quiet and undemonstrative Christian lady
from her youth to her death; discharging faithfully the duties
of daughter, sister, wife, mother, neighbor, friend, abounding
in hidden charities and unobtrusive labors of love. She was
long a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in
whose communion she died at the age of 42 years, 2 months and
21 days.
- She will be missed by the Church; she will be lamented by a
large circle of fond kindred and friends; she will be mourned
by the friendless and destitute poor, to whose wants her
liberal heart and hand were ever open.
- Time alone and the grace of God can stay the tears and bind
up the broken hearts of the bereaved husband and motherless
children, and sweep away the shadows from the death stricken
home. T. Vol. III. #8, Thurs., October 26, 1871
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- May, Jacob
- Died on the 3rd of this inst., at his residence four miles
south of Jonesborough, Jacob May, aged fifty-one years, ten
months and five days. The deceased was sorely afflicted for a
number of years with white swelling, which caused his death. He
endured his afflictions with great patience and Christian
fortitude. His whole soul and mind for some weeks, previous to
his death, seemed to led out in prayer and praise to God.
- During his few last weeks, he made it his general theme,
when ministers, and brethren would visit him, to call upon them
to sing and pray with him, while he would break forth in
chanting praises to Jesus. He also exorted [sic] his friends to
live for God and at last meet him in Heaven, where they would
meet those loved ones who had gone before. He left a wife and
six daughters to mourn over his departure, but their loss is
his eternal gain. Great condolence and synpathy [sic] will be
manifested for the bereaved wife and children.
- They should be calm, looking at the same time to the great
Providence of God and seeing at the same time that He has
removed another poor, afflicted mortal from this to a far
better land, and even while he was in the act of crossing the
Jordan of death he turned his eyes and with the last lingering
look said to his wife "Mary, meet me in Heaven and bring the
children."
- Oh! happy thought how sweet it was,
- Even while that saint was dying,
- To think of angels in the skies,
- Swiftly with him flying. D. W. F. P.
- Vol. II. #40, Thurs., June 8, 1871
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- McAdams, David B.
- Died near Granby, Missouri, David B. McAdams, son of Thos.
C. McAdams, Esq., of Locust Mount, on the 21st of January. He
leaves a wife and two children. Vol. II. #23, Thurs., February
9, 1871
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- McCall, Mr. Charles
- Sad Accident. As Mr. Charles McCall was returning home on
last Friday night, on the eastern bound train from this place,
where he had been attending to some business in the Chancery
Court, and while attempting to pass from one car to another, he
fell and was killed by the cars passing over his body. He
leaves a wife and one child to mourn the loss of their best
friend and protector. Vol. III. #14, Thurs., December 7, 1871
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- McNabb, Hon. James
- Died Hon. James McNabb, who has filled public positions in
Nova Scotia for forty years, died at Halifax yesterday. Vol.
II. #8, Thurs., October 26, 1871
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- Miller, Mr. Jacob
- On last Friday, about 8 p.m., we are informed, Mr. Jacob
Miller, living on Cherokee four miles from this place, was
taken violently ill. Dr. D.J. Gibson was summoned, and found
the sufferer was attacked with cerebro meningitis or
unprofessionally known as "Spotted Fever." Mr. Miller lived
about ten hours. He was an industrious farmer, a valuable
citizen and sustained an unblemished character. A wife and
several children are left to lament and experience his loss.
Vol. II. #51, Thurs. August 24, 1871
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- Million, Mrs. Jerre
- Died on the 14th inst., the wife of Jerre Million, Esq. of
near this place. Vol. II. #50, Thurs., August 17, 1871
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- Mitchell, Mr. --
- On last Saturday, Mr. Mitchell, of Johnson City, received a
fatal injury under the following circumstances: That day he had
gone down to Greenville and returned with a bundle of
considerable size and weight. When the cars stopped at Johnson
City, he was delayed in getting out by several colored persons
who were crowding around the door. When he succeeded in getting
off, the train was in motion and his left leg fell upon the
rail and was literally crushed by the wheels. He died early
Monday morning, after suffering most intense agonies for about
thirty-six hours. He was from North Carolina, had been living
at Johnson City for nearly a year, a brickmason by trade, and
sustained the reputation of an honest, sober and industrious
man. Vol. II. #18, Thurs. January 5, 1871
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- Morgan, Mrs. Angeline
- Died near this place on the 16th inst., Mrs. Angeline, wife
of Mr. Joseph Morgan. Her infant, two days old, died the next
day. Both intered [sic] in the same grave. Vol. III. #13,
Thurs., November 30, 1871
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- Morrow, Mrs. James
- Mrs. James Morrow, of Bowmantown, was thrown from a horse
near the residence of Daniel Campbell, in this county, on last
Sunday, and the injuries received are thought to be of such a
character as will prove fatal. We learn since the above was
written that Mrs. M. is dead. Vol. II. #18, Thurs., January 5,
1871
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- Nelson, Mrs.
Nathan
- Died on last Sabbath morning, the wife of Mr. Nathan
Nelson, near this place.
- "How blest the righteous when they die,"
- We tender our condolence to the bereaved. Vol. II. #32,
Thurs., April 13, 1871
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- Nycum, Mrs. Caroline
- Death of Mrs. Caroline Nycum. On last Sabbath our community
was saddened by the announcement of the death of this estimable
lady, which occurred just as the bell was tolling the hour of
midday. The deep mystery of God's just and holy ways enshrouds
the providence that has called away the fond and beloved wife,
and robbed six small children of a mother's tenderest [sic]
solicitude, affection and care, but a halo of heavenly light
encircles the darkness of this afflicting dipensation [sic],
for Mrs. Nycum, was a devoted Christian, died in the blessed
assurances of Gospel faith and now wears the flashing, full
gemmed coronal of triumph over sin, death and the grave.
- How blest the righteous when he dies,
- How sinks the weary soul to rest.
- The family of Mr. Nycum have only recently "cast their
lives," in our pleasant place, but the deceased by continual
exhibitions of all the excellencies and adornments of the
Christian life, made herself beloved by all who knew her. We,
in common with the community, sympathize with the family, so
deeply and sorely bereaved, and tender them our sincere and
heart felt condolence. Vol. II. #27, Thurs. March 9, 1871
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- Peregoy, John
Burrie
- Again we are called upon to mourn with a family who have
been sadly bereaved. But a few months since a devoted wife and
kind mother was taken and soon after little Charlie followed,
and now John Burrie, son of Dabney Peregoy has gone to join
that mother in the home of the blest. Burrie departed this life
Jan. 17, 1871, aged five years and seven months. We knew him
well, and have often remarked what a rich gem of future hope.
But he is gone; and ere long we hope to meet him in that land
where parting is no more. Delia Elizabethton, Jan. 22 Vol. II.
#22, Thurs. February 2, 1871
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- Piper, Mrs. Julia
- Died near this place on Monday morning last, Mrs. Julia
Piper, wife of Mr. A. R. Piper. Vol. II. #52, Thurs., August
31, 1871
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- Pitts, Boy
- On last Sunday evening, a boy by the name of Pitts, eight
or none years of age, was drowned in the Watauga river near Mr.
Henry Curtiss's in this county. We learn the following
particulars of the sad occurrence:
- The unfortunate boy was playing on the bank of the river
with two other lads, one of whom said to him that "he was going
to learn him to swim" and then threw him into the river. The
water was deep, but Pitts after much struggling reached the
bank and got out almost exhausted. He was again thrown into the
water by the same boy, and sank to rise no more. Vol. II. #39,
Thurs., June 1, 1871
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- Price, Mrs. Sabre
- "In the midst of life we are in death." Died, on the 17th
day of March, 1871, Mrs. Sabre E., consort of Dr. John E.
Price.
- Less than twelve months ago a marriage notice appeared in
the Herald and Tribune; the above named lady was one of the
party, then bearing upon her features the impress of health.
How soon can the blooming cheek grow pallid; the strong and
vigorous be subdued by the conqueror, Death! How consoling is
the thought that as she calmly breathed her life away, she said
to those around, "Sing to me of Heaven."
- She for sixteen or eighteen years had been a faithful
member of the Christian Baptist Church, a devoted Christian;
nothing vacated her seat in the Church except sickness; her
voice was also heard in the Sabbath School; and today, while
her body sleeps in its silent abode, the vicinity in which she
lived, abounds with children, having indelibly stamped upon the
tablets of their tender hearts, important truths taught them by
her kind admonitions in the Sabbath School. Little girls forget
them not and as you visit that time worn Church in which you
have often met her, think the more seriously of the lessons she
has taught you and try to follow her example.
- Age had not matured her for the grave, but time had ripened
her for eternity. No wonder the Church is bowed in sorrow for
one of her strongest pillars is gone.
- She leaves behind a mourning husband and an infant child,
unconscious of its departed mother. May it meet with kind ones
and be the recipient of such treatment as can only be given by
a mother. And while we deeply sympathize with the husband we
would say to him, weep not; you have a tie in heaven; strive
therefore to enter in. B. W. A. Vol. II. #35, Thurs., May 4,
1871
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- Reed, Dr.
William
- Considering the varied sphere of human life and action, it
has never been our unwelcome duty to record a greater public
loss of a sadder private bereavement than the removal of the
subject of this notice occasions. As a Physician, he was
implicitly trusted, as a citizen esteemed noble and
inestimable, as a christian [sic] pure, deep hearted and
sincere, and as an embassador of Christ, bold, energetic,
impressive, aggressive in the right and beloved by all of
whatever name and creed, who ever listened to his pulpit
teachings and beheld the bright light of his pious example.
Without ostentation and the specious pageantry of human pride,
but clothed in the rich beauty of an unaffected simplicity, he
moved through the social and professional circle of the world.
His temper was conservative, his judgments slow and
dispassionate and his conclusions, unbiased by any partizan
[sic] devotion to men and maxims. If his conscience and mental
vision repudiated the logic of a prevailing proposition
affecting Church, State or society, he openly courted the ban
of fashionable opinion and followed the course of rectitude,
illumed by the light of his pure heart and regenerated soul.
- In social intercourse, Dr. Reed was the most aimiable [sic]
of men, and in the abounding fullness of the holier and better
emotions of our nature, was ever ready to spread the veil of
charity over human frailties.
- In all Relations, his life was adorned, graced and
beautified by the timely and disinterested ministrations of
kindness, love and comfort which make manhood noble, kingly and
heroic. But above and beyond all this, glorious, as it is, it
is the resplendent christian (sic) death of Dr. Reed, that his
bereaved friends and relatives most delight to contemplate.
From conversion his was the hope bright, happy-hearted life of
the humble follower of Christ. And as his physical energies
gave way under the wasting agonies of pain and disease, he drew
in sweet communion, nearer and nearer, the bosom of his
Redeemer, and his christian (sic) graces shone with the
borrowed lustre of the Sun of Righteousness. He expressed to
Col. G. W. Telford, his intimate friend and attendant, a short
time previous to his death, "the great comfort it gave him,
when he looked upon all things as past, that he had endeavored
to do his duty in trying to make himself useful to his fellow
men; and especially in his leniency in all transactions through
life."
- Dr. Reed was born September 12th, 1812, and died July 28th,
1871 in his 59th year. He joined the Methodist Church June
20th, 1841, and was licensed to preach April 29th, 1843. In the
land of Eternal Beatitudes, his crown will gleam with many a
soul-jewel that he lead from the servitude of sin into the
"marvelous light" of the Cross.
- He was buried by the masonic [sic] Brotherhood at McCardy's
Church on Saturday and a large concourse of friends followed
the remains to their final resting-place.
- No tongue can speak a truthful censure over that new-made
grave. Good and faithful servant, the angels have epitaphed on
that tomb. Vol. II. #48, Thurs., August 3, 1871
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- Reed, Dr. William
- Tribute of Respect: Rhea Lodge, No. 47, July 31, 1871
- Whereas, in the inscrutable ways of Almighty God, it has
pleased Him who doth not willingly afflict but doeth all things
will, to remove our estimable brother, Dr. William Reed, from
wearisome labor to refreshing joys and rest, who by a pure,
unsullied and devoted life adorned the mystic order and most
strikingly exemplified its principles of Truth, Virtue, love
and Charity, and whose lamented death displaces a precious
jewel in the mystec eoronal [sic], therefore be it
- Resolved, That this Lodge painfully realizes the
great loss it has sustained in the death of our worthy and
beloved brother, which can only be compensated by an
unremitting and continual imitation of the accomplishments and
excellencies which made his earthly career so noble, manly, and
generous.
- Resolved, That to the large circle of bereaved
relatives and friends, we tender the deepest sympathy that our
hearts can feel and words express, and beseech them to look
Above where he has gone--the final resting place of the saints,
for the light of its unfading Sun to gild the dark hours of
their sorrowful bereavement.
- Resolved, That we wear the usual badge of mourning
for thirty days, and that there proceeding be published in the
Herald and Tribune, Tennessee Patriot, and
Union Flag, and that a copy of the same be furnished the
family of the deceased.
- M. S. Mahoney, Thos. H. Reeves, C. W. Meek, Committee Vol.
II. #48, Thurs., August 3, 1871
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- Reed, Dr. Wm.
- Tribute of Respect:
- At a meeting of the Teachers and Pupils of Franklin
Institute, for memorial services in memory of Dr. Wm. Reed,
President of the Board of Trustees of that Institution, after
the announcement of the sad event, reading the Scriptures and
prayer, by the Principal, the school adopted the following
Preamble and Resolution:
- Whereas, It has pleased out Heavenly Father to call
His Servant, Dr. Wm. Reed, from our midst by the hand of death,
and while we recognize His hand who knows what is best, yet we
feel that as a man, a christian [sic], a Minister and a
Physician, Dr. Reed has been so useful in life that it is
becoming in us to join our tears with those of his family in
mourning his loss.
- Resolved, That, considering the relation of the
deceased to our school, the exercises be suspended for the day,
so that as many as desire to do so can visit the family in
their affliction.
- Resolved, That as members of this school we will
endeavor to remember the many labors of this man of God in
behalf of the young people of this neighborhood, and strive to
imitate his christian [sic] life.
- Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent
to the family of the deceased, and to each of the papers
published in Jonesboro, with the request that they publish the
same.
- J. R. Payne, Principal, W. F. Payne, Assistant, Franklin
Institute, July 28th, 1871 Vol. II. #48, Thurs., August3, 1871
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- Rodgers
- Mrs. Rodgers, an old and respectable lady, who lived five
miles West of this place, died on last Tuesday. Vol. II. #25,
Thurs., February 23, 1871
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- Salts, Mrs.
Daniel
- Died in this place, on last Tuesday evening, Mrs. Daniel
Salts. She had been suffering for many years with cancer. Vol.
III. #14, Thurs., December 7, 1871
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- Simerly, Francis
- Died in this place on the 5th inst., little Francis, infant
son of Hon. Elijah and Mrs. Mary Simerly, aged eight months and
twenty-six days. It came from God as a dew drop was exhaled, as
a flower, expired and went to Heaven. Vol. II. #40, Thurs.,
June 8, 1871
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- Smith, Mrs. Ellen
- Died in Rheatown on Tuesday May 25th, Mrs. Ellen, wife of
John Smith. Vol. II. #38, Thurs., May 25, 1871
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- Snapp, Peter
- Distressing. Peter Snapp, an old colored man living on the
farm of R. M. Chase, in the 2nd civil district in this county,
met death in a very unexpected way on last Wednesday night. He
was hunting the Opossom [sic]. Finding one on a large persimmon
tree some thirty feet from the ground, he made preparation to
ascend the tree in pursuit of the Opossom [sic]. He laid his
axe down on the ground and then his walking cane on the
axe-handle making a cross and placing his hat in one of the
crosses and his hunter's horn in the other ( a superstitious
custom of his), he ascended the tree, but just as he was in the
act of securing his game, the limb gave way and the poor man
was hurled headlong to the earth. His head striking a rock was
crushed and both legs were broken.
- His little son who was with him, by his cries, brought the
neighbors to the rescue. They found the poor man crushed to
pieces. The limbs of the tree was still in his hands, from
which it is supposed he never breathed after the fall. The
Opossom [sic] was found dead by the side of the mangled corpse.
Vol. III. #9, Thurs., November 2, 1871
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- Stephens, Isaac
- Mr. Isaac Stephens, a prominent citizen and a Magistrate of
Sullivan county, died at his residence on Horse Creek, on last
Friday morning. Vol. II. #51, Thurs., August 24, 1871
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- Vice,
Joseph
- We learn from a reliable source of the death of Joseph
Vice, Esq., near Clear Creek in Greene County, which occurred
quite strangely. On last Saturday evening, about 4 p.m., Vice
met Wm. Detherridge who had a gun, in a lane near the house of
Mr. John H. Brandon. A number of other boys were present and
all were indulging in sports. The gun was loaded and
Detherridge was in the act of presenting it with no evil
intention, however, when Vice threw a rock backward over his
shoulder, which striking the hammer, caused the gun to go off.
The ball entered the back of Vice's head and ranging through
that the blood oozed out of the fracture. The unfortunate man
died two hours and a half. This is another sad warning against
the reckless use of fire arms. Vol. II. #50, Thurs., August 17,
1871
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- Young, Dr. T.
T.
- It is with no feelings incident to the death of a
fellow-man, unconnected by association or the ties of
relationship that we chronicle this invasion of the destroying
angel. Dr. Young was an old and estimable citizen of this
county. He was afflicted for many years with Asthma. He was a
valuable citizen, a cultured and conscientious Physician and
leaves to his family the heritage of an honest name and upright
man. At the time of his death he resided on Nolachucky river,
twelve miles Southwest of this place. Vol. II. #32, Thurs.,
April 13, 1871
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- Young, Mrs. Lucindia
- Died on last Saturday evening, Mrs. Lucindia Young, wife of
Deputy Sheriff, R. M. Young. The bereaved have the sympathies
of the public. Vol. III. #8, Thurs., October 26, 1871
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