MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1822."
PLATTSHOTTTH SEMI- WEEKLY JOTTRNAL
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GLORY TO THE LORD
I heard a great voice of much peo
ple in heaven, saying. Alleluia; Sal
vation and glory and honor and
power unto the Lord our God; for
true and righteous are his judg
ments. Revelations xix, 1 and 2.
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Girls read so many dress hints and
then just hint at dressing.
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It is strange, but when a man sows
his wild 'oats he raises tain.
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il one is content with his lot, he
is either very old or incapable.
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Do you want a present for an en
emy? Give him a cigar lighter.
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Trouble with a man who is a won
der at talking is wonders never
cease.
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In our opinion the saddest sight of
the age is a bobbed head half way
back to normalcy.
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The annual query as to whether
Santa Claus really exists comes this
year from Europe.
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It seems that everybody wants
taxes reduced, but nobody wants it
done by the other party.
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Every now and then a fountain
pen tries to live up to its name by
spilling all over the paper.
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We didn't realize Christmas was
a3 near as it is until we saw so many
little boys at Sunday school.
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Wally's friend3 are to blame, Mr.
Reid's wife says. That was Adam's
opinion when asked about the apple.
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Chinese bandits captured Tsingtao
but we will worry about Christmas,
which is much nearer than Tsingtao.
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This week the young folks will be
coming home from school wearing
old clothes so they will be given new
ones.
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"Anyone can lick our navy," says
Admiral Sims. Perhaps ti,ey could
get a test match between it atd
Dempsey.
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What has become of the old fash
ioned church where the deacons plac
ed their hats in a row just in front
of the pulpit?
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"Artist, 38, to Wed Stepmother,
33," says a San Francisco headline
She also seems to be an artist, in her
own little way.
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As usual, we suppose, there are a
certain number of people who would
advocate the all round cancelling of
Christmas presents.
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Higher ups are thought jto be in a
Detroit booze scandal. It seems rea
sonable, since it is known bootleg
gers don't drink their own stuff.
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If this country ever goes wet again
we propose to climb on a house top
and sit there. It's dangerous enough
now, with the auto drivers sober.
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It is believed in Washington that
the United States is going to call for
a showdown in Europe. In a show
down it is probable some countries
would be shown up.
All interviews with centenarians
are supposed to be interesting, but
they are always a little better if the
subject has been an entertaining liar
In the days of his youth.
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There are enough motor cars in
the United States for everybody to
go motoring at the same time. And
if we each had John D. Rockefeller's
money we would all be rich.
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Poet writes poem with this verse:
"Cover your faces, O wraen all
you women everywhere! Cover your
faces with your long hair, and weep
Into its darkness." Hold on there,
poet! Many women no longer have
long hair, and what are they goin
to do about it?
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Not only is our sense of chivalry
outraged by the lowlives in the Brit
uh house of commons in howling
down Lady Astor who was trying to
make a speech, but our admiration is
also stirerd by the logic which came
to her in her moment of distress:
'Shut up!" she cried. "If you don't
keep still, you can't hear what I am
PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Fatty Arbuckle gets back into the
movies. '
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Gone are the days when mince pic
had a kick.
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These cold winter mornings are ex
cellent for late sleeping.
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Harding's motto seems to be
"Don't give up the ship subsidy."
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Christmas story: "Mama, can I
hang up one of sister's for mine?"
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A telephone stand for Christmas
may help a friend stand his tele
phone. :o:
The Newberry season closed about
the time the cranberry season
opened.
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In giving a watch you can write:
"It is your time now," or "Hope you
have a good time."
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Two decades ago people ran to see
an automobile while now they run
in the other direction.
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What will j'ou give father? Get
him asbestos gloves to be worn while
opening Christmas bills.
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Women's fur coats have jumped
to three crying spells higher than
they were last Christmas.
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If you haven't bought your Christ
mas presents yet, you had better be
moving in that direction.
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There are some stockings that
Santa Claus could never fill as ade-
luately as the owners do.
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You needn't be backward with
your presents, the editor of the Jour
nal is not a bashful fellow.
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Too many reformers righting the
world's wrongs may sometimes be
wronging the world's rights.
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Kid McCoy, who has married eight
times, is bankrupt. Two may live a3
cheaply as one, but nine can't.
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Ship subsidy bill deadlock unbrok
en. Administration leaders fear can
not reach vote for several weeks.
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Whenever a man is absolutely cer
tain he can't be wrong about any
thing, he ought to run a newspaper
for a while.
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The world's thirty-two most beau
tiful women are to be selected by a
photographer, and predicts that here
and there considerable intT.st will
be found in who the other thirty
one can be. k
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if the stories don t stop coming
from Detroit about Henry Ford's in
creasing wealth, somebody is likely
to suggest that Mr. Ford is about
rich enough to be able to give some
thing away besides advice.
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Mr. Powell of Tavares. Fla., wants
his town put on the map because of
a fish they caught there called the
bolinski. Mr. Powell writes: "This
fish swims backward in order to
keep the water out of its eyes. It
chews tobacco, and we catch them
by hitting them over the head with
a club when they come to the sur
face to spit." We think this account
must be somewhat exaggerated, but
we publish it for what it may be
worth.
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Tryo!i line!
FROM
PLATTSMOUTH
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DAILY TRIPS
Also all kinds of haiiling, including
Live Stock to South Omaha market
Either by Weight or Trip
Phone 394 or 608
ERNEST BUTTERY
Proprietor
WHEN YOU SLEEP
Jack Britton. former welterweight
champion, offers 110,000 to any one
who can make him sleep normally.
He's had insomnia for a year. Many
pugilists have it only in the ring.
"It's nervous trouble," says Brit-;
ton. "Training for twenty years has
proved too much. While I haven't j
ny designs on getting the title back,
figure I can still box a lot if I can
get to sleep. If I can't I'll be forced
to quit." f
Jack, why don't you try reading
the congressional record?
If you have ever tossed at night,
unable to drown this nerve stabbing
life in deep sleep, you sympathize
with Britton.
We spend a third of our lives in
bed.
And the incalculable value of sound
sleep is realized only by the chronic
victim of insomnia.
Do you find, on the average, that
our waking life is more delicious
than the perfect calm of sleep? Con
sidering the joy with which we close
our eyes and rest our weary bodies
nd tired brains at night, it is a
trifle strange how man dreads the
final death sleep.
Sir Basil -Thompson, former head
Scotland Yard detectives, has
solved many mysteries of crime.
None of them was a millionth as
mysterious as sleep.
Claperede had a theory that nature
makes -us sleep to prevent us from
killing ourselves from exhaustion.
The Coriat school of physicians be
lieves that sleep is simply a relaxa-
ion of all muscles, necessary to rid
our bodies of poisons accumulated
while awake.
A third theory, by Dr. Boris Sidis,
is that monotony is the cause of
6leep. When life no longer is interest
ing enough to keep us awake, we
chloroform ourselves with slumber.
If, so, we leep because our subcon
scious minds get bored at this rather
dull life on earth.
It is one 'of the most baffling en
igmas of mature, is sleep. Also one of
the greatest forms of real wealth, or
fortune. Dollars and fame lose their
lure when natural sleep is denied
chronically.
What would you not give to know
what happens to your real self when
slumber divorces you from the ma
terial world.
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10,000 MURDERS
More than 10,000 murders were
committed in the United States dur
ing 1921. This is revealed by a check
up conducted by Dr. Frederick L.
Hoffman, consulting statistician of
the Prudential Insurance company.
Hoffman found that 28 leading
ities, with combined population of
20.5SS.770, had 1,910 murders last
year.
On a population basis, this is over
10,000 known murders for the whole
country. To them must be added the
unknown number of murders that
are successfully concealed and do not
show up in the police reports. These
probably run into the thousands.
The death toll should draw A grim
smile from the Turks, next time
America gets excited about Armen
ian massacres.
Open pigeonholes in your mem
ory, compare records, and the
thought occurs to you that just about
as many Americans are murdered a3
are killed by autos.
Hard to decide which of the two
is more amazing.
Picture a town of 10,000 inhabi
tants, all murdered in cold blood
during one night. A frightful picture.
But it's a true picture of the mur
der situation in so-called civilized
America.
Spread out over a gigantic terri
tory and divided among our millions
of people, with a murder here and
there, day 'after day, and we lose
sight of the terrible total.
Dr. Hoffman found that the 1921
murder rate was a fraction more
than nine out of every 100.000
Americans.
Allowing for concealed murders
that are never definitely discovered.
including "missing presons" cases, a
conservative estimate is that one
American in every 10,000 is murder
ed yearly.
Meaningt Your chance of being
slain is one in 10,000 years. Figure
it up over a lifetime and if you lived
100 years, one chance in 100 of be
ing murdered.
A dreadful penalty for permitting
the sale of pistols, which are the
death instruments in the majority of
murders.
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FOR SALE
Two 220 egg "Old Trusty" incu
bators. Phone 1403, Murray ex
change. d25-4tsw
Farm loans now made at 5.
Searl S. Davis, 201 Plattsmouth
State Bank Bldg.
For Sale: Good milk Cow. Inquire
of C. L. Wiles, phone 3421. 3d-lw,
TRAINING IN CITIZENSHIP
The secretary of labor, Mr. Davis,
apparently speaking in support of an
administration measure, urges com
pulsory training of aliens in the
principles and duties of American
iiKUbni. wu ol iueiuvu.cn..
ore the American people," Secretary
Davis says. "Is the proper care and
euucauon 01 me approximately seven
minion naiurauzea anena in iu
United States potential citizens."
To put the advocated training in
operation would require enactment
of the proposed measure providing
for registration of all aliens in the
country and all entering America.
Such registration. Secretary Davis
believes, would put the government
indirect touch with the foreigner, the
aim of the contact being not a sys
tem of espionage on the part of the.
government but a program of mu
tual helpfulness. Once the alien is
carefully listed, there would then be
gin the educational process which
the native American is supposed to
undergo before the goal of citizen-
hip or the fight to suffrage is at
tained.
There appears nothing either un
fair or impracticable about this prop
osition. More understanding of the
origin, history and responsibilities
of American citizenship is a general
need in the country- among natives
as well as among aliens.
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That plan to allow only the brains
f the country to do the voting might
be all right If they could be located
on election day.
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Figures shown the average farmer
made $465 this year, but some say
this is $2,000 more than they got.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
In the District Court of Cass coun
ty. Nebraska.
In the matter of the guardianship
f Ruth A. C. Beverage, Incompe
tent.
On reading the duly verified peti
tion of R. C. HItchman, Guardian of
the person and estate of Ruth A. C.
Beverage, Incompetent, for license
order to renew and increase mort
gage on the following described real
estate, to-wit:
The west half (W) of the
southeast quarter (SE4) of
Section 7, Township 11. North
of Range 13, east of the 6th
P. M., in Cass county, Nebraska-
for the purpose of raising funds for
the payment of a mortgage now on
said premises. Said mortgage to be
executed jointly by Fred C. Beverage
as his interests may appear, and by
the aforesaid guardian.
It is therefore Ordered that the
next of kin of said incompetent, and
all persons interested in said estate
appear before me at the chamber at
the court house in the City of Platts
mouth, Cass county, Nebraska, .on
the 15th day of January, 1923,at
0 o'clock a. m., to show cause, if
any there be, why license and order
should not be granted unto the said
R. C. Hitchman, guardian, to exe
cute said joint mortgage as set forth
above.
It is further ordered that a copy
of this order be personally served on
all persons interested in said estate
at least fourteen days before the day
set for hearing, or published for
three successive weeks in The Platts
mouth Journal, a semi-weekly news
paper printed and published in said
County of Cass.
Dated at chamber. In Cass coun
ty, Nebraska, this 15th day of De
cember, 1922.
JAMES T. BEGLEY,
Judge of the District
dlS-3w Court.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court. -
In the matter of the estate of John
F. CI u gey, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate.
You are hereby notified, that I
will sit at the County Court room
in Plattsmouth in said county, on
the 26th day of January, A. D. 1923,
and on the 27th day of April, A. D.
1923. at ten o'clock in the forenoon
of each day, to receive and examine
all claims against said estate, witn
view to their adjustment and al
lowance. The time' limited ror the
oresentation of claims against said
estate is three months from the 26th
day of January, A. D. 1923. and the
time limited for payment of debts is
one year from said 26th day of Jan
uary. A. D. 1923.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said Couhty Court, this 16th day of
December, A. D. 1922.
ALLEN J. BEESON,
(Seal) d25-4w. County Judge.
NOTICE
In the District Court o Cass coun
ty, Nebraska. , 1
Ethel E. Hadley, plaintiff, vs. con-
stantlne II. Hadley. defendant.
To' Constantino B. Hadley, defend
ant: You are hereby notified that on
the 9th day of August, 1922, Ethel
E. Hadley filed a petition against you
in the District Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska, the object and prayer
of which are to obtain a divorce
from you on the ground that you
have wilfully deserted and abandon
ed the plaintiff, without just cause,
for the term of more than two years
last past, and for the custody of the
minor child, the issue of said mar
riage, to-wjt: Helen Estelle Hadley
axed two years and eight months.
You are required to answer said
petition rn or before Monday, Jan
uary 15th, 1922.
This notice is given in pursuance
of an order of the District Court of
Cass county. Nebraska. ' .
ETHEL E. HADLEY,
By Plaintiff.
CHAS. E. MARTIN,
d4-4w. Her Attorney,
LEGAL NOTICE
In the District Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
App. Doc. 1, Page 209.
Forest H. Brunson, Plaintiff, vs. ;
Richard Claiborne et al. Defendants.
To the Defendants, Richard Clai-'
borne and wife Mrs. Richard Clai
borne, teal name unknown; R. Clai-!
born and wife, Mrs. R. Claiborn, real !
names unknown; R. Claiborne and
wife, Mrs. R. Claiborne, real names
unknown; G. Powers and wife, Mrs.!
G. Powers, real names unknown;
Town Association of Louisville, Cass !
county, Nebraska Territory; Fred
erick L. Crawley and wife, Mrs. Fred-!
erick L. Crawley, real name un-'
known; F. S. Crawley and wife, Mrs.'
F. S. Crawley, real names unknown; ;
Richard Claiborne, Jr. and wife, Mrs.
Richard Claiborne, Jr., real name tin-'
known; R. B. Claiborne, Jr. and
wife, Mrs. R. B. Claiborne, Jr., real ,
names unknown; R. H. Clayburn, Jr.:
and wife, Mrs. R. B. Clayburn, Jr.,
real names unknown; Elizabeth A.
Register and husband Register, ,
real name unknown; Elizabeth A.:
Claiborn and husband, R. B. Clai-
born, Jr., real name unknown; Elvira'
Monteith; Alvira Monteith; William
Moore and wife, Mrs. William Moore, '
real name unknown; Wm. Moore and
wife, Mrs. Wm. Moore, real names
unknown; C. B. E. Claiborn and wife,'
Mrs. C. B. E. Claiborn, real names
unknown; C. B. E. Claiborne and I
wife, Mrs. C. B. E. Claiborne, real
names unknown; Proprietors of the
Town of Louisville, Cass county, N.
T.; Jacob F. Hoover and wife. Mrs.
Jacob F. Hoover, real name unknown;
Jacob F. Huber and wife, Mrs. Jacob
F. Huber, real name unknown; Jacob;.
Fredrlg Huber and wife, Marie Hu -
ber; Theodore Helm and wife. Mrs.
Theodore Heim, real name unknown;
Thetoe Helm and wife, Mrs. Thetoe
Heim. real name unknown; Aaron B.
Fox and wife, Mrs. Aaron B. Fox,
real name unknown; Fox & Glover,
a co-partnership composed of Aaron
B. Fox and J. V. Glover, and all per
sons having or claiming any interest
in Lot numbered One Hundred Nine
ty (190) in the Village of Louisville,
Cass county, Nebraska, real names
unknown:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that on the 22nd day of
December, A. I). 1922. the plaintiff
in the foregoing entitled cause, filed
his petition in the District Court of
Cass county, Nebraska, wherein you
and each of you are made parties
defendant for the purpose of obtain
ing a decree from said Court quiet
ing the record title in Plaintiff to
the following described real estate,
to-wit:
Lot numbered One Hundred
Ninety (190) in the Village of
Louisville, Cass county, Ne
braska, as shown by the origi
nal plat thereof on file in the
office of the Register of Deeds
of Cass county, Nebraska
as against you and each of you and
by such decree to wholly exclude
you and each of you and all of you
from all estate, right, title, claim or
interest therein or to any part there
of. You are required to answer said
petition cn or before the 5th day of
February. A. D. 1923, or your de
fault will be entered in said cause
and a decree granted as prayed for
in Plaintiff's petition.
Dated this 23rd day of December,
A. D. 1922.
FOREST H. BRUNSON.
By Plaintiff.
AUBREY H. DUXBURY.
d25-4w. His Attorney.
ORDER OF HEARING AND NO
TICE OF PROBATE OF WILL
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
State of Nebraska, County of
Cass, ss.
To all persons interested in the es
tate of William M. Curyea, deceased:
On reading the petition of G. W.
Curyea praying that the instrument
filed in this court on the 21st day
of November. 1922, and purporting
to be the last will and testament of
the said deceased, may be proved and
allowed, and recorded as the last
will and testament of William M.
Curyea, deceased; that said instru
ment be admitted to probate, and the
administration of said estate be
granted to Benjamin Landis as exe
cutor; It is hereby ordered that you, and
all persons interested in said matter
ma, and do, appear at the County
Court to be held in and for said
county, on the 22nd day of January.
A. D. 1923, at ten o'clock a. m., to
show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer of the petitioner -should not
be granted, and that notice of the
pendency of said petition and that
the hearing thereof be given to all
persons interested in said matter by
publishing a copy of this Order in
the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi-
weekly newspaper printed in said
county, for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing.
Witness my hand, and seal of
said court this 23rd day of December,
A. D. 1922. V
ALLEN J. BEESON.
(Seal) d25-3w. County Judge.
BIG COMBINATION SALE
Elsewhere in this issue of the
Journal will be found announcement
of the big combination sale that will
be held at Mynard on Friday, Ie-
cember 29th. and in which the public
is given the fullest opportunity of
participating. The persons who have
personal property that they desire to
have sold, can have the same han
dled by bringing it to the sale which
will be held at 1 o clock sharp.
In addition to the personal prop
erty that will be offered for 6ale,
there will be a dwelling house sold
at public auction.
W. E. Propst has charge of the
call and terms and information can
be secured from him and the sale
will be conducted byrf Col. W. RT.
Young, the widely known auctioneer
of the county.
MONEY TO LOAN
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Loans negotiated on land or town
property. Five room cottage for sale.
R.B.Windham. dl-3sw, 6dX
Our B
est
A Merry Christmas, abounding prosperity, the best of
health and happiness for the coming year. We count
your friendship as something money cannot buy.
v
C. E. HARTFORD
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To Our Many Friends!
At this time, before the beginning of the New
Year, we desire to extend to our friends the wish for
a very Merry Christmas and hope that the coming year
may bring you all joy prosperity and good health. We
appreciate the many friends we have in Plattsmouth
and count their friendship something which money can
not buy. ,
aSace Shining Parlor
George Conis, Propr.
f:.TS '""i'M .7S tti..".v3 Krt3
We are extending to all. We have appreciated your
friendship and are wishing for the coming year to all,
prosperity, health and happiness, and the best good
friends.
B
en H. Wiles
Cordial Holiday
Greetings!
We are desiring to express our appreciation for
the kind patronage which has come to our garage, and
wish to extend best wishes to our many friends, -and
hope that they may have health, prosperity and happi
ness for the. coming year.
The Frady Garage
John
Wishes!
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