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A. H. CRONIN, EDITOR AND MANAGER
VOLUME XVII.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, DECEMBER 31, 1896.
NUMBER 26.
NEWS SANS WHISKERS
Items of Interest Told As They Are
Told to Us.
WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED
Local Happenings Portrayed For General
Edification and Amusement.
The supervisors ware in session this
week.
Harry Huddleson was up from Pierce
last Sunday._
Prof. Cross was down from Atkinson
last Sunday._
WANTED.—A good milch cow. Ap
— ply to Con Keyes.
Dominick McCaflery went to Omaha
this morning.
The Musical Union met at the rink
Tuesday night.
George Triggs spent four days in
Sioux City this week.
N. B. Chapman was down from
Atkinson Monday.
Mrs. R. H. Jenness, of Atkinson, was
in O’Neill Tuesday.
J. A. Rice, represented the legal bar,
of Stuart, in the city Monday.
Rev. J. M. Bates will hold Christmas
services in the Episcopal church this
evening.
' Miss Bertha Brown, of Atkinson,
| visited friends in O’Neill Monday and
1 Tuesday. _
Miss Mamie Oullen, who is attending
college at Omaha, came home for the
holidays.
\ Sam Thompson and Arthur Coyken
dall attended the ball in Atkinson
Christmas eve.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilson, of Atkinson,
spent Sunday in this city, the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Anderson.
R. R. Dickson returned Tuesday night
from Osage, la., where he went to
attend the funeral of his father.
R. D. Saunders came up from Leigh
last Thursday evening, and spent
Christmas with relatives in this city.
The Fbontieb will keep “open
house” all rfday tomorrow. Begin the
new year right, come in and subscribe.
For teeth or photos go to Dr.
Corbett’s parlors, 23rd to 30th of each
month. Photographs 75 cents per
dozen. 24tf
Prof. Anderson is representing the
O’Neill schools at the meeting of the
state teachers’ association at Lincoln
this week. _
Butte Gazette: E. O. Blake was
found guilty on five counts. Sentence
was suspended pending a motion for a
fiRW trial
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A1 Miller, the genisl landlord of the
Merchants hotel in Atkinson, accom
panied by his son, Robert, was in
O’Neill yesterday.
Bentley has a new baker and is put.
ting out a superior quality of bread,
pies and cakes. Everything is first
class. _ 24-3
P. Whitney, general land commis
sioner of the F. E. & M. V. railroad, is
in the city this week on business before
the supervisors.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jackson went
down to Lincoln Monday morning to
attend the annual meeting of the state
teachers’ association.
DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla is prepared for
cleaning the blood. It builds up and
strengthens constitutions impaired by
disease. Morris & Co.
The editor of this moral educator and
family comforter went to Omaha yester
day morning in connection with matters
of business and pleasure.
Chas. Davis, who has been in Omaha
since the 8th of November serving on
the U 8. jury, is home for the holidays.
He returns to Omaha next week.
John Harrington, who made such a
plucky fight againBt great odds last fall
for the supervisorship of this district,
made this office a pleasant call yesterday.
Soothing, and not irritating, strength
ening, and not weakening, small, but
effective—such are the qualities of
DeWitt s Little Early Risers, the famous
littlepiils. Morris & Co.
Fo. all of the warm weather we are
having, the ice remains firm and smooth,
and the young people are taking advant
age, day and night, of the excellent
skating thus afforded.
To cure all olu sores, to heal an indo
lent ulcer, or to speadily cure piles, you
need simply apply DeWitfs Witch
Hazel Salve according to directions. Its
magic-like action will surprise you
Morris & Co.
Jim Gallagher, station agent at Laurel,
accompanied by hie friend Can Coburn,
also of Laurel, spent Sunday in this city
visiting friends.
Leap year is supposed to come to an
end at 12 o’clock tonight, and the girls
will not have another chance to pop the
question for eight years.
WANTED—Lady or gentleman to
represent a * well established house.
Salary 950 per month and expenses.
Address box 86, Ainsworth, Neb.
The old lady was right when she said
the child might die if they waited for
the doctor. She saved the little one’s
life with a few doses of One Minute
Cough Cure. Morris & Co.
The wife of John Woidnick, of Spen
cer precinct, is lying quite sick at the
home of her sister in O’Neill, Neb. She
was visiting her sister when taken ill.—
Spencer Register.
The length of life may be increased
by lessening its dangers. The majority
of people die from lung troubles. These
may be averted by promptly using One
Minute Cough Cure. Morris & Co.
Guy Green came up from Meadow
Grove last Thursday evening and visited
old friends in this city for several days.
Guy looks as natural as he did five years
ago when he was the "devil”, in The
|Fbontieb office.
Harry D. Phelps, of Hutchinson, Kan
sas, who has been appointed as clerk in
the land office in the place of M. D.
Long, removed, arrived Sunday evening
and entered upon his duties Monday
mArnimr
Mias Alice Sample, of Butte, passed
through O’Neill yesterday morning on
her way to Lincoln, where she is attend
ing school. Her mother accompanied
her this far on her journey, and will
visit friends here for a few days.
Earl Corbett, who has made his home
with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Coykendall, for the past six years, left
for Madison Wednesday morning, where
he will reside in the future with his
father, Dr. Corbett.
Charlie Hall was called to Madison,
Neb., Monday, by a message announc
ing the sadden death of his niece, Mrs.
Ella Horrick, who was buried at that
place the following day. He returned
to O’Neill Wednesday evening.
The old way of delivering mail by
post boys compared with the modern
telephone, illustrates the old tedious
methods of ‘‘breaking” colds compared
with their almost instantaueous cure by
One Minute Cough Cure. Morris & Co.
Roscoe Coughlin, a former O’Neill
boy, now of Oxford, N. Y., sends us
a renewal of subscription, Christmas
greetings, and a new monkey story, all
of which is highly appreciated. He de
sires to be remembered to all the old
boys here.
Scaly eruptions on the head, chapped
hands and lips, cuts, bruises, scalds,
burns, are quickly cured by DeWit’s
Witch Hazel Salve. It is at present the
article most used for piles, and it always
cures them. Morris & Co.
W. F. Robert, one of the prosperous
farmers of Holt county residing near
Chambers, was in the city last Satutday,
and while in town called in and sub
scribed for this great family journal.
He wants the news and knows where to
get them. _
We have opened up a bakery in con
nection with the “Little Gem” restaur
ant, and are now prepared to furnish
the public with flrst-class bread, pies,
cakes, cookies, or anything in the bak
ing line at the lowest prices.
25-2 Hatfield & Thompson.
C. F. Lytle, of Sulphur Springs, la.,
has traded Iowa real estate for the bank
at Ewing, and is now a resident of that
town. J udging from the flattering no
tices of Iowa papers Mr. Lytle will be a
valuable acquisition to the business in
terests of Holt county.
The piles of corn that are seen the
country over are simply astonishing.
To see such immense stacks of yellow
ears just heaped up on the prairie, with
out cover would be astounding to an
eastern man. If we should tell them
the bare facts they would say we were
lying—Greely Leader.
How is the season when you want a
good gun and want it cheap. I have a
line of guns that cannot be beaten any
where and am going to sell them cheap.
Come early and get first choice. I also
have hunting coats and sell them cheap.
?tf Neil Brennan.
"Excuse me,” observed the man in
spectatles, “but I am a surgeon and that
is not where the liver is." “Never you
mind where his liver is,” retorted the
other, “if it was in his big toe or his
left ear DeWitt’s Little Early Risers
would reach it and shake it for him.
On that you can bet your gig-lamps.”
Morris & Co.
Frank Hummel, of Gordon, and Miss
Grace McCoy, of this city, were united
in marriage by Father Cassidy at his
residence Sunday evening at 6 o’clock.
They departed the same evening for
Gordon where they will make their fu
ture home, Mr. Hummel being engaged
in business there. Thb Frontier
wishes them a long and happy life.
One of the enjoyable social events of
the holiday season was the ball given by
the O’Neill Dancing Club at the rink
Wednesday evening. About thirty
couples participated in the mazy whirl
until the small hours of the morning, to
which good music and an excellent sup
per served at the Evans rounded the
pleasures of the occasion to the utmost.
Our general discount sale ends Satur
day of this week, and it there is any
thing you need you can save 20 per cent
by buying it before Saturday night. We
will continue for a short time to dis
count Overcoats, Cloaks, Blankets,
Gloves and Mittens. We will continue
to give 50 per cent discount on about
200 pair of Ladies and Misses Shoes for
30 days unless they are all closed out
before. 88$ per cent off on all stamped
linens and the balance of our stock of
fancy dishes for next two weeks. " ’
26-2 J. P. Mann.’’
Don’t be persuaded into buying lini
ments without reputation or merit—
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm costs no more,
and its merits have been proven by a
test of many years. Such letters as the
following, from L. B. Bagley, Hueneme,
Cal., are constantly being received:
"The best remedy for pain 1 have ever
used is Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, and I
say so after having used it in my family
for several years." It r.ures rheumatism,
lame back, sprains and swellings. For
sale by P. C. Corrigan.
The Royal Neighbors of America
held a special meeting last Saturday
evening for the purpose of electing
officers for the ensuing year, and the
following persons were elected:
Worthy Oracle, Mrs. J. A. Testman;
Vice Oracle, Mrs. N, Brennan; Chancel
lor, Miss Agnes Gallagher; Recorder,
Mrs. Delia Hanley; Receiver, Mrs. C,
W. Hagensick; Marshal, Mrs. J. F.
Pfunder; Inner Sentinel, Mrs. M. Gal
lagher; Outer Sentinel, Mrs. P. Barret;
Trustee, Mrs. P. Barret; Delegate to
Grand Lodge, Mrs. J. A Testman.
This is now one of the most prosperous
organizations in the city, and is rapidly
increasing in membership.
Considerable interest is manifested
among the business men at this time in
regard to the formation of an athletic
club. For this purpose a meeting was
held Wednesday evening of last week at
which O. M. Collins acted as chairman
and Guy Hamilton as secretary. After
giving the matter a thorough discussion
it was decided to organize a club and a
committee was appointed to draft a con
stitution and bylaws. A committee was
also appointed on general arrangements,
to find a suitable room, ascertain what
material, furniture, etc , would be need
ed, after which adjournment was taken
to Wednesday evening of this week, but!
on account of the dance and the com- j
mittee not being ready to report the !
meeting will be held next Monday eve
ning. Every business man who can
possibly attend should do so, as it is in
tended to make the athletic club a social
institution for recreation and healthful
pleasure. It is the purpose to have the
club room open every evening, to be in
charge of a janitor, the same to be fitted
up with all varieties of gymnasium goods
to suit the requirements of the members.
Aside from the amusement of such a
club, it will be a means of healthful ex
ercise for its members which will be of
great benefit.
OBITUARY.
* CLEAR—At the home of her parents
in this city, on Saturday, Dec. 26, .1806,
at 4 p. m., Lillie A. Clear, of nervous
prostration, aged 28 years and 10
months. •
Deceased came to this county with
her parents in 1889. Was born at Utica,
111., Feb. 12, 1868. She was a young
lady of exemplary character, and her
friends were numbered by scores. The
funeral took place from the Catholic
church Monday, Dec. 28, at 10 o’clock
a. m., the remains being followed tO'
tbeir last resting place by a large
concourse of friends and neigh
bors, who in mourning her loss from
their midst extend deep and lasting
sympathy to the family of the deceased
in tbeir hour of bereavement.
CASD OF THANKS.
To the citizens of O’Neill who have
expressed their sympathies to us in our
bereavement, we tender our sincere
thanks; and to the ladies who have been
so kind and generous to our beloved
daughter in furnishing her with delica
cies and everything they thought would
benefit her in her long sickness,' we
tender our heartfelt gratitude, which
time will not efface.
Mr. and Mrs. Clear, i
SHORT LINE EXTENSION
The Extension of the Short Line From
O'Neill Almost Assured.
McLEAN IN THE CITY TO-DAY
Enthusiastic Vesting Held at the Court
Home This Horning.
Mayor Murphy received a telegram
last night stating that Donald McLean
would arrive in O’Neill at 10:80 to day
on a special train, in company with a
party of Sioux City gentlemen. He
called a meeting of the citizens at his
office at 0:80 o’clock for the purpose of
making arrangements to meet and en
tertain the distinguished visitors. Mr.
Murphy was made chairman of the
meeting and Frank Campbell secretary.
A reception committee was appointed,
consisting of Mayor Murphy, R. R.
Dickson, M. D. Long, Dr. Truebiood,
0, O. Snyder, P. Hagerty and Neil
Brennan. Several other committeea
were appointed... and all necessary ar
rangements made to receive the party.
When the train pulled up to the-depot
at 10:30 several hundred citizens had
congregated on the platform to welcome
Donald McLean, the veteran projector
Who built the Short Line from Sioux
City to O’Neill, and now says he will
extend it to the coast. While the band
fdsyed a lively air and general enthu
siasm prevailed Mr. McLean climbed
down from the cab of the engine, from
which he had surveyed for the first time
In six years the route that had promised
so much during its construction, and
fallen so flat at ccmpletion.
The other members of the party were:
Jos. E. Booge, C. L. Wright, E. H.
Stone, Jos. V. Mahoney, John N. Pay
son, E. R. Kirk, E. C. Wakefield, Wm.
Gordon, H. D. Booge, Judge Wilbur.
Railroad officials: L. C. Hills, P. A.
Seaman, W. B. McNider, M. H. Shilley,
F. W. Ackley.
A procession was at once formed at
the depot, headed by the O'Neill Cornet
Band, followed by the reception com
mittee -and • visitors- in carriages* while
the citizens on foot lined the sidewalks
on both sides of the street. The pro
cession proceeded to the court house,
which was soon completely filled with
an enthusiastic crowd of spectators.
The meeting was called to order by
Mayor Murphy, who, in a few appro
priate and well chosen sentences re
viewed the building of the Short Line
road and concluded by introducing,
amid great applause, its promotor, Mr.
McLean.
Mr. McLean spoke but briefly. He
said it was just six years ago to-day that
he left O’Neill, and he was pleased more
than he could tell by the reception ac
corded him and the party, as he had
thought no body cared for him any
more. Ho called the attention of his
audience to the fact that when he left
O’Neill he had said that if he ever re
turned he would complete the road, and
that now he was here for that purpose.
Mr. Wright, of Sioux City, who was
Mr. McLean’s attorney during the build
ng of the road, was introduced. He
salso thanked the citizens for the mag
nificent demonstration for Mr. McLean.
He reviewed at some length the history
of his former client and gave it as his
opinion that anything Mr. McLean said
ho would do would surelyibe carried to
fruition. The reason the road had not
been completed according to the orig
inal design, he said, was on account of
conditions in financial circles that no
power could obviate. He said it looked
to us, no doubt, that at present the
building of the road was almost impos
sible, and would be for any ordinary
man, yet he believed Donald McLean
would accomplish it, and that without
asking any subsidy from our people.
(This statement, he said, was not made
for the purpose of eliciting applause.)
The remark was much appreciated bv
toe audience, ine extension of the
i Short Line he believed to be an assured
fact, and that while in the city a pre
liminary corporation would be formed
under the laws of the state of Nebraska.
Mr. Hills, of the Short Line, was
called for. His remarks were brief. He
said he was not here to make any re
marks in regard to the extension of the
road; that he was simply making a trip
over his line and invited the other mem
bers of the party to accompany him,
although it had been Mr. McLean’6 in
tention to come anyway. The speaker
dwelled upon the pleasant relations ex
isting between the road and its patrons,
and assured his auditors that his heart
was in the project, as were also some of
his dollars that be used to save.
Mr. Mahoney spoke next. He thanked
the citizens of O’Neill for the royal re
ception, and said he was glad to thus
again meet the people of O’Neill. He
alluded to his former Connection with
the road, and assured our people that
the citizens of Sioux City felt a kindly
interest in their friends along the Short
Line. About two weeks ago, he said,
he was in Washington and there met
Mr. McLean hobnobbing with national
representatives and railroad men.
Shortly afterwards be met him again in
New York in close touoh with monied
men who said they were behind him
and indorsed his project. Mr. McLean
told him at that time that he was com
ing shortly to Sioux City to complete the
Short Line, either from Sioux City or
O'Neill—from O’Neill if present diffi
culties could be satisfactorily adjusted.
When he mentioned "difficulties” the
minds of his listeners reverted at once to
the suit already commenced by tax
payers to set aside the 150,000 bonds
voted as a subsidy when the road was
built, but it is possible that he was
thinking of something else.
M. F. Harrington, of O’Neill, was the
next speaker. He pointed out the great
assistance our citizens could lead the
projectors, in the way of securing a
cheap right of way through the state
west from O’Neill, and closed by ex
pressing his belief that the road would
ud nmu iui. flivuonu unu uCTCr
pet put anything on paper that he had
not completed. He concluded hie re*
inarks amidst a grand outburat of ap
plause.
R. R. Dlokaon, of O’Neill, said he vaa
moat heartily in favor of the road being
built to San Franciaco, Denver, Ogden,
or any other place out of O’Neill. Thia
remark touched, a reaponaive chord in
the hearta of the audience and the cheer
that went up made the windowa rattle.
He endoraed the remarka made by Mr.
Harrington, and proposed a vote by the
meeting expressing its good will to Mr.
McLean.
T. V. Golden, of O’Neill, was glad to
see ao large a meeting to greet the emi
nent gentlemen of Sioux City. He was
In favor of the project of extension, and
thought the building of the road would
be a great stride in the direction of se
curing the big ditch, of which he spoke
quite eloquently.
Colonel Brennan, of O’Neill, aaid he
had been waiting for an opportunity to
second the motion made by his friend
..Dickson, but that he wished to amend
by including the other gentlemen and
granting them the freedom Of the city.
He then moved an adjournment for din
ner. This speech mentioning , “dinner”
was remarked by one of the vlaitora to
be the best on the program.
The meeting then adjourned, after
which an informal reception was held.
At 1:30 a banquet was had at the Ho
tel Evans, participated in by the distin
guished visitors and the business men of
O’Neill, where were exchanged mutual
hopes that the project would be carried
to an early and felicitous termination.
The special started on its return trip
at 3:30 p. m.
The spirit of ’90 Is revived in O'Neill.
Our citizens feel hopeful that this unex
pected agitation of Short Line extension
will result in the building of the road,
while the enthusiasm existing in Sioux
City is said to be not a whit less.
ROAD INCORPOHANED.
Certificates and atticles of incorpora
tion of the Sioux City and Western Rail
way Company were filed this afternoon
with the county clerk. The incorpora
tors are James E. Booge, S. F. Wake
field, L. A. Seaman, Donald McLean and
M. F. Harrington.
The corporation is formed for the pur
pose of constructing, equipping, main
taining amd operating a railroad within
the state of Nebraska, Ubetween O’Neill
and section 13, town 36, range 68, in
Sioux county, extending through the
counties of Holt, Rock, Brown, Cherry,
Sheridan, Box Butte, Dawes and Sioux,
or such of them as the line may finally
be located in. The amount of capital
stock is 86,930,000, divided into 69,000
shares of $100 each.
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Lean, prolector of the Pacific Short
Line, has returned to Sioux City with
all his old time vigor and zeal, and an
nounces that' he has absolutely secured
all the capital necessary for the comple
tion of a railway line from Sioux City
to San Francisco.
It is like a breeze from the olden times
of prosperity to talk with Ur. McLean,
and with his energy allied to ample cap*
ital Sioux City might see a realization
of the dreams which inspired her in the
days of the later 80s and the earlier 90s.
A reporter found him in his room at the
Mondamin, arranging a pile of docu*
ments, some of them time stained and
ome brand new, which contain the
evidence of what he has been doing in
enlisting $32,000,000 of English capital
lu the enterprise which he originally
inaugurated here for direct railway con*
nection with tho Pacific coast, but
which misfortune smote as with a frost.
The reporter asked Ur. McLean to tell
the story of what he had been doing to
carry out now his previously thwartod
ambition. He said:
“I have ctynpleted every arrangement
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(ov the investment of $82,000,00<Mf.
English capital for the construction of a ' ‘ ;
railroad line from Sioux City, la., fo
San Francisco, Cal. My financial agent >
ia the Continental Trust company, of v
New York, to which I refer any inqufrr ',
ing friends, whether banhera, railroad
men, investors, or citizena generally. I
hare been working for alx month* to
arrange this matter, and the line Will lift
built upon ita merit* as a tranacontifi*
ental route through a region at present
unsupplied with transportation facllitlei, "%
160 miles north of the Central Pacif^ ;
through the Beckwith pays of the
Rockies, a pass never troubled with
snow, and therefore permitting the
saving of millions of dollars for snow
sheds—a route 204 miles shorter than
any other to the Pacific seas, and tret
ersing what is to be the great producing l
area of this continent. This is a brifcf ,
outline of the project which I have ’
oome to Sioux City to carry Into
execution. • . -.
"While of cotum it will be my deco*
to secure the 180 miles of the Paelljs
Short Line as now constructed to
O’Neill, m n link in the 1,600 miles %
Ben Francisco, possession of this route
will not be essential to the enterprises.
In any event it will be imposeible
secure pouession of the Short T-<»4
before the expiration of a year or mw|
as at this time, owing to litigation con
cerning it, there is no tribunal whlbh
could pass conclusive title to the prop
erty. We should be glad to buy it and
the combination bridge, and will do to
if we can secure it upon satisfactory
terms. But whether we shall be able to
obtain possession of this property or net
will cut no figure with our enterprise.
If we cannot buy the Short Line taA
the bridge, we will build another bridpy»
and another line—for no complications
affecting the Short Line will be pip
mitted to interfere with our purpose
have a route to the Pacific as I ha£i
indicated. fj’
"1 am here to make arrangements a
once for a survey of the route fra^l
O’Neill to the west. I have already h|ff
negotiations with representative parttot
from Utah and other states in the wca£
and the preliminaries are pi
settled. l am not here (6 ask a
worth of financial assistance from
people of Sioux City, but rather
assure them that affairs are so abapiug
themselves that the contributors to tm
fund of three hundred and odd thonsafl
dollars which this community hp
already invested in the Padflc Shoft
Line will be amply reimbursed to thap
in due time by completion of the enter*
prise in which I am at present engaged
I hope to have, however, from tipi
people of Sioux City,'that sympal
and indorsement which benefits sue
I hope to bring are entitled to.
fact is that there never has been p
posed in the history of this oommu
anything which is of such treman..
Importance to it as the building of this
transcontinental line.
"It may be of interest to thosh v»
are acquainted with my earlier connip
tion in the Pacific Short Lina projeer in
say that none of those formerly aasosft
ated with me are allied now in this new..
deal. The Manhattan Trust company to
left out. Wendell Goodwin and JohUqi
Waterbury have passed to other fieldfc
and F. O. French is dead. Of local
promoters of the Short Line project
neither Garretson nor Hornlck amt
Booge nor Stone nor any of the othwt
Is with me now; but from them sH- «iW|
from the whole people of Sioux Oi^J
shall hope to have the moat eardhtt .
good will. ■
iwu buu uuuciBiBuu mo gnuBcium
which I feel at being able to re tarn to
Sioux City after fire yean, prepared "
realize the plana which I had then
regard to this great enterprise. I coi
now fully and thoroughly prepared
carry them out. A multitude of cli
which prevented realization of
hopes five years ago have disapi
and never at any time in the history
anything with which I have been
nected has the outlook been so proi
ing as it is at this time with reference
the construction of this transcontli
route. Hatters are in such shape
will be entirely relieved of a
distracting circumstances, and will $6
able to devote my entire attention aU
energy to the one sole object of cany*
ing out the details of arrangement
already made. I have worked alone jn
this matter, paying all the expenses fit
preliminary work out of my own pocket
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and feel that now I have pasapd
experimental stage, and believe that(
am master of the situation. IW
"With the experience acquired -frets!
my previous connection with the Short
Line enterprise, and - with asSnrance df
the amplest capital secured through th#
same old channel, and with a determina
tion to take advantage of the tresnend
ous opportunities lying in the virgin
region which much of this line wM
cover, I am convinced that If my life %
spared Sloan City is certaia to realHe
the dream* inspired in the 4smi trtsiK. r
we drat commenced together. Son
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