SHAMROCK BROGUE 1-29-1916
PRETTIEST DEPOT IN OKLAHOMA
“The prettiest station not only in Oklahoma but it is a prettier
one than the Frisco has on its system,” is what J.A. Frates said
when he saw the station here for the first time during the past week.
This is the Shamrock station of the Sapulpa & Oil Field railroad
of which Mr. Frates is president. He is also general superintendent
of Frisco lines with headquarters at Springfield, Mo.
The Shamrock station, in line with the new road being known as the “Tipperary
Route,” is painted a good Irish green and trimmed in white. On
each end is painted the figure of a shamrock. The building is on a branch
of Spring Creek, right where Tipperary Road, the main street of Shamrock,
crossed the railway tracks. Just in the rear of the station is a native
forest of jack oak, white oak, and hickory, forming a natural background
for the green station. The building is 25x100 and includes the offices
of the superintendent, auditor and rate expert in addition to the general
agent quarters.
Between the station and Blarney avenue, a block south, and lying along
Tipperary Road are several of the industrial tracks of the railroad
company, built there for the oil field supply houses and the warehouses
and yards of the various oil producing companies. Seven miles of sidetracks
are now being built in the Shamrock yards as the railway officials announce
they have 550 cars of freight in sight for delivery here.
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NEGRO WOMAN BUILDS HER OWN HOUSE
Minnie Johnson, a negro woman, cut down the cost of building this week
by donning overalls and a workman’s apron and putting up her own
house near the corner of First street and St. Patrick avenue. She used
hammer, saw and square in a manner that demonstrated that she had done
carpenting prior to her experience in Shamrock. Shamrock has a Jim Crow
district for negroes on the southeast corner of town.
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SAPULPA BANK GETS ALL OF SHAMROCK BANK
All of the stock of the First State Bank of Shamrock, which was moved
here from Markham, five weeks ago, has been sold to the American National
Bank of Sapulpa, which has placed B.F. Simmons in charge here as cashier.
Mr. Simmons comes here from the Drumright State Bank of Drumright and
succeeds J.E. Moore of Oklahoma City, who with O.B. Kee of Oklahoma
City organized the bank at Markham over a year ago. Now Messrs, Kee
and Moore retire entirely on February 1, their stock going to W.E. Brown
cashier of the American National at Sapulpa and associates. Mr. Brown
becomes president of the First State Bank of Shamrock, with C.F. Hopkins
vice president and B.F. Simmons cashier. These with H.H. Johnson of
Sapulpa and W.A. Moore of Tulsa form the directorate. Hopkins is vice
president and general manager of the Sapulpa & Oil Field railroad
recently completed into Shamrock, and Moore is traffic manager. J.E.
Moore and his assistant here and at Markham, Luther Welch, will return
to Oklahoma city and it is understood will engage in the banking business
elsewhere. The brick and sand are now enroute to Shamrock for a new
brick and stone home for the First State Bank.
The Citizens Bank of Shamrock which moved here from Avery five weeks
ago has also recently elected directors and officers for he ensuing
year. John Murphy, in charge of the bank here continues as president
with J.B. Charles of Stroud vice-president and A.A. Seaton cashier.
The latter is also cashier of the Stroud State bank. The other directors
of the Citizens Bank here are Roy V. Hoffman of Oklahoma City, Lee Patrick,
E.L. Conklin and George Castiller of Stroud. Miss Anna Dale Hamilton
is assistant cashier and bookkeeper.
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A BASEBALL STAR
Jack Forrester, who was a pitching star on the Guthrie Western Association
team in 1905, is a visitor in Shamrock, contemplating going into business
here. From Guthrie, Forrester went to Leavenworth and Topeka and two
years later was sold to the Detroit Tigers, where he remained some time.
He is no in independent ball and managed a team at La Junta, Colo.,
the past season.
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Through a suggestion received by mail from that well known Bristow Irishman,
Frank O’Laux, the Brogue’s personal column will hereafter
be headed “Blarnies”.
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Tulsa Daily Democrat:--“The first number of the “Shamrock
Brogue” to reach this desk has just been received and is very
credible sheet. C.M. Sarchet, publicity agent man of the Shamrock Townsite
company, is the editor. It is an Irish town by name principally because
there are so many Dutchmen over there. Long life to the new paper.
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SHAFFER TO BUILD WAREHOUSE
Dale Shaffer of Oklahoma City, as the representative of C.B. Shaffer,
the oil magnate, has secured trackage facilities in the Shamrock yards
for warehouse purposes. He has 132 cars of material and supplies enroute
to Shamrock for development of the Shaffer leases in this locality.
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BLARNIES
T.B. Hollis, the concrete contractor, has the contract to do the cement
and stucco work on the Killarney theater, being erected by Schwake &
Parker.
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D.M. Walts has moved to Shamrock from Drumright and is in charge here
of the Shamrock Tri-State livery.
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Charles Mampler, in charge of field work here for the townsite company
for several weeks, has been assistant to Henry Fulton, surveying engineer,
during the week.
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Dennis Cawley of Fairview, is a Shamrock visitor with the intention
of putting in a ladies-ready-to-wear.
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Mrs. J.P. Miller of Oilton was a visitor over Sunday here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Lee.
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W.C. Franklin and family have located in Shamrock and are building a
home on sixth street between Bantry and Cork.
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Mrs. Lubbes of Muskogee and Miss Viola Wampler of Pementa were the guests
over Sunday of their father, Charles Wampler.
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Dick Brooks of Muskogee and Manager Ragan of the Shamrock yards of the
Atlas Supply company have been in Shamrock during the past week.
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Guy VanEman of Pawnee and William Hinton of Mannford were in the Shamrock
field Monday looking over their holdings there.
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Miss Pauline Craig of Drumright is putting in a book, stationery, cigar
fountain in the front part of the postoffice building.
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Roy Mays and R.C. Maxidon are putting in a book, stationery, cigar and
news stand in the postoffice building. Both came from Jennings, were
Mays was with the Santa Fe Railroad and Maxion with the Tulsa Rig &
Reel company.
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W.C. Sills, the Oilton photographer, was in Shamrock Monday driving
a new Ford car, representing the profit he made on a Shamrock business
lot.
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Mr. and Mr. H.B. Granlee visited in Depew over Sunday.
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Dallas H. Lovitt, an employee at the station of the Sapulpa & Oil
Field railroad the past week, and will soon make Shamrock her home.
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Charles H. Griswold of the townsite office has been spending the past
week in Guthrie, his old home town.
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Mr. and Mrs. George Frederick are intending to build a home in Shamrock
during the near future.
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Senator Wisner, former deputy sheriff at Pemeta under Sheriff Lew Wilder,
was a visitor in Shamrock during the past week.
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John Murphy, president of the Citizens State Bank, has had all his bank
stationery and blanks printed on good Irish green paper.
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The Pioneer Telephone building, including cottage quarters for the central
girls, was completed this week, on Dublin Avenue.
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Frank Russell, in charge of the steel gang on the railroad, has his
camp pitched on South Blarney avenue.
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Mrs. Anna Edmisson entertained Mr. and Mrs. John Churchill of Denver,
Colo., during the past week. They are theatrical fold and were enroute
to Oilton to fill a vaudeville engagement.
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R.H. Gillespie, the Cushing druggist, and Dr. M.H. Newman have bought
the Sills on Tipperary road and are erecting a 2 story building for
a drug store and a hospital on the second floor.
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C.W. Tate, former garage man at Kiefer and Drumright, has completed
a building on fourth street for a garage, which is being installed.
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R.D. Trimble of Chickasha, a blacksmith, has moved to Shamrock is putting
up a residence on Fifth street between Cork and Ireland.
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Dale Shaffer of Oklahoma City was here the past week making arrangements
for warehouse and yards for the C.B. Shaffer oil interests.
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C.H. Lewis, the man who painted the first house green in Shamrock, has
returned after wandering elsewhere and will locate here again.
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Miss Edith Black, whose father is with the Prairie company on the Litchfield
lease, has been visiting friends in Shamrock during the week.
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John Farris of Oilton is having a two-story building erected on the
south side of Tipperary Road and will put in a general dry goods and
clothing stock.
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Henry Fulton, the civil engineer of Oilton, has been in the Shamrock
field during the week, laying off industrial tracks in the railroad
yards.
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J.E. Moore and Luther Welch, who have sold their interests in the first
State Bank, leave on February 1 for their old home in Oklahoma City.
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Warren K. Robertson has his general merchandise store, corner of Dublin
and Tipperary, appropriately decorated with large Shamrocks.
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John Crownover of Ireland avenue is employed in the J.B. Owensby Square
Deal store to succeed Jay McBride who resigned to take over the Norton
Dennis meat market.
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William Dinning, owner of “Curley’s” barber shop,
is making arrangements to bring his children here from Oklahoma City
and make this their home.
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John Selstrom, well-known wealthy Guthrian, is making Shamrock his headquarters
at the present time.
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J.H. Kuhns, drilling contractor on the Hill leases, is now living in
his new home, recently completed on East Tipperary Road.
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O.B. Poole, a teaming contractor just here from Colorado, is building
a home on sixth street and will bring his family here.
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SCHOOL BUILDING IN USE
The temporary school building, erected by Ed Quimby and T.L. Renfro,
is no in daily use and Mrs. Ida Ashley, the teacher, reports an excellent
attendance. Within the near future, it is understood that work will
start on the $15,000 brick school house. The trustees of this district
are J.M. Martin of Shamrock, president; A.C. Fleming, superintendent
of the Kathleen Oil company, and F.P. Bracken. They are doing a lot
of excellent work for the district.
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NEW THEATER OPENS
The Colleen Theater, formerly the Idle Hour, opened Sunday evening in
its new building, near the corner of Cork and Tipperary. There were
two performances and the house was crowded to capacity at both, and
the theater has enjoyed a good patronage all week. Manger N.S. Sprague
announces that every Sunday night will be a Charlie Chaplin night. The
Colleen has the Universal pictures.
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POSTAGE CANCELLATIONS REACH HIGH MARK
The postage cancellation in Shamrock reached the highest mark ever known
in the history of this office during the month of December, according
to postmaster Virgil Morgan. The total was greater than were the cancellations
for October and November combined and they are constantly on the increase.
This is becoming the mail point for thousands of men in the surrounding
oil field.
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TO HAVE BOXING BOUT
The Shamrock Kid, known in the sport world as Kid Baird, is anxious
to meet any other man of his weight, 145 pounds, is a boxing match in
Shamrock or in any other oil field town. Baird is a clever boxer, having
met Bud Anderson, Bill Luluf, Stanley, Butler, Jimmy Collins and others.
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SAW BROGUE; ORDERED STORY
A copy of last week’s Shamrock Brogue fell into the hands of the
Sunday editor of the Kansas City Star, and as a result he sent “Terry”
Shannon, the Star’s Sunday feature man, to Shamrock to get the
data and color for a half page feature story of this Irish town. Mr.
Shannon was here, Saturday and Sunday, and went back with sufficient
data and a lot of good scenes, representing Shamrock and the surrounding
oil country.
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PIGEONS BECAME GREEN
Ed. L. Dunn, father of Shamrock, recently purchased three carrier pigeons
which make their home around the townsite office. Outside the office
is a barrel of crude oil, mixed with green paint and used for general
painting purposes. Evidently the pigeons believed there was water in
the barrel for each of the three fell into the fluid and is now a sportive
green in color.
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BLARNIES
A.H. Young of the Royal barber shop was in Oilton, the first of the
week, visiting with Mrs. Young.
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The scrapper building occupied the middle of Tipperary Road for several
days the past week in an attempt to move it from the corner of Cork
and Tipperary to the corner of Terry and Third.
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Everett Drumright of Drumright has made arrangements to start a dairy,
four miles east of Shamrock on the Tipperary Road section line, and
will give Shamrock daily delivery. It will be located on the B.B. Jones
farm with 40 cows.
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Mrs. Ed. L. Dunn, wife of the father of Shamrock, was here several days
the first of the week accompanied by their son, Trumann Dunn, head of
the Mid-Field Gas company at Oilton.
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H.M. Craine of Watonga, employed by the Prairie Oil company in the oil
field near Shamrock, is building a residence on Sixth street, between
Cork and Bantry, and Mrs. Craine has arrived to make this her home.
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D.F. Henshaw, employed in the oil field here, is building a home on
East Tipperary Road and will bring his family here from Drumright.
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A.W. Sanders has located here from Prague and has a jewelry and watch
repairing business two doors west of the townsite office in the Lee
building.
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Mrs. Anna McMahon celebrated the opening of her Irish Queen café,
Wednesday evening by giving a free pie and coffee luncheon to the citizens.
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The stork paid a visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cogburn of
the Grand café, at the corner of Terry avenue and Third street
Friday evening and left a 9 pound daughter.
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Postmaster Virgil Morgan is installing a lot of new lockboxes, trebling
the number they had when the office was moved here from the old town
about December 1.
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Miss Berdie Flint, who teaches the Ardmore school near town, and Mrs.
Ida Ashley teacher of the Shamrock school have taken rooms at the Farrall
for the winter months.
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George W. Cooper has completed his residence and stables at the corner
of St. Patrick and Third street has painted this building green and
hung up his sign “The Shamrock Teaming Company”
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W.M. Berry of Cushing is erecting a business building near the corner
of Cork and Tipperary for a dry goods and gents furnishing store.
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G.B. Sherritt of Stecker has purchased the Claude Irwin lot on Tipperary
road and will put up a building at once for a hardware store.
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Miss Florence Hamil of Chickasha is putting in a millinery stock on
Dublin avenue in a building erected by John Murphy in the rear of the
Citizens Bank.
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Jasper Cox, the contractor, has brick and sand enroute to Shamrock with
which to erect a brick building at the corner of Bantry and Tipperary
for the First State Bank.
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Dr. M.B. Newman is having a building erected on the Tipperary Road lot
he purchased recently from the Yale Wholesale Grocery and his brother
will put in a general hardware stock.
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T.L. Lee is moving a building through he oil field to Shamrock and will
locate it at the corner of Terry and Tipperary for a business room.
He will erect a residence on Fourth street.
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“Rube” Norton, formerly of the Norton & Dennis meat
market, is building a home on Fourth street and will move his family
here from Drumright.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gordon of Cushing were in Shamrock Tuesday, visitors
at the townsite office. He is scout for the Wichita Natural Gas company
and has been in the gas game a long time.
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J.B. Charles of Stroud spent Wednesday in Shamrock, visiting with John
Murphy of the Citizens Bank. Mr. Charles has a string of ten banks at
the present time.
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Mr. and Mrs. M.V. Boyle are building them a home at the corner of Sixth
and Ireland. He is an employee of the Oklahoma National Gas company
at the station here.
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J.P. Reed of Depew is putting in a feed yard at the corner of Fourth
and Ireland and will make Shamrock his home.
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John A. Dryer, a well known oil field driller, is building him a home
in North Shamrock and will bring his family here from Drumright.
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S.W. Barnes of Kansas City, in charge of the electrical department of
the Sapulpa & Oil Field railroad, spent Thursday here with Superintendent
H.B. Granlee.
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J.W. Stokes, who is locating with his family here from Drumright is
building him a home in North Shamrock. Mr. Stokes is a barber by trade.
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C.W. Geiger, electrical foreman of the Sapulpa & Oil Field railroad,
is on a business trip to Omaha and Kansas City.
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Pat McCarty, the head chef at Russell’s steel camp has been transferred
to the steel camp of “Terrible” Terry now building some
Frisco track in Arkansas.
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J.M. Clover of Tulsa, president of the Iron Mountain Oil company, purchased
a site here Thursday for a warehouse and team yards for his company,
and will be located on Blarney avenue.
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H.E. Cobbum driller with the Hill Oil and Gas company is erecting three
residences on Fifth street near Bantry and has them all leased when
completed.
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Harry Woodruff has opened an art studio in the rear of the 101 Barber
shop and is selling numerous paintings to the boys in the oil field.
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V.M. Buch of Oilton, representing Rounds & Porter Lumber company,
spent Saturday in Shamrock on business.
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R.L. Teal, the Merchant’s Transfer man, has moved to Shamrock
from Oilton and is located temporarily at the corner of Fourth and Dublin.
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Walter R. Eaton of Shamrock, member of the lower house, was in town
over Sunday, a visitor at th townsite office.
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L.W. Burton, the Depew druggist has established himself in the same
business here occupying a part of the Harrington & Pettigrew building.
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L.C. Miller of the cork café is expecting his wife and baby to
arrive from Oilton in the near future to make their home here.
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J.W. Miller and two sons, J.B. and H.W. Miller, all of Drumright are
building homes in Shamrock and will establish machine shops here on
Fifth street between Ireland and Cork. The father is head yard man for
the Prairie Oil and Gas company and the sons are machinist.
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