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CONNAUGHT.
W. J. Kelly. N. S. Inspector, Gal
ny succeeds James Fenton, Knnta
corthy, promoted Inspector of Irish
for all Irelui
It was decided at a meeting in
Btrokestown to retain to the subecrib
en the amount (£100) contributed to
tte Anti-Oonacription Rind from the
districts of Annaghmore, Corasllra,
•ad Doon.
Most Rev. Dr. GOmartin presided at
the fnneral obsequies of the late ROT.
J. Corbett, P. P„ Partry. Ballinrobe
R. D. C. passed a resoluUon expressing
regret at the death of Father Corbett.
Judge Browne at Carrick-on-Shan
aon Quarter Sessions, said he was sore
all members of the Connaught Circuit
-would be glad to know of the appoint*
ment to the position of Officer of
Aidan Cox, a member of the Con
naught Bar.
The influenza epidemic continues to
take its toll of victims around Strokes
town. Three brothers named Treacy
of Kiltrustan died and were buried in
three consecutive days.
Very Rev. T. Canon Juinn presided
at the South Sligo "release the pris
oners" meeting held in Bunninadden
on Sunday. The resolution demand
ing the prisoners' release was unan
imously adopted.
The Congregation of Killavil, Co.,
Sligo, presented an address of wel
come to Very Rev T. H. Canon Quinn
on his first visit to the parish church.
Manorhamilton Petty Sessions Court
expressed sympathy with Martin De­
lease of the Irish political prisoners
was held in the Town Hall, Carrick
on-Shannon, on Sunday last. Contin
gents and bands from most localities
in Leitrim, and from many in Roscom
mon attended. Very Rev. Canon
O'Reilly, P. P., V. F., was the princi
pal speaker.
A high class1* and most successful
concert was held in Cloonturk Hall on
Tuesday night in aid of the parochial
funds. There was a large attendance
and the attractive items contributed
by some of the best artistes in the
country received high praise.
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The death which took place in a
Dublin hospital of John O'Beirne,
Rooskey district is widely regretted.
The funeral took place from Rooskey
Chapel, after high mass being cele
brated for the repose of his soul, and
waB
very large and representative.
At Carrick-on-Shannon Quarter Ses
sions on Wednesday an action was
heard in which Wm. McNulty, Thos.
McLoughlin and Thos. Reynolds, as
trustees, claimed 1,000 for the al
leged malicious burning of the Hiber
nian Hall in Eslin with the furniture
contained therein. Having heard the
case in detail, his Honor gave a de
cree for £377 with £4 expenses.
The Matron of Mohill Workhouse
has applied for an increase in salary,
stating in her application that her
present salary was insufficient to
maintain herself and her children. The
Board of Guardians decided to leave
the dealing with the application to the
"new Board after the elections in
June."
County Court Judge Wakely was
presented with white gloves at the
opening of Roscommon Quarter Ses
sions on Friday last, there being no
criminal business.
The vacant office of Clerk of the
Roscommon Board of Guardians and
Rural District Council has been filled
by the appointment of John Gilleran,
Emo, Co. Roscommon, brother of the
The well known news agency, situ
ated in Station Road, Ballaghader
reen, and run by J. Fitzgerald, has
been closed during the week by order
In P°Uce
on tbe
The death of M. Brady of Kilcooley ford Meat Supply and Bacon Factory
is deeply regretted by his wide circle last year. He was for 12 years cap
of friends. He was a fine scholar and
linguist, and took a prominent part in
the Land League agitation.
vaney, J. P., Co. C., on the death of by the people of Columbkille (Long
hls only son. ford) on his transfer to Cloone (Lei
A public meeting demanding the re-'trim).
late Clerk. his safe return after three years as
Count Plunkett was given an enthu- army chaplain in France, the last four
siastic public reception on his arrival months being spent as a prisoner of
in Strokestown on Saturday after- war in Germany.
noon. Athlone Trades Council accepted an
W. O'Grady Young,, J. P., petty ses- alternative site, that selected being
slons clerk for the districts of Castle-' claimed by Archdeacon Keane, P. P.,
rea, Ballinlough and Ballintubber, has as church property, on which the new
resigned as the result of ill health.
Mr. Young was a very efficient clerk,
|p||and was most courteous towards all
with whom his official business
||j| brought him in contact, while in pri
|lpvate life he was a most estimable gen
,p||tleman. His resignation is much re
gretted.
groups that Mr.
Fitzgerald had been selling "seditious
Igute^itwe."
Dr. P. D. Coen, Croghan, Boyle, has
been appointed to the Commission of
ie' Peace for Co. Roscommon.
Strokestown was the venue
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choBen
Bin Roscommon for the meeting
of protest against the continued de- at Cork Street Hospital in his 41st
tention of Irish prisoners. t»"
The meet- year, after being ill for about three
|ftjnc was held ou Sunday last, and was weeks, was son of the late Peter Mc
"i|M*ely attended. Count Plunkett was Quillan, Drogheda, and practiced in
|tfeje princlpal speaker, and put the pris- his native town, where he held the
v- -k V- .-
Ireland
oners' case very forcibly. Father Rod
dy, who presided, dealt effectively with
local cases.
Contributions to the Anti-Conscrip
tion Fund in Ardee (£1,000) have
been returned to subscribers, less 15
per cent.
Gorey Town Board co-opted H. Wall,
in room of the late T. J. Doran, to
whose relatives they tendered sym
pathy.
Athlone Town Council have applied
to the G. Board for sanction to a
scheme for 4S1 houses, at an estimat
ed cost of £227450.
Rev. J. Richards Goff, incumbent
Mission Church, Townsend Street, has
been appointed to the vacant benefice
of Kilmeague and Feighcullen.
Philip Keating, Co. C., S. Main St.,
Wexford, has died, aged 55, succumb
ing to a cold sustained during the elec
tion, when he labored on behalf of
Peter French. Mr. Keating was suc
cessful both as a business man and
farmer, and was elected one of the
three managing directors of the Wex-
tain of the Old Blue and Whites foot
ball team, and was a prominent sup
porter of coursing.
Miss Marion Smyth, Navan, was
unanimously elected Clerk to the
Meath Co. Insurance Committee.
Dr. J. L. Kilbride, medical officer,
Athy, has resumed duty after 4 years'
service in R. A. M. C.
M. McGowan, President, Trades
Council, has intimated his intention
to resign from the Drogheda Corpora
tion.
Rev. Fr. Masterson, C. C„ has been
presented with an illuminated address
Drogheda Corporation sympathized
with the brothers of the late Dr. J. A.
McQuillan (two of them members of
the Council) and the family and rela
tives of the deceased.
Ferns Farmers Association passed
votes of sympathy with Mr. G. Milne,
J. P., and Mr. T. Bookey, N. T., on
recent bereavements and nominated
Mr. M. Doyle, Co. C., for chairman
ship of Wexford Farmers' Union, for
which Kilmuckridge, branch have nom
inated Sir T. Esmonde, Bart.
Mr. Wm. Crowley, tailor, New Ross,
a well known swimmer, has died
Killanerin (Gorey) Farmers' Union
has unanimously selected Sir T. Es
monde, Bart, for the chairmanship of
the Farmers' Union.
C. P. O'Connor, B. E. Dungarvan,
has been appointed assistant surveyor
to Wexford Co. C. in room of J. G.
Murphy, Cork, resigned.
James Byrne, an old employe of
John Brett, The Pike, Kilkenny, died
in the Kilkenny Infirmary on Monday
from injuries caused by being knocked
down by a train.
Kells U. D. C. and magistrates have
expressed regret at the retirement of
Head Const. Beattle, who has been
presented with a testimonial by the
people of the town.
The Shannon is now in flood and is
approaching a record height. At Ath
lone the river is 9 feet over summer
level, and covers a large area, isolat
ing many populous districts.
Enniscorthy Guardians by 14 votes
to 4, and Granard Guardians, unani
mously adopted the Killarney resolu
tion thanking Father O'Flannagan for
his services to Ireland.
Ardee Guardians have increased the
salaries of the chaplains by 40 per
cent. They have decided to revert to
gas for lighting, in view of the failure
of electric light for months. During
an operation recently it went out.
Kells Urban Council have tendered
hearty welcome to Rev. P. Casey on
parish church and schools are to be
built. It is proposed to erect 300
houses, and the Town Council were
requested to lodge the scheme at once
with the L. G. Board.
P. Carolan presided at a meeting of
Nobber (Meath) branch, Back to the
Land Association, at which resolutions
were passed demanding a fair' settle
ment of the Spiddal estate purchase
question, and calling on Nobber rep
resentatives on local Board, and also
on Dr. Cusack, M. O., to resign, while
it was agreed that conacre or tempo
rary lettings should be retained unless
the property was given to the Asso
ciation.
M. E. Doyle, J. P., resigned the
chairmanship of the Athy U. D. C,
j. Dr. J. A. McQuillan, who has died
position of Tuberculosis Officer. He
leaves a widow and child.
At Macmine (Co. Wexford) Benedic
tine Convent Miss S. O'Dempsey (in
religion Sr. M. Veronica), daughter of
the late T. J. O'Dempsey, solr., Ennis
corthy and Miss E. P. Murphy, B. A.
(in religion, Sr. M. Scholastica),
daughter of E. P. Murphy, Castle
island, Co. Kerry, and niece of Rt.
Rev. Dr. Murphy, Bishop of Port
Louis, were received by Most Rev. Dr.
Codd, Bishop of Ferns.
MUNSTER.
A basaar at Garrick-on-Suir to clear
off a building debt on the Convent of
Mercy, realised £900.
Tipperary Workhouse has been va
cated by the military, who had been
In occupation since the beginning of
the war.
Rev. Peter Bresnan. Pastor, St Ma
ry's Parish, Butte City, has died of
influenza. He was a nephew of Rev.
P. Brosnan, P. P., AUehles, Cork, and
of Rev. J. Brosnan, Rector, St. Thom
as's Church, New York. He was only
26.
Fbr burning of their hay, Jas. Ryan,
Millbrook, was awared £140, and his
brother, Thos. Ryan, Bolingbroke,
£100, at Nenagh Quarter Sessions.
Mr. Gleeson for the Nenagh R. D. C.
admitted malice. Applicants held graz
ing on land locally sought for distribu
tion.
Matthew and Michael Kelly, Ry
lane, were lined £1 and 10s. respec
tively, for assaulting their father, who
has returned home after doing a term
of five years' penal servitude for par
ticipating in a highway robbery, when
a bank manager and clerk were held
up between Listowel and Abbeyfeale,
and relieved of about £600.
Thos. Duane, R. D. C., Ballyshera
House, Doneraile, who has died, was
prominently Identified with every na
tional movement in his district, and
every charitable object had in him a
generous supporter. Two of his sons
were ordained to the priesthood with
in the past few years, and went on the
mission to Great Britain. One of his
daughters is married to T. Geary, man
ager, Henry Street Warehouse, Dub
lin.
Mrs. M. MorriBsey, mother of Dr. P.
Morrissey, District Coroner, Tippera
ry, haB died, aged 82.
The staff, male and female, of Lim
erick Asylum, have given seven days'
notice on failure of the committee to
reduce the working hours, which are
said to be 100 per week.
Capt. Barry St. J. Galvin, M. C., son
of Barry C. Galvin, solr., Cork, and
Lt. Maurice Ahern, son of M. Ahem,
Post Office, Strand, Younghal, have
been released from Germany.
Cork United States Council, on the
invitation of the Sinn Fein Executive
appointed Messrs. Marsh and Good as
representatives to join a deputation
to wait on Most Rev. Dr. Cohalan in
connection with the disposal of the
Anti-Conscription Fund.
P. F. Byrne, accountant, Munster
and Leinster Bank, Nenagh, has been
promoted manager at Newtownbarry.
Major W. E. Wilders, who has been
awarded the King's Police Medal, Is
a native of Limerick, and has served
with distinction in the West Indies
At Cork Harbor Board a suggestion
that Irish societies in America should
be asked to co-operate in securing
that transatlantic liners shall call at
Queenstown was approved. J. J.
Walsh, M. P., wrote promising co
operation of the whole Republican
party.
Limerick Asylum estimate for the
ensuing year is £34,100, an increase
of £4,500 on the current year's ex
penditure. The ensuing year's sal
aries are £9,100, as against £5,500
for the current year. The estimate
for the Limerick Union is £4,380 over
current year's, the increase being due
principally to salaries -and cost of
maintenance.
J. C. Dowdall has been elected presi
dent of the Cork Industrial Develop
ment Association, vice G. Crosbie, to
whom a vote of sincere appreciation
was passed on his retirement after a
long tenure of office, and who has
been elected a life member, a similar
distinction being made in the case of
W. B. Harrington, the retiring treas
urer, in whose place J. Coleman has
been elected. Other appointments in-,
elude A. O'Shaughnessy, vice-presi
dent J. Curtin, honorary auditor, and
L. deRoiste, M. P., and M. A. Ryan,
joint honorary secretaries.
Judge Law Smith congratulated the
grand jury at Limerick, City Quarter
Sessions yesterday on the peaceful
condition of the city, there being but
one criminal case. His honor also
offered his felicitations to District In
spector Craig on his receipt of the
'official medal in recognition of his
meritorious services, in the preserva
tion of the peace, and the high sheriff,
Mr. Gaffney, C. S., and P. Kelly, B. L.,
joined in the tribute.
On Friday morning live young men
named Thomas Connor, Knockrelgh
Denis Keane, do. Col's. Corcoran, do:
Denis Qulrke, Lyre, and Patrick Flynn,
Rathpook. were arrested on a charge
of having taken part in an unlawful
assembly at Milltown, on the 24th of
November, and conveyed by motor
lorry to Killarney.
E I I S S A N A
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Widespread is the regret occasioned
by the death of Mrs. M. Keane, wife
of Maurice Keane, Killeentierna, and
daughter of Mrs. Cronin, Molahiffe,
which sad event occurred on Christ
mas eve, at the early age of 37 years,
despite all medical aid could do.
On Sunday, the eleventh anniver
sary of the death of Father Casey, the
patriot soggarth of West Limerick,
was celebrated at Abbeyfeale by a
very large assemblage representative
of most parts of West Limerick, and
North and East Kerry. Prior to the
hour of meeting a general parade took
place, in which the various conting
ents were led by the Abbeyfeale, Bros*
na, Kilconlea, Meenahela and ltnoclm
nure hands through the town, Na
tional, Republican and American
were borne in the procession.
UL8TER.
Considerable damage was done by
fire at the scutch mill of Kerr, Mill
town, Antrim.
Rev. S. E. M'Kegny, Rector, Holy
Trinity, Brantford, Canada, and Chap
lain to Canadian Forces, has been
mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's des
patches. He is well known in Bel
fast.
Capt. jR. L. Yates, J. P., Ardmore
Green, Derry, died, aged 42 years, at
Farnham, of tuberculosis, contracted
on active service.
Lugan U. D. C. granted Mr. Pollock,
Town Clerk, £50 a year increase of
salary. The Gas Committee's recom
mendation of £50 a year increase to
the gas manager, to date from Octo
ber, 1917, was passed.
Among officers who have come home
from Germany are Capt. R. M.
Vanghan, M. C., son of the late G. M.
Vaugtfan, J. P., Quilly House, Dromore,
Co. Down Lt. J. G. Malone, Lt. C. J.
Armstrong and Lt.-Col. J. N. Crawford,
Inniskilling.
The Chief Secretary intimated to the
Bann Drainage Committee that the
flooding in the Bann area will be dealt
with by the Reconstruction and Devel
opment Board for Ireland. The Com
mittee decided to ask the Ulster M.
P's to raise the question on the Ad
dress at the opening of Parliament.
Carrickmacross U. D. C. have de
cided to present an illuminated ad
dress of congratulation to Rev. J. A.
Meenan on his appointment as P. P. of
Donagh.
Aid. Thos. M'Cully was re-elected
chairman of Derry Bridge Commis
sioners, who expressed sympathy with
him on the death of his son, F. W.
M'Cully.
Aubrey Lewis, teacher, Portadown
Technical School, has been appointed
secretary of the Agricultural Society
in place of Geo. J. Browne, resigned.
James Diamond, shopkeeper, was at
Derry Crown Sessions yesterday, sen
tenced to 14 days' imprisonment for as
saulting Chief Petty Officer L. M. Au
gur, American Aviation Station, by
stabbing him.
Derry Bridge Commissioners ex
pressed sympathy with the relatives of
the late Aid. Thos. McCarter, a mem
ber of the Board. Bangor P. S. Court
expressed sorrow at the death of M.
Shiels, J. P.
When a motor conveying a bridal
party to St. Peter's Church wjts cross
ing the Square Warrenpoint, a boy
got in front. To avoid striking him
the chauffeur swerved the car sharply
and mounting the footpath it crashed
into a plate-glass window in G. O.
Tomb's furniture shop, doing con
siderable damage. The bridal party
escaped, but the car was damaged.
Robert W. Fletcher, M. E., Dungan
non, who has died after a brief ill
ness, and had been under-manager of
the Dungannon colleries for many
years. He was well versed in the
mineral resources of Ulster, and at the
time of his death wsls engaged prepar
ing a report on the revival of Irish
ladies—Mrs. Magee, widow of the late
T. S. Magee, and Mrs. M'Carter, widow
of the late Geo, M'Carter—have died.
Tyrone Insurance Committee have
re-elected Rev. James O'Kane, P. P.,
chairman, and Fred C. Johnston as
vice-chairman.
Mr. Beatty, Chairman Newcastle
(Down) U. D. C. for past eight years,
has intimated that he will not accept
re-election.
WASHINGTON HOLDS BIG IRISH
MEETING.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 6.—A mass
meeting in the cause of freedom for
the Irish people was held at Gonzaga
Hall on Sunday evening. Among the
speakers were Bishop Shahan, Repre
sentative Augustine Lonegran, Repre
sentative Leonidas Dyer, Representa
tive William Mason, Miss Katheryn
Hughes and Padraic Colum, the Irish
poet. Rossa F. Downing presided.
Among the vice presidents were sev
eral Protestants, including Judge Rob
ert H. Terrell, two Jews, Mr. Isaac
Gans and Judge, Milton- Strasburger
and Mrs. Thomas A. Carter, widow of
the former Senator from Montana.
That Report?
The Foreign Affairs Committee of
the House of Representatives in Con
gress Is expected to report out early
this week a resolution reclarlng for
self-determination tor Ireland.
i^trnwr-
(Special Correspondence.)
Consideration of self-determination
for Ireland at the peace table, is re
quested in a resolution reported favor
ably by the House Foreign Affairs
Committee.
As reported to the House, the reso
lution differs but slightly from the
measure Introduced by Representative
Gallagher of Illinois, and reads as fol
lows
"Resolved, by the House of Repre
sentatives (the Senate concurring),
That lt is the earnest hope of the
Congress Of the United States of
America that the peace conference,
now sitting at Paris, in passing upon
the rights of various people, will fav
orably consider the claims of Ireland
to the right of self-determination."
A similar resolution introduced by
Senator Phelan is now before the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee.
The vote upon the favorable pass
age of the resolution was 13 to 4. It
was taken after Chairman Flood had
conferred with the State Department,
and it 1B understood he was informed
that consideration of the resolution
would not embarrass President Wil
son in his peace negotiations.
No instructions are specified as to
the character of government to be
urged.
It was generally understood by
friends of the measure that an unan
imous report would be made, and it
was stated after the disposition of the
resolution in the committee, that the
negative votes were cast in the belief
that it was indelicate to request con
sideration by the peace delegates of a
subject that Great Britain is credited
with declaring a purely domestic mat
ter.
It is the intention of the proponents
of the measure to call it up for de
bate under a suspension of the rules
and secure a vote upon it in time to
have President Wilson advised of the
wishes of the House before he leaves
Versailles for his return to the United
States. It may be called up on the next
unanimous consent day.
At a mass meeting held in Wash
ington last week, when resolutions
were adopted calling upon President
Wilson and other representatives of
the United States to insist that self de
termination for Ireland be considered
at the peace table, Rt. Rev. Thomas J.
Shahan, Rector of the Catholic Uni
versity of America, in his address said
that "Ireland is a nation and NOT a
province of the British Empire.
"Through nearly 800 years of op
pression," he stated, "the people of
Ireland have maintained their ex
istence as a nation in spite of the
effort made by England to destroy the
customs, language and religion."
The Bishop declared that President
Wilson should not leave Paris until
the rights of Ireland were recognized
and assurance given that the people
would be given the opportunity to de
cide under which government they
should live—the British Empire or an
Irish Republic. He stated that in the
last century the population of the
country had fallen from 9,000,000 to
4,000,000, the children of the nation
leaving the mother country to seek the
freedom they were denied at home in
another land.
The exodus of her children, he said,
while it had drained the nation of its
life blood, has eventually meant that a
race of people had been nourished un
der other flags, and is now demanding
that England free the homeland.
No resolution before the national
legislature In recent years, has attract
ed such widespread attention as that
which provides that the "Isle Across
the Sea become a Nation Once Again,"
and men and women of Irish blood
came from all sections of the country
to appear before the Foreign Relations
Committee, to add their plea for fav
orable action on the measure.
It will be my pleasure in the next
few weeks to give some of the able
arguments that brought the favorable
vote in the Committee.
on file.
Saturday, February 15. 1919
FREE IRELAND REPORT MADE
DIABETES
Following an education under our system, you
eat liberally at home^oif restaurant, and yout tol
erate the carbohydrates.
Mr. Gallagher, Representative from
Illinois, who introduced the resolution
that was considered, closed the hear
ings on the bill by reading for the
benefit of the committee excerpts
from the proclamation of the provi
sional government of the Irish repub
lic as published to the world by them
on April 23, 1916, on the occasion of
Ireland's most recent uprising to as
sert her natural rights. After which
he said:
"Mr. Chairman, these are the same
principles that gave birth to this re
public. They are the principles that
have immortalized Thomas Jefferson,
and that were signed so boldly by
John Hancock. They are the princi
ples for which Washington fought and
Lincoln died, "that a Government of
the people, by the people, and for the
people shall not perish from the
earth." They are the principles for
which President Wilson will contend
in the peace conference at Versailles,
so that "governments shall derive
their just powers from the consent of
the governed." They are the self
same principles for which we so will
ingly sent 2,000,000 of our best men
across
3,000
miles of ocean, a new
world Army, that turned defeat into
victory upon the battlefields of France.
They are the principles that prompted
us to give up our money and float bil
lions in liberty bonds "to make the
world' safe for democracy." They are
the living principles that will never
die, and as long as oppression and
tyranny exist and liberty yet has
friends and lovers, the struggle for
Irish independence will never cease,
not until Ireland stands before the
world a nation once again."
MANY MILLIONS
WERE CATMOUCS
Heavy Loss to Church in Deaths of
Fighting Men and Non-Com
batants.
Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aiken, a mem
ber of the faculty of the Catholic Uni
versity at Washington, writeB in the
current Ecclesiastical Review an arti
cleon "The Loss and Gain to Catholic
ism From the War."
After briefly noting the tremendous
changes which the war is introducing
in Europe, the writer begins to weigh
in the balance the loss and gain to the
Church.
It is startling to reflect, he says,
that of the five million and more able
bodied men belonging to the western
nations who have been killed, prob
ably one-half were Catholics. When
we add to these millions the untold
members of non-combatants who have
perished through violence, famine,
plague and other causes we can realize
the heavy penalty the war has enacted
from the Church. In every nation the
Church mourns the loss of the very
flower of Catholic manhood.
Equally severe has been the drain
on the priesthood of the Church, while
exempt in every country except France
from actually bearing arms, the priest*
hood of every nation has sought the
post of danger in their work of reli.
gion and mercy and many of them
have paid with their lives the price
of their zeal.
But it is the Church of France that
has fared the worst through the loss'
of her priestly sons.
Dr. Aiken declares that thirty thou-.,
sand is a conservative estimate of the.
priests of France in the fighting ranks,.
CARDINAL PROTECTOR OF SIN
SINAWA NUN8.
Rome, Jan. 2,1919.
Cardinal Fruehwirth has been nom-.
inated by His Holiness Protector of
the Dominican Tertiary Sisters.
Nurses of the Sick. Cardinal Boggiani
is appointed Protector of the Domini-!
can Tertiaries of the Rosary in Sinsin-.
awa, Wis.
every statejin the Union and Canada
Names of Local Cases you may investigate.
Write, telephone, wire or call
Loring Park Sanatorium
1598 Harmon Place, Minneapolis, Minn.
Nicollet 6344
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