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HOIDIP
CRACK MAIL TRAIN
SEARCH FOR SCIENTIFIC* HOLDUP
MEN EXTENDED OVER
COUNTRY.
Chicago. ? Search for four automo
bile loads of bandits who held up a
crack mall train of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul railroad a few
mlleB out of Chicago, forced mail
clerks from their cars with gas bombi
and escaped with more than 40 pouch
es of registered mail, was extended
throughout the country. /
Postal officials expressed the opin
ion that bandits had temporarily elud
ed the cordon of posses spread about
the scene of Ufe robbery.
The value of the loot obtained still
?s undetermined, estimates ranging
} the way from |100,000 to more
in $2,000,000. A. E. Oermer, chief
postal Inspector, said he did not be
lieve the bandits secured more than
$100,000, but an official of the federal
, reserve bank at Minneapolis declared
* liberty bonds valued at $150,00 con
signed to that Institution, were rfilss
lng and federal bank officials here
said the loot Included about $75,000
consigned by the Chicago banks to
national banks In the northwest. Some
investigators said they believed the
robbers obtained cash and bonds valu
ed at more than $2,000,00Q basing their
opinion on the fact that much eastern
mail is usually on the train.
Acting on a tip that the perpetra
tors of the robbery would be found In
a restaurant, detectives raided the
place and arrested a dozen irten, In
cluding Dean O'Brannion. Orlando
Horton, Louis Alterle and Eeart
Weiss, alleged beer runners. O'Bran
non and Alterle and Weiss were ar
rested a few wieks ago In a raid on a
breawery here. Horton was arersted
as a suspect. In the slaying a few
months ago of John Duffy and his
wife, ,but was later' reloased. All
those arrested were taken to the fed
eral building for Questioning and a few
minutes later attorneys representing
several of them asked for writs of
l habeas corpus for their release.
S In addition to the dozen seized In
^ the raid .four other suBpectB were un
der arrest here and one man was be
ing held at Waukegan, while deputy
sheriffs and detectlVes continued to
scour the country for miles around
Chicago.
Eleot Doumergu^ President of France.
Marseilles, France. ? Gaston Doumer
^ jju^pnro^Wlenj -<>f the senate, was eleCt
^jdweaident of the republic of France
in Bucession to Alexandra Mlllerand,
who resigned on Wednesday because
of the opposition to him In parliament.
The boomblng of cannon announced
the solution by the Benate and the
chamber of deputies, gathered to
gether in national assembly of one of
the grave polltcal crises arising from
the May elections. ;
The choosing of M. Doumergue as
chief executive took place In* the pres
ence of the usual throng of Invited
notables, who bruised ' one another's
Tibs in the main galleries of the Var
eallles palace in an endeavor to ob
tain points of vantage from which to
witness the (historic scene.' There
were also present a score of unlnvtt
ed persons, admitted to prove that the
ceremony of electing a chief executive
was really a public function.
, 8eoret Service Head la Guilty.
Philadelphia. ? Matthew F. Oriffln,
^ormei; secret service head for this
i^Tlatrlct with seven others was convict
? ed ot conspiracy 1 6 defraud the gov
ernment through an alleged "6,000,000
\ water-for-whiskey" subs tit utlon
scheme. The case was a retlal, a con
viotlon at the Drat trial having been
set aside by the circuit court of ap
peals ,
! Tells About Gun and Kills Himself.
, i
San Diego, Calif.-?-Whllo demonstrat
ing how a revolver could have been
used by the defendant on trial in a
shooting case, Judge D. F. Sotomayer,
of the Tla Juana, Lower California,
court, shot himself behind tJ?o left
ear, and died in an hour. Under the
Impression that court attaches had re
t moved the cartridges from the revol
ter^Tudge Sotomayer Is said to have
jpi^^^the mussle of thd revolver un
left ear and pulled the. trigger.
)p) * New Lethal Gas Discovered.
London. ? Discovery of ft new pole
| on gas that Vill persist for rfeven or
? eight days aftw its discharge Is re<
| ported by F. N, Pickett, who has di
rected the breaking up of thousands
. of gag cylinders and shells in Franca
ptafie the World War.
pi The new gas Is described by Pick
fctt as a "lethal gas persistent," and
hdk states he has offered the entire
d'msovery to the British War Office.
v.. ? ? T ,
! '.Lives With Shrapnel In Lung*.
Salisbury.? Joseph Nicholas, a Sat*
ibury boy who was woundod in ??r<
toe in Franco, i? now itt Walfer
hospital, ''WM^ington, and Mrs.
las has gone there to be with
Mr. Nicholas still bears in his
Ot shrapnel and the
giving htm oonslderabl#
? - " has been tn'ths
I FOUR MARINES DEAD
IN 8TORM ON RIVER
Washington. ? Four enlisted men.
ot?ihe marine corps were drowned
off Quantico, Va , when a small boat
In which they were rowing on Po
tomac river was capsized In a sev
ere windstorm.
' Identity of the lost men has rot
been determined, officials at the
Quantico base explaining that so
many men were off the reservation
at the time they have not been able
to establish who were in the boat.
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CAPE HORN TO HAVE HIGHWAY
PAN-AMERICAN ROAD BUILDERS
AND ENGINEERS ASKED TO
H E dp.
Ashevllle. ? The Pun-American dele
gation of engineers, road builders and
dipiotnuts making Ashevllle their last
stop In the spectacular dash across
North Carolina, received an invitation
from the national real estate board
asking the commission's co-operation
in a movement recently initiated by
the national realtors to build a high
way from Alaska to Cape Horn.
The message was delivered to the
delegation by J. A. Kykendall, of Win
ston-Salem, president of the Triangle
club, who wus a North Carolina dele
gate to the recent real estate men's
convention. Mr. Kykendall took up
the matter tin Winston-Salew with Dr.
Roberto Kurz of Argentine afid Her
niin Leon Martinez of Chile, and re
newed the proposition by letter.
"Such u highway would be an In
ternational boulevard, and it would lit
erally link North America and South
America," said Dr. Kurtz. "Whether
such an undertaking is practical,
either as an engineering feat o rfinan
clally, remains to be determined.
"However, I like the idea and I
w^sh it could be worked out."
Charles M. Upham, chief engineer
of the North Carolina highway com
mission, stated that the proposition ]
will more than likely come before the
Pan-American road builders' conven
ventlon in Buenos Aires next year.
"I am sure that several hundred
Americans will be In attendance, In
cluding a larfce delegation from North
Carolina," Mr. -Upham said. "There
has developed during t?e visit of our
South American friends a closer un
derstanding between America and her
neighbor to the south, because the men
comprising the visiting pfcrty*are lead
ers in their own countries.
"I understand that the national rela
tors suggested the international high
way linking the two continents
through the medium of a resolution.
Quite naturally every republic through
which the highway would pass would
finance Its portion of the' road."
As many who have been traveling
with the road builders through North
Carolina discontinued their Journey
here, there were many expressions of
goodwill and felicitations from both
the South Americans and their North
American hosts.
WINSTON-SALEM AVIATOR
18 KILLED IN VIRGINIA.
Fredericksburg, Va. ? Second Lieu
tenant Harold D. Hall, Crockett, Tex
as, and Corporal Ralph W. Lehman,
Winston-Salem, N. C., wert instantly
killed when their plane crashed at Gar
rlsonvllle, Stafford county.
The two aviators, were stationed at
the United StateB marine flying field
at Quantico. Their bbdles were burn
ed beyond recognition in flames which
consumed their machine when the
gasoline tank exploded following the
impact.
The plane, piloted by Lieutenant
Hall, had been performing ntunts at
a low altitude, when it apparently got
beyond control arid plunged to the
earth. Farmers who had been watch
ing the maneuvers rushed to the scene
but were unable to extinguish the
flames .
f>M?per?te Boy Kills Officer.
Ashevllle. ? Everett Schooler, li,
escaped convict, and alleged notorious
whiskey runner, Is In the county jail
charged with the murder of Deputy
Sheriff B. K. Hensley, 46.
The killing took place at Schooler's
home, In Skyland, when Hensley and
Deputy Sheriff Sam Cogglns attempted
to place Scholer under arrest.
Schooler then barricaded himself,
and a rolt cal) was sent to Ashevllle
for a squad of officers with a machine
gun and high powered rifles.
It was proposed to shoot through the
house, or dynamite It, in order to dis
lodge -Schooler.
Schooler shot the deputy sheriff with
a 12-guage shotgun at close range.
Hensley w aft rushed to the French
Broad hospital In Ashevllle, but died
just as the automobile reached the
front of the hospital.
Lt. Wilton Killed In Pall
Self Ridge Field, Mount Clemens,
Mich.' ? Lleht. John N. Wilson, pilot of
the 37th areo squadron, stationed at
Belt Ridge field, was killed when the
plane he was testing preparatory to
flying to Cleveland to paticipate In
maneuvers tor the entertainment of
the republican national convention,
went Into a tall spin and plung?4 from
a distance of 1,000 feet.
Lieutenant Wilson, whose homb was
in Charlotte, N. C., ' was married, Htf
a* years 014 and rec4?U^ came
46 ARE KILLED
er explosion
SCORES INJURED FROM FLARE
BACK DURING 'PRACTICE ON*
DRILL GROUNDS. (
?San Pedro, Calif. ? Three officers and
41 me nof tbe battleship Mississippi
Were killed on the San Clemente fleet
drill grounds off this port when a shell
in one of the 14-inch guns of the
ship's Np. 2 turret exploded prema*
tureiy, according to semi-official In
formation given out from the U. S. S.
New Mexico, flagship of division four
of the fleqt.
Nearly a score more were Injured
by the flare-back that carried the ter
rific charge through the breech of the
gun Instead of out through the muzzle.
The gun crew were preparing to
fire as one unit In the great set fight
er's powerful broadshlde. when a
sailor called for the electricity to be
turned on for the charge.
The switch was thrown on to ignite
the ahell before the breech was lock
ed, and In another m6ment the in
terior of the turret was litered with
dead and dying.
The Mississippi, on which a serious
accident happened put to sea shortly
after, It is reported, because there
was another Bhell In the third gun of
turret number two. and it was feared
that another hang-fire, or premature
explosion would take place.
A semi-official death list Issued I
gave the following:
Ensign William G. McCrea, Renovo,
Penn.
Ted Carlyle Ragan, seaman, second
class, Joplln, Mo.
Norman Lee Bargee, coxswain, San
Francisco. >
Farrls Carlton Hopkins, seaman,
first class, Adrlansvllle. Ga.
Sylvester Bridges, of Brixton, Miss.
The men were all from the battle
ship New Mexico doing observation
duty in accordance with the inter
change of officers and men between
the various ships of the fleet when
practice was being held.
Ensign J. J. Leveasseur, officer on
the New Mexico, dove 40 feet from
the shell deck down the shaft of the
endles^/ powder chain bucket, thus
saving his life when the flameB of
smokeless powder spread In its death
path.
Ensign Leveasseur was scheduled to
operate as check sight observer on the
battleship during practice, but offi
cers of the battleship are said to
Jiave requested that their check sight
officer, Lieutenant Erwin, remain in
his officii capacity.
Leveasseur went to the shell deck
and was saved. Erwin was killed.
Lieutenant Zellars, 25, one of the
three officers killed in the turret fir*
In number 2 turret of the battleship,
leaves a wife at his home in Long
Beach. He Is not believed to have
any children. His home ,clty Is said
to be Atlanta, Ga.
DAWES ACCEPTS VICE
PRESIDENT'S NOMINATION.
Convention Hall, Cleveland, Ohio. ?
Coolidge and Dawes is the republican
ticket for 1924.
President Coolldge's nomination was
accomplished with only a ripple of
dissent from Wisconsin and North
Dakota, but the nomination of his
running mate came only after the con
vention had once chosen Frank O.
Lowden, of Illinois, and been forced
by his declination to choose another?
Charles O. Dawes, the "Hell and
Maria" general.
After a short race with Herbert
Hover, w'ho came Into the balloting
after the declination of Lowden, Dawes
galloped off with the nomination.
Motions to make it unanimous and
by acclamation were disturbed only
by the dissents from Wisconsin and
North Dakota.
Coolidge Pleased With Dawes,
Washington. ? President Coolidge
sent a message of felicitation to Char
les O. Dawes, selected as his running
mate on the republican national ticket.
President Coolidge received notifica
tion that Mr. Dawes had accepted
through the Associated Press and Im
mediately dictated his message of con
gratulations. With Mrs Coolidge, Dr.
J. T. Boone, white house physician,
and Edward T. Clarke, his private
secretary, he had listened by radio to
the proceedings of the Cleveland con
vention throughout the evening.
With the convention adjourned Mr.
Coolidge delayed making any comment
until ho was Informed that Mr. Dawes
had agreed to take a place on the
ticket, and it wan after 11 o'clock
when he dispatched his telegram. He
had declined to expiesn himself on his
own nomination and that of Wr. Low-,
den, although the latter, as well as
Mr. Dawes, who he regards hlrfhly,
was known to bo very acceptable to
the White House.
Dead Flsh Again Clutter Up 8ound.
' Wilmington. ? For the third oonsecu*
tlve year the waters of Topsail sound
are; again filled with dead and dying
flsh and crabs, while the shoi-e line
frorh Topsail Inlet to Elmore's Inlet
?r? strewn with tons of flsh that have
been washed ashore during he past
two days. As far as could be' learned
nQ other waters are at present affect
l|td? *. ! >*
' Although Qovertitrtetft etfWts Have
, ?
FOURTEEN DIE IN
EXPLOSION MINk.'
?? Wllkesbarre, Pa. ? Complete
check-up of fatalities la the gas ex
plosion at the Loomls Colliery of
the Glen Alden Coal Company here
placed the death list at fourteen,
all of whom were identified. Three
bodies that had been missing were
recovered early In the day and
brought to the surface.
? A preliminary survey by State]
mine inspectors developed that si* ,
of the men died from suffocatlbn.
Three others, killed by thd explo
sion, were within fifty feet of safe
ty, it was reported. Because of the.
condition of the mine, S,tate Secre
tary of Mines Joseph J.. WalBh stat
ed no attelnpt would be made to
ascertain the cause of the blast un
til Monday.
FLOOD KILLS 3 AT BLOEFIELO
PILE OF SLATE WIPES OUT FAM
ILY OF SEVEN; TWO RES
CUERS KILLED,
Bluefleld. W. Va. ? Nine ? persons
were killed and a score of houses
washed away In Mercer and McDow
ell counties by a flood following a
heavy rainstorm that reached the pro
portions of a cloudburst. Sections of [
Norfolk & Western railroad branch i
lines and sidetracks to a number of t
mining operations were washed out. I
An entire family of seven persons ;
was wiped out In Mercer county when !
their home was tyirled under a huge ,
pile of slate which had been dislodged !
by the high water and sjvept against
the house. Two members of a res
cue party attempting to work an open
ing through the burled house wefe
killed when a second siate pile chasli- ?
ed against the first.
The house wrecked stood at the
foot of the slate pile at the Pinnacle
operation of the American Coal com
pany. Wire communication in the af- j
fected' area was crippled by the flood j
but the report of the casualitles were i
verified in a brief telephone conversa
tion with officials of the coal company.
At that time the names of the victims
were not known.
Waters from swollen mountain
streams caused Crane creek to leave
Its channel, the flood carrying bridges,
houses and all movable objects within
Its path. The main line of the Nor
folk A Western railroad between
North Fork and Ennls, a distance of
three and one half mileB, was com
pletely inundated and all traffic was
held up between 'the two points. In
Keystorfe and Welch the waters of
Elkhorn creek flooded some of the
business districts of those towns.
Ex-Governor Craig Dead. . I
Ashevllle. ? With his family and
close friends gathered at the bedside,
Locke Craig, governor of North Caro- 1
Una from 1913 to 1917, died here after
an illness of several weeks.
The end came peacefully. He Bank
into unconsciousness at noon, the for
mer governor lay ag one asleep, and
drifted so gently into /that Blumber
from which there is no awakening that
those at the bedside were unaware
until the attending physician announc
ed the end.
So passed one of the distinguished
leaders of the state.
In o filing health for several months,
some week* ago his condition became
serious ,and it was only after a heroic
struggle that he succumbed, a brave
fighter to the end. 1
Craig, the student and man, never
tired of reading of the stand at Ther
| mopylae, according to his friendn. It
was such a Btand that the former gov
ernor made in his last days, fighting
with all this powers, ever cheerful and
hopeful, against the repate orf-'
slaughts of the grim reaper.
Governor Craig was born In Bertie
county. North Carolina, on August 16,
1860. He was a son of Andrew Mur
dock Craig and Clarissa Rebecca Gil
liam.
Premier Names French Cabinet.
Paris. ? The new French cabinet
named by Frederic Francols-Marsal to
take the place of that headed by M.
Polncare, which recently resigned, is
as follows:
Premier and minister of finance: M.
FrancolB-Marsal.
Foreign affairs: Edmond Lefebvre
du Prey.
Justice: Senator Antony Ratler. .
Interior: Justin de Selves.
' War and pensions. Andre Maglnot.
Labor and hygiene: Paul Jourdaln.
Navy: Desire Ferry.
Public works: Yves le Trocquer.
Education: M. Landry^
^Education: M. Landry.
Commerce: Pierre Flandln.
Devastated, regions. Ix)uls Marin.
The ministry was made known after
a final interview between President
Mllerand and M. Francols-Marsal.
President Speaks at Georgetown Finals
Washington. ? Loyalty based on a
reverence for constituted authority
afid urged by President Coolldgo an
the need of the country front its edu
cated men and worten,' J.
Speaking at the annual
raetat exercises of Georgetoj
alty her#, the- President
mtort be "loyAlt'y
FEWER MEN
DISCUSS SHOALS
_ i
CLAIM FORD PLAN .FOR SHOALS
WILL BE DEATH BLOW TO
INDUSTRY.
Aahevllle. ? The fertilizer Industry of
the United States Is Id a bad way, tuid
unless the dealers and manufacturers,
get together and live up to a definite
program, disaster looms, Gustavo*.
Ober, Jr., president of tKe National
Fertlllkter association, told hat body
and members of the Southern Ferti
lizer association, in Joint session at
Kenilworth Inn.
From the address of President Ober
and also a talk "by John T. Tlerney,
Washington lobbyist for the National
association. It developed that the fer
tilizer men consider it a death blow at
the industry in this country to turn
aver Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford or
any individual or private corporation.
The National association 1b working
In Washington. Mr. Tlerney told the
Jelegates, -for passage of a bill where
by Muscle Shoals would be retained by
the government, with a portion' of the
power set aside for experimental pur
posses by the government and by fer
tilizer companies.
Under this plan, Mr. Ober said, tho
first to discover a process for cheaper
manufacture of fertilizer Ingredients
than Is now known, would enjoy tho
benefits of It, and would be allowed
a certain percentage of the power.
"The association feels that should
Muscle Shoals be transferred to pri
vate Interests In monopoly control, or
by control by the government, there is
Janger to our Industry.
"The Interests of the fertilizer man
ufacturers are not in conflict with
public Interests in the disposal of these
properties.
"Before the acceptance of any bid
Is seriously considered by Congress,
provision should be made to keep In
reserve a volume- of power for use In
? developing on a commercial scale pro
cesses resulting from research con
ducted within the fertilizer Industry or
outside. Similar provisions should be
made, should this property be con
trolled and operated by the govern
ment.
"Also government operation should
be required to bear the same fixed
charges of manufacture that private
Industry has to assume. Adoption of
a different policy would mean .heavy
drains upon tiie public treasury , to
mfeet deficits. " -v|.
S^rum to Cure Cancer Explained.
Chicago. ? Announcement that a new
chemical formula had cured 40 per
cent out of 300 cases of cancer, was
made by Dr. C. Everett Field, of the
Radium Institute of New York, before
the Association for the Study and Cure
of Cancer, meeting with the Ameri
can Medical association, convention.
This formula, Dr. Field jsald, wai
based on the theory that cancer la a
germ disease. The formula he said
had been worked out because the x
ray and radium and other previously
known forms of treatment were inade
quate.
Taking the germ theory as basic,
Dr. Field said, the formula had been
evolved and then 300 cases of cancer
had been put under treatment.
"Forty per cent of these cases were
definitely cured." he added, explaining
a preparation which would kill the
germs without destroying the body tis
sues.
Th enew preparation is known as
the Koch serum and was developed by
Dr. William Koch, of Detf<, former
ly a professor at thft University of
Detroit.
Counties Placed In New District.
Shelby. ? Following the passage
through both houses of Congress of a
bill allowing terms of&ederal court to
be held in" Shelby, United States Dis
trict Judge E. Yates Webb stated that
his present Judgment la to place Cleve
land, Gaston, Burke, Lincoln and
Rutherford counties In this new dis
trict, and that two terms of federal
court will be hold here annually, the
first, perhaps, In September.
The movement has been on foot for
some time and the passage of the bill
will be heralded with much Interest
over the counties In question, as here
tofore it has been very Inconvenient
for federal court barristers, litigants
and witnesses to travel tho consider,
able distance to Charlotte and States
vlllo to attend court.
Against Antl-Amerlcanlsm.
New Yorj*.? Several hundred JapttTi
en* business and professional men and
students, meeting In the Nippon club,
adopted a resolution severely con?
demnlng antl American agitation in
Japan as manifested by the recent de
monstration In the Imperial' hotel,
Tokio, anfl by proposals t6 boycott
American goods and to e^tpel mission
aries.
Lieut. W'eon Diet tn Fall.
Chariot^ K. C. ? Lieutenant John N.
Wilson, of t)?e Army aviation service,
a Hon of Mrs. Theresa' Wilson, of 212
Bast Oak street, Charlotte, was killed
at Selfrldge Flejd, Mount Clements,
Mich., While testing out an aeroplane
preparatory to flying , to pi4v?l*nd,
awia 4^, fitfninh 3^'
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' Greenville, Texa*.? "Wonb cwttAX?
?xprew bow much good Lydla
5 am ? vegetsDle
Compound ha* done
for me. Erery month
1 would have cramp*
and headache, and I
felt like 1 was freez
ing to death. I suf
fered in this way
from the time I vai
a young girl, and all
the doctors said waa
'operation. For
months I had a tired,
sleepy feellmr all
day, aM MWD night "would come I
would be so nervous 1 couldn't stay In
bed. Our druggist recommended the
VecretableCom pound to my husband and
heDoo^^.flal^bottles. I have taken
every one and I thlnk I have a right to
praise youjffljnsdlctne. ' '?Mrs. J. B.
Holleman,, 2214 E. Marshal Street,
i Greenville, T? xals.
For fifty years Lydla E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound has been used by
women from girlhood through middle
sge.
It is a dependable medicine for trou
bles common to women. Such symp
toms as Mrs. Holleman had are relieved
by correcting the cause of the trouble.
Kor sale by droggista everywhere.
The Approved
He (after proposal) ? I shall work
hDrd and In a year or two we'll have
our own little hortke In the country.
She?Oh, how lovely! We can rent
It out and board In town, can't we,
dear? ? Boston Transcript.
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Pesky Devils Quietus
P. D. Q. 1
P. D. Q., Pesky Devils
Quietus, ia the name of the
lew chemical that actually
>nds the bug family. Bed Buga,
Roachep, Ante ana Kleas, as
P. D. Q. kills the live ones and
their egga and atopa future
fenerations. Not an Insect pow
Jer but a chemical unlike any
thing you have ever used.
, A. 36 cent package makes
onft quart ana each package
contains a patent spout, to get
the Pesky Devils In the cracks
and crevices.
Your druggist has It or he
can get It for you. Mailed pre
paid upon recelot of Drlce hv
the Owl Cheftilcal Wk?, T?rr? Haute, Intf.
Take Sulohur Baths
I
HEUMATISM
Gout, Eczema, Hives, etc. Right In
your own home and at trifling cost,
you can enjoy the benefit of healing
sulphur bath*. .
Hancock
Sulphur Compound
nahva'tovmbtood purifying and skin heating
r?m*dy ? SULPHUR ? prepared In a way to
make Its um most efficacious Use It In the
bath) um It a* a lotion applying to affected
parts: and take It Internally.
60c and $ 1.20 thm bottlm
at your druggist's. If he can't eupply you.
send his aame and the price In stamps and
we will send you a bottle direct.
HANCOCK LIQUID SULPHUR
COMPANY
lUltlrrwire, Md.
Hon cot k Sulphur Compound Oint
ment sot and 6th ?jot un with
Ik * Liquid Compound
Let Cuticura Soap
Keep Your Skin
Fresh and Youthful
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