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Frank E. Morton; William G. Schaff; John Rossi; George Holz; Albert
Francis (Alberto "Albert" De M. Ramacciotti; 1857–1926); C.F. Hovey; Dr. Floyd S. Muckey; William Ruhenbeck (1866–1935); Francis Kraus; Justin O. Shore; Mark P. Campbell; Dr. Daniel Russell Hodgdon (1885–1957) (March 5, 1919).
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