JOHN CRUMLY, DPH., MHA 2010-2011 - Oklahoma Pharmacists ...

The Official Publication of the Oklahoma Pharmacists Association 2nd Quarter 2010
john crumly, DPh., MhA
OPhA Pr e s i D e n t
2010-2011
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Executive Council
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2009-10
OPhA Staff
Phil Woodward ...................................... Executive Director
Kim Spitz .............................................. Associate Director
Clayton Taylor ....................................................... Lobbyist
Executive Council Officers
2010 - 11
John Crumly, Norman ...................................... President
Justin Wilson, Norman ............................President Elect
Mark Feightner, Enid ...............................Vice President
Greg Huenergardt, Shattuck ....................Past President
Executive Council
2010 - 11
Scott Evans, Tulsa ............................... Dist. 1, Tulsa Dist.
Niki Sykora, Tulsa ....................... Dist. 2, Northeast Dist.
Greg Seay, Durant ........................Dist. 3, Southeast Dist.
Mark Deevers, Elgin ...................Dist. 4, Southwest Dist.
Josh Sheffield, Moore .........Dist. 5, Oklahoma City Dist.
Eddie Lakey, Sayre .................... Dist. 6, Northwest Dist.
Bill Osborn, Miami ....................... PPOk Representative
John Foust, OKC .......................... OSBP Representative
Sheri Winner............................... Student Representative
Travis Wolff ................................ Student Representative
Journal of the Oklahoma Pharmacists Association
Volume 78, No 2 2010
Executive Director's Message .................................................6
President's Message ................................................................8
Pharmacy in the Twin Territories .........................................13
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ex e c u t i v e Di r e c tO r's Me s s A g e
Executive Director Phil Woodward, PharmD
ARE WE READY FOR THE 2011 LEGISLATIVE SESSION?
TWO IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WILL INFLUENCE THE DIRECTION
OF OUR PROFESSION IN 2011
PHARMACIST RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE!
We have a chance to do something we’ve not
done any a good number of years, and that’s send a
pharmacist back to the state legislature. The absence
of pharmacy representation in the Oklahoma legislature
continues to place a road block on our efforts to
pass significant legislation favorable to pharmacy.
Four Republicans have announced they would
run for State Senator Jonathan Nichols’s state senate
seat. Nichols is running for District Judge and
will vacate his Senate District 15 seat if he wins. Rob
Standridge a pharmacist and pharmacy owner from
Norman will be vying for the District 15 position in a
special election to be held during the 2011 legislative
session.
The political pundits believe this is going to be
a very expensive campaign. Therefore, I’m asking
every pharmacist in the state to support Rob’s candidacy
with a personal check. Rob’s chances of winning
the District 15 Senate race will depend solely on
how much financial support he can gather in the next
few months. Whether you’re a store owner or a staff
employee pharmacist working in a particular practice
setting and concerned, as I am, about the future of our
profession it’s imperative you become actively engaged
in the political process immediately. Rob needs
your financial support NOW!
Your Contribution: Under Oklahoma Ethic
Commission Rules your maximum contribution to a
candidate’s campaign is $5,000. Send contributions
to the Ron Standridge for Senate Campaign, 4732
Sundance Court, Norman, OK. 73072
AND SECONDLY-- DON’T FORGET THE
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Frankly speaking, our efforts as a profession
to get legislation passed in 2011 will be ineffective
without a strong PharmPAC. Historically, groups with
healthy PACS win on the legislative front every time,
and it’s important to note that many of our health care
colleagues in Oklahoma are outspending us 10 to 1!!!
From a national perspective, NCPAPAC is a
great example of political action committee on the go.
The NCPAPAC has grown to be the largest pharmacy
organization PAC, and is among the top 40 association
PACs nationwide.
Working on the same principle as NCPA, but
with far less PAC money, OPhA PharmPAC donations
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Pr e s iD e n t's Me s s A g e
As the newly installed president, you may be
curious about my leadership style, thoughts on man-
The profession of pharmacy has been repeatedly
challenged with many obstacles. Thanks to strong
leadership and commitment, we have met those chalagement
and where I might direct the association. lenges and created opportunity. Oklahoma pharmacists
can be proud of the accomplishments at PPOk
Imagine growing Imagine up growing as a kid up in as Muskogee a kid in Muskogee not knowing not knowing what what
Around the office Lonny likes to kid me about and the Association.
you really you really wanted wanted to do to after do after high high school and and only a a single family
my advanced degree and how I use all kinds of ana-
family friend as as your your main main connection to the to profession the profession of pharmacy. of To atlytics
to arrive at the same conclusion that he arrived When prescription telecommunication systems
pharmacy. tend and To graduate attend and (on time graduate I might (on add) time the I University might add) of the Oklahoma
at by the seat of his pants. I am sure he would tell became the order of the day, RxLinc was born and
University College of of Oklahoma Pharmacy College is a proud of accomplishment Pharmacy is a proud given the unscript-
accomplishment ed start. Working given as the a practicing unscripted pharmacist start. Working for the Hyde as a Drug
practicing Company pharmacist laid a great for the foundation Hyde Drug in dealing Company with people laid aand
solving
great problems, foundation especially in dealing the with Saturday people outpatient and solving “visitors” from Griffin
problems, memorial especially mental the hospital. Saturday Given outpatient my moves “visitors” through academia from and
Griffin state memorial bureaucracy, mental some hospital. might say Given I have my an moves attention through span issue or
academia trouble and holding state a bureaucracy, job. For me, the some opportunity might say to witness I have an the impact
attention
of OBRA
span
’90
issue
early
or
on
trouble
and to
holding
visit the
a
State
job.
Capitol
For me,
on
the
many occa-
opportunity
sions to
to
explain
witness
why
the
drug
impact
price
of
inflation
OBRA
was
’90
hitting
early on
20%
and
year over
to visit the State Capitol on many occasions to explain why
year was surreal. The last nine years at Pharmacy Providers of Okla-
John Crumly, DPh., MHA drug price inflation was hitting 20% year over year was
homa (PPOk) have been anything but boring, except maybe those
2010-2011 OPhA
surreal. The last nine years at Pharmacy Providers of
HIPAA seminars. I am truly blessed to be afforded these many
President
Oklahoma (PPOk) have been anything but boring, except
maybe
great
those
experiences
HIPAA seminars.
during my career
I am truly
as a pharmacist.
blessed to be
I look forward
afforded
to many
these
more
many
unique
great
experiences
experiences
as OPhA
during
President.
my career as
a pharmacist. I look forward to many more unique
experiences I am as sure OPhA many President. of you have watched Tom Brokaw, the televi-
It It is is truly truly an an honor honor and sion journalist and NBC nightly news anchor. You may not know
I am sure he wrote many a book of you called have ‘’The watched Greatest Tom Generation.” Brokaw, the The book is a
a and privilege a privilege to to be the
television compilation journalist of hundreds and NBC of nightly letters and news interviews anchor. of You World may War II
new the new OPhA
not know veterans he wrote that had a book lived during called the ‘’The great Greatest depression. Generation.”
President. I expect The book is a compilation of hundreds of letters and
President. to have a very I busy expect interviews The of World reason War I mention II veterans this book that is had its correlation lived during to the past
to and have productive a very year busy great leadership depression. of OPhA and PPOk. To be clear, I am not suggesting our
you he came to the conclusion much quicker as well.
In reality the things I learned while getting a
Masters in Health Administration had a definite impact
on the way I think and how I approach problem
solving. If you have ever read a book on management
you have probably heard of Peter Drucker and many
of his famous quotes. I would
like to share a few of his
quotes because I do believe in his messages and
reflect on these principles in every day decision making
as I go about the business of PPOk and now the
Association.
•Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness
is doing the right things.
•Rank does not confer privilege or give power.
It imposes responsibility.
•Unless commitment is made, there are only
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provided this critical business connectivity Faster,
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When PBM’s became more than claim processors,
PPOk created a PBM to promote transparency
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commitments.
About a year ago, I was speaking with a colleague
and he commented on how neat it was for me
as I am confident we
leaders the last couple of decades were all adults during the depres-
and productive year The reason I mention this book is its correlation to the past
will continue to have
sion, well at least most of them. The subjects of Brokaw’s book
as leadership were everyday of OPhA people and PPOk. transformed To be by clear, extraordinary I am notcircumstances.
many I am opportunities confident we
suggesting The book our salutes leaders those the whose last couple sacrifices of decades changed the were course all of
will to overcome continue to have adults American during the history. depression, well at least most of them. The
many challenges opportunities and find to subjects of Brokaw’s book were everyday people
solutions.
transformed Over by the extraordinary last 25 years circumstances. of constant change, The we book find ourselves
overcome challenges salutes
in a
those
highly
whose
competitive
sacrifices
market,
changed
with considerable
the course
regulation
of
and
American history.
and In my find very solutions.
quick 25
payors that set market prices while they compete with us as provid-
•Trying to predict the future is like trying to
drive down a country road at night with no lights
while looking out the back window.
•The most important thing in communication
is hearing what isn't said.
•Effective leadership is not about making
speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by
to be involved at a high level and to have the opportunity
to make a difference in this ever changing world
of pharmacy. While honored and proud that I get
the opportunity to participate in these things, to me
the key contributors are those of you who work with
patients every day and take time to make a difference
in someone’s life.
Recently, my wife, daughter and I were touring
years as a
ers and use their position to manipulate the system to their advan-
Over the last 25 years of constant change, we find ourselves
pharmacist, it has
tage. Despite all of this, community pharmacy in Oklahoma is alive
in a highly competitive market, with considerable regulation
In been my an very amazing quick ride25
and kicking. We owe a debt of gratitude to the pharmacy leaders of
and payors that set market prices while they compete with
that could not have us as
the
providers
last 25 years.
and use
I would
their
like
position
to take
to
this
manipulate
opportunity
the
to personally
years as a pharmacist,
happened without
system
acknowledge
to their advantage.
and thank the
Despite
past presidents
all of this,
of
community
the association, many
it has been an amazing pharmacy of whom in Oklahoma also have served is alive on and the PPOk kicking. board We of owe directors. a debtYour
divine intervention
of gratitude sacrifices to and the fine pharmacy example leaders of commitment of the last and
ride 25 years. I
and the that support could of not a would like leadership to take this have opportunity definitely to shaped personally our profession. acknowledge You are
have loving happened
family.
and thank Oklahoma the past Pharmacy’s presidents greatest of the generation. association, many of
results, not attributes
And the last and maybe most important for
our association:
•The entrepreneur always searches for
change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
the Imagine Paul Mitchell School of Cosmetology
where my daughter will attend. As we were talking,
the young hostess commented that she loved her
profession because they were one of the few professionals
that still touched someone and listened to their
stories and made them feel good about themselves.
I reflected on this for a while and realized to
a large extent she was right. In today’s healthcare
without divine
8
whom also have served on the PPOk board of directors.
Your sacrifices and fine example of commitment and
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world, physicians see patients on average for less than
seven minutes during an office visit. In many pharmacies
today, pharmacists and staff race to fill 300-
400 prescriptions a day. The days of laying on hands
and having a face to face relationship with the patient
are becoming the exception rather than the rule in
corporate America.
The good news is patients haven’t given up on us
and still value their local pharmacist for help and honest
answers. A recent Novartis Report on trends in
the industry showed a downward trend in Mail Order
prescriptions year over year and that the penetration
rate, even with copay incentives, had only grown to
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Retail prescriptions have been as high as 38% without
incentives. A true testament that patients like having
access to their pharmacist.
In closing, I would like to ask each one of you to
reach out to your patients, let them know you care and
that you are there to answer questions and help solve
drug related problems. In doing this you will be the
real difference makers.
Thank you for your continued support of
OPhA and PPOk.
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Part 5 - Purcell - Early Pharmacy Establishments
The town of Purcell, located in the Chickasaw Nation
(Figure 1), was started in early 1887, when Robert
Jeremiah Love rented or sold his wife’s tribal allotment
for town lots. At that time, track for connecting the
Southern Kansas extension of the Atchison, Topeka,
and Santa Fe with the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe
railroads was being laid. The silver spike joining
the two roads was driven at 11:10 a. m. on April 26,
1887, and the first passenger trains arrived on June 13
Figure 1. Chickasaw Nation. Modified from an 1892 map at the United States
Library of Congress.
of that year. Beginning in early April, the town grew
from a few tents to multiple residential and mercantile
structures located close to the east-west oriented Main
Street. 1
J. W. Hocker
On about April 8, 1887, James William “Billy” Hocker
and his partner George C. Eisenmayer put a stock of
general merchandise, including drugs,
in a tent at Walnut Creek, close to the
terminal of the Gulf, Colorado, and
Santa Fe railroad. They subsequently
moved their merchandise into a new
building at the corner of Main and
Canadian (Figure 2). During the
early months of 1887, Eisenmayer
managed the store in Purcell while
Hocker remained at his home in
Gainesville, Texas, where he managed
a wholesale and retail drug store.
When Eisenmayer died on July 21,
1887, Hocker took over the operation
in Purcell. In January, 1888, Hocker
declared bankruptcy and his stock
was sold at auction. He did not reenter
the drug business in Purcell. 2
Billy Hocker was born on March 6,
1859, in McKinney, Collin County,
Texas, a son of Philip S. and Loumira
(Wilkerson) Hocker. Philip and
Loumira moved the family to Monroe
County, Missouri before 1868 and then
to Centralia, Boone County, Missouri.
Philip was listed as a druggist in the
1870 United States census. Billy
graduated from the Kansas City
Business College and the Chicago
College of Pharmacy and entered the
12 13

Figure 2.
Advertisement by J.
W. Hocker. From
Purcell Register,
December 10, 1887.
drug business in Centralia before
1880. He continued that line of
work after moving to Gainesville
before 1887. 3
After his stock was sold at
bankruptcy in 1888, Billy started
practicing law and established
a law office in Purcell. He
was appointed United States
Commissioner in 1889, but was
removed from the office in 1890
on charges that he was an unethical
intruder in the Chickasaw
Nation. 4 Afterward, he practiced
law for several years in Purcell
and, in 1911, was installed as
President of the Oklahoma State
Bar Association. 5 Hocker died
on November 23, 1938, after
moving to Oklahoma City. 6
H. B. Campbell
Hugh “Huff” Boling Campbell
and his partner A. Raymond
Farmer, established a drug store
on the south side of Main Street
in Purcell in November of 1887
(Figure 3). Huff Campbell was a
brother-in-law of Simon Gavagan
and worked as a pharmacist
at Gavagan’s drug store in
Muskogee from May of 1883
until he entered into a partnership
with Ray Farmer in the drug
store in Purcell. Campbell
bought Farmer’s interest in
the store in early 1890 and the
establishment became known as
H. B. Campbell’s Drug Store. 7
Huff Campbell was born on March
18, 1854, in Morgan County,
Alabama, a son of William and
Eliza Campbell. Hugh’s father
was born in Tennessee and moved
to Somerville, Alabama, in about
1850 where he established a law
office. Huff met his wife, Kate
Figure 3. Advertisement by Farmer and Campbell. From
Purcell Register, November 23, 1887.
Hanning, when he was working for Simon Gavagan
in Muskogee. Kate was a sister of Simon’s wife,
Josephine Hanning. Huff and Kate were married on
October 18, 1887, at her home in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Kentucky, and moved to Purcell shortly after
their wedding. 8
Soon after opening the drug store in Purcell, Huff
introduced “Campbell’s Chill Tonic.” This product
was claimed to be of his own formulation and
Figure 4. Advertisement for Campbell’s Chill Tonic, a product
of H. B. Campbell & Bro. From Purcell Register, September 22,
1905.
available in multiple drug stores in the
territory. The Chill Tonic was promoted
more vigorously after Huff’s brother,
Alexander, became a partner in the store
(Figure 4). A soda fountain was installed
in the store in May of 1888. 9
In the summer months of 1894, Huff
considered the possibility of purchasing
the drug store interests of Ross
Shackelford in his old home town of
Muskogee. William Owen eventually
bought Shackelford’s interest and
Huff looked elsewhere for expansion
opportunities. 10 In March of 1895, Huff
moved his frame building, located on the
south side of Purcell’s Main Street, into
the street and began building a new brick
structure in its place. He continued doing
business in the street during construction
of his new drug store space and moved
into his new building in July of that
year. Unfortunately, a fire in the business
district of Purcell in November of 1895,
destroyed his new store, forcing another
building effort. 11
Huff was one of the early registered
pharmacists in the Indian Territory.
On October 18, 1904, he was issued
pharmacist certificate number 44 by the
newly created Indian Territory Board of
Pharmacy. 12 Unfortunately, his tenure as
a licensed pharmacist was short-lived as he died a year
later, on October 27, 1905. He was one of the pioneer
town builders in Purcell, having served several terms
as alderman. In 1906, his brother Alexander purchased
the drug store interests of Huff and another brother,
Leslie. 13
G. F. and C. C. Jones
George Filmore Jones (Figure 5, top) decided to start a
drug store in Purcell while visiting his future brother-inlaw,
W. R. Orme, in the early months of 1888. The G.
F. Jones Drug Store (Figure 6) opened in town in July
of that year. Soon thereafter, the Farmer’s Alliance of
Pontotoc County, Indian Territory, reported that the G.
F. Jones store in Purcell was the cheapest place to buy
drugs. George’s brother, Charles “Charley” Clayton
Figure 5. George F. and Minnie Jones (top) and Charles C. and Jennie
Jones (bottom). From McClain County Historical and Genealogical Society,
Purcell, Oklahoma.
Jones (Figure 5, bottom), arrived in Purcell around the
time of the opening of the drug store and soon became
George’s partner in the enterprise. 14
George and Charley were born in New London, Ralls
County, Missouri, sons of Michael Jackson and Emily
(Alford) Jones. George was born on November 16,
1856, and Charley on August 15, 1859. They attended
school in New London before moving to Texas. The
Michael Jones family moved from Missouri to a
farm near Whitesboro, Grayson County, Texas, in the
spring of 1877. George’s first wife, Belle Foster, died
on November 1, 1886. She and George had one son,
Everett, who became a practicing physician in Wichita
Falls, TX. 15
On October 15, 1889, Charley married Jennie Van
Antwerp in Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas. She
14 15

Figure 6. Advertisement by George Filmore Jones. From Purcell Register,
September 1, 1888.
Figure 7. Christmas advertisement by the jeweler, B. C. Clark, located in
Jones Drug Store. From Purcell Register, December 9, 1897.
was a daughter of Peter Simon and Mary
Ann (Bearcroft) Van Antwerp. On March
9, 1890, George married Jennie’s sister,
Minnie Van Antwerp Lloyd, in Oklahoma
City. The Peter Simon Van Antwerp family
had moved to Oklahoma City during the run
for unassigned lands of Indian Territory on
April 22, 1889. Minnie’s first husband had
also died in Texas and she came to Oklahoma
City with her family.
As was the custom in nineteenth century
drug stores, the Jones brothers shared their
store space with a jeweler. The first jeweler
to locate in the Jones Drug Store was George
H. Norman. In 1892, a new jeweler, Benton
Clyde Clark, moved to Purcell. B. C. Clark
first established his jewelry business in the
Racket Store and then, in 1895, in the Jones
Drug Store. Clark remained associated with
the Jones brothers (Figure 7) until October of
1900 when he opened his own jewelry store
in Purcell. He would eventually become an
icon of the jewelry business in Oklahoma. 16
The Jones Drug Store in Purcell was forced
to close on April 2, 1902, as a result of a
court issued “writ of execution” based on a
suit originated by a physician, J. H. Colby,
who occupied space in the store. The
financial dispute between the parties was
settled in the favor of Colby and the Jones
brothers were not able to reopen their store.
B. C. Clark bought the soda fountain from
the Jones Drug Store and placed it in his
jewelry store, where it was operated in the
summer of 1902 by Charley Jones. The
Jones brothers subsequently pursued other
avenues of income separately, but remained
in Purcell. George and Charley died in
Purcell in 1936, on July 13 and November
22, respectively. 17
J. M. Steade, A. A. Dunn, and J. S.
Childs
James Milton Steade (Figure 8) was born
on June 30, 1861, in Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kansas, the only child of Frank and
Tallie (Young) Steade. His parents divorced
Figure 8. James Milton Steade. From H. F.
O’Beirne, 1891.(Reference 18)
soon after he was born and, at the age of fifteen,
James ventured into “No Man’s Land,” currently the
panhandle of the state of Oklahoma, where he worked
as a ranch hand. In the mid-1880s, he was able to
find his father in Johnsonville, Chickasaw Nation, and
decided to settle in this region of Indian Territory. In
1887, James graduated from the American Eclectic
Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio, married Mella
Thill in that city, and moved to Purcell. 18
In Purcell, James established his physician’s office
on the north side of Main Street. The following year,
he entered into a short-lived partnership with L. R.
Sullivant in the practice of medicine and in a drug
store in Purcell. Their joint medical practice started
in September of 1888 and their drug store (Figure 9)
in mid-October of that year. On November 6, 1888,
Sullivant bought Steade’s interest in the drug store and
continued as sole proprietor. 19
Alfred Allen Dunn was the second of Steade’s partners in
Purcell. He came to Purcell in 1889 from Thackerville,
Chickasaw Nation, where he was practicing medicine
and operating a drug store. Alfred was of Choctaw
descent, born on May 22, 1860, in Choctaw County,
Alabama. His father, William Marshall Dunn, was
a physician who married Selina Colwell Yates, a
member of the Choctaw Nation. Alfred received
Figure 9. Advertisement by Steade and Sullivant for their new drug
store in Purcell. From Purcell Register, October 20, 1888.
his early education in Meridian, Lauderdale County,
Mississippi, before moving in 1876 with his family to
Atoka, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. Following
his father’s lead, Alfred attended the University of
Louisville Medical School in Kentucky, completing
the first year in March of 1887. After returning to
Atoka for a short time, Alfred established his practice
at Thackerville. 20
Alfred’s move to Purcell in the spring of 1889 was
soon followed by the establishment of a partnership
with James Steade in the practice of medicine and the
operation of a drug store. Their partnership in a new
drug store in town was firmly established soon after
Alfred arrived. He took a trip to Kansas City in late
January and early February of 1890 for the purpose
of buying their drug stock, which was in place on the
north side of Main Street (Figures 10 and 11) in early
March. Alfred formally withdrew from the partnership
in January of 1891 to devote his time to his medical
practice and extensive farming activities. 21
After Dunn withdrew from the partnership with Steade,
the drug store became known under a different name.
A new partner, J. S. Childs, bought into the Dunn
& Steade Drug Store in November of 1890. At that
time, the name of the store was changed from Dunn
& Steade to Dunn, Steade & Co. (Figure 12). After
16 17

Figure 10. Stores on north Main Street, Purcell, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 1890. Standing on the porch of the Dunn
& Steade Drug Store, from left, are A. A. Dunn, J. S. Childs, Rastus Bird, and J. M. Steade. Charley Jones is on the right. From
McClain County Historical and Genealogical Society, Purcell, Oklahoma.
Dunn retired, advertisements for the drug store used
the name of Steade & Childs (Figure 13). 22
Joseph Story Childs (Figure 14) was born on October
16, 1846, in Vermont. When Joseph was a small
child, his parents, Thomas and Mary Childs, moved
the family to New York City where Thomas practiced
law. While still a teenager, Joseph joined the United
States Navy and served at New Orleans with David
G. Farragut during the American Civil War. After
receiving an honorable discharge from the service
in 1865, Joseph returned to New York and worked
as an apothecary. In 1884, he moved to Cincinnati,
Figure 11. Advertisement by Dunn and Steade for their new drug
store in Purcell. From The Territorial Topic (Purcell), April 3,
1890.
Ohio, where he studied medicine, graduating from the
American Eclectic Medical College of Ohio in 1886.
He moved to Oklahoma City on April 22, 1889, the day
of the run for unassigned lands of the Indian Territory,
and began practicing medicine. 23
In Purcell, Childs continued the practice of medicine in
addition to becoming part owner of a drug store. Steade
withdrew from the drug store partnership in March of
1891, and Childs became sole proprietor (Figure 15).
He operated the drug store with the help of several
drug clerks, including Adolph Thill, brother-in-law of
J. M. Steade, and J. B. Westbrook, a pharmacist he met
on his first day in Oklahoma City. 24
Steade and Childs remained as partners in the practice
of medicine after Childs took over at the drug store.
However, by July of 1892, Childs sold the drug store
to another physician, W. H. Reed (Figure 16). Reed
came to Purcell from Kansas City, Missouri, where
he had been in the drug business. After operating the
store for just a few months, he became a partner with
J. J. Wiggs, who, in early 1893, purchased the Purcell
drug store belonging to E. W. Murray. Wiggs moved to
Purcell from Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was in the
wholesale and retail drug trade. The two merged their
drug stocks in February of 1893 to create Wiggs, Reed
& Co. (Figure 17). Later in 1893, Wiggs bought the
Figure 12. Advertisement by Dunn, Steade and Childs. From The Territorial Topic (Purcell), November 20, 1890.
18 19

Figure 13. Early advertisement by Steade & Childs. From
Purcell Register, January 10, 1891.
Figure 15. Advertisement by J. S. Childs. From The Territorial
Topic (Purcell), March 26, 1891.
interest of Reed and the store became J. J. Wiggs & Co.
(Figure 18). In late 1893, Wiggs sold his drug stock to
other druggists in Purcell and returned to Little Rock.
This sale heralded the end of the drug store lineage
started by A. A. Dunn and J. M. Steade in 1890. 25
The Steade and Childs partnership in the practice
of medicine continued until October of 1892, when
Steade moved his family to Cincinnati. 26 In 1894, he
graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and
Surgery and moved to San Diego, California, where he
continued his medical practice. J. M. Steade died in
San Diego on February 24, 1921. A. A. Dunn died
on November 12, 1901, after being taken to the Fort
Worth, Texas, hospital. J. S. Childs died in Purcell on
January 20, 1915.
Figure 14. Joseph Story Childs. From Dewitz,
1905.(reference 23)
J. M. Remington
John Marvin Remington (Figure 19), known as “Rem,”
was born on December 5, 1862, near Norborne, Carroll
County, Missouri. In 1873, Rem’s parents, Marvin
and Julia (Leftwich) Remington, moved from their
Missouri farm to a farm in Wilson County, Kansas,
southwest of the town of Humboldt. A short time
later, Rem went back to Missouri and attended public
school in Independence, Jackson County. He enrolled
in Woodland College in Independence for two years
and then, in 1878, started working as a clerk in a drug
store in his home town of Norborne. Before moving
to Purcell in the fall of 1888, Rem acquired experience
in drug stores in Parsons and Mulvane, Kansas, and in
Kansas City. 27
In Purcell, Rem opened a the J. M. Remington Drug
Store as sole proprietor, replacing the drug store of L.
R. Sullivant. In 1889, Rem entered into a partnership
with Emerson Melville Whitney and the enterprise
was known as J. M. Remington & Company. In
early 1890, Whitney’s interest in the drug store was
purchased by Solon Curtice, who came from Mulvane,
Kansas, where he had previously known Rem. Solon
arrived in Purcell on January 26, 1890, and the first
advertisement for the Remington & Curtice Drug Store
Figure 16. Advertisement by W. H. Reed, successor to J. S. Childs. From The
Territorial Topic (Purcell), January 12, 1893.
Figure 17. Advertisement by Wiggs, Reed & Co., second successor to J. S.
Childs. From The Territorial Topic (Purcell), July 27, 1893.
Figure 18. Advertisement by J. J. Wiggs & Co., third successor to J. S. Childs.
From The Territorial Topic (Purcell), September 7, 1893.
(Figure 20) appeared in The Territorial
Topic on February 6, 1890. 28
During the land run days in 1889, Rem
acquired a homestead just across the
Canadian River from Purcell, near the
new town of Lexington. Consequently,
he developed an interest in establishing
a drug store in Lexington. In the fall
of 1890, the Remington & Curtice
partnership began construction of a new
building in Lexington to house a drug
store. The building was completed and
stocked with drugs in November of that
year. For about six months, Remington
& Curtice operated the stores in Purcell
and Lexington jointly. However, by
mid-May of 1891, the partnership
was dissolved with Rem keeping the
Lexington store and Curtice the Purcell
store. Rem’s move to Lexington was
completed by the end of May. 29
On Monday, February 23, 1891, Rem
made a trip to Guthrie, Oklahoma
Territory, where he applied to become a
registered pharmacist. His application
was presented at the first session of
the newly created Oklahoma Territory
Board of Pharmacy, which subsequently
gave Rem pharmacist certificate number
4. After Oklahoma statehood, Rem was
issued pharmacist certificate number
1176 by the Oklahoma State Board of
Pharmacy. Between those two events,
Rem became an active member of the
Oklahoma Territory Pharmaceutical
Association, serving the organization as
president in 1904. In addition, beginning
in April of 1894, he served for two years
as a member of the Oklahoma Territory
Board of Pharmacy, becoming president
of the board in his final year. 30
Rem did not remain long in Lexington.
Before the September 23, 1891, opening
of the Sac and Fox/Iowa/Kickapoo/
Shawnee/Potawatomi lands, he started
to build a drug store at Burnett, located
between Lexington and the soon-to-be
20 21

Figure 19. J. M. Remington, 1899.
From OPhA files.
town of Tecumseh. Instead, he made the land run on
September 23, staked a claim, and opened one of the
first drug stores in Tecumseh. For a brief period of time
after opening in Tecumseh, Rem kept his drug store in
Lexington. However, in early November of 1891, he
moved the drug stock from Lexington back to Purcell.
In January of 1892, he moved the stock from Purcell
to Tecumseh, where he remained before moving on
several occasions to Perry, Chandler, Shawnee, and
Oklahoma City. He died in Shawnee on December 8,
1914. 31
Solon Curtice
Solon Curtice was born in Washington County, Iowa
in August of 1863, soon after his parents, John and
Katherine (Hicks) Curtice, moved
from Indiana to a farm near Clay
Township. He later moved back
to Indiana and, at the time of the
1880 census, was living with his
mother, a sister, and a brother in
Jefferson Township, Jay County,
Indiana. Not long afterward, he
went to Mulvane, Kansas, where
he met J. M. Remington. 32
After the partnership between
Solon Curtice and J. M.
Remington dissolved, Solon
continued the drug store at the
same location in Purcell (Figure
Figure 20. Advertisement by J. M. Remington and Solon Curtice after the latter succeeded E.
M. Whitney as partner with Remington. From The Territorial Topic (Purcell), March 13, 1890.
21). Solon married Eva Cole in 1888 in Mulvane and
she arrived in Purcell from there in February of 1890.
Perhaps as she had done in Mulvane, Eva helped out
by working in the drug store. She was one of the early
students of pharmacy at The University of Oklahoma
in Norman, taking the first year of courses beginning
in September of 1894. In May of 1895, she left the
program and started working as a prescription clerk
in the Curtice Drug Store in Purcell. After the Indian
Territory Board of Pharmacy was formed in 1904, Solon
and Eva were given pharmacist certificate numbers
51 and 1050, respectively. At the time of Oklahoma
statehood, the respective certificate numbers given
them by the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy were
143 and 145. 33
Figure 21. Advertisement by Solon Curtice after the partnership with Remington was
dissolved. From Purcell Register, September 11, 1891.
Figure 22. Advertisement by R. C. Baird and R. M. Stone, successors to Solon Curtice. From Purcell Register,
December 9, 1909.
The Curtice Drug Store was also a victim of the
November, 1895, fire in Purcell. After the store was
destroyed by the fire, Solon re-opened in temporary
space in the Houghton building. As a means of
replenishing his drug stock, Solon bought the Albert F.
Masterman drug store in El Reno, Oklahoma Territory,
in April of 1896. It was operated in El Reno for about
a month by Curtice’s prescription clerk, Ed A. Estes,
before it was closed and the stock moved to Purcell. A
new building to house the Curtice Drug Store in Purcell
was completed in the fall of 1898. 34
In June of 1909, Solon sold the drug store to Rudolph
Cathelcaide Baird, a son of Solon’s sister Mary, and
R. M. Stone. At that time, the store became known
as the Baird & Stone Drug Store (Figures 22 and 23).
Solon and Eva Curtice moved the family to Grant’s
Pass, Josephine County Oregon, where Eva died on
October 13, 1911, just after the birth of their third child,
Dorothy. Solon and the surviving children returned to
Oklahoma in 1913 and settled in Edmond, where he
owned a drug store. He died in Edmond on May 7,
1918, and his drug store was purchased later that year
by W. R. Sieg. 35
Adolph Thill
Another drug store in Purcell during the territorial period
was the Palace Drug Store (Figures 24 and 25), which
was owned and operated by Adolph Thill, a brother-inlaw
of J. M. Steade. Adolph came to the Chickasaw
Nation in 1888 and worked as a drug clerk in Purcell,
including in the drug stores of Dunn & Steade, J. S.
Childs, Solon Curtice, and H. B. Campbell. He was
said to have been a graduate of the Cincinnati College
of Pharmacy. 36
In September of 1892, Adolph opened his own drug
store in Lexington, but a fire in the business district
destroyed the store in June of 1893. By late September
of 1893, Adolph was again in the drug business, this
time as proprietor of the Palace Drug Store in Purcell.
The Palace Drug Store survived until the November,
1895, fire in Purcell, resulting in a $2500 loss to Thill,
who carried $1,000 insurance. 37
After the fire destroyed the Palace Drug Store in
Purcell, Adolph Thill worked on his farm near Noble
in Oklahoma Territory, managed the Tom Ward Saloon
for a month in early 1896, and was Constable for a
period of time before moving, on July 27, 1905, to join
other members of his family in San Diego, California.
In San Diego, Thill engaged in the furniture business
and died in Fresno County, California, on May 30,
1927. 38
Unlike Muskogee, Purcell did not develop into a large
urban city. Even though it was well situated on the South
Canadian River and became a convenient hub for travel
and business, its growth was slow and the number of
drug stores that could be supported by the population
was small. The town was not centrally located in the
Indian Territory and, after the 1889 run for homesteads
in the unassigned land, the proximity of Purcell to the
boom town of Oklahoma City detracted from a more
rapid growth. Consequently, the pharmacy profession
did not grow in Purcell as it did in other more populous
regions of what would become the state of Oklahoma.
22 23

Figure 23. Interior of Curtice Drug Store in Purcell, ca. 1910, after it was purchased by R. C. Baird and R. M. Stone. From McClain
County Historical and Genealogical Society, Purcell, Oklahoma.
Figure 24. Advertisement for Thill’s Palace Drug Store in Purcell. From The Territorial Topic (Purcell),
October 5, 1893.
Figure 25. Stores on north Main Street, Purcell, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, ca. 1894. The proprietor of the Palace Drug
Store was Adolph Thill, brother-in-law of James Milton Steade. B. C. Clark’s jewelry store was inside the Racket Store next to the
Palace Drug Store. From McClain County Historical and Genealogical Society, Purcell, Oklahoma.
Acknowledgements
The author expresses appreciation for support to Ms. Joyce
A. Rex, McClain County Historical and Genealogical
Society, Purcell, Oklahoma, and to Jan Davis, Carol
Guilliams, Linda Raulston, Linda Colbert, and Colleen
Greene, professionals in the Archives and Records division
at the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
Notes and References
1 Descriptions of Purcell can be found in David C. Gideon,
Indian Territory, (Chicago, Lewis Publishing Company,
1901): 199-200; Joyce A. Rex, Editor, McClain County,
Oklahoma: History and Heritage, (Purcell, McClain County
Historical and Genealogical Society, 1986), Volumes 1, 2,
and 3; and The Dallas Morning News, May 1, 1887.
2 Purcell Register, December 3, 1887; ibid., January 21,
1888.
3 United States census records; Purcell Register, March 30,
1893; C. A. Hocker family tree at Rootsweb.com.
4 Complaints that Hocker was a swindler and an intruder in the
Chickasaw Nation were filed on several occasions by Leo E.
Bennett, United States Indian Agent. Nevertheless, Hocker
remained as a resident and lawyer in Purcell for a number
of years thereafter. Examples of charges against Hocker
as well as the recommendation that he be removed from
his position as United States Commissioner can be found in
The Executive Documents of the Senate of the United States
for the First Session of the Fifty-First Congress, 1889-1890.
Document 219. (Washington, Government Printing Office,
1890): 78-87. The Purcell Register for December 13, 1890,
noted that Hocker resigned his position as Commissioner.
5 Daily Oklahoman, December 23, 1911; Proceedings
of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma State Bar
Association (Oklahoma City, December 21-22, 1911): 82.
6 Daily Oklahoman, November 27, 1938. Billy Hocker is
buried in the IOOF Cemetery at Norman, Oklahoma.
7 Purcell Register, November 15, 1890; ibid., November
3, 1905. Information about Simon Gavagan’s Drug Store
in Muskogee can be found in earlier issues of Oklahoma
Pharmacist.
8 Ibid.; United States census records; Purcell Register,
November 17, 1905; ibid., May 4, 1906.
9 Ibid., May 19, 1888.
10 William Ross Shackelford was a partner with Lee A.
Barry before the latter sold his interest to William Owen in
May of 1894. By December of 1894, Owen had purchased
Shackelford’s interest to become sole proprietor of the store.
Carl K. Buckner, Oklahoma Pharmacist, 77 (Number 1,
2009): 18. Huff Campbell’s interest in the Muskogee store
was reported in Purcell Register, July 27, 1894, and August
3, 1894.
11 Purcell Enquirer, April 25, 1895; ibid., August 1, 1895;
Purcell Register, August 2, 1895. The result of the fire
in Purcell was reported in Purcell Enquirer, November
24 25

21, 1895. During the rebuilding process, Huff conducted
business in a small room in the Eckhardt school building
on west Main Street. Purcell Register, December 6, 1895;
Purcell Enquirer, December 5, 1895. He later moved his
drug stock to the Fox building on west Main and then to
the Wells Building at Main and Second streets. Purcell
Register, December 13, 1895; ibid., January 24, 1896.
In April of 1896, Huff moved into his newly rebuilt drug
store containing an 8 foot high wall soda fountain of marble
and onyx with silver trimming. Purcell Enquirer, April 30,
1896; Purcell Register, May 1, 1896.
12 Registration Book of the Board of Pharmacy of Indian
Territory.
13 Huff’s obituary was published in Purcell Register,
November 3, 1905. After his brother Alexander purchased
the store, it became known as the A. B. Campbell Drug
Store. Ibid., June 15, 1906.
14 Activities of George and Charley Jones in 1888 were
reported in Purcell Register, May 19, 1888; ibid., June 23,
1888; ibid., July 7, 1888; ibid., July 28, 1888; ibid., August
18, 1888. The Farmer’s Alliance of Pontotoc County report
was published in Purcell Register, October 6, 1888.
15 Biographical information about the Jones brothers
was obtained from United States census records; Purcell
Register, November 20, 1890; ibid., April 3, 1903; ibid., July
16, 1936; ibid., November 26, 1936; Joyce Rex (Editor),
McClain County, Oklahoma, History and Heritage, Volume
1 (Purcell, McClain County Historical and Genealogical
Society, 1986): 148-149; ibid., Volume 3: 157-158; and
Rex Francis Harlow and Victor Emmanuel Harlow, Makers
of Government in Oklahoma, (Oklahoma City, Harlow
Publishing Company, 1930): 394.
16 Purcell Register, November 22, 1890; ibid., October
28, 1892; The Purcell Enquirer, February 7, 1895; Purcell
Register, October 5, 1900.
17 News of the closure of Jones Drug Store in Purcell
was published in Purcell Register, April 4, 1902; The
Chickasaw Enterprise (Pauls Valley), April 10, 1902; and
The Dallas Morning News, April 3, 1902. The purchase
of the Jones soda fountain by B. C. Clark was reported in
Purcell Register, June 13, 1902. The respective obituaries
for George and Charley Jones were published in Purcell
Register, July 16, 1936, and November 26, 1936.
18 Biographical information about J. M. Steade was obtained
from United States census records; H. F. O’Beirne, Leaders
and Leading Men of the Indian Territory. (Chicago, American
Publishers Association, 1891): 66; Samuel F. Black, San
Diego County California. (Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing
Company, 1913): 223-224; J. M. Guinn, Historical and
Biographical Record of Southern California. (Chicago,
Chapman Publishing Company, 1902): 390, 393; and the
Rootsweb.com family file of Janet Trimbur.
19 The partnership arrangements between J. M. Steade and
L. R. Sullivant were reported in Purcell Register, September
22, 1888; September 29, 1888; October 13, 1888; and
November 10, 1888.
20 Biographical information about A. A. Dunn was obtained
from United States census records; H. F. O’Beirne, Leaders
and Leading Men of the Indian Territory. (Chicago, American
Publishers Association, 1891): 34-35 and 87; Muskogee
Phoenix, August 16, 1888; Purcell Register, March 30,
1893; and the Rootsweb.com family file of James Harris.
21 The partnership arrangements between A. A. Dunn and J.
M. Steade were reported in The Territorial Topic (Purcell),
February 6, 1890; ibid., March 6, 1890; Purcell Register,
January 10, 1891; ibid., January 24, 1891.
22 Joe Childs was announced as a partner in Purcell Register,
November 8, 1890, and advertisements for the drug store
started using the name of Dunn, Steade & Company.
23 Biographical information about J. S. Childs was obtained
from United States census records; Joyce Rex (Editor),
McClain County, Oklahoma, History and Heritage, Volume
3 (Purcell, McClain County Historical and Genealogical
Society, 1986): 127-128; Journal of the Oklahoma State
Medical Association, 7 (April, 1915): 376; Paul W. H.
Dewitz (Editor), Notable Men of Indian Territory at the
Beginning of the Twentieth Century, 1904-1905. (Muskogee,
Southwestern Historical Company, 1905): 113; Purcell
Tribune, February 22, 1907; and Purcell Register, January
28, 1915.
24 The partnership between J. M. Steade and J. S. Childs
was reported to be dissolved and Adolph Thill continued as
drug clerk in the store in Purcell Register, March 6, 1891.
Westbrook came to Purcell to work for Childs in July of
1891. Ibid., July 17, 1891.
25 Changes in drug store ownership by W. H. Reed and J.
J. Wiggs were found in Purcell Register, July 15, 1892;
ibid., February 23, 1893; ibid., March 30, 1893; ibid., May
19, 1893; ibid., December 8, 1893; The Territorial Topic
(Purcell), January 12, 1893; and ibid., August 11, 1893.
26 The move of J. M. Steade to Cincinnati was reported in
Purcell Register, October 7, 1892.
27 Biographical information about J. M. Remington was
obtained from United States census records; Portrait and
Biographical Record of Oklahoma. (Chicago, Chapman
Publishing Company, 1901): 606-607; Joseph B. Thoburn
and Muriel H. Wright, Oklahoma; A History of the State
and Its People. (New York, Lewis Historical Publishing
Company, 1929): 811-812; Purcell Register, November
8, 1890; The Shawnee Daily News-Herald, December 8,
1914; ibid., December 11, 1914; and Daily Oklahoman,
December 9, 1914.
28 Changes in drug store ownership by J. M. Remington
were found in The Territorial Topic (Purcell), August 1,
1889; ibid., December 5, 1889; ibid., January 30, 1890;
ibid., February 6, 1890. E. M. Whitney opened his own
drug store in Perry, Oklahoma Territory, soon after the
opening of the Cherokee Outlet in 1893 and later moved
to Kansas City. ERA and Hayes Druggists Directories;
Missouri Death Certificate for Whitney.
29 J. M. Remington’s moves from Purcell to Lexington
and the dissolution of his partnership with Solon Curtice
were reported in The Territorial Topic (Purcell), November
28,1889; Purcell Register, November 8, 1890; ibid.,
November 22, 1890; ibid., December 13, 1890; ibid., May
15, 1891; and ibid., May 22, 1891.
30 Minutes of the Oklahoma Territory Board of Pharmacy;
Carl K. Buckner, The First Oklahoma Territory Board of
Pharmacy. II. The Eight Day Session. Oklahoma Pharmacist
71 (Fall, 2003): 10-14; Remington pharmacy application
in Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries,
Oklahoma City; list of past presidents of the Oklahoma
Pharmacists Association at http://opha.com/AboutOPhA/
PastPresidents.aspx. Grant A. Jones, a pharmacist working
for Rem in Lexington received pharmacist certificate
number 23 after his appearance in February of 1891 before
the Oklahoma Territory Board of Pharmacy.
31 The moves by J. M. Remington from Lexington to
Tecumseh were reported in Purcell Register, September 18,
1891; ibid., October 2, 1891; The Lexington Leader, October
17, 1891; ibid., November 7, 1891; ibid., November 14,
1891; ibid., November 21, 1891; ibid., November 28, 1891;
Purcell Register, January 1, 1892; and ibid., January 8, 1892.
Locations for Remington in Perry, Chandler, Shawnee, and
Oklahoma City were documented by respective notices in
Meyer Brothers Druggist, 14 (December, 1893): 302; ibid.,
20 (October, 1899): 22; ibid., 21 (April, 1900): 30; The
Daily Times-Journal (Oklahoma City), August 21, 1901.
An obituary for Rem can be found in The Shawnee Daily
News-Herald, December 8, 1914.
32 Biographical information about Solon Curtice was
obtained from United States census records; Joyce
Rex (Editor), McClain County, Oklahoma, History and
Heritage, Volume 1 (Purcell, McClain County Historical
and Genealogical Society, 1986): 116-117; and Joyce A.
Rex, Purcell Register, July 14, 1983.
33 The Territorial Topic, February 20, 1890; Purcell
Register, September 21, 1894; ibid., Purcell Enquirer, May
23, 1895; Purcell Register, June 7, 1895; Registration Book
of the Board of Pharmacy of Indian Territory; Solon and
Eva Curtice pharmacy applications in Archives Division,
Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City.
34 Destruction by the Purcell fire and moves of Solon Curtice
afterward were reported in Purcell Register, November
22, 1895; Purcell Enquirer, November 21, 1895; Purcell
Register, November 29, 1895; Purcell Enquirer, December
5, 1895; Purcell Register, December 13, 1895; ibid., Jan
3, 1896; and ibid., September 15, 1898. Solon Curtice’s
purchase of Masterman’s store was reported in The El Reno
Democrat, April 2, 1896, and Purcell Register, April 3,
1896. The move of the drug stock from El Reno to Purcell
was reported in Purcell Register, May 1, 1896, and The El
Reno Democrat, May 7, 1896.
35 The sale of the Curtice drug to Baird and Stone was
reported in Purcell Register, June 17, 1909 and July 1, 1909.
Obituaries for Eva and Solon Curtice were published in
Purcell Register, October 19, 1911, and The Edmond Sun,
May 9, 1918, respectively. The purchase of the Curtice Drug
in Edmond by W. R. Sieg was reported in The Edmond Sun,
August 29, 1918.
36 Biographical information about Adolph Thill was obtained
from United States census records and the Rootsweb.com
family file of Janet Trimbur. Thill’s drug store employment
in various places was reported in Purcell Register, October
11, 1890; ibid., October 18, 1890; ibid., March 6, 1891;
ibid., May 15, 1891; ibid., June 3, 1892; and ibid., July 1,
1892.
37 The Lexington Leader, September 10, 1892, and Purcell
Register, September 16, 1892, reported Thill’s opening in
Lexington. The Lexington fire that destroyed his store was
reported in Purcell Register, June 30, 1893. The Palace
Drug Store opening was reported in The Territorial Topic
(Purcell), September 14, 1893, and Purcell Register, October
6, 1893. Losses to Thill in the 1895 fire were reported in
Purcell Enquirer, November 21, 1895, and Purcell Register,
November 22, 1895.
38 Thill’s activities after the 1895 fire were reported in
Purcell Register issues on March 6, 1896, April 10, 1896,
April 24, 1896, July 29, 1905, and March 28, 1907.
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