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problems until Ranger Ellman suggested
We had some pretty serious morale problems until Ranger Ellman suggested this idea about five years ago.
— from A Matter of Honor: A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson

put up Rev Elias Skinner
Marion put up Judge Berry for re-election, while Cedar Rapids put up Rev. Elias Skinner, a well known Methodist preacher who had traveled about the county and who was well known by everyone as an aggressive fighter and a man who believed in what he did and would have things his way if possible.
— from History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911] by Luther Albertus Brewer

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