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                  <summary>Note regarding Thorington's belief in bad omen</summary>
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                <name type="person">Portia Thorington</name>, <name type="place">2214 Mars <choice><abbr>Ave</abbr><expan>Avenue</expan></choice></name>, believes<lb/>
                strongly in the sign of a woman coming <lb/>
                to her house and entering her door is <lb/>
                an omen of bad luck. A woman was <lb/>
                at her home on Sunday night to express <lb/>
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