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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <recentchanges>
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="James Gallagher" rcid="24173" pageid="3761" revid="23945" old_revid="23107" timestamp="2025-06-18T03:18:30Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="James Washington Plummer" rcid="24172" pageid="3687" revid="23944" old_revid="23875" timestamp="2025-06-17T23:30:02Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Nancy Gallagher" rcid="24171" pageid="1685" revid="23943" old_revid="23942" timestamp="2025-06-17T21:55:00Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Nancy Gallagher" rcid="24170" pageid="1685" revid="23942" old_revid="14145" timestamp="2025-06-17T21:53:42Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="James Luther Wilson" rcid="24169" pageid="1615" revid="23941" old_revid="22611" timestamp="2025-06-17T00:09:37Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Jacob Biehl" rcid="24168" pageid="6470" revid="23940" old_revid="23939" timestamp="2025-06-16T23:50:11Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Jacob Biehl" rcid="24167" pageid="6470" revid="23939" old_revid="23931" timestamp="2025-06-16T23:45:33Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Margaret Jane Robison" rcid="24166" pageid="1630" revid="23938" old_revid="23937" timestamp="2025-06-16T23:35:27Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Margaret Jane Robison" rcid="24165" pageid="1630" revid="23937" old_revid="23803" timestamp="2025-06-12T23:42:37Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Clara Mabel Wimer" rcid="24164" pageid="1512" revid="23936" old_revid="23802" timestamp="2025-06-12T23:38:44Z" />
    </recentchanges>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <recentchanges rcstart="2025-06-09T19:06:59Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>