Salt deposits of Panhandle indicate vast, untapped resource
The Texas salt study outlines extensive panhandle salt beds under Armstrong through Lipscomb counties and along the High Plains, with depths to salt from about 300 to 1930 feet and beds up to 1176 feet thick. Potash is linked with salt but not yet mined, while Gulf coast salt domes at Palestine and Grand Saline yield brine mining.
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Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Panhandle
Armstrong
Carson
Donley
Hartley
Oldham
Potter
Randall
Lipscomb
High Plains
Garza
Hale
Howard
Lynn
Childress
Collingsworth
Dickens
Hall
Kent
Mitchell
Scurry
Pecos River
Crane
Crockett
Loving
Pecos
Reagan
Ward
Armstrong County
Crane County
Colorado
Mitchell County
Culberson
Hudspeth
Andrews
Willhey
Quif
Gulf Coast
Iner
Louisiana
Inner Gulf
Palestine Dome
Anderson County
Grand Saline
van Zandt
Morton Salt Company
Salt Mass
Palestine Salt and Coal Company
Palestine
Elephant Repeats Decree Ban After 14 Years
Vienna reports the revocation of a decree by late Emperor Francis Joseph that punished elephant Maidy for splashing a court lady. Maidy’s bathing tank was restored and she took her first bath in 14 years, delighting caretakers and recalling the old ruling.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Maidy
Austria
Muaidy
Maidy Sparks Controversy Over Tank Incident Overlooked
The passage recalls Maidy filling her trunk with water and pouring it onto the park inspector and about six spectators who gathered to watch her interact with the tank. This time the offense went unpunished.
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Maidy
California Dream Castle of Baroness Is Deserted
In Pasadena near the hills Castle Rosamond lies silent after Baroness Rosa von Zimmerman died in 1917. The 40 room palace, begun in 1917 and costing about 1 million, sits under alien property custodian control as her fortune waned after Russia’s czarist regime fell. The baroness, born 1860 in Gnadenfels, left a vast estate once tied to Russian railroad securities.
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Associated Presa
Pasadena
Calif
Castle Rosamond
Rosa von Zimmerman
America
Baroness von Zimmerman
United States
Gnadenfels
Germany
Baron von Zimmerman
Russia
Legal Battle Leaves Beatrice Denton Adopted Daughter Wealth
The passage notes a court decision granting $15,000 to Beatrice Denton, an adopted daughter who was left with nothing after a dispute involving sisters living in Germany and an estate. The outcome confirms the award to the eight year old beneficiary.
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Germany
Beatrice Denton
Tests Aimed at Direct Manufacture of White Sugar
In Havana area tests at Central Hershey near Havana indicate direct production of granulated sugar from cane juice is commercially feasible. Milton S. Hershey, owner of four Cuban sugar mills, has pursued a large scale system to bypass raw sugar refining, with a chemist-backed series of experiments proving viability and cost competitiveness.
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Associated Press
Havana
Central Hershey
Milton S. Hershey
Cuba
Worms Can Sing Says German Zoologist Mangold
FRIEBURG Germany Professor Mangold a German zoologist says earthworms can sing. He notes worms produce long drawn musical sounds with a rhythm audible at times and the sound resembles the membrane of a dry leaf topped with a tiny hammer heard twelve feet away.
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Associated Press
Frieburg
Germany
Mangold
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