Statue of Richard Wagner to Grace Edgewater Park
In Cleveland at Edgewater Park a statue of Richard Wagner will be installed. Sculptor Herman N. Matzene created an eight foot figure in a characteristic pose with a pedestal designed to balance Wagner's modest height with the park surroundings. Multiple models were tried before final harmonious proportions were achieved for the admired composer.
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Cleveland (O.) Park
Cleveland, O
Edgewater Park
Cleveland
Richard Wagner
Herman N. Matzene
Wagner
Artesian Wells Flow 250 Gallons a Minute in Kansas Field
In Richfield Morton county Kansas two artesian wells are described. The first at 592 feet depth yields 250 gallons per minute feeding two ditches for alfalfa and a cottonwood maple grove, and watering EB M Dean's garden. A second well at 695 feet depth produces 300 gallons per minute at 40 pounds pressure.
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Topeka
Kan
Richfield
Morton County
EB. M. Dean
Underground water vein eyed for southwest Kansas
An underground lake or river of water underlies all of southwest Kansas at depths not yet penetrated by wells. Hugoton in Stevenson county appropriated $10,000 to drill an experimental well two to three thousand feet deep. Prospects are reported in Morton and Stanton counties.
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Kansas
Hugoton
Stevenson County
Morton
Stanton
Tuareg Tribes Could Challenge Italian Tripoli Invasion
An editorial note discusses Tuareg desert tribes as possible allies for the Turks against Italian expansion in Tripoli. It describes Tuareg origins, possible Crusader links, Berber heritage, and religious shifts, noting their suspicion, martial skill, and potential impact on inland Italian control. The hinterland population is about 300,000.
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Tripoli
Italy
Angelus
Angel
Mess
God
North Africa
Atlas Mountains
Africa
Palestine
St. Louis
Tunis
Turkey
Triboll
Trap Found After Twenty Years In Cypress Knee
Oscar Trotter, of Dexter Missouri, lost a trap twenty years ago. It was later found embedded in a cypress knee four feet off the ground, the chain broken as the trap was raised. Trotter gave the curios to William Smith who then passed it to P A Witte of St Louis, where it now rests in his office.
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Dexter
Oscar Trotter
Trotter
William Smith
Smith
P. A. Witte
St. Louis
Husband's Charmer A Man Divorce Case Haloed By Deception
In Kansas City a divorce case reveals Lillian Benner discovered her husband Joseph Benner's long running correspondence with a supposed Miss May Martin of Leavenworth. Benner tracked the con man to Leavenworth, found a man posing as a perfect lady, and faced charges of misconduct. Despite the twist and a witness who testified in support of Mrs. Benner, the court granted her the decree.
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Kansas City
Lillian Benner
Joseph @. Benner
May Martin
Leavenworth
Hair Shorn in Sleep Leaves Lima Youth Hairless
In Lima Ohio eighteen year old Jennie Williams awoke to find her hair shaved from her head with the shears left on the dresser. A silver mirror lay at the foot of the bed as police investigate a possible motive and a former boarder rumored to have pressed his attentions on the girl. Jennie is the daughter of the late John Williams, once proprietor of the city’s largest hotel.
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Lima, O
Jennie Williams
Williams Howe
John Williams
Granddaddy Flea Captured in Long Beach
In Long Beach the famed collector Manning known as the champion jack smelt catcher nabbed a giant flea believed to be many years old. He captured a monster that weighed one pound and three-quarters and stretched Weston inches across with its legs extended. The extraordinary specimen is hailed as the grandfather of all fleas.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mre
Manning
Jack Smelt
Long Beach
Monter
Meas Weston
Flewin
Hen Roost Shooting Fatal to Local Farmer’s Son
Norristown and Montgom ery county sheriff's son Pat Hamilton Kile died in hospital from gunshot wounds after admitting he was stealing chickens from a Hen Roost. The shooter was Alvin Haines, a Plymouth township farmer.
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Olee
Norristown
Pat Hamilton Kile
Montgomery County
Alvin Haines
Plymouth
Kile
Castle to Stay in England as Gift Declined
New York report says Tattersall castle near Lincoln England was offered to the British nation but declined. Rumors of a move to Long Island were denied. Lord Curzon then purchased the castle. It is largely from the sixteenth century with older parts. Its fireplaces, built in 1426, inspired those in the house of Parliament.
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New York
Tattersall Castle
Lincoln
England
Bation
America
Long Island
Lord Curzon
Beattie Sermon Sparks Crowd In Coffin Illusion
James Axtell of Centralia created a sensation in Beattie Washington when he was carried through the streets in a coffin and announced as dead then resurrected at a prominent corner to deliver a sermon titled A Voice From Hell to a boisterous crowd. He was later returned home in the coffin with a pallbearers escort.
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Beattie
Wash
James Axtell
Centralia
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