Buckingham Fountain Costs 700000 in Chicago
The Buckingham Fountain in downtown Chicago sits in a 200 foot garden pool, crowned by all colored marble and 184 geysers. Gifted by Miss Kate Buckingham in memory of Clarence Buckingham, it features a central 150 foot shaft and floodlit water display powered by 30,000,000 candlepower.
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Chicago
Buckingham Medial
Versailles Palace
Kate Buckingham
Morial
Clarence Buckingham
Winter Comes Chief Warns of Fire
Elyria Fire Chief W N Bates issues safety points to cut fire risk as winter nears. Clean property to prevent fires, dispose of rubbish, and avoid wooden ash storage. He cites $30,009,000 property losses from careless smokers last year and urges metal match boxes and safe placement of cords and combustibles.
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W. N. Bates
Elyria
Home Safety Advice on Heating and Fire Prevention
Be careful with electric flat irons and always use with signal Heht. Use metal protection under stoves and protect woodwork where stoves or furnaces are close to walls. Don’t pass stove pipes through ceilings, roofs or wooden partitions. Have all flues cleaned, examined, and repaired at least once a year. Every open fireplace should save a screen. Don’t connect gas stoves, heaters or hot plates with rubber hose. Don’t use gasoline or benzine to cleanse clothing near an open flame, light or fire. Use nonflammable cleaner. Don’t use kerosene benzine or naphtha in lighting fires or to quicken a slow fire. Don’t use liquid polish near open lights. Many such compounds contain volatile flammable oils. Don’t go into closets with lighted matches or candles.
Kipton Social News and Local Appointments
Kipton notes list births, residents visiting kin and friends, school enrollments, and community events. Names include Mr and Mrs Harry Ludlum, Miss Grant of Cleveland, and families such as Haine Austin Davidson Pomroy Moehl and Haigh. Central church talks on Near East relief and community dinners at the school house are recorded along with moves to Oberlin and Elyria.
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Kipton
Margaret Lee Kipton
Harry Ludlum
Hoh. Haine
ER. A. Austin
Amherst
Monay
Lucy Lee
Albert Prosser
Will Betts
Chalmer
Oberlin
Hager
Frank Hager
Carrie Neiding
Myron Bates
Dorothy Romp
Litchfield
New Central
Margaret Radcliff
Collins
Anna Moehl
Mary Bickel
Kate Lathrope
Camden
Davidson
Ethel Lucille
Dora Pomroy
Adam Geist
Otto Geist
Lela Haigh
Cleveland
Nellie Haigh
Charles Walrus
Elyria
Delight Walrus
Basefield
Michigan
J. E. Davidson
Madge Sharp
Iva Austin
Jesse Twining
Donald Haigh
Longly
Bayless House
Marguerite Lee
James Barry
Pennsylvania
Floyd Sharp
Ralph Loomis
Gypsum
Currier
Henrietta
Fairchild
Harding
Clayton Crysler
Walma
Gwendolyn Haigh
Nelie Haigh
Rooney
Local Social Notes From Oberlin and Surroundings
Mr and Mrs A V Davidson and family visited Oberlin Saturday evening. They spent Saturday night and Sunday with her mother Mrs Nellie Haigh. Mr and Mrs Clayton Crysiers and Jesse Crysiers were Sunday guests at Curt Fulger home in Elyria. Mr and Mrs Louis Whitney traveled to Niagara Falls and Canada for a trip.
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A.V. Davidson
Oberlin
Lela Haigh
Cleveland
Nelle Haigh
Clayton Crysiers
Jesse Crysiers
Curt Fulger
Elyria
Louis Whitney
Niagara Falls
Canada
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Jelke
John F. 40Lee CO
Broadway
Ohio
Miss Buckingham
Carl M. Nau
Cleveland St
Uty
Krogers
Country Club
Jewel
Pillsbury
Oleo
Wondermut
Pancake Flou Country Club
Okg
TES
Kroger
Avondale
Clifton del Monte
Graham
Kahn & Anderson
Flyria
Fisher Bros
Hale’s Grocery
Middle Ave
Woodbury
Stewart
West River
Stan Fee
Hershey
Neo
Fas
Quality Bakery
Broad ST
J. W. Baker
Baker
Nature
W. Broad St
AC. C. D
Conry
Cleveland St. Stere
Reublins
Battle Creek
P. V
Florida
California
Malaga
Virginia
Golden Santos
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