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The Wadsworth Dispatch
Wadsworth, Washoe County, Nevada
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Scottish societies in Chicago plan to soon unveil a 10-foot statue of poet Robert Burns on a 12-foot granite pedestal with bronze relief panels from his poems, costing $15,000, sculpted by W. Grant Stevenson of Edinburgh.
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Scotchmen in Chicago expect soon to unveil in that city a monument to Robert Burns, the model of which has long been on exhibition there. The statue of the poet will be 10 feet in height, and it will stand on a Scotch granite pedestal 12 feet high. On each of the four faces of the pedestal will be a bronze panel in bas-relief depicting a familiar scene from one of Burns' poems. The statue will cost $15,000,
THE BURNS STATUE.
which sum has been subscribed by the various Scottish societies in Chicago. W. Grant Stevenson of Edinburgh is the sculptor.
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statue costs $15,000, funded by scottish societies in chicago.
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Scottish societies in Chicago plan to unveil a monument to poet Robert Burns. The statue is 10 feet high on a 12-foot Scotch granite pedestal with four bronze bas-relief panels depicting scenes from Burns' poems. The model has been on exhibition. Sculptor is W. Grant Stevenson of Edinburgh.