The memory of Dr. M. M. Scheinkin, the Zionist leader who was killed in a Chicago street car accident, will be honored by naming a new settlement the Scheinkin Quarter.
The Zion Commonwealth has purchased a tract of land for this purpose in the neighborhood of Tel Aviv.
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