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East Palestine – Eldorado

East Palestine

a village of Ohio, in Columbiana co. It is on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad.

The industries include the manufacture of pottery, terra cotta, and tile. It has also machine shops, and a rubber factory. There are important coal mines in the vicinity. Pop. (1910) 3,537; (1920) 5,750.

East Pittsburgh

a borough in Pennsylvania, in Allegheny co. It is on the Pennsylvania, the Bessemer and Lake Erie, and the Union railroads. The city contains factories of the Westinghouse electric and machine companies, and there are also manufactures of meters, machines, steel rails, and furnaces. Pop. (1910) 5,615; (1920) 6,527.

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East Point

a city of Georgia, in Fulton co. It is on the Central of Georgia and the Atlantic and West Point railroads. Its industries include oil mills, fertilizer factories, saw and planing mills, iron works, cotton mills, etc. Pop. (1910) 3,682; (1920) 5,241.

East River

the strait between Long Island Sound and New York harbor, separating the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. It is about 12 miles long, varies from one-half a mile to 32 miles in width, and is navigable by the largest ships.

East Youngstown

a village of Ohio, in Mahoning co. It is on the Balti more and Ohio railroad, and on the Mahoning river. Its chief industry is the manufacture of iron. Pop. (1910) 4,972; (1920) 11,237.

Ecclesiasticus

the title of a book placed by Protestants and Jews among the apocryphal writings. The author calls himself Jesus the son of Sirach. Originally composed in Aramaic, the book was translated into Greek by the grandson of the original author about the 3d century B. C.

Edgeworth

MARIA, an English novelist born in Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, Jan. 1, 1767. Her principal works are: "Castle Rackrent" (1800); "Early Lessons" (1801); "Belinda" (1801); "Moral Tales" (1801); "The Modern Griselda" (1804); "Leonora" (1806); "Tales of Fashionable Life" (1809-1812); "Patronage" (1814); "Ormond" (1817); and "Helen" (1834). She died in Edgeworthstown, Ireland, May 22, 1849.

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Edwardsville

a borough of Pennsylvania, in Luzerne co. It is on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, and is entirely a residential suburb of Wilkes-Barre. Pop. (1910) 8,407; (1920) 9,027.

Egg

one of the Hebrides Islands.

Egmont

PORT, the principal harbor of the Falkland Isles, on the N. coast of the more W. of the principal two islands of the group, its seaward barriers being the islets of Keppel and Saunders.

Eldorado

a city of Illinois, in Saline co. It is on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, the Illinois Central, and the Louisville and Nashville railroads. In the neighborhood are important coal mines. Its industries include machine shops, flour mills, lumber yards, etc. Pop. (1910) 3,366; (1920) 5,004.