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Fair Isle

a small island in the North Atlantic, lying between the Shetland and Orkney Isles, 22 miles from Sumburgh Head. It is 4 miles long by a breadth of 22. Here (1588) the Duke of Medina, admiral of the Spanish Armada, was shipwrecked. the county-seat of Marion co. It is situthe county-seat of Marion co. It is situated on both sides of the Monongahela river, and is on the New York Central, more and Ohio railroads. The river is spanned by a steel bridge. Its industries include coal mining, and the manufacture of flour, lumber, iron, glass, cigars, etc. It is the seat of the State normal school, and has a hospital, training school for nurses, excellent school build- ings, and the State miners' hospital. Pop. (1910) 9,711; (1920) 17,851. ings, and the State miners' hospital. tion for higher education at Wichita, FAIRMOUNT COLLEGE, an institution for higher education at Wichita, school. It took its present form and Kan., founded in 1892 as a preparatory name in 1896. In the autumn of 1919 there were 252 students and 19 instructors. President, W. H. Rollins, D.D.

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