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a city and county-seat of York Southern railroads, and the State the Lehigh Valley, and the Central New Cayuga Lake, and on the Lackawanna, the Lehigh Valley, and the Central New York Southern railroads, and the State cades in its vicinity; and manufactories creek; has a number of beautiful casester. It derives water power from Fall creek; has a number of beautiful casendar clocks, firearms, salt, and other commodities. The city is best known as endar clocks, firearms, salt, and other commodities. The cit the seat of CORNELL city is best known as LL UNIVERSITY (q. v.) v.) There are National banks, trolley con- and also as a popular summer resort. and also as a po There are National banks, trolley connection with East Ithaca, large farming 802; (1920) 17,204. and Seneca counties. Pop. (1909) 14, 802; (1920) 17,204. popular summer resort.

ITHAMAR (ith'ä-mär), the fourth son of Aaron, consecrated to the priesthood. His posterity took charge of the tabernacle in the wilderness. Some of this line, namely, Eli, Ahitub, Ahiah, of high priest, but under Solomon it re- Ahimelech, and Abiathar, held the office of high priest, but under Solomon it reverted to the family of Eleazar. ITHOME (ē'thō-mē), a mountain of Greece, in Messenia, 25 miles N. W. of Kalamata, 3,865 feet high. On its S. slope are the remains of a village, which in ancient Greece was the stronghold of the Messenians against the Lacedemonians. The first Messenian war ended the Messenians against the Lacedemowith the fall of Ithome, 724 в. c. ITHONUS (ith'ō-nus), in classic Greek fable, the son of Deucalion and King of Thessaly, reported to have discovered the fusion of metals, and the art of coining money.

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