Coban
a city of Guatemala, the capital of the department Alta Vera Paz. It is the center of a fertile agricultural district producing coffee, vanilla, and sugar cane. Pop. about 32,000 .
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These 13 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Coban, Cobb, Cobb.
Cobb
SYLVANUS, an American novelist; born in Waterville, Me., 1823; was editor and publisher of a periodical called the "Rechabite," but best known as a prolific story-writer. His most popular novels are: "The King's Talisman" (1851); "The Patriot Cruiser " (1859); and "Ben Hamed" (1864 ). He died in Hyde Park, Mass., July 2, 1887.
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Cobb
IRVIN S ( HREWSBURY), in 1876. He was educated in the public schools and privately, and while he was still a boy began contributing humorous matter to periodicals . For a time he served on the editorial staff of several papers in Kentucky. In 1904 he became special writer and editor of the humorous section of the New York "Evening Sun." For several years following he served as a correspondent of other New York papers. In 1911 he became staff contributor to the "Saturday Evening Post," and in 1914-1915 , and again in 1917-1918 he represented that publication as war correspondent in Europe. He was a prolific writer and was also wellplays. known as a lecturer. He wrote also, in collaboration with others, several pla His books include: "Back Home" ( 1912); "Europe Revised" (1914); "Paths of Glory" (1915); " Old Judge Priest" (1915); "Those Times and These" (1917); "The Life of the Party" (1919); "The Abandoned Farmers " (1920).
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Cobb (HOWELL an American statesman)
HOWELL, an American statesman; born in Cherry Hill, Ga., Sept. 7 , 1815. He was graduated at Franklin College in 1834, became a lawyer in 1836, and in 1843 was elected to Congress as a Democrat. He served eight years and was Speaker of the House one term. Elected governor of Georgia in 1851, he returned to Congress in 1855, and was made Secretary of the Treasury by President Buchanan in 1857, resigning in 1860 to urge secession. He held a Confederate military commission in the Civil War, but saw little service. He died in New York City, Oct. 9, 1868 . Paducah, Ky., an American writer, born at Pad
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Cobbe
FRANCES POWER, an Irish writer; born in Dublin, Dec. 4, 1822. She has written "Intuitive Morals" (1855); "Religious Duty," " Hours of Work and Play" (1867); "Duties "Dut of Women"; "Th Hopes of the Human Race, Hereafter and Here"; "Scientific Speculations of the Age" ( 1888). Wrote extensively on theological and humanitarian questions and books of travels in Greece , Italy, and Palestine. Died April 5, 1904.
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Cobbett
WILLIAM, an English essayist and political writer ; born in Farnham, March 9, 1762. The son of a farm hand, he had no early advantages , but a great gift for controversy; and he plunged warmly into the social , economic , and political discussions of his day. He visited this country, and wrote here for a time under the name of "Peter Porcupine." He is at his best in his countless pamphlets, and in "The Political Proteus," "Legacy to Laborers," and "Advice to Young Men." He died near Farnham in June, 1835.
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Cobden, Richard
Richard (1804-1865), an English statesman. He received a limited education, but acquired commercial experience in a warehouse in London, and, with the help of friends, founded a successful manufactory of cotton cloth in Manchester. Later, he was able to travel, both on the continent and in the United States . He began writing pamphlets on political conditions, and took an active part in the anticorn law agitation. In 1841 he entered Parliament, where he became known as the "apostle of free trade ." He was not only foremost in the repeal of the corn laws, but may be regarded as the statesman to whom, above all others, England owes her free trade policy. His services in Parliament led to the neglect of his own business. He became involved in difficulties; but friends raised a purse of $350,000 and presented it to him, so great was their appreciation of the value of his services in Parliament. He was offered numerous honors, including membership in the British cabinet and a baronetcy, all of which he persistently refused, preferring to represent the interests of the people throughout, as he understood them. Free trade clubs the world over, bear his name. See John Bright; Corn Laws
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Cobham
LORD. See OLDCASTLE.
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Cobijai
or PUERTO LA MAR, a seaport formerly belonging to Bolivia, now in the territory of Antofagasta, Chile.
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Coble
or COBBLE, a low flat-floored boat with a square stern, used in salmonfishery. COBLENZ (anciently Confluentes, from its situation at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle), a fortified town of Germany, capital of Rhenish Prussia, finely situated on the left bank of the Rhine in the angle between it and the Moselle, and connected by a pontoonbridge over the Rhine with the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein; this, along with its other fortifications is capable of accommodating 100,000 men. The palace of the Elector of Treves was a Prussian royal residence. Its industries before the World War embraced cigars, machinery, champagne-wines, pianos, and it had an important trade in Rhine and Moselle wines. Coblenz was the headquarters of the American Army of Occupation, following the Armistice of November, 1918. Pop. about 60,000. COB NUT, a large variety of hazelnut.
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Cobold
or Kobold, kobold, a domestic spirit in northern mythology. According to the Edda, Odin formed the dwarfs from dust. They were of two sorts. The gnomes occupy deep caverns. The cobolds are house spirits and, if kindly treated, nestle beside the hearth and are a protection to the home. See Gnome; Edda
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Cobourg
a town, port of entry, and county-seat of Northumberland co., Ontario, Canada; on Lake Ontario, and the Grand Trunk railroad; 69 miles N. E. of Toronto. It is the seat of a Wesleyan university, and has several woolen mills, car factory, foundries, newspapers, banks, an and schools. Pop. about 6,000.
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Coburg
a thin fabric of worsted and cotton, or worsted and silk, twilled on one side, for ladies' dresses, intended a. a substitute for merino.
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