These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Elis, Elisha, Elissa.
a maritime state of ancient Greece in the W. of the Peloponnesus, bordering on Achaia, Arcadia, and Messenia, and watered by the rivers Alpheus and Peneus. Of its capital Elis (now Kaloskopi) there are few traces. Olympia, where the famous games were held. was near the Alpheus. Elis and Achaia now form a monarchy of Greece.
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a Hebrew prophet, the disciple and successor of Elijah. Many miracles of prediction and cure, and even of raising the dead, are ascribed to him. He held the office of prophet for fully 65 years, from the reign of Ahab to that of Joash (latter half of 9th century B. c.).
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. See Dido
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Queen of Rumania. See CARMEN SYLVA.
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the wife of Zacharias and mother of John the Baptist. An angel foretold to her husband the birth of a son to her old age; and it was also foretold by the angel Gabriel the Virgin Mary, as an assurance of the birth of the Messiah.
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QUEEN OF ENGLAND 29, 1588. Its fate is well known. The war with Spain dragged on till the close of Elizabeth's reign. During her reign the splendor of her government was sustained by such men as Burleigh, Bacon, Walsingham, and Throgmorton; but she had personal favorites of less merit who were often more brilliantly rewarded. Chief of these were Dudley, whom she created Earl of Leicester, and whom she was disposed to marry, and Essex, whose violent passions brought about his ruin. He was beheaded in 1601, but Elizabeth never forgave herself his death. Her own health soon after gave way, and she died March 24, 1603.
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a city and county-seat of Union co., N. J., on Staten Island Sound and on the Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley, Baltimore and Ohio, Philadelphia and Reading and New Jersey Central railroads, 14 miles S. W. of New York City. It covers a wide expanse of level land, is laid out with broad and handsome streets, running at right angles, has numerous business blocks, and is noted for the large number of handsome residences of New York business men. The chief articles manufactured are sewing machines, oilcloth, hats, saws, mill machinery, stoves, hardware, edge tools, harness, cordage, and combs. A large business is done in the shipment of anthracite coal. The Crescent Steel Works and Shipyard, in which many naval vessels have been built, are located here. Among public institutions are the Alexian Brothers' Hospital, General Hospital, Orphan Asylum, Home for Aged Women, and Public Library. The educational institutions include the Battin and Pingry High Schools, and a business college. The The city city has electric lights and street railways, many old and handsome churches, a National and several private banks, building and loan associations, etc. Elizabeth has considerable historical interest. It was settled as Elizabethtown in 1665, and was the capital of New Jersey from 1755 to 1757. It contains an old tavern where Washington stopped on his way to New York for his first inauguration, Gen. Winfield Scott's home, the Boudinot House, and the Livingston Mansion. Pop. (1910) 73,409; (1920) 95,- 682.
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Queen of Bohemia; born in Scotland, Aug. 19, 1596. She forms the connecting link between the ancient royal families of England and Scotland and the present reigning dynasty. Daughter of James VI. of Scotland and I. of England, she married in 1613 Frederick V., Elector Palatine, who in 1619 was chosen King of Bohemia. Through her daughter Sophia, Electress of Hanover, she became the grandmother of George I. of Great Britain. She died in England, Feb. 13, 1662.
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a city of North Carolina, the county-seat of Pasquotank co. It is on the Norfolk and Southern and the Virginia and Carolina Coast railroads and on the Pasquotank river. It has an important trade in cotton, lumber, and oysters. Its industries include saw mills, shingle factories, cotton and hosiery mills, flour mills, iron works, shipbuilding yards, brick wo works, carriage factories, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,412; 1910) 8,412; (1920) 8,925.
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Queen of Spain, daughter of Edward II., Prince of Parma; born in 1692. On becoming the second wife of Philip V. she surprised those who had counseled the marriage by assuming the practical headship of the kingdom; her ambition and that of her mi minister, Alberoni, disturbed the whole of Europe. She died in 1766.
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a group of 16 American islands S. of Cape Cod, with a permanent population of about 100.
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or ISABELLA, Queen of Spain; born in 1545, daughter of Henry II. of France and Catherine de Medici. She was destined to be the wife of the infante, Don Carlos, but his father, Philip II., being left a widower, became fascinated and married her himself. The story of a romantic relationship between Elizabeth and Don Carlos has furnished tragic subjects to Otway, Campistron, Chénier, Schiller, and Alfieri. She died in 1568.
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a town of southern Russia, on the Ingul, with an imperial palace, a theater, manufactures of soap, candles, etc., and several great fairs.
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STEPHEN BENTON, an American capitalist and public official, born in Perry co., O., in 1841. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1860 and after studying law was admitted to the bar in 1864. In the same AMERICAN ELK year he removed to New Mexico and was elected to the Territorial Legislature. He became in succession district attorney, Attorney-General of the Territory and United States District Attorney. He was a delegate to Congress from New Mexico from 1873 to 1877. He later removed to West Virginia and married the daughter of Henry Gassaway Davis, thus acquiring large business interests, particularly in the coal business and railways. From 1891 to 1893 he was Secretary of War in President Harrison's cabinet, and in 1894 he was elected to the Senate. He was twice re-elected. He was the author of Elkins' Railway Law of 1903. He died in 1911.
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a city of West Virginia, the county-seat of Randolph co. It is on the Western Maryland and the Coal and Coke railroads. The chief industries are tanning, locomotive and car repairing, and the manufacture of boxes and extracts. The city is the seat of Davis and Elkins College, and has an Odd Fellows' home, hospitals, and other public institutions. Pop. (1910) 5,260; (1920) 6,788.
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