These 14 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Greenfield, Greengage, Greenlet.
Mrs. Sarah Pratt McLean (1856-), an American novelist. She is a native of Connecticut. Her first novel, Cape Cod Folks, brought her a reputation as a storyteller. It brought to her publishers considerable trouble in the way of lawsuits caused by the author's use of names of living people for her characters. Her other writings include Deacon Lysander, Tow Head, the Story of a Girl, Lastchance Junction, and Vesty of the Basins.
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a town and countyseat of Franklin co., Mass.; on the Boston and Maine railroad; 56 miles W. of Fitchburg. It contains Factory and North Parish villages; manufactures principally shoes, cutlery, silverware, machinists' tools, snow shovels, cement blocks, paper boxes, rakes, and baby carriages; and has electric lights, waterworks, public library, high school, a National bank, the county hospital and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 10,427; (1920) 15,462.
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in ornithology, Vireoninæ, a sub-family of Muscicapidæ (flycatchers). They are so called from hav- Greenland is colder than the corresponding much green or olive in the colors of their plumage. They are small birds arriving in the United States from South America and the West Indies about the month of May, and departing again in August. Some of them sing sweetly.
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a seaport of Renfrewshire, the fifth largest town in Scotland, on the S. shore of the Firth of Clyde, 3% miles by water S. of Helensburgh, and 221½ by rail W. N. W. of Glasgow. The W. end of the town, with its elegant villas of every style of architecture, its esplanade 1½ miles long, its wide and well-paved streets, planted with trees, is attractive. The public buildings are many of them handsome; chief among them is the town hall and municipal buildings (1886), Renaissance in style, with a tower 245 245 feet high; the county ildings (1867), the custom house ouse (1818), and the Watt Institution (1837), containing a marble statue of Watt by Chantrey. There are several handsome churches. To Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart the town is indebted for the Well Park Park (1872) Park (1851), the Wellington , and , the Lyle Road (1880). The new cemetery, 90 acres in extent, with its Watt cairn, and fine waterworks (1827-1883) also deserve mention. The harbor works date from 1707. The annual trade exceeds $15,000,000. Shipbuilding has been carried on since 1760; sugar refining began in 1765, and there are also manufactures of steam engines, anchors and chain cables, ropes, sailcloth, paper, wool and worsted, etc. Besides being the birthplace of Watt, of Spence the mathematician, and of Principal Caird, it has memories of Rob Roy, John Wilson, and Galt, and contains the grave of Burns" "Highland Mary." Pop. about 70,000.
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a town and countyseat of Westmoreland co., Pa.; on the Pennsylvania railroad; 31 miles E. S. E. of Pittsburgh. It is in a coal-mining, coking and natural gas region; and contains a steam-heating apparatus factory, steel works, glass works, nut and bolt works, and has 3 National banks. Pop. (1910) 13,012; (1920) 15,033.
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a city of Indiana, the It is on the county-seat of Decatur co. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis railroad. The city is the center of an important agricultural and natural gas region. In the neighborhood are important limestone quarries. Its industries include flour mills and a wire factory. It is the seat of the State Odd Fellows' Home, and has a park and a Fellow public library. Pop. (1910) 5,420; (1920) 5,345.
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a borough of Pennsylvania, in Mercer co. It is on the Shenango river and on the Pennsylvania, the Erie, and the Bessemer and Lake Erie railroads. Its industries include railroad shops, bridge works, gristmills, automobile factories, foundry and machine shops, steel works, etc. It is the seat of Thiel College. Pop. (1910) 5,909; (1920) 8,101.
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a city and county-seat of Greenville co., S. C.; on the Southern and the Charleston and West Carolina railroads; 153 miles N. W. of Columbia. It is the seat of Furman University, Greenville College for Women, Chicora College, Greenville Female College, a military institute, and a business college. Its industries include the manufacture of cotton, wagons, underwear, etc. It has waterworks, electric lights, several newspapers, and 2 National banks. Pop. (1910) 15,741; (1920) 23,127.
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a city and countyseat of Darke co., O., on Greenville creek, and the Cincinnati Northern, Da ton and Union, and the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railroads; 35 miles N. of Dayton. It is noted as the site of Anthony Wayne's treaty with the Indians. There are waterworks, electric lights, grain elevators, 3 National banks, a public library, daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 6,237; (1920) 7,104.
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a city of North Carolina, the county-seat of Pitt co. It is on the Tar river, and on the Norfolk Sou Southern and the Atlantic Coast railroads. It is the center of an important tobacco, cotton, and corn-growing district, and its industries include tobacco factories, cotton mills, and cottonseed-oil mills. It is the seat of the East Carolina Teachers' Training School. Pop. (1910) 4,101; (1920) 5,772.
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a city of Texas, the county-seat of Hunt co. It is on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the Texas Midland, and the St. Louis Southwestern railroads. It is the center of an important agricultural region. Its industries include cottonseed-oil mills, cotton compresses, etc. It is the seat of Burleson College, College, V Wesley College, and Holiness University. Pop. (1910) 8,850; (1920) 12,384.
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a city of , tonssissippi Mississippi co. the county-seat of Washington is on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley, and the Southern in Mississippi railroads. The city has river connection with various ports. It has a large trade in cotton. Its industries include cottonseed oil mills, cotton compresses, and lumber mills. Its public institutions include parks and playgrounds, a public library, and the King's Daughters' Home. and Pop. (1910) 9,610; (1920) 11,560.
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a borough of Connecticut, in a town of the same name, in Fairfield co. It is entirely a residential place and contains many beautiful private residences. Pop. borough, (1910) 3,886; (1920) 5,939. Pop. town, (1910) 16,463; (1920) 22,123.
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