Hannibal (City in Marion co)
a city in Marion co., the Mississippi river, here Mo., on iron railroad spanned by an iron railroad bridge, and on the Burlington, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and the St. Louis and Hannibal railroads; 110 miles N. W. of St. Louis. It has steamship communications with all important river ports, and manufactures lime, lumber, machinery, flour, planing mill products, foundry products and supplies, etc. public library, public high school, the St. Mary's Academy, Riverview Park School, electric lights, and street railways, and daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 18,341; (1920) 19,306.
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Hannibal (He was engaged in Sicily)
He was engaged in Sicily during the first Punic war. He used to say of his three sons that he kept three lions to devour the Roman power.
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Hanno
a king or magistrate of Carthage who undertook a celebrated voyage of discovery along the W. coast of Africa between 570 b. c. and 470 b. c. His expedition is said to have consisted of 60 ships; he founded numerous colonies or trading-stations, and proceeded as far S. as a point that has been variously identified with places between Cape Nun and the Bight of Benin. On his return to Carthage he inscribed an account of his voyage on a tablet, and placed it in the temple of Moloch. It seems to have been written in the Punic language; the version of it which remains, entitled the "Periplus of Hanno," is only a Greek translation.
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Hanon-Tramp
The name given by the Germans to a certain kind of nightmare (q.v.). This particular nightmare takes the form of a demon, which suffocates people during sleep. It is believed by the French peasantry that this is "the destruction that wasteth at noon-day," as it is supposed that people are most exposed to its attacks at that time Its method of suffocation is to press on the breast and thus impede the action of the lungs. Hansen, Mr., of Copenhagen: (See Telepathy .)
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Hanover (Borough of Pennsylvania)
a borough of Pennsylvania, in York co. It is on the Pennsylvania and the Western Maryland railroads. It is in the center of an important agricultural and iron-ore region. Its industries include the manufacture of cigars, gloves, silks, water wheels, flour, shoes, furniture, wire cloth, etc. The borough has a public library, and a handsome high school, and two parks. Pop. (1910) 7,057; (1920) 8,664.
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Hanover (Capital of the Prussian)
capital of the Prussian province of Hanover, situated in an extensive plain on the Leine, which here receives the Ihme and becomes navigable. The old town, irregularly built with many antiquated buildings, is surrounded by the handsome new quarters which have arisen to the N., E., and S. E. The principal buildings are the Market Church, the Old Town House, the Theater, one of the finest in Germany, the Royal Palace, the Museum of Art and Science, the Royal Library, the Waterloo Monument, etc. About a mile to the N. W. W. is Schloss Herrenhausen, the favorite residence of George I., George II., and George V. Near the town is the colossal Welfenschloss, or palace of the Guelphs. Hanover prior to the World War was a manufacturing town of some importance, had cottonspinning, machine works, iron foundries, chemical works, tobacco and cigar factories, etc. Hanover is first mentioned in 1163. It joined the Hanseatic League in 1481. It became the residence of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and capital of the principality in 1636. Pop. about 313,000.
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Hanover College
a coeducational institution in Hanover, Ind., founded in 1828 under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church, reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 14; students, 224; president, W. A. Millis, LL. D.
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Hanseatic League
a celebrated confederacy formed in the 13th century between certain commercial towns, with the view at once of restraining the rapacity of kings and nobles, and clearing the Elbe, the German Ocean, and other places from the pirates and robbers by which they were then infested. Becoming powerful, the League concluded treaties with monarchs, raised troops, and made war, as if it had been an independent political power. At the time when the League flourished most, it consisted of 85 confederate towns. It gave a powerful impulse to commerce, and when in 1631 it in large measure fell to pieces, it left behind various free republics which continued for a long period of time.
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Hants
a county of England on the southern coast. It includes the Isle of Wight, and has an area of 1,645 square miles. The surface is irregular and is traversed by the North and South Downs. The chief rivers are the Test, the Anton, the Itchen, and the Avon. It is an important agricultural county. Hops are an important crop and extensive truck farming is carried on. The chief centers of trade are Southampton and Portsmouth. The capital is Winchester. Pop. about 1,000,000.
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Hapgood
ISABELLA FLORENCE, an American translator and writer; born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 21, 1851. She published "The Epic. Songs of Russia," "Russian Rambles," "A Survey of Russian Literature" (1902); "Service Book of the Orthodox Catholic Church" (1906), etc. Is well known as a translator of the works of Gogol, Hugo, and other great European writers.
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Hapgood
NORMAN, an American journalist; born in Chicago, Ill., March 28, 1868. He was graduated at Harvard, the Harvard Law School, and studied literature in Europe. He became dramatic critic for the New York "Commercial Advertiser" and "Bookman," and published "Literary Statesmen" "Abraham Lincoln" (1897); (1899); "Daniel Webster" (1899); "The Stage in America" (1901); "Industry and Progress" (1911). In 1903 he became editor of "Collier's Weekly" and subsequently of "Harper's Weekly." He served as Minister to Denmark in 1919.
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Happy Valley, The
The, in Dr. Johnson's Rasselas, a peaceful garden where the Prince of Abyssinia lived. It could be reached only through a cave in a rock, and the difficulty of leaving it was as great as that of reaching it. See Rasselas
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Harar
a city of Africa, the country of in the Gallas, about 200 miles W. S. W. of Berberah ; on the slopes of the mountains which surround it, Mount Hakim on the W. rising to 8,400 feet. It is fenced with a low wall and forts, the wall being pierced by five gates. The streets are simply waterchannels crossing the uneven surface; the houses are partly stone edifices, partly huts. In the neighborhood are fine banana groves and coffee gardens. Coffee, hides, cattle, and a dyestuff called wars, are the principal objects of commerce. Harar, which was converted to Islam in 152 1521, was formerly the capital of an independent state. In 1875 it was conquered by the Egyptians, who, however, handed it back to its native emir the same year. Pop. composed of native Harari (nearly one-half), Gallas, Somali and Abyssinians .
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