Keene (City and county-seat)
city and county-seat of Checounty-c shire co., N. H.; on the Ashuelot river and the the Boston and Maine railroad; 50 miles S. W. Maine s of Concord, the State capital. capita rd, the Sta It is the trade center for an important er for farming and manufacturing section; is surrounded acturing by high hills, a part of the Monadnock hills, a mountains 10 miles distant; as 10 mile and contains the railway repair shops, iway roj public high school with full college preparatory ith course, Unitarian Invalids' Units Home, Elliot City Hospital, and several ospital manufacturies of woolen and flannel goods, machinery, woodenware, etc. Pop. ( 1910) 10,068; (1920) 11,210. (1
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Keene (LAURA an American acan)
LAURA, an American acan American tress; born in England, in 1820. She nd, in 1820. S came to the United States in 1852. She ces in 1852. S was for a time manager of the Varieties of the Variet Theater in New York, and 1855-1863 and 1855-18 was the lessee of the Olympic, at first Olympic, at Acalled "Laura Keene's Theater." She ne's Theater." S produced "Our American Cousin," with erican Cousin," wi Jefferson and Sothern in the cast. It was In in the cast. It w while witnessing this play at Ford's This play at Fore Theater in Washington that President gton that Preside Lincoln was assassinated. She died in inated. She died Montclair, N. J., Nov. 4, 1873. v. 4, 1878.
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Keep
in castles of the old type, a of the old type, kind of strong tower, to which the beer, to which the b sieged retreated and made their last nd made their la efforts of defense.
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Keeve
a large vessel or ssel or vat use (1) For mashing, fermenting, or storing vat used: . ating, or storin beer (2) For holding a bleaching liquor or alkaline bleaching liqu lye; same as keir. (3 keir. (3) F. elevating ores; same as corf. (4) An ) For ironcorf. (4) A bound tub of a truncate, conical runcate, conic form, set on the smaller end, and used for md, and use collecting the fine grains of copper. of coppe ine
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Kehl
a town of the former grand-duchy of Baden, immediately opposite Strasburg , and 10 miles N. W. of Offenburg. Kehl was formerly a for tress. It was ceded by France to Baden in 1697, taken by the French in 1703, 1733, 1793, and 1796; by the Austrians, also, in the latter, and again taken by the French in the year following . After the peace its fortifications were dismantled. Pop. about 5,000.
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Keighley
a market and manufacturing town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on the Aire, 9 miles N. W. of Bradford and 17 W. N. W. of Leeds. Manufactures worsted and woolen goods, worsted spinning machinery, and sewing and washing machines. Pop. (1917) 40,575. KEI (kā) RIVER, GREAT, a river of South Africa, which in 1848 was made the boundary between Cape Town and Kaffraria.
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Keingala
The weatherwise mare of Asmund in the saga of Grettir the Strong. Her master believed in her weather prophecies, and, in setting his second son, Grettir, to look after the horses, told him to be guided by Keingala, who would always return to the stable before a storm. As she persisted in remaining on the cold hillside, grazing on the scanty grass till the lad was nearly frozen with cold, Grettir determined to make her return home regardless of the weather. One morning before turning out the horses he tore off a long strip of her skin from wither to flank. This had the effect of making the mare soon seek her stable ; and the same thing occurring the next day, no storm impending, Asmund himself let out the horses, when he discovered what had been done.
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Keiskama
a river in South Africa, formerly the boundary between Cape Colony and British Kaffraria.
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Keith
JAMES, known as MARSHAL
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Keith
a Russian and Prussian military officer; born rear Peterhead, Scotland, June 11, 1696. He studied law at Aberdeen and Edinburgh; in 1715 engaged with his brother in the Jacobite rising, and in 1719 in Alberoni's expedition to the West Highlands, which ended in the "battle" of Glenshiel, Ross -shire. Both times the brothers escaped to the Continent; and James held for nine years a Spanish colonelcy and took part in the siege of Gibraltar (1726-1727). But his creed, the Episcopal, was against him; and in 1728 he entered the Russian service as a major-general. He distinguished himself in the wars with Turkey and Sweden, particularly at the siege of Otchakoff (1737) and the reduction of the Aland Islands (1743). In 1747, finding the Russian service disagreeable, he exchanged it for that of Prussia. Fred erick the Great made him a Field Marshal. He displayed his great ability when the Seven Years War (1756) broke out. He shared Frederick's doubtful fortunes before Prague, was present at the victories of Lobositz and Rossbach, and conducted the masterly retreat from O1mütz. He was killed at the battle of Hochkirch, Oct. 14, 1758.
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Kelantan
an eastern native state of Malay Peninsula, ruled by a native Sultan. The land is well cultivated and produces tapioca, rice, copra and resin . There is also considerable wealth of rubber. The mineral wealth of the state is largely in British hands. The manufactures include silk, bricks , and some shipbuilding. Capital, Kota Bharu. Pop. about 300,000. KELÁT, KHELAT, or KALAT (kelät), the capital of Baluchistan, at an elevation of more than 7,000 feet ; it is a place of great military importance . It was occupied by England (1839-1841 ); and in 1877 a treaty was concluded with the khan by which a British agent, with military escort, became resident at the court of Kelát. In 1888 Kelát was formally incorporated with the Indian empire as a British possession. Pop. about 25,000.
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Kelat-I-Ghilzai
a fortress of Afghanistan, 75 miles N. E. of Kandahar.
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Kellaways Rock
the name given to highly fossiliferous beds of sand and calcareous sandstones which occur near the base of the Oxford clay.
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Keller (GOTTFRIED a German poet)
GOTTFRIED, a German poet and novelist; born in Zürich, July 19, 1819. Original in execution , he was a keen observer , genuinely artistic, and with a strong sense of humor . In his best vein he goes straight to the heart. His works include "Complete Poems" (3d ed. 1888). Of his novels, "Seldwyla best. Folk" (1856) is ("Works," died in Zürich, July 16, 1890. one of the s," 11 vols., 1889-1893.) He She was deaf,
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