La Follette
ROBERT M., re-elected to the Senate for the term 1923-29, having the support not only of the Republican party of his state, but of the Socialists, the labor unions, and the Non-Partisan League.
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These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as La Follette, La Fourche, La Grange.
La Fourche
a bayou in law authority. He was born in Brus- Brus- Southeastern Louisiana, an outlet of sels in 1854 and received his education ducation the Mississippi, which begins at Donaldmainly in his native city, entering the ing the sonville, on the right bank and flows profession of law. In course of time he time be S. E. to the Gulf of Mexico, with a total became professor of international law nal low length of 150 miles. It is navigable by and senator and director of the Inter- Inter steamboats 100 miles from its mouth. national Bibliographical Institute, Brus- , Brunsels. In 1913 he won the Nobel Peace el Pence
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La Grange
a city of Georgia, in Troup co. It is on the Atlanta and West Point, the Atlanta, Birmingham, and Atlantic, and the Macon and Birmingham railroads. Its industries include cotton and cotton -seed oil mills , and a creamery. It is the seat of two women's colleges. Pop . (1910) 5,587; (1920) 7,038. a
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La Grita
a town in Venezuela, beautifully located in a valley 6,000 feet above the sea level. The country about it is fertile, the principal crops being wheat, sugar cane, and tobacco. It is in a zone troubled by frequent earthquakes. Pop. about 26,000.
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La Guaira
a city in Venezuela, on the Caribbean Sea. It was founded in 1588 and is now the most important place in the republic, commercially. A British -German fleet blockaded the town in 1912, to enforce claims on the government. Pop. about 18,000.
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La Guayra
la-gwi ra, a seaport of Venezuela. It is situated on the Caribbean Sea . The harbor has been protected by a breakwater. A railway leads up to Caracas, five miles distant. The population (1910) was about 11,000. La Guayra is the port of Caracas. About half of the foreign commerce is carried on at this port. American, British, French, Dutch, Spanish, German, and Italian ships call at the wharves. They bring cotton, silks, woolens, clothing, flour, rice, kerosene, wine, machinery, and hardware. They take away cargoes of coffee, cacao, rubber, hides, and cattle. Over $1,000,000 worth of gold is shipped yearly. Minor exports are pearls, asphalt, boxwood, and herons' feathers. See Venezuela
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La Hague
the N. W. extremity of the peninsula of Cotentin , in the N. of France, over against Alderney of the Channel Islands . It is crowned by a lighthouse , 158 feet high. This must not be confounded with LA HOGUE (q. v.).
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La Harpe
JEAN FRANÇOIS DE (lä ärp), a French writer ; born in Paris, France, Nov. 20, 1739. He first attracted attention in 1763 by a successful tragedy, "Warwick." His fame was further enhanced by a series of eloquent "Eulogies," and the plays "Mélanie," "Philoctetes," and " Coriolanus." His best known works are, however, his critical lectures, published in 12 vols. (1799-1805) as "Lyceum, or Course in Literature." His " Literary Correspondence," published in 1801, caused fierce controversies. The Revolution at first aroused his enthusiasm; but after five months' imprisonment for refusing to countenance the methods of the extremsts he became a firm supporter of Church and crown. A posthumous work, "Cazotte's Vision," must be ranked among the best achievements of his pen. He died in Paris, Feb. 11, 1803.
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La Paz
a city of Bolivia, the seat of the department of La Paz. Latitude, 16$ 30' S. It is situated in the Andes, about forty-five miles by road southeast of Lake Titicaca, at an elevation 12,250 feet above sea level. Imposing cliffs rise 1,000 feet behind the town. The city was founded by the Spaniards in 1548; in 1605 it was made a bishopric. A cathedral founded in that year is one of the most imposing buildings in South America . Other buildings are the Jesuit Church of San Francisco , the University, and a palace occupied by the president when La Paz was the capital of Bolivia. The city is an important educational and church center. It enjoys a trade in copper, silver, tin, gold, grain, potatoes, sugar, coffee, and forest products, and is a distributing point for plantation, mining, grazing, Indian, and forest supplies. The streets are steep. A shaded promenade is maintained. The climate, despite the nearness to the equator, is said to be cooler in summer, and, despite the elevation, warmer in winter, than Paris. Population, about 12,000.
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La Plata
a city of Argentina. It is situated on the wide La Plata, here an estuary of the ocean, about twenty-four miles southeast of Buenos Ayres . When the capital of Argentina was located definitely in Buenos Ayres, then the seat of the province of that name, the local legislature of the province decided to found a new city for a provincial capital which should be independent of the national capital. A sandy shore was selected. The city was founded in 1882. The streets were laid off in squares, intersected by diagonals, after the manner of Washington, D. C. Forty million dollars were expended in provincial buildings. A cathedral, museum, astronomical observatory, and other institutional buildings were erected. The growth of the city has been phenomenal. It is now the focus of the Argentine railway system, and is the chief port of the republic. Enormous elevators, warehouses, and wharves are busy transferring meats, hides, wheat, butter, wool, ores, forest products, linseed, and fruits, to steamships. Ships come to La Plata and Buenos Ayres not only from the United States , but from the United Kingdom , Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, and Italy, and are laden yearly with nearly $300,000,000 worth of foods, beverages, oils, textiles, paper, iron, carriages, hardware, pottery, electrical apparatus, and chemicals, needed by the cities, ranches, farms, and forests of the republic.
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La Plata
la-pla'ta, a river of South America . The name is Spanish signifying the broad. It is really a tidal estuary into which the united waters of the Uruguay and the Parana flow. It is 143 miles wide at its mouth and is about 190 miles long. It discharges a volume of water comparable with that of the Amazon. Harbors are few. That of Montevideo is the only safe anchorage on the northern shore. Buenos Ayres and La Plata are on the Argentine shore. The La Plata is a magnificent ocean gateway, rivaling the St. Lawrence.
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