These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Mount Carmel, Mount Carmel, Mount Clemens.
a borough in Northumberland co., Pa.; on the Philadelphia and Reading, the Lehigh Valley, and the Northern Central railroads. It contains a National bank, and daily and weekly newspapers. In the vicinity are several extensive anthracite coal mines. Pop. (1910) 17,532; (1920) 17,469.
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a city of Illinois, the county-seat of Wabash co. Situated on the Wabash river and on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, and the Southern railroads. It is 35 miles N. W. of Evansville. The city has a court house, excellent public library, and a high school There are railroad shops and manufactories of ice, lumber, flour, etc. The city is the center of an important agricultural region. Pop. (1910) 6,934; (1920) 7,456.
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a of Michigan, the county-seat of Macomb co., 20 It is on the miles N. E. of Detroit. Clinton river and on the Grand Trunk railroad. It has important mineral springs, and for this reason, and on account of its beautiful situation, has become in recent years an important summer resort. The city has a library and several large hotels. Its chief industries are beet sugar, carriages, wagons, automobiles, typewriters, and agricultural implements. Pop. (1910) 7,707; (1920) 9,488.
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a mountainous island in the Atlantic, belonging to Hancock co., Me., off the coast; was settled by the French in 1608. It is 14 miles long and 7 miles wide. Soames's Sound divides it nearly in two. Bar Harbor, Northeast and Southwest Harbors, Soamesville, Seal Cove, and East Eden are the villages. The island abounds in beautiful little lakes, and is a favorite summer resort. Pop. about 2,000.
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a town in New Jersey, the county-seat of Burlington co., about 20 miles E. of Philadelphia. It is situated on Rancocas creek and on the Pennsylvania railroad. It contains a Children's Home, the Burlington County Hospital, and the Burlington County Lyceum. Its chief industrial products are shoes, machine-shop products, foundry products, leather goods, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,652; (1920) 5,945.
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an educational, non-sectarian institution for women in South Hadley, Mass.; founded in 1837; reported at the close of 1919: , 133; stu- Professors and instructors dents, 815; volumes in the library, 72,- 352; productive funds, $1,425,640; in- Vol. VI-Cyc-V come, $70,028; number of graduates, 3,370; president, Miss Mary Emma Woolley, Litt. D., L. H. D., LL. D.
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a suburb of the city of Pittsburgh in Allegheny co., Pa. Pop. (1910) 4,231; (1920) 5,575.
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a borough of Pennsylvania in Westmoreland co., about 70 miles S. W. of Pittsburgh. It is situated on the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania railroads. It contains the Western Pennsylvania Classical and Scientific Institute and is the center of important coke-making industry. There are also manufactories of flour, iron, foundry products, glass, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,812; (1920) 5,862.
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a town of New York in Westchester co., about 25 miles N. of New York City. It is situated on the Hudson river and on the New York Central and Hudson River railroad. The town includes the villages of North Tarrytown, Pleasantville, Sherman Park, and a portion of Briar Cliff Manor. Within its limits are the Westchester County Hospital, St. Joseph's Normal School, and other important educational institutions and hospitals. There are important manufacturing industries, including automobiles.
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a mountain in central Africa. It is on the boundary between the Belgian Congo and British East Africa. It includes several ridges and peaks. It was discovered in 1888 by Stanley. The Duke of the Abruzzi, in 1906, climbed the two highest peaks, which he called respectively Alexandra and Margherita. The first is 16,750 feet and the second 16,816 feet high.
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a coeducational institution in Alliance, 0.; founded in 1846 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919. Professors and instructors, 20; students, 334; president, W. H. McMaster, D. D., A. M.
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a city in Westchester co., N. Y.; on the Bronx river, and on the New York Central and Hudson River, the New York, New Haven, and Hartford, and the New York, Westchester and Boston railroads, 13 miles N. of New York. Here are a public library, hospital, gas and electric lights, several National banks, an electric street railroad system, and daily and weekly newspapers. The city includes the suburb of Chester Hill, the former village of Mount Vernon, and a part of the town the of Eastchester. Most of the city has a high elevation and commands an excel- There lent view of Long Island Sound. are a number of important manufacturing industries. It has many beautiful residences. Pop. (1910) 30,919; (1920) 7 42,726.
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a city of Illinois, the county-seat of Jefferson co., about 75 miles E. of St. Louis, Mo. It is situated on the Louisville and Nashville, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, the Southern, and the Wabash, Chester, and Western railroads. The city contains a court house, a library, and a park. Its chief industries are coal mining, agriculture, car and machine-shop products, glass, hosiery, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,007; (1920) 9,815. ods
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a city of Indiana, the county-seat of Posey co., about 20 miles W. of Evansville. It is situated on the Ohio river and on the Louisville and Nashville and the Chicago and Eastern railroads. It has a court house, house, a library, and manufactories of flour, lumber, engines, foundry and machine-shop products. It is the center of an important agricultural region. Pop. (1910) 5,563; (1920) 5,284.
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a peak of the White Mountains, in Coos co., N. H.; about 85 miles N. by E. of Concord; height, 6,285 feet above sea-level, being not only the culmination of the White Mountains, but the highest land in New England. The summit is reached by a railroad. MT. WILSON SOLAR OBSERVA- TORY, near Pasadena, Cal., at an elevation of 5,886 feet. It was built in 1904, as an expedition from the Yerkes Observatory, by the Carnegie Foundation, and contains a Snow horizontal tele lent by Yerkes Observatory. Prof. George E. Hale, who was instrumental in having the observatory built, is the director. The clear atmosphere of Mt. Wilson makes it a very desirable spot for solar observations.
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