These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Monroe, Monrovia, Monsignore.
HARRIET, an American poet; born in Chicago, Ill., Dec. 23, 1860. She wrote "Columbian Ode" (1892), composed for the opening of the World's Columbian Exposition; "Valeria," etc. (1892); "John Wellborn Root" (1896); "Passing Show" (1903); "Dance of the Seasons" (1911); "You and I" (1914) Editor "Poetry" magazine since 1912.
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a city and county-seat of Monroe co., Mich.; on the Raisin river, and on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Detroit and Toledo Shore and Père Marquette railroads; 40 miles S. W. of Detroit. It contains a public library, high school, St. Mary's Academy, electric lights, National and other banks, and several weekly newspapers. There is a large trade in glass-sand and grain. The city city has foundries, machine shops, extensive nurseries, and tanneries, and large interests in lumber, grist, paper, woolen goods, plaster, etc. Here, after the battle of Raisin river, in 1813, between an American force and the English and Indians, several hundred American prisoners were massacred. Pop. (1910)
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a city of Louisiana, the parish-seat of Ouachita on the Ouachita river, the Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf, the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific, the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroads. It has government buildings, a sanitarium, city hall, good schools, and parks. There is a considerable trade in cotton, and there are cotton seed mills, cotton compressors, manufactories of automobiles, wagons, bricks, lumber, etc. Pop. (1910) 10,209; (1920) 12,675.
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FORT, the most extensive work of a defensive character in the United States, formerly known as Fortress Monroe. It is situated at the end of the peninsula of Old Point Comfort, Va., between the York and the James rivers. The work was begun in 1817 (the year of the election of President Monroe for whom it was named). At the outbreak of the Civil War, it covered an area of 65 acres; the garrison consisted of 300 men, and the ordinance comprised 400 great guns. It was known that the Confederates had designs upon the fort, and Butler, commander of the of Viriginia, made it his and reinforced the garrison. continued in possession till the war. Since then an important artillery school has been located
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PAUL, educator; born in North Madison, Ind., in 1869, attended Franklin College, Ind., and Chicago and Heidelberg universities. He became instructor of history at Columbia University, later speculating in education in its historic aspect, and lecturing at Yale and California universities as well as Columbia. During 1912-1913 reported on the condition of education in the Philippines. Edited "Encyclopedia of Education." His works include: "Source Book in the History of Education," and "Principles of Secondary Education."
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WILL SEYMOUR, educator; born Hunlock, Hu Pa., in 1863; attended Stanford, and Jena, Paris, and Leipsic universities, becoming in 1896 professor of psychology at the Massachusetts State Normal School, Westfield. Since 1909 has taught at the New Jersey State Normal School, Montclair. He lectured before many universities in the United States and abroad, and has been delegate to many congresses and expositions. His works include: "Poets and Poetry of the Wyoming Valley"; "Educational Labors of Henry Barnard"; "Commenius' School of Infancy"; "Turkey and the Turks"; "In Viking Land"; "Sicily, Garden of the Mediterranean"; "Bohemia and the Czechs"; "Bulgaria and her People." be
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the capital of Liberia It is situated on the mouth of the St. Paul river. It contains two colleges and is the seat of Protestant Episcopal bishop and of an American and a Roman Catholic mission. Its chief exports are palm oil, coffee, cocoa, dyewoods, and rubber. Prior to the World War a large portion of trade was done with Germany. Pop. about 6,000. MONS (môngs) (Bergen), the capital of the Belgian province of Hainault, on the Trouille, 38 miles S. S. W. of Brussels, formerly encircled by a line of fortifications. The Canal de Condé connects Mons with the Scheldt. The church of St. Waddru (1450-1589) is a masterpiece of Gothic; and there are a town hall (1458), a belfry (1662) 275 feet high, a good library, etc. The manufactures include woolen and cotton goods, cutlery, and sugar; while the vicinity forms an extensive coal field. Mons, occupying the site of one of Cæsar's camps, was made the capital of Hainault by Charlemagne in 804. Pop. about 28,000. Occupied by Germans during invasion of Belgium in 1914. Scene of first encounter betweer German armies and Anglo-French forces on Aug. 14, which led to the retreat of the Allies to the Marne. MONSIEUR (mo-syuh') (abbreviated M.; plural Messieurs, abbreviated MM.) used without any addition, formerly in France designated the king's eldest brother. In common use it answers both to the English sir and Mr.
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8 title of honor given to prelates of the Roman Catholic Church.
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SIR EDMUND JOHN, British diplomat, born at Charter Lodge, Kent, 1834. Educated at Eton and Balliol, Oxford. Connected with British legations at Paris, Florence, Washington, Hanover, and Brussels, until he resigned in 1865. Re-entered diplomatic service and was appointed consul at the Azores, 1869. Consul-general Hungary, 1871. Special agent in Dalmatia and Montenegro during Turkish War, 1876-1877. Afterward Minister to Uruguay, Argentine, Paraguay, Denmark, Greece, Bel gium, and ambassador to Austria 1893- 1896.' To France 1896-1904. Made a baronet in 1905. Died 1909.
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in India, a trade wind of great influence on the climate. From May to September a steady air current sets in from the southwest. It is laden with moisture from the Indian Ocean . The western slope of Hindustan and the valleys of the great rivers receive the greatest rainfall at this period. One point in lower Burmah received 805 inches in a recent year. A second monsoon from the northeast prevails from November to April. The monsoon region extends, with different dates, however, also to the Pacific as far as Japan. Before the application of steam to navigation the sailing master studied routes with reference to the direction and season of the monsoon. Steam has rendered him in a measure independent.
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a modification of the trade winds, operative from the Tropic of Cancer to lat. 7° S., and from the coast of Africa through the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal to Japan and the western Pacific. There are two monsoons, the southwestern and the northeastern. The latter prevails from October to April, and the former from April to October. The bursting of the monsoon commences the rainy season in India, the southwestern bringing that of Bombay and central India, and the northeastern that of Madras and other parts of the coast of the country. The monsoons are caused by the unequal heating of the land and water and of the several land masses themselves in the regions which they affect. They bring rain to countries which would degenerate into deserts. Also any similar wind blowing half the year in one direction and half in the other.
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