New Glasgow
a town in Pictou co., Nova Scotia; on the East river, and on the Intercolonial railroad; 9 miles S. E. of Pictou. It is in the heart of an immense coal and iron region; contains a high school, exhibition building, Y. M. C. A. building, many churches, and several chartered banks, and has important industries, including steel and iron mineral water and works, foundries, work wood working factories, etc. New Glasgow has a high altitude, a pure and bracing air, and is a popular summer resort. Pop. about 7,000.
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New Hanover
an island of the Bismarck archipelago; off the N. E. coast of New Guinea, with an area of 530 square miles.
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New Hebrides
a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, W. of the Fiji Islands, from lat. 13° to 20° S., long. 168° to 170° E.; area est. at 5,000 square miles. The largest ones are Mallicollo, and Espiritu Santo. One, Tanna, has an active volcano; and in consequence probably of volcanic action, Aurora, one of the most fertile, sank out of sight in 1871. Another violent volcanic outbreak occurred on Ambryn Island in 1913-1914. They are wooded and hilly, ebony and sandalwood being obtained; and their chief products are yams, bananas, cocoanuts, and sweet potatoes. The chief animal is a small pig, not larger when full grown than a rabbit. The native inhabitants, belonging to the Papuan race, were in general degraded and very ferocious, but have become more or less Christianized. These islands, according to the Anglo-French convention of 1906, under the control of two joint are French and British high commissions. Pop. about 75,000.
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New Iberia
a town in Louisiana; the parish-seat of Iberia parish. It is 125 miles W. of New Orleans, on the Bayou Teche and on the Morgan's Louisiana and Texas, the Franklin and Abbeville, and the New Iberia and Northern railroads. It is the center of an important agricultural district, devoted chiefly to the cultivation of sugar-cane, cotton, rice, corn, and other vegetables. It is also an industrial center. Its manufactories include shipyards, foundries, machine shops, knitting mills, etc. There are salt mines in the vicinity. Pop. (1910) 7,499; (1920) 6,278.
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New Ireland
now NEW MECKLEN- BURG, a long narrow island, belonging to the Bismarck (New Britain) Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, N. E. of New Guinea; area, about 4,900 square miles; length 300 miles; width, 15 miles. hills rise to 6,500 feet, and they and the whole of the interior are richly wooded. In 1884 a German protectorate was declared over the archipelago. An Australian force occupied the island in 1914 and the mandate over it was awarded by the Peace Conference to Australia in May, 1919. Chief town, Kalwieng. Pop. (native) about 28,000.
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New Kensington
a borough in Westmoreland co., Pa., 18 miles N. E. of Pittsburgh. It is on the Allegheny river and on the Pennsylvania railroad. It is the center of aluminum, steel, and iron foundries. There are also manufactories of glass and white lead. There are large deposits of coal in the neighborhood. The town contains municipal and school buildings and a general hospital. Pop. (1910) 7,707; (1920) 11,987.
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New Leon
or NUEVO LEON (nūa-vē lā-ōn), an inland State of Mexico; area, 25,032 square miles. It is mountainous but fertile, and lead, gold, silver, and salt are worked; capital Monterey, about 75,000. Pop. about 380,000.
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New London
a city, port of entry, one of the county-seats of New Lonand don co., Conn., on the Thames river, 3 miles from Long Island Sound, and on the New England, the New York, New Haven and Hartford, and the Central railroads; 50 E. of New Harmont roads: Shmileewonde County Historical Society Library, public library, hospital, parks, Connecticut College for Women, and Naval School of Instruction, United States naval station, electric street railroads, electric lights, National and State banks, daily and weekly newspapers, and waterworks. It has woolen mills, silk mills, iron foundry, sewing-silk mill, cottongins, lumber mills, hardware works, copper tube works, oil-engine works, and printing press works. New London is protected by Forts Trumbull and Griswold. The latter was the scene of a massacre in 1781, which is commemorated by a shaft 127 feet high. Pop. (1910) 19,659; (1920) 25,688.
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New Mecklenburg
an island formerly known as NEW IRELAND (q. v.), in the Bismarck archipelago, 350 miles N. E. of New Guinea. It has an area of about 5,000 square miles, consisting chiefly of mountains. Little is known of the interior. It is very thinly populated.
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New Motor, The
A strange machine constructed in 1854 by John Murray Spear (q.v.) at the instigation of the "Association of Electricizers," one of the bands of spirits by whom he was controlled. It was to derive its motive power from the magnetic store of nature, and was therefore to be as independent of artificial sources of energy as was the human body. The machine was hailed as a god-the Physical Saviour of the race," the "New Messiah "and a certain lady, in obedience to a vision, went to the High Rock (Lynn, Mass.) whereon stood the New Motor, and for two hours suffered birth-pangs," whereby she judged that the essence of her spiritual being was imparted to the machine. At the end of that time it was averred that pulsations were apparent in the motor. A. J. Davis expressed the belief that the design was the work of spirits of a mechanical turn of mind, but was of no practical value. The New Motor was finally smashed by the inhabitants of Randolph (N.Y.) whither it had been taken. In all it cost its builder some two thousand dollars. In common fairness to the Spiritualists it may be said that the majority had no sympathy whatever with such an absurd scheme.
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New Netherlands
the collective name of the early Dutch settlements in what is now New York State.
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New Orleans University
a coeducational institution in New Orleans, the auspices La.; founded in 1873 under Episcopal Church; reof the Methodist ported at the close of 1919: professors , 17; students, 400; voland instructors , 10,000; grounds and umes in the library 150,000; income buildings valued at $15 $ , $10 $35,000; endowment, $100,000; tive funds, $93,000; president, Charles M. Melden, D. D.
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