Offa's Dyke
an entrenchment extending along the border of England and Wales, from the N. coast of Flintshire, on the estuary of the Dee, through Denbigh, Montgomery, Salop, Radnor, and Hereford, into Gloucestershire, where its S. termination is near the mouth of the Wye. In some places it is nearly obliterated by cultivation; in others it is of considerable height. Nearly parallel with it, about 2 miles to the E., is Watt's Dyke, which, however, seems never to have been so great a work. Offa, King of Mercia, is said to have erected Watt's Dyke in 765 to keep back the Welsh, and Offa's Dyke a few years later.
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Offenbach
a manufacturing town of Hesse-Darmstadt, on the S. bank of the Main, 5 miles S. E. of Frankfort. Before the World War among its industrial products were chemicals, fancy leather goods, machines, and carriages. The schloss was a residence of the princely house of Isenburg-Birstein. Pop. about 80,000.
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Ogden
ROBERT CURTIS, an American capitalist and merchant; born in Philadelphia, Pa., 1836; died New York City, 1913. He was educated in a private school and at Yale. From 1885, until he retired, in 1907, he was a member of the firm of John Wanamaker. During his life he was much interested in education and was a trustee of Tuskegee Institute, in Alabama, president Southern Education Board, Conference for Educa tion in the South, and president and trustee of Hampton Institute.
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Ogden (City and county-seat of Weber)
a city and county-seat of Weber co., Utah; at the junction of the Weber and Ogden rivers, and on the Oregon Short Line, the Southern Pacific, the Rio Grande Western, the Salt Lake and Ogden and the Union Pacific railroads, 37 miles N. of Salt Lake City. It is the seat of the Weber Stake Academy (Mormon), Sacred Heart Academy, the State Industrial School, the State School for the Blind, and the State School for the Deaf and Dumb. Here are street railroads, electric lights, National and private banks, parks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. The industries comprise mining, iron founding, flour and lumber milling, brewing, and the manufacture of boots and shoes, woolen goods, brooms, vinegar, and other commodities. In Ogden Canon are works and also the city's large powder large powder electric light plant. The streets are wide and well kept, and the buildings substantial. Pop. (1910) 25,580; (1920) 32,804.
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Ogden (II)
ROBERT MORRIS, an American educator, born in Binghamton, N. Y., in 1877. Graduated from Cornell University in 1901 and afterward studied in Germany. He was associate professor of psychology in the University of Mis souri in 1903-1905, and was associate professor and professor of psychology and philosophy at the University of Texas, from 1909 to 1914. In latter years he was appointed professor of psychology in the University of Kansas, ansas, serving till 1916, when he became professor of education of Cornell University. He is a member of many psychological and philosophical societies and wrote and translated many works on psychology.
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Ogden (ROLLO an American journalist)
ROLLO, an American journalist, born Sand Lake, N. Y., 1856; educated Williams College and Union Theological Seminary and in 1881 was ordained a Presbyterian minister. For two years he was a missionary in Mexico City, then became pastor of the Case Avenue Church, Cleveland, Ohio. In 1887 he began his journalistic work in New York City, becoming editor of the New York "Evening Post" in 1903. In 1920 he left the "Post" to assume the associate editorship of the New York "Times."
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Ogdensburg
a city and port of entry in St. Lawrence co., N. Y.; at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and the Oswegatchie rivers, and on the New York Central and Hudson River and Rutland railroads; 175 miles N. N. W. of Albany. The city has a large river trade, and a steam ferry to Prescott, Canada; contains a United States government building, refuge for the aged, orphanage, academy, hospital, public library, street railroad and electric light plants, National and State banks, doors in 1872. After the lapse of a few daily and weekly newspapers and many years the present university assumed its fine public and private buildings. It has grain elevators, flour and lumber mills, leather factories. Manufactures of silk, curtain rods, clothing. Pop. (1910) 15,- 933; (1920) 14,609.
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Ogeechee
a river in Georgia which rises in Greene co., and empties into Ossabaw Sound, 17 miles S. of Savannah; length, about 200 miles. It is navigable for steamers in its lower waters.
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Ogg
FREDERICK AUSTIN, an American economist, born at Solsberry, Ind., in 1878. Graduated at DePauw University in 1899 and took post graduate courses at other universities. After several years spent in teaching in high schools and colleges, he became associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin in 1914, and full professor in 1917. He was a member of many economic and historical societies and was associate editor of the "American Political Science Review." He wrote "Saxon and Slav" (1903); "A Source Book of Medieval History" (1908); "Life of Daniel Webster" (1914); "National Progress 1907-1917" (The American Nation, Vol. 27, 1917).
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Oglesby
RICHARD JAMES, an American lawyer; born in Oldham co., Ky., July 25, 1824. He was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1845. He served as a 1st lieutenant in the Mexican War; in 1849 was among the goldseekers who made the overland trip to California, engaging in mining for two years. In 1851 he returned to Illinois and resumed law practice; was elected State Senator in 1860, but resigned to enter the army in the Civil War. He was colonel of the 8th Illinois Volunteers, and later Major- General. He was three times governor of Illinois, being first elected in 1864, reelected in 1872, and again in 1885. He was elected United States Senator in 1873 and served six years. He died in Elkhart, Ind., April 24, 1899.
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Oglethorpe
FORT, a defensive structure erected by General Oglethorpe in 1737, on St. Simon's Island, Ala., near the mouth of the Alabama river. It was the scene of considerable fighting during the Revolution, as well as the War of 1812. Now in ruins.
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