These 23 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Sourakarta, South Amboy, South America.
or SOLO, a town of Java, capital of the province of the same name (area, 2,404 square miles; pop. about 1,750,000), 140 miles W. S. W. of Sourabaya. It has manufactures of cotton and other tissues, leather, etc. Pop. about 125,000.
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a city of New Jersey, in Middlesex co. It is on the Raritan river and bay, directly opposite Perth Amboy, and on the Pennsylvania, the Central of New Jersey, and the Raritan River railroads. It is an important manufacturing city and has pottery, He was a friend of the Earl of Essex, ta, underwear, cigars, and brick , terra cotta Pop. (1910) 7,007; manufactures. (1920) 7,897. SOUTH AMERICA. See AMERICA.
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. See America ; Andes ; Amazon , and various South American countries, cities, animals, plants, and productions.
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now joined to Bethlehem, formerly a borough in North-in ampton co., Pa.; on the Philadelphia and Reading, the Lehigh Valley, and the Central of New Jersey railroads; 57 miles N. W. of Philadelphia. It contains LE- HIGH UNIVERSITY, Moravian College for Women, St. Luke's Hospital, waterworks, street railroad and electric lights, National and private banks, and several ily and weekly newspapers. Here are daily the Bethlehem Steel Works and manufactories of brass goods, machinery, coke, zinc, brick, etc. Pop. (1910) 19,973; (1920) 23,522.
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England and Wales, as distinguished from Scotland, popularly called North Britain.
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UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational non-sectarian institution in Columbia, S. C.; founded in 1801; reported at the close of 1919; Professors and instructors, 37; students, 508; president, W. S. CARRELL, LL.D.
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UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational non-sectarian institution in Vermilion, S. D., founded in 1883; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 64; students, 825; president, R. L. Slagel, Ph.D.
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a British island in the South Atlantic Ocean, uninhabited, and almost perpetually ice-bound; nearly 800 miles E. by S. of the Falkland Isles, of which it is a dependency; area 1,000 square miles. Discovered in 1675, it was taken possession of by Captain Cook in 1775; and here in 1882-1883 lived the German expedition for observing the transit of Venus.
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a town in Massachusetts, in Hampshire co. It is on the Connecticut river. Its industries include the manufacture of writing paper, brick, cotton goods, lumber products, etc. It is the seat of Mount Holyoke College. Pop. (1910) 4,894; (1920) 5,527.
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the lower of the two large islands which, with the small Stewart Island, form the British colony of New Zealand.
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a ston, the county-seat, and several other villages. It is on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford, and the Narragansett Pier railroads. It has manufactories of woolen and worsted goods. The village of Kingston is the seat of the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. It is the center of an important farming region and has also extensive fishing interests. Pop. (1910) 5,176; (1920) 5,181.
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a city of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee co. It is on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. Its industries include the manufacture of steam shovels, dredges, mineral wool, veneers, electrical appliances, etc. Pop. (1910) 6,092; (1920) 7,598.
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a ridge of the Alleghanies, near Middletown, Frederick co., Md.; the scene of a battle, Sept. 14, 1862, between the Union troops, under General Reno, composed of Reno's and Hooker's corps of General McClellan's army, and the Confederates, about 30,000 strong, under Generals Hill and Longdesperate street, in which, after a struggle continuing throughout the day, the Union forces were victorious. General Reno was killed in the action.
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formerly a city of Connecticut, incorporated in 1913 with NORWALK (q. v.).
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a village of New Jersey, in Essex co. It is on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad. It is entirely a residential place and has many handsome private residences. It is the seat of Seton Hall College. Pop. (1910) 6,014; (1920) 7,274.
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a city of California, in Los Angeles co. It is on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fé Coast Line, the Salt Lake Route, and the Pacific Electric and Southern Pacific railroads. It is the center of an important fruit-growing region and has large ostrich farms. Pop. (1910) 4,649; (1920) 7,652.
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a city of Maine, in Cumberland co. It is on the Fore river and is opposite Portland, with which it is connected by a ferry and four bridges. Its industries include iron works, acid works, ship, railway, and machine shops, etc. It is the seat of the State School for Boys. Pop. ( 1910) 7,471; (1920) 9,254.
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a borough of New Jersey, in Middlesex co. It is on the South river and on the Raritan River railroad. Its chief industries are the manufacture of bricks, clay products, and fire-proofing materials. Pop . (1910) 4,772; (1920) 6,596.
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a city of Minnesota, in Dakota co. It is on the Mississippi river, and on the Chicago Great Western, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and other railroads. It is the center of an important stock-raising region and has extensive meat-packing establishments, car foundries, tanneries,
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a group of islands in the Antarctic Ocean, S. of South America, on the Antarctic circle; originally discovered by a Dutch seaman named Dirk Cherrits in 1599. The islands are uninhabited, and covered with snow the greater part of the year.
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or VIC- TORIA LAND, the eastern portion of the Victoria quadrant of Antarctic land. It is within the 160th and 170th meridian E. from about lat. 70° to beyond lat. 83° S. It is mountainous and covered with snow and contains the volcanoes Terror and Erebus. The Magnetic South Pole is near the northern extremity. Ross visited Victoria land in 1841, and knowledge covering it gradually increased till it was mapped in 1899 by Borchgrevink. Shackleton have Nordenskjöld, Scott, and more recently explored it.
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an important port on the southern coast of England. It lies at the head of Southampton Bay. In amount of tonnage Southampton is the sixth port in the United Kingdom . It is the home port of several lines of steamships. It corresponds on the British coast to Havre on the French coast. The heavy freights between London and Paris are transported usually by this route. Southampton is also a port of call for the North German Lloyd line of steamships. Southampton is an ancient town. The Romans are supposed to have made a landing here. Richard the Lion-Hearted embarked here for the Third Crusade. More than one English Armada destined for descent on France set sail from Southampton. The Mayflower, the ship of the Pilgrim Fathers, set sail, it may be remembered, from Southampton in 1620.
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