Trieste
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Trieste. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Italy and most considerable trading town on the Adri atic; at the head of the Gulf of Trieste, an arm of the Gulf of Venice; 370 miles S. S. W. of Vienna. In 1849 it was constituted an imperial free city, and attached and belonging to it is a territory 36 square miles in extent. The city of Trieste, in which the population of the district is almost wholly amassed, consists of the old town, the new town, or Theresienstadt, and two suburbs, Josefstadt and Franzenstadt. The old town, built on the slope of a steep hill, crowned by a castle (1508-1680), is distinguished by its narrow streets and black walls. It contains the cathedral, a Byzantine edifice built between the 5th and 14th centuries, into the walls of which stones bearing Roman inscriptions and carving have been built, and the tower of which is said to rest on the foundation of a temple of Jupiter. The new town, with broad streets built in regular parallelograms and handsome houses, occupies the plain that fronts the sea. Between these two divisions runs the Corso, the chief thoroughfare. The Tergesteo (1840), in the new town, is a splendid modern edifice, containing an exchange and reading rooms, and the offices of the Austrian Lloyd's. Trieste, which from 1719 till July 1, 1891, was a free port, has a very fine new harbor (1868-1883). The manufactures are very extensive, including ship-building, rope-making, and the manufacture of soap, rosoglio, white lead, leather, etc. A great agricultural Pop. (1910) 157,765, nearly all Catholics, C and mostly Italian-speaking. Trieste, the ancient Tergeste or Ter gestum, was of importance under the Romans, and first receives historical mention 51 B. C., when it was overrun and plundered by neighboring tribes. In 1382 it passed finally into the hands of Austria. It owes its prosperity chiefly to the Emperor Charles VI., who constituted it a free port, and to Maria the title of the "Most Loyal of Towns." Charles Lever and Sir Richard Burton were consuls there. The city suffered heavily in the World War from bombardment. In 1918 it was united to Italy.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
the chief seaport of AustriaHungary. It is situated on a branch of the Adriatic opposite Venice. The population, about 205,000, is chiefly Italian. There are manufactures of soap, candles, leather, and naval stores .