The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier Incorporated, 1999 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries A thirty-volume encyclopedia covering important world events while providing major new treatments of selected topics in various academic fields. |
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Page 132
... continued in importance . There were thousands of them serving beyond and between the railroads , particularly in the west where the railroads were widely separated . Most of these coaches also carried the U. S. mails . During the 19th ...
... continued in importance . There were thousands of them serving beyond and between the railroads , particularly in the west where the railroads were widely separated . Most of these coaches also carried the U. S. mails . During the 19th ...
Page 200
... continued in the modern coinage of certain countries , as in the seated figure of Bri- tannia on the current English pennies . The fifth period , 280 to 146 B. C. , marked the decline of many of the city and state coinages . The ...
... continued in the modern coinage of certain countries , as in the seated figure of Bri- tannia on the current English pennies . The fifth period , 280 to 146 B. C. , marked the decline of many of the city and state coinages . The ...
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... continued writing their views for several de- cades ) . A bolder political columnist was the hu- manitarian Heywood Broun , with his It Seems to Me column . In 1931 , Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen started an exposé column on ...
... continued writing their views for several de- cades ) . A bolder political columnist was the hu- manitarian Heywood Broun , with his It Seems to Me column . In 1931 , Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen started an exposé column on ...
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