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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 7 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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EDWARDSVILLE , a

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BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of Luzerne

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COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

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Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the

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BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Susquehanna

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RIVER

river, adjoining

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close to the north-western limits of Wilkes-

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Barre (on the opposite

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side of the river), in the north-eastern

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PART

part of the

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state; the

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OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official name of the

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POST

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OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office,is Edwardsdale . Pop . (189o), 3284; (1900), 5165, of whom 2645 were

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FOREIGN

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BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910

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CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census), 8407 . It is served by the electric

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LINE

line of the Wilkes-Barre &

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WYOMING

Wyoming Valley

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TRACTION (Lat. trahere, to draw)

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COAL

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MINING

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BREWING

brewing are the

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CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

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INDUSTRIES

industries . Edwardsville was incorporated in 1884 .

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