NEWARK
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Licking county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., at the confluence of three forks of the Licking See also:river, on the Ohio See also:Canal, and 33 M
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E. by N. of See also:Columbus
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Pop
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(1890) 14,270; (1900) 18,157, of whom 1342 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 300 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 25,,404
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Newark is served by the See also:Baltimore & Ohio, and the See also:Pittsburg, See also:Cincinnati, See also:Chicago & St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis See also:railways, and by inter-See also:urban electric lines
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It lies on a level See also:plain, but is surrounded by hills
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Along two of the forks of the Licking are some of the most extensive earthworks of the " See also:mound builders "; they occupy about 3 sq. m., and have a See also:great variety of forms: parallel walls, circles, semicircles, a parallelogram, an octagon, &c
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About so m
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S.W. and connected with Newark by electric See also:line is Buckeye See also:Lake, an artificial See also:body of See also:water about 8 m. See also:long and 1 M. wide, frequented as a summer resort
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Among the city's attractive features are Idlewilde See also:Park and a beautiful auditorium, built
as a memorial to the soldiers and sailors of the See also:Civil See also:War
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Newark is the See also:trade centre of an agricultural region, which also abounds in natural See also:gas and See also:coal; natural gas is piped as far as Cincinnati
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The city has electric See also:car and See also:steam car shops and various manufactures, including stoves and furnaces (the most important), bottles, table See also:glass-See also:ware, cigars, rope halters, See also:machine See also:furniture and See also:bent See also:wood
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The See also:total factory product in 1905 was valued at $5,612,587, an increase of 94.9% over that in 1900
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Newark was laid out about 18o1 and was incorporated in 1813
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For an See also:account of the earthworks see See also:Gerard Fowke, Archaeological See also:History of Ohio (Columbus, 1902)
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