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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 87 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BLOOMSBURG , a See also:

TOWN

town and the See also:

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

county-seat of See also:

COLUMBIA

Columbia county, See also:

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on Fishing See also:

Creek, 2 M. from its confluence with the Susquehanna, and about 4o m. S.W. of Wilkes-See also:

Barre. Pop. (1890) 4635; (1900) 6170 (213 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (191o) 7413. It is served by the See also:

DELAWARE

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the See also:

PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia & See also:

READING

Reading, and the Bloomsburg & See also:

Sullivan and .the Susquehanna, Bloomsburg & See also:

BERWICK, JAMES FITZJAMES

Berwick See also:

RAILWAYS

railways (the last two only 30 M. and 39 M. See also:

long respectively); and is connected with Berwick, Catawissa and See also:

DANVILLE

Danville by electric lines. The town is built on a See also:

BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad)

bluff commanding extensive views. Among the manufactures of Bloomsburg are railway cars, carriages, See also:

SILK

silk and woollen goods, See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, carpets, See also:

WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire-See also:

DRAWING

drawing See also:

MACHINES

machines and See also:

GUN

gun carriages. See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron ore was formerly obtained from the neighbouring hills. The town is the seat of a See also:

state normal school, established as such in 1869. Bloomsburg was laid out as a town in 1802, became the county-seat in 1846, and was incorporated in 187o.

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