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CANTON , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Stark county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., on Nimisillen See also:Creek, 6o m. S. by E. of See also:Cleveland. Pop. (189o) 26,189; (1900) 30,667, of whom 4018 were See also:foreign-See also:born;. and (2910) 50,217. It is served by the See also:Pennsylvania, the See also:Baltimore & Ohio, and the See also:Wheeling & See also:Lake See also:Erie See also:railways, and is connected by an interurban electric See also:system with all the important cities and towns within a See also:radius of 5o M. It lies at an See also:elevation of about 1030 ft. above See also:sea-level, in a See also:wheat-growing region, in which bituminous See also:coal, See also:limestone, and See also:brick and See also:potter's See also:clay abound. See also:Meyer's Lake in the vicinity is a summer attraction. The See also:principal buildings are the See also:post-See also:- 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, See also:court-See also:house, city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, an auditorium with a seating capacity of 5000, a Masonic See also:building, an See also:Oddfellows' See also:temple, a Y.M.C.A. building and several handsome churches. On See also:Monument See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, in See also:West See also:Lawn See also:Cemetery, in a See also:park 'of 26 acres—a site which See also:President See also:McKinley had suggested for a monument to the soldiers and sailors of Stark county—there is a beautiful monument to the memory of McKinley, who lived in Canton. This memorial is built principally of See also:Milford (See also:Mass.) See also:granite, with a See also:bronze statue of the president, and with sarcophagi containing the bodies of the president and Mrs McKinley, and has a See also:total height, from the first step of the approaches to its See also:top, of 163 ft. 6 in., the See also:mausoleum itself being 98 ft. 6 in. high and 78 ft. 9 in. in See also:diameter; it was dedicated on the 3oth of See also:September 1907, when an address was delivered by President See also:Roosevelt. Another monument commemorates the See also:American soldiers of the See also:Spanish-American See also:War. Among the city's manufactures are agricultural implements, See also:iron See also:bridges and other structural iron See also:work, watches and See also:watch-cases, See also:steel, engines, See also:safes, locks, See also:cutlery, hardware, wagons, carriages, paving-bricks, See also:furniture, dental and surgical chairs, paint and See also:varnish, clay-working machinery and saw-See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill machinery. The value of the factory product in 1905 was $10,591,143, being 1o.6 % more than the product value of 1900. Canton was laid out as a See also:town in 18o5, became the county-seat
in 18o8, was incorporated as a See also:village in 1822 and in 1854 was chartered as a city.
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