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CARTHAGE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Jasper county, See also:Missouri, U.S.A., on the See also:Spring See also:river, about 950 ft. above See also:sea-level, and about 150 M. S. by E. of See also:Kansas City. Pop. (189o)
7981; (1900) 9416, of whom 539 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 9483. It is served by the 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:San Francisco, the Missouri Pacific, and the St Louis, See also:Iron See also:Mountain & See also:Southern
See also:railways, and is connected with See also:Webb City and See also:Joplin, Mo., and See also:Galena, Kan., by the electric See also:line of the Southwest Missouri railway. The See also:town is built on high ground underlain by solid See also:limestone, and has much natural and architectural beauty. It is the seat of the Carthage Collegiate See also:Institute (Presbyterian). A See also:Chautauqua See also:assembly and a county See also:fair are held annually. In the vicinity there are valuable See also:lead, See also:zinc and See also:coal mines, and quarries of Carthage "See also:marble," with which the county See also:court See also:house is built. Carthage is a jobbing centre for a See also:fruit and See also:grain producing region; live-stock (especially See also:harness horses) is raised in the vicinity; and among the city's manufactures are See also:lime, See also:flour, canned fruits, See also:furniture, See also:bed springs and mattresses, See also:mining and See also:quarrying machinery, ploughs and woollen goods.
In 1905 the factory products were valued at $1,179,661. Natural See also:gas for domestic use and for factories is piped from the Kansas gas See also:fields. The See also:municipality owns and operates the electric-See also:lighting plant. Carthage, founded in 1833, was laid out as a town and became the county-seat in 1842, was incorporated as a town in 1868, was chartered as a city in 1873, and in 1890 became a city of the third class under the See also:general (See also:state) See also:law. On the 5th of See also:July 1861 about 3500 Confederates under General See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James E. Rains and M. M. See also:Parsons, accompanied by See also:Governor Claiborne See also:Fox See also:Jackson (1807-1862), and 1500 See also:Union troops under See also:Colonel See also:Franz See also:Sigel, were engaged about 7 M. See also:north of the city in an indecisive skirmish which has been named the See also:battle of Carthage.
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