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Title: The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Beach, Frederick Converse, 1848-1918 Rines, George Edwin, 1860-
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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State Capitol (upper). Looking North on East Broad Street (lower). COLUMBUS — COLUMN buildings, four being devoted to high schoolpurposes. The schools have an average attend-ance of 18,500, the high schools having 2,300.Among institutions for higher education arethe Ohio State University, Capital City Univer-sity, and St. Marys Academy. Professionalschools include one dental and three medicalcolleges, and a law school; and there are alsoprivate and religious educational institutions.Here are 20 private hospitals; and Columbus isthe location of a State hospital for the insane;State institutes for the education of deaf-mutes,blind, and imbecile youth; the Ohio Peniten-tiary; county, city, and memorial buildings; fiveopera houses; and a board of trade building.I here are five public parks and a United Statesmilitary post, Fort Columbus. This post, knownalso as Columbus Barracks, was originally anarsenal, and now has quarters for eight com-panies of infantry. From Columbus 18 steam rail

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