. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world . dious railway buildings and stations. Thestreets are wide, well paved and lighted, and arekept in good condition. The police and fire departments are excel-lent; the water supply is pure and ample, andthe sewerage system good. Natural gas is theprincipal fuel for domestic use. Bituminouscoal, in unlimited quantities, is found a fewmiles south. The 40 or more church buildings of Colum-bus include those of the following religiousdenominations
. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world . dious railway buildings and stations. Thestreets are wide, well paved and lighted, and arekept in good condition. The police and fire departments are excel-lent; the water supply is pure and ample, andthe sewerage system good. Natural gas is theprincipal fuel for domestic use. Bituminouscoal, in unlimited quantities, is found a fewmiles south. The 40 or more church buildings of Colum-bus include those of the following religiousdenominations: Methodist Episcopal, UnitedPresbyterian, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist,Disciples, Friends, Christian Scientist, Evan-gelical Jewish, Independent German Protestant,German Evangelical Protestant, African Metho-dist Episcopal, Seventh Day Adventists, andUnited Brethren. These churches have a totalactive church mi mbership of 75,000. The news-papers and periodicals include four English andtwo German dailies, 21 secular weeklies, and 33trade, professional, religious, fraternal, and otherpublications. There arc 38 large public school COLUMBUS, 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, 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 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 here are five public parks and a United Statesmilitary post, Fort Colum
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