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Arents, Albert

metallurgist, was born March 14, 1840, in Germany. After coming to the United States he was variously occupied as mining superintendent, and also in charge of metallurgical mills and smelting works in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. He has contributed valuable technical papers to the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, and has invented numerous appliances. AREY, HARRIETT ELLEN GRANNIS, journalist, author, was born April 14, 1819, in Cavendish, Vt. She has been editor of various publications; was one of the founders and the first president of the Ohio Woman's State Press association, which office she still holds. For many years she has been president of an active literary and social club of Cleveland, Ohio. Her principal writings are Household Songs and Other Poems; and Home and School Training.

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