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ADRIAN , a See also:city and the See also:county-See also:seal of Lenawee county, See also:Michigan, U.S.A., on the S. See also:branch of See also:Raisin See also:river; near the S.E. corner of the See also:state. Pop.(189o) 8756 ; (1900) 9654, of whom
1136 were See also:foreign-See also:born: (1Q10 See also:census) 10,763. It is served by five branches of the See also:Lake See also:Shore railway See also:system, and by the See also:Wabash, the See also:Toledo and Western, and the Toledo, See also:Detroit and See also:Ironton See also:railways. Adrian is the seat of Adrian See also:College (1859; co-educational), controlled by the Wesleyan Methodist See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church in 1859-1867 and since 1867 by the Methodist See also:Protestant Church, and having departments of literature, See also:theology, See also:music, See also:fine arts, See also:commerce and pedagogy, and a preparatory school; and of St See also:Joseph's See also:Academy (See also:Roman See also:Catholic) for girls; and r m. See also:north of the city is the State See also:Industrial See also:Home for Girls (1879), for the See also:reformation of juvenile offenders between the ages of ten and seventeen. Adrian has a public library. The city is situated in a See also:rich farming region; is an important See also:shipping point for live-stock, See also:grain and other See also:farm products; and is especially known as a centre for the manufacture of See also:wire-fences. Among the other manufactories are flouring and grist See also:mills, planing mills, foundries, and factories for making agricultural implements, See also:United States See also:mail boxes, See also:furniture, pianos, See also:organs, automobiles, toys and See also:electrical supplies. The value of the city's factory products increased from $2,124,923 in 1900 to $4,897,426 in 1904, or 130'5%; of the See also:total value in 1904, $2,849,648 was the value of wire-See also:work. The See also:place was laid out as a See also:town in 1828, and according to tradition was named in See also:honour of the Roman See also:emperor See also:Hadrian.
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