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ELKHART , a See also:city of Elkhart See also:county, See also:Indiana, U.S.A., at the confluence of the Elkhart and St See also:Joseph See also:rivers, about roo m. E. of See also:Chicago. Pop. (1890) 11,360; (1900) 15,184, of whom 1353 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 19,282. Elkhart is at the junction of the western See also:division with the See also:main See also:line of the See also:Lake See also:Shore & See also:Michigan See also:Southern railway, and is served by the See also:Cleveland, See also:Cincinnati, Chicago & 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, and the See also:Northern Indiana See also:railways (the latter electric). It is attractively situated and has See also:fine business and public buildings, including a See also:Carnegie library and the See also:Clark See also:hospital, with which a nurses' training school is connected. It has also several parks, including the beautiful See also:Island See also:Park and McNaughton Park, the latter the See also:annual See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-See also:place of the St Joseph Valley See also:Chautauqua. A valuable See also:water-See also:power is utilized for manufacturing purposes. There are extensive railway-See also:car shops and See also:iron and See also:brass foundries, and the manufactures include See also:band See also:instruments, See also:furniture, See also:telephone supplies, electric See also:transformers, See also:bridges, See also:paper, See also:flour, See also:starch, See also:rubber goods, See also:acetylene See also:gas See also:machines, See also:printing presses, drugs and carriages. The See also:total value of the factory product was $4,345,466 in 1905, an increase of Ic • 5 % since 1900. At Elkhart is the main See also:publishing See also:house of the Mennonite 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 See also:America, two weekly See also:periodicals being issued, one in See also:English, The See also:Herald of Truth, and one in See also:German, the Mennonitische Rundschau. The first See also:settlement was made here about 1834; and Elkhart was chartered as a city in 1875.
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