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ELWOOD , a See also:city of See also:Madison See also:county, See also:Indiana, U.S.A., on See also:Duck See also:Creek, about 38 m. N.E. of See also:Indianapolis. Pop. (188o) 751; (1890) 2284; (1900) 12,950 (1386 See also:foreign-See also:born); (191o) 11,028. Elwood is served by the See also:Lake See also:Erie & Western and the See also:Pittsburg, See also:Cincinnati, See also: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 See also:railways, and by an interurban electric See also:line. Its rapid growth in See also:population and as a manufacturing centre was due largely to its situation in the natural See also:gas region; the failure of the gas See also:supply in 1903 caused a decrease in manufacturing, but the city gradually adjusted itself to new conditions. It has large See also:tin See also:plate See also:mills, See also:iron and See also:steel foundries, saw and planing mills, wooden-See also:ware and See also:furniture factories, bottling See also:works and See also:lamp-See also:chimney factories, See also:flour mills and packing houses. In 1905 the value of the city's factory product was $6,111,083; in 'goo it was $9,433,513; the See also:glass product was valued at $223,766 in 1905, and at $1,011,803 in 'goo. There are extensive See also:brick-yards in the vicinity, and the surrounding agricultural See also:country furnishes large supplies of See also:grain, live-stock, poultry and produce, for which Elwood is the See also:shipping centre. The site was first settled under the name of See also:Quincy; the See also:present name was adopted in 1869; and in 189' Elwood received a city See also:charter.
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