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elevators. The value of the factory products increased from $1,935,442 in 190o to $4,427,816 in 1905, or 128.8 per cent.—a greater increase than that of any other city in the See also:

state during this See also:

period. There is a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, and the city has a considerable lake See also:

commerce in grain, See also:

FLOUR

flour, and See also:

DAIRY

dairy products. Jacques Vieau established here a See also:

POST

post for the North-See also:

west See also:

COMPANY

Company of See also:

FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur traders in 1795.

The first permanent See also:

settlement was made about 1836, and Manitowoc was chartered as a city in 1870. In Manitowoc county, r8 m. See also:

south-west of the city of Manitowoc, is St Nazianz, an unorganized See also:

VILLAGE

village near which in 1854 a See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony or community of See also:

German See also:

ROMAN

Roman Catholics was established under the leadership of See also:

FATHER

Father See also:

Ambrose See also:

Oswald, the See also:

PRIMARY

primary See also:

OBJECT

object being to enable poor See also:

PEOPLE

people by See also:

COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination and co-operation to See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply themselves with the comforts of See also:

LIFE

life at minimum expense and have as much See also:

time as possible See also:

LEFT

left for religious thought and See also:

WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship. The See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of the colony's land was vested in Father Oswald after the panic of 1857 until his See also:

DEATH

death in 1874, when he devised the lands to " the colony founded by me." The colony had no legal existence at the time, but was then incorporated as the " Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic Religious Society of St Nazianz," and as such sued successfully for the See also:

BEQUEST (from 0. Eng. becwethan, to declare or express in words; cf. " quoth ")

bequest. Financially the colony was successful, but as there were some desertions and no new recruits after Father Oswald's death, there were few members by 1909. There are no longer any traces of See also:

COMMUNISM

communism, and the colony's See also:

PROPERTY

property is actually held by an organization of the See also:

LOCAL

local Roman Catholic See also:

church.

End of Article: MANITOWOC (Indian, " Spirit-land")

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