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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 868 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MASSILLON , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

Stark See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

OHIO

Ohio, U.S.A., on the Tuscarawas See also:

RIVER

river and, the Ohio See also:

canal, 8 m. W. of See also:

Canton, and about 50 M. S. by E. of See also:

Cleveland. Pop. (1900), 11,944 (1693 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910), 13,879. It is served by the See also:

Pennsylvania (See also:

Pittsburg, Ft See also:

WAYNE, ANTHONY (1745-1796)

Wayne & See also:

Chicago See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

Division), the See also:

Baltimore & Ohio and the See also:

WHEELING

Wheeling & See also:

Lake See also:

ERIE

Erie See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. Massillon is built among hills in a See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state noted for its large See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of See also:

COAL

coal and See also:

wheat and abounding in See also:

white See also:

SANDSTONE

sandstone, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron ore and See also:

potter's See also:

clay. The city has various manufactures, including iron, engines, furnaces, reapers, threshers and bottles. The See also:

TOTAL

total value of the factory products in 1905 was $3,707,013, an increase of 34.8% over that of 1900. The first See also:

settlement was made in 1825; in 1826 the See also:

TOWN

town was laid out and named in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

JEAN

Jean See also:

BAPTISTE

Baptiste Massillon; it was incorporated a See also:

VILLAGE

village in 1853, and became a city in 1868.

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