MATTOON , a See also:city of Coles See also:county, See also:Illinois, U.S.A., in the See also:east central See also:part of the See also:state, about 12 M. See also:south-east of See also:Peoria. Pop. (1890), 6833; (1900), 9622, of whom 430 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 11,456. It is served by the Illinois Central and See also:Cleveland, 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, which have repair shops here, and by inter-See also:urban electric lines. The
city has a public library, a Methodist Episcopal See also:Hospital, and an Old Folks' See also:Home, the last supported by the See also:Independent See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order of See also:Odd See also:Fellows. Mattoon is an important See also:shipping point for See also:Indian See also:corn and See also:broom corn, extensively grown in the vicinity, and for See also:fruit and livestock. Among its manufactures are foundry and See also:machine See also:shop products, stoves and bricks; in 1905 the factory product was valued at $1,308,78r, an increase of 71.2% over that in 1900. The See also:municipality owns the See also:water-See also:works and an electric See also:lighting plant. Mattoon was first settled about 18J5, was named in See also:honour of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Mattoon, an See also:early landowner, was first chartered as a city in 1857, and was re-organized under a See also:general state See also:law in 1879.
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