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OELWEIN , a See also:city of Fayette See also:county, See also:Iowa, U.S.A., in the N.E. See also:part of the See also:state, about 132 M . N.E. of See also:Des Moines . Pop . (1890) 830; (1900) 5142, of whom 789 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (19ro U.S. See also:census) 6028 . It is served by the See also:Chicago, See also:Rock See also:Island & Pacific and the Chicago See also:Great Western See also:railways, the latter having large repair shops here, where four lines of its road converge . Oelwein was named in See also:honour of its founder, See also:August Oelwein, who settled here in 1873; it was incorporated in 1888, and chartered as a city in 1897 . |
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