Maywood
a town in Cook co., Ill., on the Des Plaines river, 11 miles W. of Chicago, on the Chicago Great Western and other railroads. Seat of the German Lutheran Theological Seminary, and homes for old people and crippled children. Has large steel and tin plate works, and city-owned waterworks. Pop. (1910) 8,033; (1920) 12,072.
MAZARIN MAZANDERAN (ma-zen-de-rân'), a province of N. Persia, bordering the Caspian Caspian Sea for about 200 miles, and lying between the provinces of Ghilan and Astrabad; consists of a belt of low marshy coast land, 10 to 20 miles wide, backed by the well-wooded slopes of the Elburz. The climate is very changeable, in summer both rainy and unhealthy, but on the uplands fairly salubrious.
Owing to the fertility of the soil, which is watered by numerous small rivers, the Persians call the province the "Garden of Iran." Rice, wheat, and other cereals, cotton, mulberry trees, and a variety of fruits are produced; horses, asses, and camels are extensively bred; and iron ores and mineral oils very abundant; area of province, 10,400 square miles; pop. about 200,000. Chief town Sari, though Barfurush is the seat of trade with Russia.