STRODE, Jesse Burr, a Representative from Nebraska; born in Farmers Township, Fulton County, Ill., February 18, 1845; attended the public and high schools and was graduated from Abingdon (Ill…
(Encyclopedia) Greeley, Horace, 1811–72, American newspaper editor, founder of the New York Tribune, b. Amherst, N.H.
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SWEET, Willis, a Representative from Idaho; born at Alburg Springs, Vt., January 1, 1856; attended the common schools and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln; learned the printerâs trade…
ELLZEY, Lawrence Russell, a Representative from Mississippi; born on a farm near Wesson, Copiah County, Miss., March 20, 1891; attended the rural schools and was graduated from Mississippi…
(Encyclopedia) North PlatteNorth Platteplăt [key], city (1990 pop. 22,605), seat of Lincoln co., W central Nebr., at the confluence of the North Platte and South Platte rivers; inc. 1873. It is a…
(Encyclopedia) Medary, SamuelMedary, Samuelmĕdˈərē [key], 1801–64, American journalist, b. Montgomery co., Pa. In Ohio after 1825, he edited the Ohio Sun at Bethel and later the Ohio Statesman at…
