STANARD, Edwin Obed, a Representative from Missouri; born in Newport, Sullivan County, N.H., January 5, 1832; moved with his parents to the Territory of Iowa in 1836; completed preparatory…
DARBY, John Fletcher, a Representative from Missouri; born in Person County, N.C., December 10, 1803; attended the public schools; moved with his father to Missouri in 1818, where he worked on…
NIEDRINGHAUS, Henry Frederick, (nephew of Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus), a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., December 15, 1864; attended the public schools, Central…
YOUNG, Robert Anton, III, a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., November 22, 1923; attended the primary schools of Vinita Park, Mo.; graduated from Normandy…
(Encyclopedia) Kirkwood, city (1990 pop. 27,291), St. Louis co., E Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1865. Primarily residential, it has some light manufacturing.
(Encyclopedia) Blanche of CastileBlanche of CastilebläNsh, kăstēlˈ [key], 1185?–1252, queen of Louis VIII of France and regent during the minority (1226–34) of their son Louis IX. A forceful and…
1921—New York N.L. 5 (John J. McGraw); New York A.L. 3 (Miller Huggins). WP—New York N.L.: Barnes (3, 6), Douglas (4, 7), Nehf (8); New York A.L.: Mays (1), Hoyt (2, 5). LP—New York N.L.: Nehf (2,…
(Encyclopedia) Joanna II, 1371–1435, queen of Naples (1414–35), sister and successor of Lancelot. The intrigues of her favorites kept her court in turmoil. Her second husband, James of Bourbon, tried…
(Encyclopedia) SugerSugersüzhĕrˈ [key], 1081–1151, French cleric and statesman, abbot of Saint-Denis from 1122, minister of kings Louis VI and Louis VII. Born into a peasant family and educated at…
MILLER, Edward Edwin, a Representative from Illinois; born in Creston, Union County, Iowa, July 22, 1880; attended the common schools; moved to East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill., in 1892…
