When Vera Viola Comstock was born on 24 June 1894, in Lincoln Township, Shelby, Iowa, United States, her father, William Albert Comstock, was 26 and her mother, Laura Jane Musselman, was 25. She married Charles William Tucker on 6 March 1918, in Avoca, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Washington Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1950. She died in July 1984, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 90.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
English (Devon): habitational name from Clumstock (Devon). This surname is now rare in Britain.
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