When Grace Laura Comstock was born on 17 November 1896, in Harlan, Shelby, Iowa, United States, her father, William Albert Comstock, was 28 and her mother, Laura Jane Musselman, was 27. She married Phillip Lloyd Gaer on 22 July 1919, in Shelby, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Shelby, Shelby, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Polk Township, Shelby, Iowa, United States in 1930. She died on 26 February 1980, in Harlan, Shelby, Iowa, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Shelby, Iowa, United States.
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After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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