When Earl Albert Comstock was born on 13 January 1905, in Harlan, Shelby, Iowa, United States, his father, William Albert Comstock, was 36 and his mother, Laura Jane Musselman, was 35. He lived in Shelby, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Tennant, Shelby, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 July 1967, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, Shelby, Iowa, United States.
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The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
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.
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
English (Devon): habitational name from Clumstock (Devon). This surname is now rare in Britain.
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