When James Thompson Frost was born on 8 March 1887, in Gapcreek, Wayne, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Shelby Coffey Stonewall Jackson Frost, was 32 and his mother, Myra Jane Alcorn, was 26. He married Lela Mabel Stinson on 13 February 1908, in Wayne, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Magisterial District 2 Hayes, Clinton, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Clinton, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 July 1974, in New Castle, Henry, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Henry, Indiana, United States.
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This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
English, German, Danish, and Swedish: nickname for someone who suffers from being cold, or perhaps used in the sense ‘frosty, cold as frost, without warmth of feeling’, or perhaps ‘having the appearance of being covered with frost’ for one with white hair or a white beard. From Old English, Old High German, Old Norse frost ‘frost’.
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