When Melva Louise Chess was born on 29 July 1895, in Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Alva L Chess, was 34 and her mother, Jennie B McMannus, was 30. She had at least 1 son with Samuel Leroy Mattocks. She lived in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 13 August 1932, in Sugar Grove Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Elliott Cemetery, Rome Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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 world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
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.
English (Gloucestershire): of uncertain origin. Formally it might derive from Middle English ches, chesse (Old French esches) ‘chess’ (referring to the game, a set of chess pieces, or a chess board), or from Middle English chesse ‘(poppy) seed pod’. This surname is now rare in Britain.
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