When Frederick Clifford Chipman was born on 5 August 1900, in Rush Lake Township, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States, his father, Amani Abraham Chipman, was 33 and his mother, Florence Ellen Ginther, was 28. He married Bessie Ellen Rush on 4 May 1921, in Hand, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Carlton Township, Hand, South Dakota, United States in 1920 and Holden Township, Hand, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 April 1968, in Hand, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Hand, South Dakota, United States.
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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: from Middle English chipman (Old English cȳp(e)mann), a side form of chapman, chepman ‘merchant, trader’; see Chapman , with which this name was interchangeable.
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