When Melvin Barnard Auten was born on 14 February 1888, in Saunders, Nebraska, United States, his father, James Thatcher Auten, was 38 and his mother, Laura Alice Hall, was 28. He married Cecila Tym on 7 February 1938. He died on 17 August 1960, in Ponoka, Ponoka County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 72, and was buried in Ponoka, Ponoka County, Alberta, Canada.
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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.
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Americanized form of Dutch Aten .
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