Brief Life History of Myrtle J
Myrtle J Lamphere was born on 11 May 1881, in Linn Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. She married Clyde Arvin Benson on 2 April 1903, in Kewanee, Henry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States in 1910 and Bald Bluff, Henderson, Illinois, United States in 1920. She died in 1952, in Eskridge, Wabaunsee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Elkhart, Polk, Iowa, United States.
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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Welsh and English: variant of Lanfear .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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