When Robert B MacWilliams was born in 1905, in Maine, United States, his father, Alexander Cole MacWilliams, was 31 and his mother, Cora Alma Leone, was 28. He lived in Sunapee, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States in 1930 and Croydon, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States in 1940.
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In 1905, a fire lookout tower (among the first of its kind) was constructed in Piscataquis County on Squaw Mountain. Due to Maine's abundance of lumber and paper mills, it was essential that a system be developed to help spot fires as quickly as possible.
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.
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Scottish: see McWilliams .
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