When Chester A Webster was born in February 1903, in New Hartford, Butler, Iowa, United States, his father, Charles Wesley Webster, was 44 and his mother, Mina Anette Petrie, was 31. He lived in Beaver Township, Butler, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 April 1912, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 9.
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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 first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, from Middle English webbester ‘weaver’ (Old English webbestre ‘female weaver’). By the time of surname formation, the gender distinction of the -stre suffix had almost completely disappeared. Compare Webb , Webber , and Weaver .
History: The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (died 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, c. 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656. Daniel Webster (1782–1852), politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, NH, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, MA, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.
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