When Francis Argyle Curtis was born on 5 October 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Moses Curtis, was 30 and his mother, Aurelia Peckham Jackman, was 26. He married Mariam Malina Rudd on 21 May 1866, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1853 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 25 June 1876, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Salem City Cemetery, Salem, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
On October 9, 1848, an arsonists fire claimed everything but the outer walls of the Nauvoo Temple since the structure was made out of limestone and wood. It was meant to discourage the Saints that had fled to never come back.
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
English: nickname for a refined person, sometimes perhaps given ironically, from Middle English, Old French courteis, courtois, curtis ‘courtly, refined, urbane’ (derivative of Old French court; see Court 1).
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