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Penney's boyhood home in Hamilton, Missouri, which was moved from a farm to town for display. Penney was born on September 16, 1875, on a farm outside of Hamilton, Missouri, the seventh of twelve children, only six of whom lived to adulthood, born to James Cash Penney and Mary Frances (born Paxton) Penney.
Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [31] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...
The walls, floors, roof, and chimney of Wright's design were to be constructed of reinforced concrete or as Wright stated: "a masonry monolith...interlaced with steel fibres". Interior partitions were specified as plaster over either metal lath or three-inch clay tile blocks.
Acme Brick Company is an American manufacturer and distributor of brick and masonry-related construction products and materials.Founder George E. Bennett (October 6, 1852 – July 3, 1907), chartered the company as the Acme Pressed Brick Company on April 17 1891, in Alton, Illinois, [1] although the company's physical location has always been in Texas.
Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our crossword blog.
In 1989, Jim McKelvey and a team of software engineers from Washington University, established Mira in St. Louis. Their inaugural product, a commercial document imaging system, was partly developed by their summer intern Jack Dorsey, [7] who would later rise to prominence as the co-founder of Twitter.
Joseph Robidoux IV (1783–1868), was an American fur trader credited as the founder of St. Joseph, Missouri, which developed around his Blacksnake Hills Trading Post. [1] His buildings in St. Joseph, known as Robidoux Row, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Larry Potterfield (born January 16, 1949) is the founder and Chairman of the Board of MidwayUSA, an internet retailer of shooting, hunting and outdoor products. [1] During his tenure as the CEO, MidwayUSA received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2009 [2] and 2015; [3] MidwayUSA also received the Missouri Quality Award from the Excellence in Missouri Foundation in 2008 [4] and ...