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  2. Melville Reuben Bissell - Wikipedia

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    Melville Reuben Bissell (September 25, 1843 – March 15, 1889) was an American entrepreneur who invented the modern carpet sweeper. [1] The Bissell corporation is named after him. Life and career

  3. 1876 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Melville Reuben Bissell files a patent for an improved carpet sweeper. [6] First carousel at Coney Island built by Charles I. D. Looff. Spring – Vast numbers of Indians move north to an encampment of the Sioux chief Sitting Bull in the region of the Little Bighorn River, creating the last great gathering of native peoples on the Great Plains.

  4. Anna Sutherland Bissell - Wikipedia

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    Anna Bissell was born on 2nd December 1846 in River John, Nova Scotia, to William and Eleanor Sutherland. They moved to Wisconsin when Anna was a child. [6] Bissell's husband was Melville Reuben Bissell. They had five children. In 1889, Bissell's husband died from pneumonia. On November 8, 1934, Bissell died in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

  5. Houston, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Houston is located at (40.249790, -80.210275 [5]According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km 2), all land.. Several waterways go through H

  6. List of Carnegie libraries in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382. Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John ...

  7. Herman Melville - Wikipedia

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    Herman Melville (born Melvill; [a] August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.

  8. Julia Ideson Building - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish Renaissance-style building [2] is part of the Central Library, and houses its archives, manuscripts, and Texas and Local History departments. [3] It is also the site of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. [4] From 1926 to 1976 it was Houston's sole main library building. [5]

  9. African American Library at the Gregory School - Wikipedia

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    It is the city's first library to focus on African American history and culture. [3] The library features galleries, an oral history recording room, and reading rooms. $11 million from federal community development block grants and construction funds from Houston Public Library and the City of Houston financed the renovation of the Gregory ...