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The Van Sweringen brothers, Mantis (left) and Oris (right) Oris Paxton Van Sweringen (April 24, 1879 – November 22, 1936) and Mantis James Van Sweringen (July 8, 1881 – December 12, 1935) were American brothers who became railroad barons in order to develop Shaker Heights, Ohio .
The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (reporting mark NKP), abbreviated NYC&St.L, was a railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. Commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road" , the railroad served parts of the states of New York , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , and Missouri .
1881 – The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company (later known as the Nickel Plate Road) purchases the Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago Railway; 1916 – Oris Paxton Van Sweringen and his younger brother Mantis James Van Sweringen purchase a 75% controlling interest in the Nickel Plate Road from William Kissam Vanderbilt for $8.5 million.
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The Clark Adams Building, also known as the Bankers Building, is a skyscraper located at 105 West Adams Street in Chicago, Illinois. [1] [2] The building was designed by the Burnham Brothers who designed other buildings in Chicago such as the Carbide and Carbon Building. [2] The building stands at 476 feet tall and has 41 floors.
Ofri Bibas Levi, the sister-in-law of Shiri Bibas, an Israeli hostage kidnaped during the Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel, holds a family picture of Bibas and one of her two boys, at Moshav Giv ...
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Alderman Term in office Councils served in Party Notes Cite John Coughlin: 1892–1938 61st–93rd Democratic: Continued as 1st ward alderman after 1923 switch to single-member constituencies, died in office