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Charles Augustus RAWSON, Congress, IA (1867-1936)

Senate Years of Service: 1922-1922 Party: Republican RAWSON Charles Augustus , a Senator from Iowa; born in Des Moines, Iowa, May 29, 1867; attended the public schools and Grinnell (Iowa) College…

Acts: 27

Acts Chapter 27 1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.…

Luke: 2

Luke Chapter 2 1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when…

Social War

(Encyclopedia) Social War or Marsic War [Lat. socii=allies], 91b.c.–88 b.c., struggle brought on by demands of the Italian allies for the privileges of Roman citizenship. The allies had fought on the…

Julian Day calendar

(Encyclopedia) Julian Day calendar, system of astronomical dating that allows the difference between two dates to be calculated more easily than conventional civil calendars with their uneven months…

Jarry, Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Jarry, AlfredJarry, Alfredälfrĕdˈ zhärēˈ [key], 1873–1907, French author. He was well known in Paris for his eccentric and dissolute behavior and for his insistence on the superiority…

Donnelly, Ignatius

(Encyclopedia) Donnelly, IgnatiusDonnelly, Ignatiusdŏnˈəlē [key], 1831–1901, American author and agrarian reformer, b. Philadelphia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and in 1856 moved to…

Sophia

(Encyclopedia) SophiaSophiasōfīˈə, Ger. zōfēˈä [key], 1630–1714, electress of Hanover, consort of Elector Ernest Augustus. She was the daughter of Frederick the Winter King and Elizabeth of Bohemia,…