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or Valanus. Mercury was the son of Valens and Phoronis. This Mercury is called Trophonius in the regions under the earth. (Cicero De Nat. Deorum, iii. 22.) Ciclinius [Mercury] riding in…
Michael RitchieAge: 62 filmmaker who directed the films Downhill Racer, The Candidate, and The Bad News Bears. He also helmed the television movie The Positively True Adventures of the…
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RITCHIE David , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Canonsburg, Washington County, Pa.,
August 19, 1812; was graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1829, and subsequently…
RITCHIE John , a Representative from Maryland;
born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., August 12, 1831;
completed preparatory studies at the Frederick Academy;
commenced the study of medicine…
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RITCHIE Byron Foster , a Representative from Ohio;
born in Grafton, Lorain County, Ohio, January 29, 1853;
moved with his parents to Toledo, Ohio, in 1860;
was graduated from the Toledo High…
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