Eppers
Eppers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Eppers (1919–1999), American politician from Iowa * Otto Eppers (1893–1955), American cartoonist and illustrator See also * Epperly (other) * Epper (surname) {{surname ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Otto Eppers
Otto Eppers was an American cartoonist and illustrator active from the 1920s to 1950s. He is also known for a 1910 stunt in which he jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge. Biography In 1910, at the age of 17, Otto Eppers jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and emerged from the East River unscathed. He had coordinated with the tug ''Florence'' to retrieve him from the river. Upon making shore, he was arrested by a New York City policeman on the charge of attempted suicide. He was arraigned before a Magistrate Appelton, who dismissed the charges after commenting to the NYPD's Captain Burke, "Well, he seems very much alive, doesn't he?" The Bradford Era July 4, 1910 24 days after jumping off the bridge, Otto submitted his picture and diagram to newspapers. His story was nationwide from New Hampshire to Oregon to California to Alabama and in between. Eppers contributed characters to QSL cards for ham radio operators. He was a resident of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, where he was active in the h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charles Eppers
Charles F. Eppers (16 September 1919 – 17 January 1999) was an American politician. Henry Eppers and Minnie Knemeyer were both of German descent. Eppers immigrated to the United States from Germany at the age of eight, while Knemeyer was a native of Illinois. They married and raised four children, one of whom was Frederick Eppers. Frederick Eppers married Bertha, and their son Charles was born on 16 September 1919 in Keokuk, Iowa. Charles was educated in Keokuk and served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Upon returning to Keokuk after the war, Eppers invested in local cafes and the eponymous Eppers Hotel. Like his grandfather Henry, Charles Eppers was affiliated with the Democratic Party. He took office as a member of the Iowa Senate for District 1 in January 1959, and served a full four-year term through 1963. Within the senate, Eppers was a member of a steering committee formed in 1961 to increase the speed at which bills were considered, and proposed ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Epperly (other)
Epperly may refer to: * Epperly, West Virginia Epperly is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.Th ..., United States, an unincorporated community in Raleigh County * Mount Epperly, in Antarctica People * Al Epperly (1918–2003), American baseball player * Bruce G. Epperly (born 1953), American theologian * Jillian Mai Thi Epperly (born c. 1973/4), creator of Jilly Juice * Quin Epperly (1913–2001), American race car builder {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |