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Bernice Downey 1904 - 1978

Bernice Downey of Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri was born on August 29, 1904, and died at age 73 years old in July 1978.
Bernice Downey
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri 64801
August 29, 1904
July 1978
Female
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    1904

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    August 29, 1904
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  • 07/dd
    1978

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    July 1978
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    Bernice Downey lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1904, in the year that Bernice Downey was born, the World's Fair, officially known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, was held in St. Louis, Missouri. Attended by nearly 19.7 million people (and later the subject of a Judy Garland film), the Fair was funded by federal, state and local sources to the tune of $15 million. As the name suggests, the Fair was suggested as a way to celebrate the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In the past, World's Fairs were a way of bringing new technology to the attention of the masses and this fair was no exception - the use of electricity (the public feared it at the time), personal cars, airplanes, and the electric streetcar were all highlighted.
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In 1920, she was 16 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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