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Bertha Eickberg 1904 - 1983

Bertha Eickberg of Arcola, Douglas County, Illinois was born on April 20, 1904, and died at age 79 years old in October 1983.
Bertha Eickberg
Arcola, Douglas County, Illinois 61910
April 20, 1904
October 1983
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    1904

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    April 20, 1904
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  • 10/dd
    1983

    Death

    October 1983
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In 1904, in the year that Bertha Eickberg was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1934, when she was 30 years old, on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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