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Elizabeth O Poweska 1904 - 2002

Elizabeth O Poweska of Demotte, Jasper County, IN was born on November 27, 1904, and died at age 97 years old on May 2, 2002.

Elizabeth O Poweska
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Demotte, Jasper County, IN 46310
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November 27, 1904
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In 1904, in the year that Elizabeth O Poweska 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 1925, Elizabeth was 21 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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Poweska, Mary (Feb 28, 1906 - May 1983) Poweska, Catherine (Aug 5, 1942 - Mar 26, 2010) Poweska, Nick (Dec 7, 1894 - Aug 1979) Poweska, Antoni (Jun 7, 1903 - Nov 1982) Poweska, Marion (Jul 25, 1917 - Nov 1974) Poweska, Victor (Apr 19, 1897 - Nov 1979) Poweska, Alvin (Oct 5, 1953 - Jul 10, 2006) Poweska, Janet (Apr 1, 1915 - Aug 1988) Poweska, Lucille (May 3, 1916 - May 15, 1998) Poweska, Jan (Aug 23, 1950 - Apr 29, 1998)
Poweska, Stanley (Jan 13, 1926 - Jun 28, 2011) Poweska, Jan (Feb 16, 1895 - Sep 1984) Poweska, Aniela (Jul 3, 1903 - Jul 1989) Poweska, Bernice (Oct 18, 1922 - Jan 15, 2004) Poweska, Andrew (May 24, 1923 - Aug 3, 1995) Poweska, Walenty (Jan 2, 1894 - Jun 1969) Poweska, Frank (Sep 11, 1921 - Feb 1977) Poweska, Stanley (Sep 10, 1927 - Jul 8, 1991) Poweska, Anthony (Apr 28, 1917 - May 1968) Poweska, Anthony (Sep 8, 1917 - May 1974)
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