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Emma Lester 1905 - 1987

Emma Lester of Huntington, Wayne County, West Virginia was born on August 16, 1905, and died at age 82 years old in November 1987.
Emma Lester
Huntington, Wayne County, West Virginia 25704
August 16, 1905
November 1987
Female
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    1905

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    August 16, 1905
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  • 11/dd
    1987

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    November 1987
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    Emma Lester lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1905, in the year that Emma Lester was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1913, at the age of just 8 years old, Emma was alive when the Philippine–American War ended for good in June. While the official end of the war was in 1902, fighting continued for several years. An estimated 200,000 to 250,000 total Filipino civilians died and although the U.S. viewed its role as a colonial presence as one of preparing the Philippines for independence, American colonization drastically changed the character off the culture. The Catholic Church was no longer the state religion and English became the primary language of the government.
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