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Ephraim Gerdes 1888 - 1972

Ephraim Gerdes of Dixon, Lee County, Illinois was born on October 11, 1888, and died at age 83 years old in February 1972.

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In 1888, in the year that Ephraim Gerdes was born, on August 7th, the body of a prostitute was found in the Whitechapel section of London. Martha Tabram had been stabbed 39 times - a possible but not confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper. On August 31st, the body of Mary Ann Nichols was found - stabbed and mutilated. On September 8th, the body of Annie Chapman was found - throat slit and disemboweled. On September 30th, Elizabeth Stride, also a prostitute in Whitechapel, was found dead from a slit throat. Within an hour, another body was discovered - Catherine Eddowes'. She was far more savagely murdered and it is thought that the Ripper had more time with her. Then, on November 9th, the body of prostitute Mary Jane Kelly was found in a boarding room in Whitechapel. Considered to be the probable fifth, and last, of Jack the Ripper's victims, Kelly's was the most savage of his murders.
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In 1938, at the age of 50 years old, Ephraim was alive when on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.
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Gerdes, Martha (Sep 26, 1903 - Oct 20, 1991) Gerdes, Scott (Jul 7, 1965 - Dec 12, 1985) Gerdes, Virginia (Feb 16, 1925 - Apr 27, 2006) Gerdes, Richard (Jun 17, 1888 - Jan 1968) Gerdes, Celia (Sep 6, 1885 - Dec 1975) Gerdes, John (Aug 23, 1880 - Feb 1965) Gerdes, George (Nov 10, 1909 - Mar 15, 1989) Gerdes, John (Feb 17, 1941 - Jun 1983) Gerdes, Anna (Jun 4, 1900 - Dec 1973) Gerdes, John (Aug 22, 1901 - Feb 1969)
Gerdes, Mabel (Jul 7, 1889 - Mar 1983) Gerdes, Anna (Aug 26, 1884 - Jan 1967) Gerdes, Lillian (Jan 18, 1912 - Mar 9, 1993) Gerdes, Ethel (Jul 22, 1906 - Nov 27, 1992) Gerdes, Elizabeth (Mar 3, 1919 - Dec 1987) Gerdes, Emma (Jan 11, 1895 - Feb 1986) Gerdes, Sophie (Mar 22, 1888 - Nov 1979) Gerdes, Charles (Nov 18, 1909 - Apr 1969) Gerdes, Mary (Nov 27, 1904 - Nov 9, 1999) Gerdes, Henry (Sep 25, 1902 - Nov 1979)
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