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Jacob Pless 1886 - 1977

Jacob Pless of Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina was born on October 14, 1886, and died at age 90 years old in January 1977.
Jacob Pless
Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina 27292
October 14, 1886
January 1977
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    1886

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    October 14, 1886
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  • 01/dd
    1977

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    January 1977
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    Jacob Pless lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1886, in the year that Jacob Pless was born, on October 28th, President Grover Cleveland officially dedicated the Statue of Liberty. A gift from France, the base for the statue had been built using donations from the American public. The unplanned but enthusiastic celebration after the dedication led to the first ticker tape parade.
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In 1938, he was 52 years old when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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