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Jewel Matthews 1904 - 1999

Jewel Matthews of Houston, Harris County, TX was born on September 21, 1904, and died at age 94 years old on March 5, 1999.
Jewel Matthews
Houston, Harris County, TX 77034
September 21, 1904
March 5, 1999
Female
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  • 09/21
    1904

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    September 21, 1904
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  • 03/5
    1999

    Death

    March 5, 1999
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    Jewel Matthews lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1904, in the year that Jewel Matthews 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 1920, Jewel was 16 years old when on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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