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John Ketchum 1884 - 1973

John Ketchum of Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi was born on August 10, 1884, and died at age 88 years old in April 1973.
John Ketchum
Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi 38663
August 10, 1884
April 1973
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John Ketchum's History: 1884 - 1973

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    1973

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    John Ketchum lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1884, in the year that John Ketchum was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1909, he was 25 years old when the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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