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John Silker 1904 - 1975

John Silker of Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota was born on June 1, 1904, and died at age 70 years old in April 1975.
John Silker
Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota 55744
June 1, 1904
April 1975
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John Silker's History: 1904 - 1975

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    1904

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    June 1, 1904
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  • 04/dd
    1975

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    April 1975
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    John Silker lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1904, in the year that John Silker 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 1914, when he was only 10 years old, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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