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Lela M Housewright 1920 - 1998

Lela M Housewright of Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL was born on November 18, 1920, and died at age 77 years old on April 26, 1998.
Lela M Housewright
Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL 62966
November 18, 1920
April 26, 1998
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  • 11/18
    1920

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    November 18, 1920
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  • 04/26
    1998

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    April 26, 1998
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    Lela M Housewright lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1920, in the year that Lela M Housewright was born, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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In 1934, Lela was just 14 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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