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Lester D West 1900 - 1971

Lester D West of Independence, Jackson County, MO was born on August 19, 1900, and died at age 70 years old on June 15, 1971.
Lester D West
Independence, Jackson County, MO 64050
August 19, 1900
June 15, 1971
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  • 08/19
    1900

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    August 19, 1900
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  • 06/15
    1971

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    June 15, 1971
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    Lester D West lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1900, in the year that Lester D West was born, when Floradora opened on Broadway. A huge success in London - opening in 1899 and running for 455 performances - the musical was even more successful in New York - running for 552 performances. The "Floradora girls" were the hit of the show - a "sextette of tall, gorgeous damsels, clad in pink walking costumes, black picture hats and carrying frilly parasols who swished onto the stage and captivated New York for no other reason than they were utterly stunning" ("tall and gorgeous" translated to 5'4"). A sensation, each Floradora girl was said to have married a millionaire.
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In 1911, when he was just 11 years old, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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