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Lodie Purnell 1886 - 1967

Lodie Purnell of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on December 24, 1886, and died at age 80 years old in February 1967.
Lodie Purnell
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60615
December 24, 1886
February 1967
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Lodie Purnell's History: 1886 - 1967

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    1886

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    December 24, 1886
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  • 02/dd
    1967

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    February 1967
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    Lodie Purnell lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1886, in the year that Lodie Purnell was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1911, Lodie was 25 years old when 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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