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Mary Elizabeth Gist 1904 - 1996

Mary Elizabeth Gist of Reno, Washoe County, NV was born on October 11, 1904, and died at age 91 years old on May 19, 1996. Mary Gist was buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery Section R Site 267 Sneath Lane, in San Bruno, Ca.
Mary Elizabeth Gist
Reno, Washoe County, NV 89509
October 11, 1904
May 19, 1996
Female
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  • 10/11
    1904

    Birthday

    October 11, 1904
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: CMDR Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 05/19
    1996

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    May 19, 1996
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    Golden Gate National Cemetery Section R Site 267 Sneath Lane, in San Bruno, Ca 94066
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In 1904, in the year that Mary Elizabeth Gist 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 1920, she was 16 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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