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Mary Scherping 1884 - 1983

Mary Scherping of Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa was born on December 7, 1884, and died at age 99 years old in December 1983.
Mary Scherping
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa 50401
December 7, 1884
December 1983
Female
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    1884

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    December 7, 1884
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    1983

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    December 1983
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    Mary Scherping lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 98.
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In 1884, in the year that Mary Scherping was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1915, by the time she was 31 years old, in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.
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