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Mearl Carpenter 1886 - 1968

Mearl Carpenter of Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia was born on May 4, 1886, and died at age 81 years old in January 1968.
Mearl Carpenter
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia 26101
May 4, 1886
January 1968
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    1886

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    May 4, 1886
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    1968

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    January 1968
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In 1886, in the year that Mearl Carpenter 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 1903, at the age of 17 years old, Mearl was alive when the Harley-Davidson Motor Company was begun by two childhood friends, William Harley and Arthur Davidson - with help from Arthur's brother, Walter. Their first prototype - a "motor-bicycle" - couldn't climb hills without also pedaling, so they went back to the drawing board, and in 1904 their new version came in 4th in a race. Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company were the only two major motorcycle companies to survive the Great Depression.
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