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Merle C Gates 1909 - 1999

Merle C Gates of Dongola, Union County, IL was born on July 8, 1909, and died at age 90 years old on November 6, 1999.

Merle C Gates

Dongola, Union County, IL 62926

July 8, 1909

November 6, 1999

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In 1909, in the year that Merle C Gates was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.

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In 1914, when he was only 5 years old, in August, the Panama Canal opened to traffic. Begun by the French in the 1880's and abandoned, the United States undertook further construction in 1904. After 10 years, and the elimination of malaria carrying mosquitoes (which caused immense delays for the French and the Americans), the 48 mile long artificial waterway - a series of locks - created a shortcut for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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