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Nels Petersen 1894 - 1975

Nels Petersen of Lake Andes, Charles Mix County, South Dakota was born on August 22, 1894, and died at age 80 years old in January 1975.
Nels Petersen
Lake Andes, Charles Mix County, South Dakota 57356
August 22, 1894
January 1975
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    1894

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    August 22, 1894
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    1975

    Death

    January 1975
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    Nels Petersen lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1894, in the year that Nels Petersen was born, on March 12th, for the first time, Coca-Cola was sold in individual bottles as a drink for consumer consumption. Previously, it was sold as a syrup for upset stomachs - over the counter.
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In 1924, Nels was 30 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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