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Otis Jones 1905 - 1977

Otis Jones of Melrose Park, Cook County, Illinois was born on September 1, 1905, and died at age 71 years old in August 1977.
Otis Jones
Melrose Park, Cook County, Illinois 60164
September 1, 1905
August 1977
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Otis Jones' History: 1905 - 1977

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  • 09/1
    1905

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    September 1, 1905
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  • 08/dd
    1977

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    August 1977
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    Otis Jones lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1905, in the year that Otis Jones was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1920, he was only 15 years old when the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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