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Pauline Distelhorst 1904 - 1974

Pauline Distelhorst of Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa was born on May 11, 1904, and died at age 70 years old in September 1974.
Pauline Distelhorst
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa 52601
May 11, 1904
September 1974
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Pauline Distelhorst's History: 1904 - 1974

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  • 05/11
    1904

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    May 11, 1904
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  • 09/dd
    1974

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    September 1974
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    Pauline Distelhorst lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1904, in the year that Pauline Distelhorst was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1922, Pauline was 18 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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