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Petra M Mercado 1906 - 2002

Petra M Mercado was born on January 18, 1906, and died at age 96 years old on July 8, 2002. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Petra M Mercado.
Petra M Mercado
January 18, 1906
July 8, 2002
Female
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  • 01/18
    1906

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    January 18, 1906
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  • 07/8
    2002

    Death

    July 8, 2002
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    Petra M Mercado lived 28 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.
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In 1906, in the year that Petra M Mercado was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1927, when she was 21 years old, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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