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Portia West 1912 - 1998

Portia West of La Feria, Cameron County, TX was born on May 25, 1912, and died at age 86 years old on July 16, 1998.

Portia West
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La Feria, Cameron County, TX 78559
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In 1912, in the year that Portia West was born, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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In 1929, at the age of 17 years old, Portia was alive when the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened on February 14th. In Chicago, seven men from the North Side Irish gang were gunned down by Al Capone's South Side Italian gang at the garage at 2122 North Clark Street. Al Capone was making a successful move to take over Chicago's organized crime. But the St. Valentine's Day massacre also resulted in a public outcry against all gangsters.
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West, Charles (Born Dec 18, 1876) West, West, Frederick West, Myra West, Walter (Born Jul 1887) West, Lessee (Born 1867) West, Robert (Born 1866) West, Hugh (Born 1897) West, Sophia (Born 1895) West, Cora (Born Jan 19, 1894)
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