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Richard J Wood 1904 - 1996

Richard J Wood of Dobson, Surry County, NC was born on July 26, 1904, and died at age 91 years old on July 12, 1996.
Richard J Wood
Dobson, Surry County, NC 27017
July 26, 1904
July 12, 1996
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    1904

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    July 26, 1904
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  • 07/12
    1996

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    July 12, 1996
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In 1904, in the year that Richard J Wood 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, he 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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