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Ruth M Scherer 1904 - 2005

Ruth M Scherer of Orion, Henry County, IL was born on July 3, 1904, and died at age 100 years old on May 31, 2005.
Ruth M Scherer
Orion, Henry County, IL 61273
July 3, 1904
May 31, 2005
Female
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    1904

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    July 3, 1904
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  • 05/31
    2005

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    May 31, 2005
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    Ruth M Scherer lived 25 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 100.
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In 1904, in the year that Ruth M Scherer 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 1924, when she was 20 years old, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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