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Ruth Porter 1884 - 1978

Ruth Porter of Houston, Harris County, Texas was born on October 28, 1884, and died at age 94 years old in November 1978.
Ruth Porter
Houston, Harris County, Texas 77002
October 28, 1884
November 1978
Female
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    1884

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    October 28, 1884
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  • 11/dd
    1978

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    November 1978
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    Ruth Porter lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1884, in the year that Ruth Porter was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1896, by the time she was only 12 years old, on January 28th, the first ticket for speeding - called "furious driving" - was issued. Walter Arnold of Kent England was fined 1 shilling plus costs - for going 8 mph. The speed limit was 2 mph.
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