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Thomas Rakestraw 1909 - 1977

Thomas Rakestraw of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois was born on April 24, 1909, and died at age 67 years old in March 1977.
Thomas Rakestraw
Canton, Fulton County, Illinois 61520
April 24, 1909
March 1977
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    1909

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    April 24, 1909
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    1977

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    March 1977
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    Thomas Rakestraw lived 6 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1909, in the year that Thomas Rakestraw was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1919, when he was merely 10 years old, in June, the Treaty of Versailles - officially ending World War I - was signed. The European Allies demanded "compensation by Germany for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allies and their property by the aggression of Germany by land, by sea and from the air.” The requirement of compensation is seen by most as the reason for the collapse of the German economy and gave rise to the rule of Hitler.
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