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Walter Morphy 1906 - 1973

Walter Morphy of Buffalo, Erie County, NY was born on May 25, 1906, and died at age 66 years old in January 1973.
Walter Morphy
Buffalo, Erie County, NY 14217
May 25, 1906
January 1973
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    1906

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    May 25, 1906
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  • 01/dd
    1973

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    January 1973
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    Walter Morphy lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.
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In 1906, in the year that Walter Morphy was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1920, when he was merely 14 years old, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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