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Walter Somers 1904 - 1974

Walter Somers of Maywood, Cook County, Illinois was born on December 26, 1904, and died at age 69 years old in April 1974.
Walter Somers
Maywood, Cook County, Illinois 60153
December 26, 1904
April 1974
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Walter Somers' History: 1904 - 1974

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    1904

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    December 26, 1904
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  • 04/dd
    1974

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    April 1974
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    Walter Somers lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1904, in the year that Walter Somers 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 1919, Walter was merely 15 years old when in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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