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William Gavigan 1906 - 1968

William Gavigan of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin was born on September 6, 1906, and died at age 62 years old in November 1968.
William Gavigan
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 53219
September 6, 1906
November 1968
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    1906

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    September 6, 1906
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  • 11/dd
    1968

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    November 1968
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    William Gavigan lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 62.
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In 1906, in the year that William Gavigan 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, William was just 14 years old when 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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