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William George Fritter (died 1915)
William George Fritter died on July 30, 1915. He was buried in Ypres (menin Gate) Memorial Panel 51 And 53., Belgium.
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Service number: 12320 Rank: Rifleman Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps Unit/ship/squadron: 9th Bn. .
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Service number: 12320 Rank: Rifleman Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps Unit/ship/squadron: 9th Bn. .
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In 1839, in Mississippi the first state law was passed allowing married women to own property in their own name. Other states had previously allowed women who were deserted by their husbands to own property, but Mississippi was the first state in which women could now own and control property while their husband was alive and present.
In 1854, on February 28th, the GOP - the Republican Party - was founded in Ripon, Wisconsin by "modernizers", anti-slavery proponents, ex-Whigs, and ex-"Free-Soilers" - who opposed the expansion of slavery. The first Republican President of the United States was Abraham Lincoln.
In 1880, on February 2nd the city of Wabash, Indiana became the third city in the world to be lit by electricity.
In 1904, 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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