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William Powell 1888 - 1966

William Powell of Fresh Meadows, Queens County, NY was born on May 29, 1888, and died at age 78 years old in May 1966.

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In 1888, in the year that William Powell was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1904, he was 16 years old when 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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Powell, Adam (Dec 4, 1897 - Oct 1973) Powell, Mae Ethel (Born Aug 19, 1904) Powell, Mae (Born Aug 19, 1904) Vickers, Mary  (Jul 26, 1869 - Mar 30, 1950) Powell, Hiram (Born 1860) Powell, Mary (Born 1869) Cobb, Audrey (Sep 13, 1936 - Jan 23, 2005) Powell, Emory (Born Jul 23, 1932) Powell, Savannah V (Born May 16, 1874) Powell, Corneilius (Born 1890)
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