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Wilma M Cochran 1919 - 2007

Wilma M Cochran of Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL was born on October 24, 1919, and died at age 87 years old on April 12, 2007.
Wilma M Cochran
Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL 62966
October 24, 1919
April 12, 2007
Female
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  • 10/24
    1919

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    October 24, 1919
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  • 04/12
    2007

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    April 12, 2007
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    Wilma M Cochran lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1919, in the year that Wilma M Cochran was born, 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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In 1920, she was merely 1 year old when speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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