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Alta Wait 1904 - 1983

Alta Wait of Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri was born on March 10, 1904, and died at age 78 years old in February 1983.

Alta Wait
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Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri 63501
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March 10, 1904
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In 1904, in the year that Alta Wait 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 1917, Alta was only 13 years old when in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.
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Wait, Grace (Aug 29, 1895 - Oct 1966) Wait, Elizabeth (Apr 28, 1949 - Jul 19, 1994) Wait, Evelyn (Jan 16, 1914 - Jul 1, 2005) Wait, Eleanor (Oct 10, 1915 - Nov 24, 1998) Wait, Flora (Apr 7, 1881 - Jul 1970) Wait, Kevin (Aug 13, 1929 - Oct 5, 1994) Wait, Eva (Feb 25, 1916 - Feb 1995) Wait, Ernest (Sep 9, 1876 - Mar 1972) Wait, Lucien (Jan 12, 1901 - Apr 1, 2001) Wait, Andrew (Nov 4, 1905 - Oct 14, 1997)
Wait, Lillian (Apr 12, 1899 - Apr 1989) Wait, Albert (May 27, 1896 - Nov 1973) Wait, Charles (May 31, 1880 - Mar 1973) Wait, Agnes (Apr 27, 1908 - Apr 1985) Wait, Gladys (Jul 27, 1900 - Mar 1986) Wait, Pauline (Jun 14, 1905 - Jul 1978) Wait, David (Jan 19, 1907 - Jan 1968) Wait, Robert (May 31, 1930 - Mar 29, 2007) Wait, Annie (Jul 21, 1890 - Apr 1984) Wait, Edward (Feb 3, 1935 - May 26, 2010)
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