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Bess Milles 1898 - 1979

Bess Milles of Genoa, De Kalb County, Illinois was born on January 15, 1898, and died at age 81 years old in September 1979.
Bess Milles
Genoa, De Kalb County, Illinois 60135
January 15, 1898
September 1979
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Bess Milles' History: 1898 - 1979

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  • 01/15
    1898

    Birthday

    January 15, 1898
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  • 09/dd
    1979

    Death

    September 1979
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Bess Milles lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1898, in the year that Bess Milles was born, magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company controlled 84% of the oil and pipelines in the United States. Rockefeller grew Standard Oil through the merger of several other small oil companies throughout the U.S., creating a monopoly.
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In 1906, Bess was just 8 years old when 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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