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Bess Ritter 1897 - 1991

Bess Ritter of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH was born on August 15, 1897, and died at age 93 years old on May 6, 1991.

Bess Ritter
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Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH 45237
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August 15, 1897
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In 1897, in the year that Bess Ritter was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1904, when she was only 7 years old, 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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Ritter, Clark (Born Jul 14, 1882) Ritter, Thelma (Born Jul 19, 1908) Ritter, Alice (Born Jan 22, 1881) Ritter, Henrietta (Born 1850) Irby, Sue (Born 1890) Ritter, Ethel (Born Apr 3, 1896) Ritter, Franklin (Apr 13, 1847 - 1927) Ritter, Carly (Born Mar 1, 1982) Ritter, Tyler (Born Jan 31, 1985) Ritter, Jason (Born Feb 17, 1980)
Ritter, John (Sep 17, 1948 - Sep 11, 2003) Ritter, Florence (Nov 10, 1908 - Nov 14, 1997) Ritter, Angele (May 20, 1884 - Jan 1980) Ritter, Myong (Jun 25, 1956 - Jun 8, 2009) Ritter, Catherine (Aug 18, 1919 - Mar 1984) Ritter, Howard (Aug 26, 1910 - Mar 31, 1995) Ritter, Mary (Sep 24, 1924 - Jun 23, 2001) Ritter, Judith (Jul 27, 1927 - Jun 20, 1999) Ritter, Grady (Sep 13, 1916 - Apr 5, 1989) Ritter, Eleanor (Feb 17, 1927 - Apr 18, 2008)
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