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Bessie Sherwood 1873 - 1972

Bessie Sherwood of Childress, Childress County, Texas was born on May 17, 1873, and died at age 99 years old in October 1972.

Bessie Sherwood

Childress, Childress County, Texas 79201

May 17, 1873

October 1972

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May 17, 1873

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October 1972

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In 1873, in the year that Bessie Sherwood was born, on March 3rd, the U.S. Congress enacted the Comstock Law. The law made it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" material through the U.S. mail. This included erotica, contraceptives, sex toys, abortifacients, information about these items, and "personal letters alluding to any sexual content or information".

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In 1911, Bessie was 38 years old when the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.

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