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Closter Willis 1886 - 1976

Closter Willis of Baltimore, Baltimore City County, Maryland was born on October 5, 1886, and died at age 90 years old in October 1976.

Closter Willis
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Baltimore, Baltimore City County, Maryland 21214
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In 1886, in the year that Closter Willis was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1911, Closter was 25 years old when the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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Willis, Daniel (Born Apr 2, 1839) Willis, Bonnie (Apr 6, 1908 - Feb 27, 2000) Willis, Ted (Born Sep 18, 1920) Willis, Leo (Born Jan 5, 1890) Willis, Clif (Born Sep 10, 1925) Cates, Barbara Willis, Virginia (Dec 30, 1917 - Nov 24, 1999) Willis, Catherine (Jul 27, 1908 - May 30, 1990) Willis, George (Sep 27, 1915 - Jul 1, 2007) Willis, Lawrence (Jan 13, 1911 - Dec 1984)
Willis, Thom (May 7, 1906 - Feb 4, 1988) Willis, Eleanor (Sep 9, 1911 - May 29, 2007) Willis Sr, Wilbert (Jul 3, 1907 - Oct 1976) Willis, Edith (Aug 15, 1912 - Jun 9, 1990) Willis, Arthur (Dec 28, 1904 - Oct 1968) Willis, Perley (May 4, 1900 - Apr 1982) Willis, Linwood (Jul 13, 1914 - Jan 17, 1990) Willis, Laurence (Jul 13, 1914 - Aug 28, 2000) Willis, Madelain (Sep 23, 1913 - Jan 18, 2002) Willis, Pauline (Aug 22, 1920 - Dec 11, 1995)
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