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Dedove Merriweather 1906 - 2001

Dedove Merriweather of Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, MO was born on December 1, 1906, and died at age 94 years old on February 13, 2001.
Dedove Merriweather
Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, MO 63119
December 1, 1906
February 13, 2001
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Dedove Merriweather's History: 1906 - 2001

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  • 12/1
    1906

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    December 1, 1906
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  • 02/13
    2001

    Death

    February 13, 2001
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    Dedove Merriweather lived 27 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1906, in the year that Dedove Merriweather was born, 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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In 1920, Dedove was merely 14 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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