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Esther Opalka 1885 - 1977

Esther Opalka of Cambridge, Henry County, Illinois was born on April 6, 1885, and died at age 92 years old in October 1977.
Esther Opalka
Cambridge, Henry County, Illinois 61238
April 6, 1885
October 1977
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Esther Opalka's History: 1885 - 1977

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  • 04/6
    1885

    Birthday

    April 6, 1885
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  • 10/dd
    1977

    Death

    October 1977
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    Cause of death
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    Esther Opalka lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1885, in the year that Esther Opalka was born, on February 16th, the first Dow Jones Industrial Average was published by Charles Dow, who also founded the Wall Street Journal. The index was 62.76. It represented 12 stocks - American Cotton Oil, American Sugar, American Tobacco, Chicago Gas, Distilling & Cattle Feeding, General Electric, Laclede Gas, National Lead, North American, Tennessee Coal and Iron, U.S. Leather pfd. and U.S. Rubber.
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In 1905, Esther was 20 years old when the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.
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