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Ethel Retting 1888 - 1974

Ethel Retting of Dover, Kent County, Delaware was born on December 17, 1888, and died at age 85 years old in October 1974.
Ethel Retting
Dover, Kent County, Delaware 19901
December 17, 1888
October 1974
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Ethel Retting's History: 1888 - 1974

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  • 12/17
    1888

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    December 17, 1888
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  • 10/dd
    1974

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    October 1974
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    Ethel Retting lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1888, in the year that Ethel Retting was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1901, she was just 13 years old when John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan created U.S. Steel. J.P. Morgan was an American banker and financier who dominated U.S. business at this time. He had previously overseen the creation of General Electric, as well as International Harvester and AT&T. He has been referred to as America's greatest banker. U.S. Steel was the first billion dollar company in the world, worth $1.4 billion in 1901.
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