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George Postel 1886 - 1967

George Postel of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on February 23, 1886, and died at age 81 years old in October 1967.

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In 1886, in the year that George Postel 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, at the age of 25 years old, George was alive 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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Postel, Lillian (Sep 20, 1909 - Dec 4, 1991) Postel, Margaret (Oct 20, 1905 - Jun 1993) Postel, Theodora (Nov 18, 1897 - Apr 1973) Postel, William (Dec 10, 1904 - Dec 23, 1990) Postel, Herman (Mar 30, 1909 - Oct 7, 1986) Postel, Marie (Nov 29, 1895 - Jul 7, 1988) Postel, William (Apr 22, 1914 - Feb 16, 1992) Postel, John (Mar 3, 1913 - Sep 13, 1988) Postel, Maria (Feb 17, 1907 - May 16, 1994) Postel, Sanford (Oct 10, 1936 - Sep 10, 2008)
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