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Howard Petross 1895 - 1980

Howard Petross of Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan was born on September 8, 1895, and died at age 85 years old in October 1980.
Howard Petross
Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan 48229
September 8, 1895
October 1980
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Howard Petross' History: 1895 - 1980

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  • 09/8
    1895

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    September 8, 1895
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  • 10/dd
    1980

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    October 1980
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    Howard Petross lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1895, in the year that Howard Petross was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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In 1938, at the age of 43 years old, Howard was alive when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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