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Lessie Wenger 1906 - 1985

Lessie Wenger of Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City County, Virginia was born on September 6, 1906, and died at age 78 years old in May 1985.
Lessie Wenger
Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City County, Virginia 22801
September 6, 1906
May 1985
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Lessie Wenger's History: 1906 - 1985

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  • 09/6
    1906

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    September 6, 1906
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  • 05/dd
    1985

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    May 1985
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    Lessie Wenger lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1906, in the year that Lessie Wenger 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, by the time she was only 14 years old, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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