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Lon Ritter 1879 - 1966

Lon Ritter of East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois was born on April 27, 1879, and died at age 87 years old in April 1966.

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East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois 61611
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In 1879, in the year that Lon Ritter was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1904, at the age of 25 years old, Lon was alive when the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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Ritter, Clark (Born Jul 14, 1882) Ritter, Thelma (Born Jul 19, 1908) Ritter, Alice (Born Jan 22, 1881) Ritter, Henrietta (Born 1850) Irby, Sue (Born 1890) Ritter, Ethel (Born Apr 3, 1896) Ritter, Franklin (Apr 13, 1847 - 1927) Ritter, Carly (Born Mar 1, 1982) Ritter, Tyler (Born Jan 31, 1985) Ritter, Jason (Born Feb 17, 1980)
Ritter, John (Sep 17, 1948 - Sep 11, 2003) Ritter, Florence (Nov 10, 1908 - Nov 14, 1997) Ritter, Angele (May 20, 1884 - Jan 1980) Ritter, Myong (Jun 25, 1956 - Jun 8, 2009) Ritter, Catherine (Aug 18, 1919 - Mar 1984) Ritter, Howard (Aug 26, 1910 - Mar 31, 1995) Ritter, Mary (Sep 24, 1924 - Jun 23, 2001) Ritter, Judith (Jul 27, 1927 - Jun 20, 1999) Ritter, Grady (Sep 13, 1916 - Apr 5, 1989) Ritter, Eleanor (Feb 17, 1927 - Apr 18, 2008)
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