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Lora Swanson 1904 - 2000

Lora Swanson of Kewanee, Henry County, IL was born on September 9, 1904, and died at age 96 years old on September 26, 2000.
Lora Swanson
Kewanee, Henry County, IL 61443
September 9, 1904
September 26, 2000
Female
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  • 09/9
    1904

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    September 9, 1904
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  • 09/26
    2000

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    September 26, 2000
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    Lora Swanson lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.
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In 1904, in the year that Lora Swanson was born, 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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In 1929, Lora was 25 years old when the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened on February 14th. In Chicago, seven men from the North Side Irish gang were gunned down by Al Capone's South Side Italian gang at the garage at 2122 North Clark Street. Al Capone was making a successful move to take over Chicago's organized crime. But the St. Valentine's Day massacre also resulted in a public outcry against all gangsters.
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