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Margaret Lenz 1904 - 1987

Margaret Lenz of Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa was born on August 17, 1904, and died at age 82 years old in June 1987.
Margaret Lenz
Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa 50662
August 17, 1904
June 1987
Female
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Margaret Lenz's History: 1904 - 1987

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    1904

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    August 17, 1904
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  • 06/dd
    1987

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    June 1987
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    Margaret Lenz lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1904, in the year that Margaret Lenz 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 1922, Margaret was 18 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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