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Merle E Burns 1906 - 1999

Merle E Burns of Brownsburg, Hendricks County, IN was born on October 29, 1906, and died at age 92 years old on March 20, 1999.
Merle E Burns
Brownsburg, Hendricks County, IN 46112
October 29, 1906
March 20, 1999
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Merle E Burns' History: 1906 - 1999

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  • 10/29
    1906

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    October 29, 1906
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  • 03/20
    1999

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    March 20, 1999
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    Merle E Burns lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1906, in the year that Merle E Burns 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, at the age of merely 14 years old, Merle was alive when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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