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Merrill Olson 1906 - 1972

Merrill Olson of West Union, Fayette County, Iowa was born on June 12, 1906, and died at age 65 years old in February 1972.
Merrill Olson
West Union, Fayette County, Iowa 52175
June 12, 1906
February 1972
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Merrill Olson's History: 1906 - 1972

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    1906

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    June 12, 1906
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  • 02/dd
    1972

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    February 1972
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    Merrill Olson lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.
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In 1906, in the year that Merrill Olson 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 1933, Merrill was 27 years old when on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.
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