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Ortha Ward 1906 - 1984

Ortha Ward of Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina was born on December 12, 1906, and died at age 77 years old in September 1984.
Ortha Ward
Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina 29532
December 12, 1906
September 1984
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    1906

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    December 12, 1906
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  • 09/dd
    1984

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    September 1984
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    Ortha Ward lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1906, in the year that Ortha Ward 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 1925, by the time this person was 19 years old, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".
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