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Polk Ritter 1892 - 1972

Polk Ritter of Mendota, La Salle County, Illinois was born on January 4, 1892, and died at age 80 years old in January 1972.

Polk Ritter
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Mendota, La Salle County, Illinois 61342
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January 4, 1892
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In 1892, in the year that Polk Ritter was born, on January 1st, Ellis Island opened to process immigrants. 700 passed through on the first day - in the first year, 450,000 were processed. The processing center was originally a 3 story wooden building - with outbuildings - that burned down a few years later.
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In 1904, Polk was merely 12 years old when 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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Ritter, John (Sep 17, 1948 - Sep 11, 2003) Ritter, Florence (Nov 10, 1908 - Nov 14, 1997) Ritter, Angele (May 20, 1884 - Jan 1980) Ritter, Myong (Jun 25, 1956 - Jun 8, 2009) Ritter, Catherine (Aug 18, 1919 - Mar 1984) Ritter, Howard (Aug 26, 1910 - Mar 31, 1995) Ritter, Mary (Sep 24, 1924 - Jun 23, 2001) Ritter, Judith (Jul 27, 1927 - Jun 20, 1999) Ritter, Grady (Sep 13, 1916 - Apr 5, 1989) Ritter, Eleanor (Feb 17, 1927 - Apr 18, 2008)
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