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Purvis Moss 1906 - 1979

Purvis Moss of Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi was born on October 15, 1906, and died at age 72 years old in September 1979.

Purvis Moss
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Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi 39355
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October 15, 1906
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September 1979
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Updated: November 4, 2011
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In 1906, in the year that Purvis Moss 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 1910, this person was merely 4 years old when Thomas Edison introduced his kinetophone, which he hoped would make "talkies" a reality. But the sound wasn't synchronized to the pictures and only 45 Kinetophones were made.
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Moss, Margaret  (Born Apr 1, 1870) Moss, Isaac  (Born Nov 27, 1852) Moss, Henry (Born Jan 25, 1882) Moss, Bessie (Born Dec 11, 1877) Green, Emma (Born Jan 7, 1880) Moss, Erma (Born Jul 1887) Moss, Mary (Born Sep 1862) Moss?, Baby (Born 1904) Moss, Hope (Born Jun 1892) Moss, Otie (Born May 1885)
Moss, Eugene (Born May 1895) Moss, Evalee (Born c. Feb 21, 1932) Moss, Virgil (Born c. Jul 17, 1930) Moss, John (Born Jun 19, 1842) Hall, Charlotte (c. Apr 15, 1926 - c. Feb 27, 2013) Moss, Dean (Born c. 1900) Moss, Geraldine (Jun 20, 1902 - Jun 8, 2005) Moss, Norman (Jun 11, 1916 - Nov 1988) Moss, David (Oct 19, 1901 - Jan 1973) Moss, Katherine (Nov 28, 1894 - Jun 1975)
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