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Robert Dowthitt 1909 - 1991

Robert Dowthitt of Effingham, Effingham County, IL was born on August 11, 1909, and died at age 81 years old in February 1991.
Robert Dowthitt
Effingham, Effingham County, IL 62401
August 11, 1909
February 1991
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Robert Dowthitt's History: 1909 - 1991

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  • 08/11
    1909

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    August 11, 1909
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  • 02/dd
    1991

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    February 1991
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    Robert Dowthitt lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1909, in the year that Robert Dowthitt was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1922, Robert was just 13 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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