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Ruth Putzke 1920 - 1978

Ruth Putzke of Apollo, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania was born on May 27, 1920, and died at age 58 years old in July 1978.

Ruth Putzke

Apollo, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 15613

May 27, 1920

July 1978

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May 27, 1920

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Ruth Putzke lived 15 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 58.

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In 1920, in the year that Ruth Putzke was born, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.

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In 1934, at the age of only 14 years old, Ruth was alive when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.

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