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Selma S Garbe 1897 - 1993

Selma S Garbe of Bloomington, McLean County, IL was born on April 25, 1897, and died at age 95 years old on March 18, 1993.
Selma S Garbe
Bloomington, McLean County, IL 61701
April 25, 1897
March 18, 1993
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  • 04/25
    1897

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    April 25, 1897
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  • 03/18
    1993

    Death

    March 18, 1993
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    Selma S Garbe lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 95.
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In 1897, in the year that Selma S Garbe was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1919, at the age of 22 years old, Selma was alive when in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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