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Happy Birthday Walter Breuning

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    At that time, there was no electricity
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    no kerosene lamps.
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    Transportation was only horses
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    and the Chicago Northwesten Railroad.
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    No running water in the houses,
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    no bathroom in the houses.
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    That was pretty very tough business,
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    I'll tell you that.
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    In those days, you didn't have any choice;
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    you just had to do what was going on
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    in the country.
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    When there were no jobs,
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    you were lucky to get a job.
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    My job on railroad in 1913
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    was $60 a month, which was a lot of money.
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    Wall Street in 1929
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    was broke.
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    1930: Franklin Roosevelt was elected president.
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    The first thing he did was
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    close all the banks in the United States.
Title:
Happy Birthday Walter Breuning
Video Language:
English
Duration:
05:41
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