The document provides biographical information about the author O. Henry. It states that he had various jobs including as a bank clerk in Houston, Texas. In 1882 he moved to Austin and married. In 1897 he was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to prison in Ohio, where he started writing short stories to support his family. After serving three years of his five year sentence, he was released in 1901 and changed his name to O. Henry. He died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1910.

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5.  He moved to Houston, where he had a
number of jobs, including that of bank clerk.
After moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, he
married. In 1897 he was convicted of
embezzling money, although there has been
much debate over his actual guilt. In 1898 he
entered a penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio.
 While in prison O. Henry
started to write short stories to
earn money to support his
Daughter, Margaret. After doing
Three years of the five years
sentence, Porter emerged from
the prison in 1901 and changed
his name to O. Henry. O. Henry died
of cirrhosis of the liver on June 5,
1910, in New York.

6.  The 1920s era went by such names as
the Jazz Age, the Age of Intolerance,
and the Age of Wonderful Nonsense.
 Amendment 18 to the Constitution
(1919) had prohibited the
manufacture, transport and sale of
intoxicating liquor. Prohibitionists
anticipated that Prohibition would
alleviate social problems and bolster
the economy.
 However, many people disliked the
law and imbibed in unlawful
nightclubs called speakeasies.
Gangsters took control of bootlegging
(illegal distribution of liquor) and
violent lawlessness erupted. Lacking
public support, the federal
government was virtually unable to
enforce Prohibition.

7.  Youthful "Flapper" women
provoked older people with
brief skirts, bobbed hair, and
cavalier use of makeup and
cigarettes.
 Crazes included such
dances as the Charleston,
dance marathons, flagpole
sitting and flying stunts.
Baseball`s Babe Ruth and
other sports figures became
heroes.

8.  A uniquely American music
form, whose roots lay in
African expression, came
to be known as jazz. The
Jazz Age produced such
greats as Louis Armstrong,
Duke Ellington.
 Charlie Chaplin and
Rudolph Valentino were
tremendous movie box
office draws. Walt Disney
would produce his first
cartoon, Alice`s
Wonderland.

9.  It was the time of the $5
workday, good worker pay for
those days. People spent
money for better roads,
tourism, and holiday resorts.
Real estate booms, most
notably in Florida, sent land
prices soaring.
 The radio found its way
into virtually every home
in America.
 The year 1922 introduced
the first movie made with
sound.

10.  Henry Ford blazed the
way with his Model T; he
sold more 15 million of
them by 1927. Ford`s
assembly line means of
production was the key.
The automobile`s
popularity, and
construction of roads
and highways — pouring
fresh public funds into
the economy — brought
tremendous economic
prosperity during the
roaring twenties.

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