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William M Wood and the rise of the American Woolen Company
The article chronicles William M. Wood’s leadership in consolidating seventeen New England mills into the American Woolen Company, detailing cost systems, efficiency, and labor gains. It notes wartime contributions of 72 million yards of cloth and the company’s growth to 59 mills with 17,000 stockholders, highlighting wage advances and war efforts.
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