Miss Anne Morgan Aids Girl Strikers In New York
Miss Anne Morgan heiress daughter of J Pierpont Morgan joins the shirt waist workers strike efforts in New York City. She uses wealth and influence with Mrs C P Huntington and Mrs O H Belmont to seek reforms amid claims of immigration and factory law violations by manufacturers. Federal action is being pursued. The Howland employees hold a Christmas pre rush social at Lincoln Hall with whist and dance.
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Anne Morgan
J. Pierpoint Morgan
New York City
Howland
Lincoln Hall
Howland Sick Benefit Association
J. McK. Munsie
Edmund Godfrey
Herbert Doolittle
Annie P. Flynn
Anna Ziff
Annie Mellor
L. Andreson
Trinity Lacks $114,753 of Needed Half Million
Hartford reports Trinity College has reduced the endowment drive target to 114000 from 130000 as pledges rush in. Nearly 90000 has been subscribed by alumni and friends, with Professor John J. McCook leading the drive. A closing note cites a later unrelated hair growth fact.
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Trinity
Hartford
John J. McCook
Gypsy moth invasion found in Wallingford area
Connecticut State entomologist Prof. William E. Britton led a four man squad with borough aid to destroy over 2000 gypsy moth egg clusters on trees east of Wallingford railroad tracks. The pest, first seen in Stonington years ago, threatens maples and apples. officials plan further suppression if the moth spreads from Massachusetts. Creosote and oil spray targeted egg clusters as the hunt continues.
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William E. Britton
Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station
Wallingford
Europe
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Stonington
Prof
Britton
Tibet
Descriptions of Moth-Haired Cows on House Sides
The text describes cows with hairs shed from moths that deposit them. The creatures are described as light buff in color and attached to the sides of houses. This odd, concise detail suggests a fragmented archival note or natural history reference.
Infant Mortality in Connecticut Cited by Health Board
In a November state board of health report Dr. Joseph H. Townsend notes about 35 hundred infants under one year die yearly in Connecticut, nearly half before three months, with premature birth and inanition common. He urges remedies for mothers too, citing poverty, nourishment, and overwork as factors, and calls for charity and social workers to cooperate.
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State Board of Health
Joseph H. Townsend
New Haven
Townsend
Connecticut
State recorded 1,257 deaths in latest period
The state reported 1,257 deaths, 26 more than October and 116 higher than last November, with a death rate of 14.3 for the state.
Dying Conductor Ends Long Service On Express
Edward Tilden a veteran New Haven conductor, died of heart disease aboard the Gilt Edge Boston to New York train as it neared New Haven. He was over 70, had recently overexerted himself while boarding at Branford, and collapsed in a passenger car before medical aid could arrive. Tilden, a Boston resident, was celebrated for decades of service on the New York Boston line. The Venezuelan Government opened a factory at Puerto Cabello to produce fuel briquettes from slack coal and tar.
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Tilden
Wax
New Haven
Boston
New York
Union Station
Edward Tilden
New Haven Road
Branford
William J. Sheehan
Sheehan
Electric stove safety claim sparks debate
The accusation centers on a safety burner inside every Electric model that supposedly prevents wick adjustment into the oil fount, which the claim says makes explosions impossible. Critics question the feasibility and demand independent testing.
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California
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Miss Anne Morgan
M. J. Suechler
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