M C Sweezy Dies in New Haven At 72
Moses C Sweezy president and owner of the Acme Cash Railway company died at his New Haven home at 152 Brewery Street in his seventy second year. A Long Island native, he built the cash rail system used by department stores nationwide and faced litigation that consumed much of the profits before ultimately securing his rights.
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New Haven
Moses ¢. Swetsy
Acme Cash Railway Company
Ingtor Avenue
W. Haven
Sweezy
Long Island
Gamnees Company
State
Chapel Streets
Peers Oe
Stratford Man Killed In Fall From Trestle
A Stratford man, 54, was killed while attempting to cross Peck's Mill pond trolley trestle at night. He slipped from the stone abutment at the north end and fell into the water. The accident occurred near Stratford Clinton, identified as an employee of a poultry farm. Survived by an unnamed spouse and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peck's Mill Pond
Stratford
Clinton
Emily Clinton
Moz
New Haven
Miler
Cogswell
Watt
Peck’s Mill Bridge
Convicts Placed On Honor Without Stripes In Texas
Gov Colquitt orders 600 convicts removed from the penitentiary to work on public roads in Tarrant and Dallas counties without guards. Striped uniforms to be replaced by civilian clothes and no surveillance, with only an honor pledge not to attempt unauthorized work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Colquitt Q
Tarrant
Dallas
Quail Propagation at Connecticut Agricultural College
The report reviews quail propagation work at Connecticut Agricultural College during last summer. Thirty pairs produced 693 eggs with 73 from the banner hen, 9 percent fertility, and hatching up to 8 percent. Scientists including Yale’s Dr Rettger identified a deadly quail disease, seeking vaccines or serums, and connected findings to similar grouse organisms, aiming to eradicate disease and aid gamebird propagation.
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Connecticut Agricultural College
Connectu
L. R. Rettger
Sheield Scientific School
Yale University
Storrs
Conn. Agricultural College
Rettger
Connecticut
England
Conn
Controversy Over Quail Propagation Study Continues
The document outlines support from the Peacrat Government and officials at the Experiment Station for continued quail propagation research at Storrs Connecticut. It notes government approval, cooperation with the Poultry Department, and belief in the economic and scientific value of the work, despite calls by some papers that the final goal requires more time. It emphasizes disease, feeding, and husbandry issues as key to solving artificial quail increase and warns against proceeding without thorough science. It mentions related reports on quail disease research and a proposed government bulletin publication.
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Beach
Citton
Stoneburn
Eee
College
Poultry Department
Experiment Staton
Storrs
Connecticut
Crawford Laundry Co. Promotes Shirt Laundry Quality
Points of interest praise the Crawford Laundry Co for meticulous washing starching and ironing of dress shirts and collars. A trial package offers a demonstration of their high standards at Fairfield Avenue and Courtland Street, phone 4320.
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Crawford Laundry Co
Fairfield Avenue
Anund Courtland Street
No truth in Booth escape claims from Dr Porter
Dr George L Porter of Bridgeport dismisses Mrs L A Howard claim that she is John Wilkes Booths daughter and that Booth escaped to marry her mother in the Tennessee mountains. Porter affirms Booth was shot by Sergt Boston Corbett in the tobacco house on the Garrett farm near Bowling Green Maryland and identifies the burial, sequence, and trail of events established over decades.
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George L. Porter
Bridgeport
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Sergt
Boston Corbett
Garrett Farm
Bowling Green
Maryland
L. A. Howard
Tennessee
New York
Howard
Ae See Mountains
Wilkes Booth
Ford’s
Washington
Booth
South
Pines
Tne
E. Cose
John Wilkes
Abraham Linco
Friends
J. Payne
Enid
Okla
Lincoln
George S. Porter
United States Army
Porter
Dr. Mudd
Harold
Potomac
Be Stone
Charlotte Cushman
Stone
Dr. Mudy
Tobacco
U. S. Penitentiary
President Johnson
Edwin Booth
Baltimore
Junius Brutus Booth
Star Cafe
Middle Street
Davy Harold
E. J. Conger
Baker
Concer
Trooper of the
Will of Alden M Young Leaves All to Family
The will of late Alden M Young, traction magnate who died suddenly in New York, was filed in Branford probate court. Executors named are Milton J Warner, John H Goss, and Mrs Herbert Gallaudet. Real estate differs among four daughters, widow receives half of personal estate, with the balance shared equally among four daughters. The will dated October 3, 1911. The estate was expected to inventory up to 000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden M. Young
New York
Branford
Mr. Young
William R.foote
Samuel Asher
New Haven
Foote
Milton J. Warner
Greenwich
Jomn H. Goss
Waterbury
Testator
Herbert Gallaudet
Boston
Young
Ella WN. Young
John H. Goss
Geo. M. Smith
St. Louis
Alliance Francaise January Lectures Promised Delights
The Alliance Francaise announces January events headlined by M. Andre Tridon on Chateaux en Touraine January 5 and Anatole Le Braz January 15 on Brittany in history. Lectures begin at 8 p m at the Hotel Stratfield with Le Braz noted as a leading Brittany authority and prolific author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance Francaise
M. Andre Tridon
Chateaux En
Touraine
Officiel
Anatole le Braz
Brittany
Stratfield
Academe Francaise
United States
Foley's Honey and Tar and Local Lodge Officers
An advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar as a reliable remedy for colds coughs and bronchitis. A report lists the newly elected officers for Park City lodge and the local district deputy grand wardens of the New England Order of Protection. The Department of Agriculture issues a 200 page volume on treatment for sick honey bees.
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New England Order of Protection
Park City Lodge
James L.christie
Charles TE. Williams
H. M. Dawson
James H.tyer
E.W. Burritt
John T. Reckers
Washington
Department of Agriculture
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Kersey and
Melton
MEIGS
Sridgeport, Conn
M. C. Sweezy
Acme Cash Railway
Gharies
Sax
Colquitt
Herbert K. JC
DR. Porter
Story
Tennessee Mountains
Oklahoma
Conger
Oth
Belle Plain
Fredericksburg
John
Chief Baker
Arsenal
A. M. Young
Will
Foley
Compol
L. F. Curtis
Century Store
S. Y.M.C.A
Monarch
Monster
THE
Monarch Typewriter CO
Meigs Building
Isekeepers and
Indorsement Co
Citizens
Main Street
Bresge
Patrick
Washington Ave
Berkshire Mill Co
Goal
Wood
Broad Street
IRA Gregory & CO
Stratford Ave
Lehigh Coal
Naugatuck Valley Ice Co
Uptown
Housatonic Aveste
Sprague
Sprague CE & Coal CO
Washington Avenue
Wheeler & Howes
East End End
Congress Street
Main
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