Bridgeport Milk Regulation Ordinance Adopted 1917
Bridgeport adopts a comprehensive milk control ordinance from March 6 1917 setting licensing production handling and distribution standards. It covers definitions licenses production facilities milk rooms cow care equipment pasteurization stores hotels and penalties with health department oversight and detailed quality grades. It includes requirements for cleanliness testing vaccination and container labeling across farms stations and transportation.
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Bridgeport
Department of Health
Medical Milk Commission
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Troop trains to take place of passengers in Massachusetts
Massachusetts railroads and public groups spoke at a Public Service Commission conference on curtailing passenger service to free tracks for war needs. Boston and Maine officials argued for selective eliminations to save fuel and boost government traffic capacity, while public safety and railroad leaders urged balanced cuts to move coal, food, and ammunition amid wartime strain.
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Massachusetts
Public Service Commission
Massachusetts Committee On Public Safter
Henry B. Endicott
E. W. Longley
Charles 8. Pierce
Boston & Maine
Macleod
Pierce
New England
Northwestern Military Department
Ayer
Fitchburgh
Taunton
Salem
Boston & Maine Railroad
Endciott
Public Safety “Committee
Rkmen
Endicott
Delaware & Hudson Road
Public Safety Committee
Galen. L. Stone
New_ England Coal Committee
Henry I. Harriman
Boston Chamber of Commerce
France
Boston & Albany
John S. Lawrence
William H. Day
Lynn Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
Petit Lynn
George E. Rix
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Rail service debate weighs train cuts for wartime needs
Public figures from Boston area chambers and coal committees argued that reducing train services could conserve coal and save railroads financially during wartime. They urged testing a minimal schedule, noting losses of workers to France and the need to maintain essential freight flows. The Public Service Commission could mandate added trains if services prove inadequate.
Transit officials discuss shifting staff from passenger to freight
Charles H. Tiffany of the New England Paper & Pulp Traffic Association W P Libby traffic manager of the Plymouth Cordage Company and Daniel N Casey of the Havrehell Chamber of Commerce testified. Mr Pierce said staff relieved from passenger service would be reassigned to other railway branches.
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Charles H. Tiffany
New England Paper & Pulp Traffic Association
W. P. Libby
Plymouth’ Cordage Company
Daniel N. Casey
Haverhill Chamber of Commerce
Pierce
France Needs American Aid in Fight Against Tuberculosis
Boulder Colorado June 15 Dr Livingston Farrand president of the University of Colorado and director of the Rockefeller Foundation mission to France outlines urgent needs to combat tuberculosis among French troops refugees prisoners and civilians He says France faces about 500000 tuberculosis cases with only ten to twelve thousand beds likely available this year and underscores the aim to build preventive public health measures and hospital capacity rather than mere relief.
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Boulder
Colo
France
America
Livingston Farrand
University of Colorado
Rockefeller Foundation
Paris
Farrand
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
England
Dr. Farrand
North
Germany
United States
Public Health Plan Urges Education and Hospitals
A historical passage argues that a comprehensive scheme of general public education, coupled with adequate hospital and sanatorium equipment, enables a community or nation to steadily reduce the death rate with reasonable rapidity. The wording reflects a broad, policy-driven vision for improving public welfare.
Fiji to Send 100 Fijian War Service Contingent
Suva reports the British government accepted Fiji’s offer to send a contingent of 100 Fijian natives to Calais for transport duties in wartime. Officials in Fiji and London debated suitability for active front service, concluding natives are better for transport roles due to temperament and climate.
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Suva
Fiji
Themi
Calais
France
Henry Marks
Secretary of State For Colonies
Marks
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Board of Health Commissioners
C. Howard Dunbar
Bay State Railroad Heads
Fist Islanders
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Belgium
Rotterdam
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