Automobiles reshape travel as rails lose riders nationwide
An extensive survey notes growing auto use cuts rail traffic, with Nebraska leading auto ownership and mileage. It details per capita car ownership, shifting travel patterns, and railroads launching studies to gauge impact, plus safety tips for motorcyclists and evolving fuel trends.
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Mathushek Piano Company to Move Factory to New York City
The Mathushek Piano Company announced it will relocate its entire West Haven stock and plant to a new facility in New York City. The move leaves many workers unemployed in West Haven though some may follow to the new site. The firm began in New Haven in 1886 and has occupied the Brown street and Campbell avenue location in West Haven since 1873.
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Milk Dealers Fined After Protest in Hartford Court
In Hartford Sept United States district Judge Martin J F Brown heard cases against Fred J Appley of North Stonington and others charged with violating the pure food law over milk fat content. The dealers contended inspectors sampled from cans in Providence rather than on farms. Each defendant pleaded contendre and paid 40 dollars. Judge Charvs Orr approved mailing the decision after the postmaster refused to allow mailing.
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Williams Kidney Pills Offer Relief for Nervous Symptoms
A vintage health ad promises William Sidney Pills cure nerves and urinary discomfort. The ad targets symptoms from overwork and stressed minds, claiming relief for pains in loins back and sides, flabby facial appearance, and frequent urination, pricing at two shillings per bottle from Jennie Hamilton Pharmacy.
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Hebrews Prepare for Two Major Religious Observances
The city’s Jewish community readies for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset Wednesday and Yom Kippur starts Friday evening, with strict fasting and worship observed by adherents over age thirteen. Most Hebrews halt work and many close businesses during these holy days.
Pacific Engine Co to Danbury trip with parade
The Pacific Engine Co expects to visit Danbury on Thursday evening with 115 members headed by the American band of Waterbury. They meet at Bulls Head headquarters at 8 30 forenoon and depart at 9 for the railroad depot. The company will arrive in Danbury around 1 and join a parade. Also notes Rev Edwin K Holden to attend service at Olivet church Sunday and dancing topics from Springfield mass.
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Bankruptcy discharge in Hartford court for Moffitt and Cole
Joseph Moffitt and George M. Cole of Bridgeport were discharged from bankruptcy by Judge James J. Martin in the U S court at Hartford yesterday. They belonged to the firm Moffitt Cole & Thompkins. Bil Thompkins has not filed an application for a discharge.
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New Haven Plans Big Civic Celebration Opens Sept 19
New Haven announces a grand civic celebration from September 19 to 21 with a monster pageant on the Green featuring 20 000 marchers and up to 100 bands. Naval ships and Army artillery will participate and hundreds of floats, floats prizes, and elaborate Pompeii scenes are planned along with day fireworks and a 190 piece band concert. Hotels and transit will accommodate visitors as grandstands for 10 000 spectators rise around the Green.
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Centennial of the Battle of Borodino Remembered
Celebrations mark the centennial of the Battle of Borodino known as Muscava by the French and Borodina by Russians. The clash, seen as momentous and deadly, featured Napoleon’s momentary success and a costly, stark scene described by Tolstoy and recalled by General Brandt in memoirs.
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