Diphtheria prevention focus of Fairfield health group
The Fairfield County Health Association formed by health officers at Stratfield hotel discussed public health questions. Dr Abraham Zingher warned prevention now makes diphtheria avoidable and demonstrated Schick tests. Officers elected included James A Marr as president and Laurence K Paute as secretary treasurer.
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Fairfield County Health Association
Farrfield County
Stratfield Hotel
Abraham Zingher
Bellevue Medical College
New York
Zingher
Laurence K. Paute
Fairfield
Raymond PD. Fear
Stamford
Robert E. Perdue
Norwalk
de Ruyter Howland
Stratford
Willam Hall Coon
Bridgeport
Poole
Marr
Osborn
Stanley H. Osborn
Robert Mickle
State Bureau . Laboratories
Stanley HW. Osborn
Tamer
Mart
State Bureau of Laboratories
Connecticut
Raymond D. Year
Stam- Foard
Hebert FE. Perdue
Plan survey outlines age pension study in Bridgeport area
Plan surveys will sample about 1 290 residents over 65 to assess health, working ability, and finances for a proposed old age pension. City officials say figures will support bills aimed at poor elders, with seven dollars weekly pensions in test cases. Mahoney notes 1920 census counted 4 400 residents aged 85 plus in the city.
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Atten
Bridgeport
Mahoney
Burdick
Bey Und
Macttv
Mahoney Wald
Italian Aviator Sets New Record With Schneiter Triumph
Italian aviator wins the Schneiter trophy aboard the Macchi Fiat. After landing he changes to racing attire, boards a steamer to Washington, and unaware of the new record, proceeds to greet President Coolidge on arrival tomorrow.
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Washington
President Coolidge
Theology Defined At State Sunday School Meeting
Hartford scene reports Rev Nehemiah Boynton of New York City arguing theology is not truth and must be kept separate from it. The three day convention opened with 150 delegates as Prof W Chanter of Wesleyan spoke on Making the World Christian and religious education as the soul of American education. Miss Ethel Bander discussed maintaining spiritual glow. Rev George Nesbitt McClusky spoke on Ramblings of a Surveyor. Metlusky noted a survey of vacation church schools and weekday church schools.
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Hartford
Nehemiah Boyton
New York City
Central Baptist Church
Boynton
W. Chanter
Wesleyan University
James le McQenaughy
Wesleyan
Chanter
America
Ethel Bander
Wark
N. J
George Nesbitt McClusky
Bridgeport
Connecticut Council of Religious Education
Metlusky
Mothers in Law Cleared of Onus in Divorce Cases
A Chicago analysis argues mothers in law rarely cause divorces. It cites a study of 1772 divorce cases where in-law involvement appears minimal, attributing separations to factors like installment plans, alcohol, and financial pressures. The piece critiques how consumer credit and furniture payments quietly strain marriages, linking to broader social effects. It also notes unrelated items on a London medical incident and regional cattle quarantine impacts in Palestine and Transjordan.
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Chicago
Charies
Kirstein
Angie
Sis
Seid
Ation
Gery
Hetety
Taye
Lignnes
Mia
Florence Tapp
Fulham
England
Connecticut Infant Mortality Rates Improve But Childbirth Deaths Persist
Washington DC report shows Connecticut reduced infant mortality from 167 per 1000 in 1900 to 69 in 1924 and 74 in 1925 while maternal deaths at childbirth remained higher than 1900 levels. The study highlights age, poverty, and foreign-born status as factors and urges regulatory, hospital, and public health measures to reduce maternal morbidity and improve prenatal care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Connecticut
United States
United States Children's Bureau
Robert Morse Woodbury
Woodbury
Chileen
Poth
Salute Phillips as 1928 Nominee for Governor
In Stamford on November 17 a testimonial for John A Walsh drew over 30 Democrats. Alfred N Phillips, Stamford mayor-elect, was hailed as the nominee for Connecticut governor in two years, with speakers including James J Walsh and John A Walsh noting the Phillips ticket with Alfred E Smith for president. Unconfirmed Wall Street reports suggested NY Central Railroad might segregate its valuable realty holdings.
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Estamford
John A Walsh
Vhcarman
Stamford
Stae Central Democratic Committee
Davenport
Bac Club
Lonior
Connectcut
J James J. Walsh
Meriden
State Central Democratic Committee
John Aa. Walsh
Phillips
Alfred ME. Smith
Wallstreet
New York Central Railroad
Rolectics Mandamus Debate Over Medical Licenses
A Connecticut attorney general ruling spurs a mandamus fight about licensing records. Testimony questions whether allopathic homeopathic and eclectic schools filed lists with state health officials from 1918 to 1929. Officials discuss revoking licenses for doctors who trained at schools without proper board lists.
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State Commissioner of Health
A. T
Healy
Osborn
Harr
Secretary of the Allopaths
Attorney General
Middlesex College
Mealy
Ostorn
Hhe
Ted Patrick
Tigrnses
Comley
Norepatrick
Commissioner of Health
Medical Socieen
Connecticut
Connecticut Medica Society
Olopathic Physicians
Conneticut Homeopathic Medical Andlely
Connecticut Retectic Medical Society
Stanley FL Oxborne
Alth
Maraus Hi
Holcomb
Hartford
Conn
Stanley TH. Rn
Bridgeport
Connecticut Earns Prominent Pay in Federal Service
Connecticut residents populate the Official Register of the United States with forty one individuals from the state in executive, judicial, and department posts. Salaries total about 207000 dollars, averaging 5600 dollars yearly, with two at 15000 dollars and others ranging from 2100 to 6600. The list includes Taft and Rossbottom, Yale’s Wakefield, and several Hartford area officials across the Treasury, War, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Patent offices, plus related posts and appointees in education, forestry, and the Civil Service ranks.
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Taft
J. H. Rossbottom
U.S. Lines
Connecticut
Eltlimong
Official Register of
United States
Census Bureau
Congress
Bulkley
Hartford Times
Me. Cuffin
District of Columbia
Treasury of
Army
Navy
Connecicut
T. H. Rossbottom
Emergency Vleets Corporation
Shipping Board
Europe
Fleet’ Corporation
Silartely
Senatorg
Fred R. Wakechild
Yale University
Edwin S. Thomas
Norwalk
State Department
David A. Salmon
Bureau of — Texes and Archives
Paijd
Ing F. Treyt
New Turkiik
Lis
Interior Department
Herman C. Gauss
General Land Offier
James F. Rogers
Bureau of Education
Department of Agriculture
Alfred C. True
Leonard M. Tarr
Weather Bureau
New Haven
Charles S. Wood
Providence
William &. Jennings
Bureau of Animal Industry
Martford
Roy %. Jackson
Lick
Birmingham
Ala
Carriie P. Winslow
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
Thornton T. Munager
Pacific Northwest Forest
Zolville National Forest
Republic
Washington
Merwin A. Mattoon
Picgah National Forest
Asheville
George 8. Jameson
Bureau of Chemistry
Professor Fairchild
Commerce
Mortimer B. Lane
Survey of
MM. Boiteauxs
Hyelyn L. Yeomans
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Edward T. Pickard
Gardner Richardson
Athens
Greece
David &. Green
Hartford
Paris
France
Walter N. Pearce
Galveston
Commerce Department
W. van Nostrand, Jr
Bureay
Navigation
Atlanta
Children's Bureau Labor Department
Martha M. Elle
New Maven
Josephine Baker
Bureau
George P. Comer
Tariff Commission
T. J. Bannigson
Veterans’ Bureau
Temar Baruch
Civil Service Commission
Henry J. E. Reid
Lansley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory
Langley Field
Connecticut District, Court
Charles BE. Pickett
John Buckley
Jacob D. Walter
Native Hawaiian Names Appearing on Ballots in Hawaii
Honolulu dispatch reports election ballots in Hawaii list native names alongside English “haole” names. Voters of Hawaiian blood show strong interest. examples include Charles Rose as Ka lay Loke and David Lloyd Conkling as Etaole Poupou. Also notes descriptive Hawaiian names and political display of middle names.
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Honolulu
Hawai
Charles Rose
Kaje Loke
James Bicknell
Timo
Aim
Pikanele
Charles Arnold
Kale Anala
Dal Wen Chang
Kanku Huki Niho
Daetor
Lincoln McCandless
Linakons Eliwat
Tineoin
Charwaa Kelk
Paikli
Robert Shingle
Pilihae
David Lloyd Conkling
Etaole Poupou
Conkiing
Officer Rescues Embattled Driver in Bus Incident
Joseph Anthony, 26, a former White Line Bus employee, was arrested by Patrolman George Tobin after a fare dispute on an Ox Hin bus in Fairfield. Anthony allegedly struck Alfred Costello’s driver and resisted an officer as the bus halted with passengers aboard. Anthony's bond was set at $200, and he was to appear before Judge Ralph T. Beers.
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Joseph Anthony
White Line Bus Company
George Tobin
Anthony
Alfred Costello
Knapps Highway
Fairfield
Costello
Patrok van George Tbis
Ay Tobis
Bis
Tobie
Ralph T. Beers
Pittsburgh District Scrap Prices Shift Minutes
The Pittsburgh district reports scrap rates for heavy melting steel. Quotations for No 1 grade range from 17 to 17.50 dollars per ton while No 2 grade is quoted at 16 to 16.50 dollars per ton.
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Pittsburgh
Yellow Mask Toothpaste Teaser Advertises White Teeth
An advert promotes Orphos Tooth Paste claiming it removes yellow dental calculus with Fri-Calcium Phosphate. It touts a pleasant taste and quick whitening results, urging readers to test the product and request free trial coupons.
Do You Need Tonic Harrisburg Ad Copy
An consumer testimonial from Mrs Elizabeth Swartz of 1106 Montgomery St Harrisburg praising Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription as quickly strengthening tonic and nervine especially for motherhood. Mentions liquid and tablets, sold by dealers, and a 10 cent trial offer from Dr Pierce’s Invalid Hotel Buffalo NY.
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Harrisburg
Eizabeth Swartz
Montgomery St
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Suntone
Suntone White
Madison Ary
Coester
Main St
Eady
Zemin
Eliom
Zemo
Bealing
of County Health Assn
Park City
Palestine
Transjordan
Washington Bureau
Guivernadoor
Salute Phillips
Mandamus
Ted
Treasury Department
Bilas
Internal Revenue Bureau
Robert C. Eaton
Internal Revenue
Frederic L. Appleton
William FH. Allyn
John F. Kiernan
Simy Bureau
Richmond
Avid Harvey
Blysell
War Department
James W. Goodwin
Meteorologiet
Dayton
Ohio
Albert Garinger
Brooklyn
N.Y
West Sind Bt
Krueger
American Bottling Co
Ellsworth ST
Bridgeport, Conn
Mra
Elizabeth Swartz
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