Women Entering Work See Higher Death Rates, Says Guilfoy
A Manhattan Bronx mortality table by Dr William H Guilfoy shows women entering general employment since 1868 have higher death rates between ages 45 and 65. While tuberculosis deaths fell, deaths from circulatory, cancerous, binary and respiratory diseases rose, attributed to sedentary work and influenza. Insurance firms note rising female mortality in business.
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Manhattan
Bronx
William H. Guilfoy
Health Department
SAS
Gullfoy
Guilfoy
Wedding Riot Ends New York Wedding in Williamsburg
A wedding between Decia Toplitsky of 348 McKibben Street Williamsburg and Samuel Themashefsky sparked a turf clash between East Side Man-Inattam and Williamsburg gangs. The brawl tore the house apart with chairs used as clubs, leaving many injured. two men were arrested and fined $2 each by Magistrate Higginbotham as police intervened.
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Man- Inattam
Williamsburg
Decia Toplitsky
McKibben Street
Samuel Themashefsky
Higginbotham
Suffragette Leader Mrs Snowden Calls London Disorder Trivial
Mrs Snowden, wife of Philip Snowden, staying with Rev Dr Aked, says the London suffragette meeting disruption was trifling. She notes Lloyd George supports the movement but cabinet ministers delay votes, and insists protests arose from mistreatment and peaceful aims.
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Philip Snowden
Aked
Fifth Avenue
London
Women's Liberal Association
David Lloyd-George
England
Christmas Aid and Talent Show at Arlington Juniors
Mary Scott Rowland sends charity to sunshine fund as Arlington Juniors stage a November 27 entertainment with a Pied Piper tableau and Lady Washington costumes. Dozens of young members perform, with gifts to coal funds and Christmas relief for distressed families across Idaho, Washington, Kansas, and South Carolina, urged by Mrs. Dutcher and branch leaders.
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Mary Scott Rowland
London
J. W. Judd
88. Cox
Switzerland
Miss Austin
First Baptist Sunday School
Gloversville
N. Y
Alfred R. Hazzard
Coal Fund
John B. Mead
Belle G. Dutcher
Arlington Juniors
Stewart Ross
Lady Washington
Marion Huff
Emily Newberry
Queenie Ringgold
Mathilda Peters
Ida Cornwall
Gladys Gilgore
Florence van Zile
Ethel Jeffreys
Gertrude Goldstein
Ursula Odendahl
Mildred Platt
Jessie Jordan
Edward Jewell
Edwin Frobisher
Ferdinand Sorbonne
Conrad Odendahl
Robert Miller
Howell Rieck
Carling
Miss Kennedy
Mr. Chase
Joseph Gowell
Mr. King
Maillard
Arlington
Makinson
M. EK. Baunders
Yonkers
T. S
Idaho
Washington
Kansas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Christmas charity drives reach Hagged Island and beyond
Items from a Bahamas charity appeal seek small gifts for Hagged Island children saved from hurricane devastation with a December 15 steamer deadline. A Montana correspondent recalls years of illness and blindness and seeks help while knitting mittens. Mrs George Perkins Lawton leads a Beratoga branch effort to send twenty five special Christmas gifts to shut in members nationwide.
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Jerome
Seton Hospital
Mary Wilson
Hagged Island
Bahamas
Montana
Grace EK
George Perkins Lawton
Beratoga
General Society
Lst
Thankful Letters From Thanksgiving Baskets Recipients
A week of gratitude charities notes letters from recipients expressing deep thanks for Thanksgiving baskets. A mother of eight credits the aid with feeding her family and a warm meal, while Brooklyn Bronx and East Side homes in need also report relief for widows and unemployed fathers.
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Fivery Mall
T. S
Brooklyn
Bronx
East Side
Alness
Abe Muita
Reliable seamstress sought by Mrs Dunn for urgent work
A capable woman is needed for immediate sewing, mending, and alterations. Address: Mrs Dunn, No 150 West 9th Street, Manhattan. Also notes gifts received from Misses Thomas of Brooklyn and others including outfits, fabrics, and craft items from various New Jersey and New York sources.
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West 9Th Street
Manhattan
Misses Thomas
Brooklyn
Louis Bossert
Long Island
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Alvin
N. J
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Newcastle
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Massachusetts
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Cambridge
Mass
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Cuba
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Baltimore
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Whitney
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W. Send Inc
Norwich
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