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Ladies Aid societies, 114-115, 173 Lafayette, 60, 68
Land, allotment of, 11, 19, 22, 24, 27; sales of, 24; purchases of, 11; titles to, 10, 11, 13, 17; values of, 94 Landmarks, 24, 233
Landowners, 19, 26 Latex, 217 Lead, black, 9
Lebanon, 14 Leisure, 79, 120, 177-178 Lend Lease Act, 232 Letters, 46, 80
Lewis, Chauncey, 61, 64, 69, 229 Lewis, Elizabeth, 75
Lewis Engineering Company, 2, 223- 224, 227, 239-240
Lewis family, 128, 138, 139; "Articles of Agreement" of, 124-125
Lewis, George A., 129, 136, 193
Lewis, John, 23, 27, 45
Lewis, Joseph, 22, 23, 29, 124
Lewis, Joseph, Jr., 23, 33
Lewis, Milo, 65, 67, 68, 124, 126
Lewis, Samuel, 42, 45
Lewis, Samuel J., 67, 124-125, 126, 129
Lewis, Samuel J. & Company, sce Sam- uel J. Lewis & Company
Lewis, Thomas, 124, 125, 138, 208
Lewis, William, 124
Lewistown, 23; district school in, 42, 87, 105 Librarian, 41, 182
Library, 120; chemical company's, 218; Children's, 183; Committee, 182; Howard Whittemore Memorial, 114, 118, 153, 154, 155, 182-183, 249; par- ish, 76; Salcm Juvenile, 76
Library Association, 81
Lighting, 18; electric, 208, 222 See also Street lighting
Liquor, attitude toward, 77, 79, 100- 101
Litchfield, 2, 4, 55, 68, 79, 129
Lithuanians, 4, 171, 183, 197, 200, 211 See also Foreign-born
"Little Italy," 4 Livery-stablemen, 144, 210
Lock-out, 132
Log Cabin buttons, 60
Long Island, 46
Long Island Sound, 9, 46, 113
Long Meadow brook, 3, 23, 26, 50, 51, 63, 133, 136, 189
LOTOLS, 235
Lowell Offering, 174 Lumber, 63 Lumber dealers, 144, 209, 243 Lyceum, Salem, 81-82
MACHINE SHOP, 62, 135 Machine tools, 57, 205-206, 232 Machines, 51, 56, 57, 62, 135, 138, 147, 189, 195, 234; carding, 62, 208
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HISTORY OF NAUGATUCK
Maher family, 77-78 Maher, Josephine, 168
Main Street, 69, 95, 156, 171, 229, 255
Malleable iron, 4, 5, 63, 126, 137, 138- 142, 189, 239 See also Eastern Malleable Iron Com- pany; Foundry Manpower, 57, 238 See also Labor, supply
Manual training, 161, 163, 169
Manufacture, costs of, 134, 198; preci- sion, 222, 223, 238; processes of, 56-57, 136-137, 189-190, 195, 197-198, 202- 207, 216-219, 222, 223, 225, 233-236, 237; science applied to, 189-191, 195 See also Research, scientific
Manufacturers, early, 50, 52, 53, 57-58 Maple Street, 95, 115, 125, 152, 154, 155, 229
Markets, 28, 50, 51, 54, 130, 133, 134, 138, 140-141, 146-147, 198, 215, 219
Martin, Patrick, 140
Masonic Lodge, 78, 81, 118, 250
Massachusetts mills, 64, 65
Materials, raw, 52-53, 60
"Matetacoke," see Mattatuck
Mattatuck, 9-14, 20
May, James O., 134
May Street, 29
McCarthy, Charles T., 194, 200
Meadows, 3, 11, 23, 34
Meat markets, 146, 229
Mechanics, 52, 53, 57
Mechanization, 61, 137, 206, 219-220, 226
Medical Center, 246 Medicine, 32, 72 See also Doctors Meeting house, 17, 28, 38, 153
Megin, W. J., 209
Megin, W. J., Company, see W. J. Me- gin Company Melbourne, florist, 228
Merchants, 122, 146, 200, 209-210, 228- 229, 243
Merchant Marine, 236
Meriden, 98
Metal gum elastic, see Rubber Metal wares, 5, 53 See also Yankee notions
Methodist church, 115, 172
Methodists, 71, 115-116
Middle District, 42, 84, 105, 161 See also Schools, district Middlebury, 2, 3, 185 Milford, 13, 23, 42 Miller, 15, 27
Millville, 3, 26, 95, 99, 133, 188, 189,
207, 254; district school, 85, 105 See also Schools, district
Millville Avenue, 248 Miner, William H., 166
Mines, 9, 47
Minister, 10, 15, 16, 37-38, 40, 77 See also Pastor
Ministry, training for, 79
Money, 16, 49, 54, 131
Moving pictures, 78, 178, 180, 181, 191 Mt. Taylor, 14
Murphy, James, 142
Music, 109, 165-166 See also Singing societies
N.R.A., 221
Nails, 50, 51
Narraganset Confederation, 12
Narrows, 9
National Defense, 170
National Polish church, 172
Nationalities, 5, 87, 171 See also Population
Naturalization, 169-170, 251
Naugatuck Bank and Trust Company, 229 Naugatuck Chemical Company, 203, 215-216
See also Chemical Division, United States Rubber Company
Naugatuck Cutlery Company, 137
Naugatuck Defense Council, 245-246, 248 Naugatuck Directory, 171
Naugatuck Electric Lighting Company, 104, 208
Naugatuck Engineering and Machinery Company, see Lewis Engineering Company Naugatuck Female Seminary, 88
Naugatuck Fish and Game Club, 248 Naugatuck Fuel Company, 228
Naugatuck Glass Company, 224, 239
Naugatuck India Rubber Company, 126
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INDEX
Naugatuck Lumber Company, 209, 228, 239, 243
Naugatuck Malleable Iron Company, 142, 147, 191 See also Eastern Malleable Iron Com- pany
Naugatuck Manufacturing Company, 135, 188, 190, 207, 208, 222
Naugatuck National Bank, 146, 155, 210, 230, 243
Naugatuck Rangers, 248-249
Naugatuck river, 3, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 29, 34, 37, 44, 49, 61, 64, 69, 94, 104, 120, 136, 144, 153, 154
Naugatuck Savings Bank, 145, 155, 156, 210, 230, 243
Naugatuck Savings Bank and Building Association, 145
Naugatuck Telephone Company, 104
Naugatuck, town of, 93; bounds of, 19
Naugatuck valley, 53, 54, 55, 57, 72, 79 Naugatuck Water Company, 96, 102, 104, 208-209, 247-248
Naugatuck Wheel Company, 133
Navy, 237, 238
Neary Building, 154
Neary, William, 152 Negroes, 238
New Britain, 192
New England Railroad, 144
New Haven, 3, 4, 9, 14, 18, 20, 23, 24, 27, 28, 49, 51, 55, 67, 68, 72, 79, 80, 98, 122, 130, 145, 146, 169, 214, 228
New Haven and Baltimore Company, 59 New Haven County, 74
"New Lights," 31 New York State, 54, 61, 71, 80
Newgate copper, 53 Newgate copper-mine, 47 Newspapers, 106, 121-122, 145, 192, 199, 228
Nichols Block, 94, 118
Nichols' slaughter house, 136
Noble, William J., 227
OEI, 234 O'Gorman, Father, 117 Ohio, 34, 71, 72 Orchestra, school, 166 Order of Vasa Svea, 163 Osborn family, 31 Osborn, Thomas, 24
Oxen, 20, 28, 51 Oxford, 3, 93, 185
"PACKMEN," see Peddlers
Page, John M., 210 Pageant, 253
Paper box factory, 195
Paper-makers, 98
Paper-making, 54, 62
Parade, 184, 192
Parish, 40; winter, 37 See also St. Francis' parish; St. Hed- wig's parish
Parish Bulletin, 114
Parish House Association, 114-115, 181
Parish House, Congregational, 153
Parish Players, 173
Partridgetown District, 42, 105 See also Schools, district
Pastors, 39-40, 73, 88, 113-114, 115, 118,
172, 174 See also Ministers
Patents, 51, 56, 67, 127-128, 218
Paternalism, 162-163, 192
Paupers, see Poor relief
Paving, 96, 152, 159, 161
Peck, Jeremiah, 16, 17
Peck, Stiles, 85
Peddlers, 53, 54-55, 61, 78, 79, 133, 147, 229
Pension Plan of United States Rubber Company, 186, 196, 201, 221
Perry Press, 228
Perry, F. K., 122, 145
Peter Paul, Incorporated, 4, 186, 214- 215, 226, 237-238
Pettingill, Amos, 82
Pewter, see Buttons
Phoenix Rubber Company, 95
Physical education, 163
Physicians, see Doctors
Pike, Nicholas, 44
Pine Hill cemetery, 45, 95
Pins, 54, 136
Plantation, 10
Plastics, 225, 235, 239
Platts Mills, 58, 189, 190, 209, 222
Playground and Recreation Associa- tion, 179 Playgrounds, 179 Plumbing, 96, 156, 162, 188, 209 Plumbing supplies, 207
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HISTORY OF NAUGATUCK
Pocketbooks, 62, 255
Poles, 4, 5, 122, 142, 171, 183, 197, 208, 211 Police, 101, 104, 161, 247
Polish Falcons, 171
Politics, 94
Pond Hill, 254; District, 42, 106; School, 84, 85, 105, 161
Poor farm, see Town farm
Poor relief, 33, 97-98, 99, 160, 251
Population, 5, 15, 24, 32, 33-34, 37, 84, 89, 95, 112, 118, 122, 123, 152, 156, 170, 171, 184, 204, 225-226 See also Nationalities
Porter, Thomas, 26, 30, 46, 254
Portuguese, 171, 183
Post Office, 4, 79, 88, 155
Powderly, Terence V., 143
Power-loom operators, 98
Pratt & Whitney, 223
Pratt, David, 137
Pratt washers, 141
Preachers, see Ministers
Prices, 32, 38, 88
Priests, 117-118, 172, 174
"Privilege," winter, 37
Processes, see Manufacture, processes of Professions, 79
See also Doctors; Ministers; Teach- ers
Profiits, 58, 65, 66, 142, 207, 215, 218, 220, 230
Proprietors, bachelor, 23; Salem li- brary, 41; Waterbury, 11-13, 15, 17, 20-22, 24, 49 Prospect, 3, 63, 139, 244
Protestants, 117-118, 123, 172-174
Providence, 200
Puritan ideas, 5, 10, 13, 15, 16, 31, 32- 33, 44-45, 77, 78, 97-98 Puritanism, 39, 115, 116, 172 See also Calvinism
QUASSAPAUG POND, 13, 14 Quilting bees, 46, 78
RADIO, 181 Railroad, 68, 94, 101, 113, 138, 141, 143- 144, 146, 154; station, 142, 155 Railroad, New York and New England, 101 Railway, electric street, 178
Rates, 11, 38, 42 See also Taxes
Ration Board, 244, 245 Reading, 41, 44, 120, 172, 182-183 See also Books
Reclaiming plant, see Rubber regener- ating
Reclamation, rubber, see Rubber re- generating
Records, proprietors', 24; church, 71, 82 Recreation, 78-79, 120-121, 172, 177- 178
Recreation and Playground Association, 186, 213
Recreation Field, 179
Recreational and Educational Associa- tion of United States Rubber Com- pany, 181
Rectors, see Pastors; Ministers
Rectory, 95, 155
Red Cross, 176-177, 244, 245, 249-250
Red Men, 171
Regenerating plant, see Rubber regen- erating Renz family, 135
Renz, Leo, 137
Republicans, 5
Research, scientific, 189-192, 195, 204, 216-218, 233-235, 239
See also Manufacture, science applied to Reservoirs, 104, 209, 248 Review, 121
Revolution, American, 26, 33, 34, 44-45, 47-48, 49 Rew, Hezekiah, 23
Risdon Manufacturing Company, 2, 186, 190, 205-207, 213, 222, 227, 232, 238, 239 Risdon Tool Works, see Risdon Manu- facturing Company
Roads, 4, 18, 20, 23, 28, 37, 44, 45, 53, 54-55, 94, 99, 113 See also Transport Rodenbach, William T., 185, 194 Royal Charter, 10
Rubber Avenue, 2, 58, 63, 95, 195, 202 Rubber chemical plant, see Naugatuck Chemical Company; Chemical Divi- sion, United States Rubber Com- pany
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INDEX
Rubber manufacture, 5, 126, 129-133
See also Goodyear's Metallic Rubber Shoe Company, The; Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Manufactur- ing Company, The; United States Rubber Company
Rubber regenerating, 154, 159, 195, 199-203, 213, 215, 217, 235-236
Rubber Regenerating Company, 215, 217
Rubber Shoe Association, 131
Rubber shops, 95, 124
Rubber vulcanization, 67, 189 See also Manufacture, processes of
Rubbish, 153
Russell, John, 207
Russell Manufacturing Company, see John M. Russell Manufacturing Com- pany
Russians, 171, 197, 200, 211 See also Foreign-born
Rye, 16, 23
SABBATH DAY HOUSES, 30
Sabbath School, 76
Safety pins, 135, 189
Salaries, selectmen's, 93, borough offi- cers', 151, 152
Salem, 37, 50, 51, 52, 88, 134; church of, 38
Salem Bridge, see Salem
Salem Library, 41, 81
Salem School, 153, 154, 161, 162, 174
Salem Society, 37-38, 40-41; civil func- tions of, 42-44
Salisbury, 51 Saloons, 100, 101, 113, 172
Salvation Army, 250
Samuel J. Lewis & Company, 67, 125, 126 "Saracasks," 14
Satinet manufacture, 64, 125, 138, 208 See also Woolen mill
Saunders, Emmet A., 128
Savings Bank, see Naugatuck Savings Bank
Sawmills, 15, 26, 27, 28, 34, 49, 50, 99, 136, 144, 188
Schaffer, Frederick F., 185, 194, 197 Scholarships, 166
School Board, see Board of School Visi- tors
School certificates, 164
School committee, 42, 84, 86
School funds, 17, 29
Schoolchildren, 43, 87, 157 School-dame, 17, 43
Schoolhouses, 17, 29, 42-43, 85, 105, 109, 115, 153, 161, 162 Schoolmaster, 17, 29, 43, 85 Schoolmistress, 85
Schools, 17, 29, 42, 84-87, 104-112, 161- 170, 246, 251; attendance at, 107-109, 164, 169, 170, 251; books, 44, 86-87, 109-110; college preparatory work in, 107, 110, 166-167; continuation, 168; cost of, 111-112, 163-164, 251; cur- ricula of, 84-85, 109-110, 165-166, 169, 251; discipline in, 87; district, 29, 42, 84-85, 105, 111; enumeration of children in, 107-108; evening, 163, 169-170, 175; grading in, 84-85, 104, 105, 106, 107, 167; manual training in, 161; parochial, 2, 161, 162; physi- cal education in, 110, 179; private, 87, 88
Scientific research, see Research, scien- tific
Scientists, 233, 234
Scott, Edwin, 62
Scott, Samuel, 73-75
Scoville Manufacturing Company, 59
Scythes, 50, 141
Seamless Rubber Company, 130
Seasonal employment, see Employment, seasonal
Selective Service Act, 232
Selectmen, 33, 93, 151
Settlement, 9, 10, 12
Sewage, 95, 96, 102, 120, 153, 156-157, 159 Sewer Association, 156
Seymour, 113
Shafting, 135
Shea, Frank, "Spec," 179
Shear shop, 62, 137, 141, 207
Shears, 54, 135, 137-138, 141 See also Cutlery
Sheep-raising, 18
Sheffield, England, 62
Sherman, Charles, 113-114
Shingle mills, 135
Shoddy Shop, 202
Shoe Company, see Goodyear's Metallic
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HISTORY OF NAUGATUCK
Rubber Shoe Company, The; Foot- wear Division, United States Rubber Company Shoe-blacking, 135
Shoemakers, 28, 48, 63
Shopowners, 51, 55-56, 57, 252
Shops, blacksmith, 50, 51, 56, 59
Shutdown, 199, 205, 220
Sidewalks, 96, 97, 152, 159
Simsbury, 22
Singing societies, 78, 165
Slade, Charles P., 165
Smith and Hopkins, 136
Smith, Anson, 60
Smith, Asahel, 56
Smith, Austin, 56
Smith, K. Maude, 174
Smith, Persis, 42
Smith, Sarah, 168
Social disparities, 123
Social life, 120-121, 171-172, 173, 180
Social Security Act, 170, 196
Societies, fraternal, 118, 171, 250; La- dies Aid, 114-115, 173; literary, 106; missionary, 76, 114; mutual benefit, 171; Young People's, 114-115
Soldiers, 33, 45, 48, 57, 78, 96, 97, 135, 184, 250
Soldiers' Monument, 119, 153, 155
Sons of Italy, 171
Sons of Liberty, 46
Sons of Veterans, 171
South West District School, 42, 85
Southmayd, John, 17
Speed-ups, 220
Spelling, 44
Spelling bees, 78
Spence and Wooster, 61
Spencer, Ellen, 182
Spencer, L. S., 145
SPERGON, 235
Sperry, Colonel Albert, 63
Spinning wheels, 27, 29, 50 Spool mill, 136
Sqontk, 14 St. Francis' church, 116-117, 155, 172, 174 St. Francis' parish, 116-117, 161; school, 161
St. Francis' rectory, 155 St. George Lithuanian Society, 171 St. Hedwig's church, 172
St. Hedwig's parish school, 162 St. John's church, 31, 40 St. Mary's church, 4, 172 St. Michael's church, 40, 77, 95, 115, 172, 173, 174
Stage travel, 68-69, 79, 144, 229
Standley, John, 14
Steam power, 60, 138, 144
Stevens carriages, 140
Stevens, David, 133
Stevens, Harry, 133
Stevens, Hial, 209
Stevens, Martin, 56, 61
Stockings, 29
Storekeeper, 69-70 See also Merchants
Stores, 3, 4, 146, 210, 228-229; general, 55, 68-70, 78; Lewis company, 138 Stove-blacking, 135
Straits, 2, 14, 19
Straits mountain, 23, 24
Straitsville, 4, 5, 60, 61, 62, 63, 68, 70, 79, 84, 116, 124, 135, 139, 140, 209; school district, 84, 105; turnpike, 55
Straitsville Turnpike Company, 68
Stray Leaf, The, 106
Street lighting, 96, 101, 104, 152, 161, 253 Street paving, 96
Street railway, 178, 209
Strike, 199-203, 212
Styles, 128, 130, 134, 219
Superintendent of Schools, 105, 163, 165, 169
Superintendent of the Poor, 160
Superintendents of United States Rub- ber Company shops, 185, 194
Sugrue, Thomas, 182
Sulphur match-making, 135
Sunday closing law, 100
Sunday, observation of, 30, 33, 66, 76, 132, 173, 178 Sunday School, 114
Swedes, 122, 142, 171
Swedish Lutheran church, 5, 116, 172
Sweeney's Art & Stationery store, 228 Swine, 18, 28
Synthetic rubber, 233, 239
Synthetics, 235-236
TANNERS, 48, 53 Tannery, 62
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INDEX
Tatlow, John, 62 Tavern, 24, 26, 68, 69 See also Inn Tavern-keepers, 40, 48 Tax list, 48
Taxes, 16, 28, 32, 37, 84, 93, 94, 97, 103, 104, 112, 130, 158-159, 162, 202; abate- ment of, 103, 130, 159
Teachers, 29, 107, 109, 110, 144, 163, 168-169, 175, 206, 238, 244, 250; sal- aries of, 42, 85-86, 110-111, 163-164, 251
Teaching, 167-168; methods of, 87; quality of, 106, 110, 111
Telephone, 104, 208, 210, 248
Telephone Company, 155
Telephone wires, 152
Tenements, 4, 123
Tennis shoes, 133
Terrell, Monroe, 135
Terrill, Irijah, 26, 48, 69
Text books, 44, 86-87, 109-110 See also Schools
Textiles, see Cotton mill; Woolen mill Thanksgiving, 38
Theater, 120, 121, 178; Alcazar, 178 Thimbles, 135
THIOKOL, 237
Tires, 236, 245
Toleration, religious, 116-117, 172- 173
Tools, 49, 50, 137, 205, 208, 212, 239; power-driven, 55
Tories, 26, 46-47 Torrington, 214
Towantic, 14
Towantic brook, 22, 23 See also Long Meadow brook
Town, 93 Town debt, 96, 97
Town Deposit Fund, 93
Town farm, 98-99, 196, 249
Town Hall, 1, 94, 102, 121, 146, 210 Town lockup, 100
Town meeting, 16, 93, 100
Town officers, 13, 93, 101 See also Police; Selectmen
"Town plot," 15, 19 Township, 14 Trade school, 170
Transport, 51, 53, 54, 68, 94, 137-138, 143-144, 184, 228, 237, 238
Trappers, 9 Travel, 37, 69, 79-80 Trees, 95, 153, 252 Trip hammer, 56, 63 Troy, 192 Truancy, 108-109, 168-169
Truant officer, 108-109, 168
Tunxis Indians, 14
Turnpikes, 53, 55, 68, 69, 79
Tuttle, Bronson B., 126, 136, 139-140, 142, 162 Tuttle, Eben, 63, 139 Tuttle family, 63, 193
Tuttle homestead, 253
Tuttle Manufacturing Company, 103, 124, 139, 141
Tuttle, Mrs. Adelbert, 173
Tuttle, Mrs. Howard B., 175
Tuttle & Whittemore, 137, 142
Twelve Mile hill, 13, 23, 24
Twitchell, Homer, 135, 188
UMBRELLA FITTINGS, 135
Unemployment, 133, 159, 232 Unemployment Fund, 160, 230
Uniforms, 46, 60
Union Center School District, 105, 107, 111 Union Chapel, 116
Union City, 3, 68, 70, 94, 95, 106, 113, 134, 156, 162, 171; District in, 84, 85, 105, 107; mission in, 116; railroad sta- tion in, 142
Union District schoolhouse, 95, 105- 106
Union Knife Company, 136
Union Rubber Company, 125, 126
Unions, 210-212, 221; attitude toward, 242-243; contracts with, 241-242 United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America, C.I.O., 241
United States Rubber Company, 2, 124, 129-131, 147, 159, 170, 181, 185-186, 193, 194-202, 203, 215, 216, 218, 227, 228, 232-233, 234, 240
Upson, Olive, 42 Urbanization, 156
VACATIONS, 199 VGB, 216 VIBRIN, 235
281
HISTORY OF NAUGATUCK
VICTRON, 216 VINYLITE, 235 Vulcanization, 67, 126, 127, 189, 216, 218 See also Manufacture, processes of
WPA, 227
W. J. Megin Company, 224, 227-228, 243
Wage guarantee, 240
Wages, 51, 65, 66, 131, 143, 147, 197, 198, 199, 200, 207, 208, 212, 221, 226, 232, 240
Wagner Act, 221
Wagon-makers, 65
Wales, Thomas, 130
Wallingford, 12, 14, 22, 49, 255
War, French and Indian, 45; of 1812, 68 See also Civil War; Revolution, American
War Gardens Committee, 249
War Labor Board, 240
War Loan drives, 244
War production, 234-240
Ward family, 136
Ward shop, 61, 154, 202
Ward Street, 22
Ward, Eliza, 114
Ward, Lauren, 188
Ward, Lewis, 61
Ward, Richard, 61
Warden, 151-152, 153, 156, 159
Warner, Adna, 194
Warner & Isbell foundry, 135
Warner, Clark, 62
Warner, Daniel, 20, 21, 42, 44
Warner family, 22, 27, 199
Warner, Oscar L., 142
Warner, Stephen, 140
Warps, see Cotton warps
Water Company, see Naugatuck Water Company Water mains, 153, 161
Water power, 3, 28, 34, 49, 52, 56, 64, 70, 134, 136-138, 144, 207
Water Street, 95, 115, 116, 154
Water supply, 112, 114, 156, 247-248
Water system, 96, 208
Water wheels, 3, 26, 49, 60, 207
Waterbury, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27-31, 33, 34, 37, 44, 45, 46, 282
47, 48, 49, 50, 54, 63, 68, 93, 98, 101, 113, 120, 122, 143, 145, 146, 161, 170, 186, 190, 203, 205, 209, 224, 228, 229, 242; manufacturers of, 56, 60; turn- pike, 3, 254 Waterbury Clock Company, 224
Waterbury Society, 30, 31, 39
Waterbury Turnpike Company, 68
Watertown, 2
Wealth, 23, 26, 124
Weaver, 22, 29
Webster, Daniel, 127-128
Webster, Joel, 207
Wecobemeas, 14, 28
Weed, John, 24
Welfare Board, 175
Welfare work, 192
Wells, Mary E., 167
Weston, Noble, 121
Wheat, 16
Wheel-makers, 48, 133
Wheel shops, 139, 140
Wheelwrights, 53
Whips, 62, 87
White, Stanford, 154
Whitlock, Erastus W., 207
Whittemore family, 193
Whittemore, Gertrude, 155, 175, 183
Whittemore, Harris, 156, 162, 175, 179, 180 Whittemore, Harris, Jr., 213, 223
Whittemore, John Howard, 136, 139- 140, 142, 154, 155, 161, 175, 180, 182 Whittemore Memorial Bridge, 155, 184 Widows, 22
Wilderness, 9
William DeForest & Company, 64, 88
Wilmington, 192
Wilmot, Noyes, 140
"Winter privilege," 37 Wire drawing, 58, 62
Witherwax, Winfield Scott, 224
Wolcott, 244
Women, employment of, 168, 225-226; position of, 81
Women's Christian Temperance Union, 101 Wood, 18, 43, 50, 52, 53, 60, 113, 144, 228
Woodbridge, 185
Woodbury, 2, 13, 22
Wooden wares, 26, 56
INDEX
Woodlots, 24 Woodmen of the World, 250 Wool, 18, 53; carded, 50, 62 Woolen manufacture, 63 Woolen mill, 63, 95, 124, 125, 126, 138, 208, 225 Woolley, Monty, 181 Wooster, David, 47 Wooster family, 45, 47 Wooster, Jesse, 58, 61
World War I, 180, 184, 191, 192, 194, 195, 203-204, 205, 208, 249; Memo- rial, 154
World War II, 187, 226, 234 Writing, 43-44, 109
Y.M.C.A., 155, 171-172, 186, 246-247, 249 Y.W.C.A., 175 Yankee ingenuity, 57 Yankee notions, 3, 53-55, 61-62, 134- 135, 147, 206 Yankees, 5, 122, 123, 142, 197
Young Men's Catholic Institute, 118, 172 Young People's societies, 114, 173
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