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March 3, 1929

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STEADY PROGRESS IN BRONX GROWTH; Public Facilities for Home Advantages Greater Than in Many Cities. PRESENT POPULATION TREND Tri-Borough Bridge Is Borough's Greatest Need Today, Says Joseph P. Day.

By Unknown Author

With a population estimated at more than 1,000,000 and its assessment valuations greatly augmented by the construction activities of the last five years, the Bronx, points out Joseph P. Day, is now self-contained and developing steadily from the inside, regardless of outside influences.

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Notable Deaths

Katharine Wright Haskell

1929Katharine Wright, American educator (born 1874)[†]

Katharine Wright Haskell was an American teacher, suffragist, and the younger sister of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright. She worked closely with her brothers, managing their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio when they were away; acting as their right-hand woman and general factotum in Europe; assisting with their correspondence and business affairs; and providing a sounding board for their ideas. She pursued a professional career as a high school teacher in Dayton and became an international celebrity. A significant figure in the early-twentieth-century women's movement, she worked on behalf of woman suffrage in Ohio and served as the third female trustee of Oberlin College.