The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-09
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your overcoat at home" LOCAL SUFFRAGE CAMPAIGN TO BEGIN AT LAWN MEETING The Best Speakers Obtainable Will Be Present and Address People,
 o9 Stratford.
Special to The Farmer)


 Stratford, July 9The lawn meeting of the Equal Franchise workers ,of Stratford which will be held at the residence of Mrs. Rosannonda c. Win ton on King street on the evening o1 July 19 will give everyone in the town an oppor rfunity to hear the sub- ject presented by speakers who have made a long study of the matter and are competent to speak. Miss Hill. daughter of the Republican Congress- man from this district will be the principal speaker. Miss Hill is 3 graduate of Wesleyan university and is now taking a law course. She is one of the ablest woman speakers in the country and has been very suc- cessful in winning friends for the cause she has adopted. Mrs. H. H. Knox of New Canaan, secretary o1 the National league will be. present and speak. Mrs. D. s. Pinneo of Nor walk and Mrs. A. l.. Livermore of Bedding Ridge both eloquent takers will also be heard. Provisions will be made to seat everyone who attends A special invitation is extended to the town officials and the men who are active in local politics. The claims ot women for representation on Boards of Education will be presented. Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes, who is working for representation on the school board of the city of Stamford has been in-
 
 will accept if not prevented by previ- ous engagements This meeting wit be followed the next Wednesday by q meeting at which a league will be formed and organized work begun. Mrs Maud HinckS, president of the state league and Mrs. S. T. Davis as vel as other prominent members of the Bridgeport league will attend. The Stratford jurymen chosen fol the ensuing year by the commission for all the county courts is as follows Frank J. Abercrombie Edward w Beers, J. Henry Biakeman, Frank E Blakeman, Charles w. Blakeslee. Geo H. Booth, George G. Buck, David Coe William H. Crawford. SyNanus T Dickinson, Frank l.. Hanson. Philo P Lewis. Irving W. Lobdell. Harold c Lowell. B. F. Merrick. F. w. Nettle- ton, F. A. Parsons. Elliott w. Peck Ernest H. Reed, Timothy w. Ryan Charles s. Smith. W. H. Stevens Clarence Swan, Alexander St: John ley, Abram Wellington. Louis H Wells, F. w Wilcoxson, Charles Wil- coxson, Daniel c. Wood.
 With the erection of 760 additional poles and the installation of electric lights on them the work of lighting Heved that the voters of the town will not regret their action in placing the whole street lighting system of the town under one head and using cleo tricity.
 Miss Cora N. Purviance. supervisor of music in the Bridgeport public schools who is now a resident oi Stratford, is suffering from a painful wound on her right wrist which re- quired several stitches to close.
 The adjourned town meeting will be held at the town hall tonight, com- mencing at o'clock. The meeting is to hear the report of the special committee appointed to investigate the matter of selling sites for pier foundations to the railroad company
 A number of local firemen enjoyed the excursion to Port Jefferson on the steamer Park City last Sunday. From the reports of the voyagers they enjoyed the day hugely.
 Capt. Frank Coley visited New York yesterday for the first time in sev- eral months. He took a look at Wall street to assure himself that every thing was moving all right there. 1t is suspected that his visit was made to buy up all the "steel preferred' on the market