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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17
STRATFORD
Special to The Farmer.

Stratford, March 17-Tonight the
Taxpayers Improvement Club will
hold their second annual ball in the
Tuttle building. Judging from the
sale of tickets the hall will be crowd
ed.
Many of the teachers of the schools
have been called home account of
deaths in their families this year, Miss
Bertha Hinckley being the last one.
Her mother died last week.
The Rambler, Jr-, basketball team
will play the Locomobile team at the
Brooklawn rink. Tuesday evening.
The best game of basketball to be
played this season will take place on
Thursday evening at the new futile
building, when the Outing Club will
play the Firemen-
c. K Stage, superintendent of the
Sealship Oyster Co, will move his
family to Providence, R. L, and make
that his future home.
Mass at st. James church this
morning in honor of st. Patrick was
well attended.
Miss Laura Reynolds. who has been
visiting Marie Harrison of Stratfield,
has returned home.
Miss Elsie Smith will play at the
Westport opera house for the Westport
Musical Club, early in April.
On March 81 the Azalia Chapter, o.
e. s., will hold a. whist at the home
of Mrs. ]. Clinton. Many handsome
prizes will be awarded.
This wear the High School COM
mencement exercises will be different,
as most of the scholars will take part
and it will be more interesting to hear
than a speaker
Mrs. c. Chase, who is i'll with scar
let fever at her home on Johnson ave-
nue.. is somewhat improved.
Mrs R. c. Winton will go to Hart
ford to speak on suffrage as it is in
Connecticut
Miss Nina AFFORD of this town will
be bridesmaid at the Nothnagle-Lewis
wedding on Wednesday.
As no will can be found, the late
Myra Curtis property will revert tic
her family and not to the boy she
adopted.
John Sullivan and Joseph Kausler.
boys, were fined 50 and costs amount
ing to 1851, for trespassing on rail
road property. Justice Polly tried
the cases Frank Hagen and Patrick
Mcdonald were fined SIS and costs by
Judge Peck for trespassing on railroad
property near the H. H. Smith Silver
Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17
FATHER BAKER
CHOSEN RECTOR
CHRIST CHURCH

New Haven, March 17.-Rev. Will
liam Osborn Baker, who was chosen
rector of Christ church upon the rec
ommendation of Bishop Brewster Sat
urday evening, will probably assume
his new duties the first of June.
Father Baker has not only the en-
dorsement of the bishop of the Epis-
copal diocese of Connecticut, but also
was endorsed by Father Field of the
Order of ST. John, the Evangelist; Rev.
William H. Van Allen of the Advent,
Boston. and Father Hughson of the
Order of the Holy Cross, Westport,
N. Y, and others.
Father Baker is an associate mem
Der of the Order of the Holy Cross.
He is rector of Christ church, Haver-
hill
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17
STATE DEMOCRATS AT
HUBBARD ESCORT FEAST

Hartford, March 17-Lieut. Gov.
Lyman r. Tfngier, Congressman Au-
gustine Lonergan, Democratic National
Committeeman Homer S. Cummings
of Stamford, Comptroller Daniel p.
Dunn and William z. Thoms Of Wa
terbury, have accepted invitations to
be present at the Hubbard Escort
dinner on March Is, and some OF them
will deliver addresses. The Escort
was named in honor of Governor Rich
ard D. Hubbard and the organization
has a banquet each year in March.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17
MERCHANT ROBBED
BY ARMED MEN

New York, March 17-Three armed
men dragged Albert Berger, a cigar
store clerk, into a back room of the
store today, bound his hands and feet
with Wire then leisurely took 5000
from the cash register. Berger freed
himself and ran into the street halt
a minute after the men left, but they
had disappeared. 1t is the opinion of
the police that the men used an au-
tonobile. Cigar store robberies of
this character have been frequent of
late.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17
WOMEN STRIKERS
GET DEMANDS AND
RETURN TO WORK

Boston, March IA large proper
ton of the 5000 striking shirtwaist
and dressmakers returned to work to-
day under an agreement signed Sat
urday granting most of their de-
mands 1t was expected that all would
be back in the shops by tomorrow
The strike of 2 900 operatives in the
mems garment trade entered it's
eighth week today. Four hundred
strikers will leave tonight for New
York, where they will be given en-
ployment until the Boston trouble is
adjusted
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17
MASONIC GRAND MASTERS
HOLD BIG CONFERENCE

Indianapolis, March 1T-Grand mas
@ers of the Masonic lodges from many
states arrived last night for a two
Hav conference which began here to-
dav Elmer F. Gay, grand master
~ indiana who called the meeting
esid no set program had been arrang-
cd but that the visitors had beer, ask
cd to come full of ideas" Only two
similar conferences have been held
in recent years, Mr. Gay said One
vras in Baltimore and the other in
PbiIa deIphia and both were held in
1909.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17
LOCAL TRADE SCHOOL TO
TEACH LADIES' TAILORING

An extra opportunity is to be offer
ed to the people Of the city by the
state Trade School which will consist
of the opening of a class of ladies
tailoring in the evening school located
at As washington avenue.
Applications may be made there in
person by telephone, post card or let
ter. The applicants will be appoint
ed in the order of application, with
preference being given to those who
wish to receive the instruction for
trade purposes
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17
UNION SERVICES DURING
HOLY week AT LOCAL
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES

At the First Congrega tionaI and
South Churches, union services will
be held during Holy Week, as fol-
lows:
Monday evening at the First Con-
gregational Church, address by DR..
Swain.
Tuesday evening at the South
Church, address by H. c. Meserve OF
Danbury.
Thursday evening at the South
Church, address by Rev. H. D. Ga1lau-
det.
Friday evening at the First Congre-
gationaI Church, address by Rev. Rob-
ert Dennison of New Haven.
All meetings to commence at 7:45
o'clock
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17
THREE CHINKS KILLED
IN ANOTHER TONG WAR

San Francisco, March 17-Thres
Chinese were killed and four were
wounded as a result of the resumption
last night of the tong war. which has
RACED on the Pacific coast fntermit-
tentIy for years. One Of the men
slain was resident of San Francisco
and the two others were killed In
Portland Ore, where another man
was also wounded. Three men were
wounded in Seattle. The only arrest
was in San Francisco. The songs in
voIved are the Hop Sing and the Bow
Deung.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17

An annual banquet of pretentfous
scale is planned by the st. Joseph's T.
L. & b association in commenOratiou
of it's thirty-frst anniversary. Organ
lied 25 years ago, in the basement %
ST. Marys Church the society now
boasts over 200 members including
men prominent in social, commercial
and political life, with its own club
house at ST. Barnun avenue. The
date for feasting has been set for
April Is.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17
Paint Now

If you ought to have painted last
year and waited for paint to come
down, how much do you think you
made?
You'll buy an extra gallon this year.
There's SIS or Sc for paint and labor.
You think you won't, but you will;
you can't stretch paint.
1t is always so: the longer you wait,
the more paint and wages. Besides
what paint is for. What is it for?
DEVOE
HubbeII & Wade sells it.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17
ADVANCE IN OIL

New York, March 1.-THE Standard
Oil Co, of New York, announces to-
day, an advance of half a cent a
gallon in all grades of naptha for ex-
port. The last general advance in
naptha was made on Jan. Z.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17
6. II. DILLON & co.

clare she is practicing a stunt for the
drill that is daring in the extreme.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17

The High School class will give
farewell reception tonight to one of
it's members, Miss Lucille Rock, who
leaves for Pennsylvania soon. An
Irish and Killarney tmosphere will
prevail, the dance music being chosen
largely from the strains of old EriR's
melodies. Miss Rock has a, host of
friends who wish her good luck and
happiness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-17
SOCIAL AMI PERSONAL

Arrangements for very pretty
celebration of the coming nuptiaIs of
Miss CIaribeI May Lewis, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. George F. Lewis, and
Harold Edgar NothnagIe, advertising
manager of the Nothnagle Furniture
House, are being completed in the
Stratford home of the brides parents.
The event is announced for o'clock
Wednesday evening.
A miscellaneous shower was recent
Iy rendered Miss Rhoda King of STRAIT
ford at the home of Miss Laura Cuz-
ner of Broadbridge Road, Stratford.
Miss King is soon to become the bride
of Arnold c. OsterIund of Brooklyn,
N. Y. The prospective bride received
many beautiful gifts. A delicious sup
per was served, the table decorations
and favors being in green and white.
The favor for the bride to be being a
doll dressed in full bridal finery, even
to real orange blossoms received from
Florida that morning for the occasion.
Those present were: Miss Laura Cuz-
ner, Miss Rhoda E. King, Miss Minnie
Schwerdt1e, Miss Maude Kendall Miss
Marguaret Thompson, Miss Irene
O'Brien, Mrs. Downing, Mrs. Thomas
McQui1len, Miss Eva Downing, Miss
Eva Rowe, Miss Mabel McQuilIan, Miss
Julia McQuillan, Mrs. John williams,
Mrs. Measse Mrs. E. E. King.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-13
MoLINo.

MIS- John Cowherd OF Mexico and
Louise Drake and Maurine Cow
herd OF Santa Fe were guests OF Por-
ter f%'au'aorn andwife from Friday
tn $gncSy Of last week.
Harry Day and family of Skinner
and Mrs. Mead Tanner spent Ffida
niRht and Saturday with H. L. weav-
Ter atd daughter,
Rev Taylor of Mexico was the guest
Of Ppte Cauthorn and family satur-
day hight
Mrs, w. B Marshall of Mexico was
he guest Of her brother, H. L
Weaver, several days last week.
Pate Elliott filled his ice house
with a nice quality Of ice Saturday.
Mrs. Dode Barnes and children Wis
tied from Saturday until Monday witt
her parents, John Woods and wife, Of
Mexico.
Little Annie Robinson of Duly
spent last week with her grandpsren;
R L Robinson. ami wife,
Joe Marshall and wife were the
guests Of Mexico relatives Sunday
Joe Python and family of Skinner
and Ed Lowry and family Of Mexico
spent Sunday with Bert Bowen and
family.
Misses Aura Flynt and Alberta Hal
din Of Hallsv1le returned home last
Wednesday after a weeks visit Will
relatives here.
Little Ralph Powell remains aboui
the same.
Clark Williams. who has been con
fined to his bed for the past
weeks, is able to be up some,
Earl Wilson. the 7 year old. son o.
Walter Wilson. died Saturday, Feb
9Th, after a short Illness with lunr
trouble. Besides his father he leave
a sister, Caroline, and two little brot
ers, Thomas and Joseph. He was I
bright little lad. The sympathy o
the community is extended them Il
their sad bereavement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-13
THOMPSON.


There is quite a lot Of sickness in
this vicinity this week.
w. L. Griffin is confined to his
house with a severe spell of La
Grippe.
Mrs. Sumner Davis is quite sick.
Mrs. Turner Pulls is also on the
sick list,
MISS Dolly Davis is slightly i'm
proved.
Tom Creasey went to- st. Louis
Monday where he has accepted q 20
sition under NJ. ]. Decker. formerly
of this place.
! A Wabash engine split the switch
on the house track early Monday
morning. The engine and one coal
car we're derailed stopping traffic
for a few hours.
Rev. Maxey filled his regular .ap
poIntment at HopeweiI Saturday an(
Sunday.
Mrs. II. A. White is home from
Texas where she has been VISITING
her granddaughter. Mrs. Tom Rom
ans.
Miss Hazel Cant gave a party t
her many friends last Friday night
Those prescn. report a most enjoy
able time. IA
Wheeler Cant shipped two cars Q
sheep to ST. Louis Sunday night.
Ben Brown brought 45 heifers frot
Wheeler Cant Monday. 3
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-13
II Z w S p "A P E r
PLJBIICrSERVICE
conducted newspapers

The primary purpose Of all properly conducted newspapers IL
IpuBuTc sERvicgs bio ienMaii nhi
When, a little less than a year ago, THE LEDGER started
campaign for a Farm Advisor for AudEaH county It did So because the
management believed such IN office here would not only be worth
Thousands Of dollars to the Farmer, but would be good for Mexico aS
iAudraIn County in that Il would increase our Agricultural prosperity.
After several months of educational articles on tho purposes o
Ia Farm Advisor we took the matter up with the Mexico CONNER
teal Club and that live organization began a active work In coopera
thn with the Ledger to secure such a man.
| The County press came forward with their aid and to-day we are
rated among the leading progressive counties not only In Missouri bu
In the United States.
| The Ledger, naturally, feels some pride in the successes Of the
movement having started II, and assures the people Of Mexico anc
AudraIn County that In the future Is In the past, you will always
Iind US working fortap best btsrestsA and advancement.
| No little credit for the Farm AdviesF movement success is due "a
Ite untfrlna work Of Walker Pollock, chairman Of the Agricultural
IcornnIttse8 Of the, comrsrciai, Club. With the aid Of r. /. Crosby and
Iothers he did not allow the fnteFestt 10 nae al the same time vroInq the
IState 10 secure for US the best man possible. Aa 4..e 81
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-13
. EAGLE.

L. ". McFadIE was q Mexico yis'
itor Tuesday.
Mrs. Erne5t Hale Of Santa Fe has
beea very III with pleurisy.
Master Ralrh Powell Of near Mob
no has been very III. Several doctor
have attended him.
Mrs. R. l. Heller Of near Mohne
Is on the sick list.
The sale Of Mr.. sappington wa
well attended Stock sold well.
Mr.. and Mrs. blackburn. two. chil
dem, and Mr.. Blaekburn's thre'
brothers. OF Oklahoma have move
on the Emmett Kerr farm Of neti
Monroe county.
=. W. McFadin bought some cor
from G. L. sOpher, paying IS cents.
Riley wllkerson butchered bog
Friday.
Miss Louise Drake and Miss MAJ
inc cowherd spent frsn friday unit
Sunday with Mrs. Porter cauthorn {
near Moline. :
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-13
FOR AGED PEOPLE
Old Folks Should Be Careful in Their
Selection Of ResulatIve Medicine.

We have a safe, dependable and al.
together ideal remedy that is partlc-
ularly adapted to the requirement.
Of aged people and persons Of weak
constitutions who suffer from consti-
patton or other bowel disorders. We
are so certain that It will relieve
these complaints and give absolute
satisfaction in every particular that
We offer It with our personal guaran,
tee that It shall cost the user moth
ing II It fails to substattiate our
claims. This remedy is called Rexall
orderlies.
Rexall orderlies have a soothing.
healing, strengthening, tonic and reg,
ulative action upon the bowels. They
remove all irritation. dryness, sore
ness and weakness. They restore
the bowels and associate organs to
mor vigorous and healthy activity
They are eaten like candy. many
being taken at any time without in
convenience, do not cause any grip
ing, nausea, diarrhoea, excessive
loOseness, flatulence Or other disa
greeable effect. Price. Csc and Toe
Sold only at store-The Rexal
Store.
Otis Purdy. North Side Drug
gist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-13
MAKE THIS TEST
How 70 Tell " Your Hair Is Dis
sssse.

Even u you have a luxuriant head
Of hair, you may want to know wheth
or n n In a healthy condition OF
not IS per cent OF tho people need
a hair ionic.
Pan n hair out OF your head. II
the bulb at tho end Of the root is
whits and shrunken, It proves that
the hair is diseased and requires
prompt attention II its loss would be
avoided. II the bulb IS pink and null,
the hair Is healthy.
We want everyone whose hair re
quires treatment TO try Rexall "93'
Hair Tonic.
We promise that it shall not cost
anything II It does not give satisfac.
tory results. 1t is designed to over
come ~danGruff, relieve scalp irrita.
ton, 10 stimulate the hair roots
tehten the hair already in the head
grow hair and overcome badness.
1t is because of what RexaH "93'
Hair Tonic has done ana sincere
faith in its goodness that We want
you to try it at our risk, Two sizes,
SOC and s1.OO. Sold only at nj store
The Rexall Store.
Otis Purdy, the North Side Drug
gist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-13
NEW HOPE,

Willis Miller and wife
and son and family have been the
recent guests of Mr., Bray and family
Frank Bovine has returned from
Idaho. Mr.. Bovine was not pleased
with Idaho. and says he would not
live there IL a deed to aaas0 acres Of
land wore given him.
T. X. Doilins sold a helfer calf to
Ed. Morris for twenty dollars.
Archa Johnson sold one hog "a
Lige Robertson at s7.25 per. hundred
weight. Weight l4O pounds.
Frank Bovine was a visitor Of ".
~. Chick and wife Sunday.
G. D. Wilson and wife, w. It
Chick and wife, Willis Miller and vii
and George nollins called to visit Mr.
and Mrs, C. w. Wilson one evenIna
last week. taking a photograph wit
them. The evening was most pleas
antly spent
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-13
NORTHEAST nEnrnD

Elmer Helwig had the misfortune
to ltse his horse Sunday night. The
horse was killed by a Wabash train.
Frank okey's parents from I'LL.
nois are making him a visit -
The Kings Daughters and a mum
beFsof friends spent last Thursday q
Ara Robt Dorgan's. 4.
y Harence Carver sold seed oats 10
Mr.. Thomas the first of,the week an
Dave Rogers bought some OF s. d
STRATUM.
D@. BOvins, President of westmIh.
ster College, will preach at the Pres.
hSierian Church next Sunday. Feb II
a Yill Winger marketed hogs IN
9lera9n City Monday. 49,
Miss Grace Collins of Mexico Is
visiting her sister, Mrs.. Robt. Trateh.
ell.
Grover Weber's little girl who has
been very sick is now improving.
heY. Cameron preached a splendid
sermon TO young men Sunday night,
oeihg CT a series Of sermons.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-13
SOUTH nENrok.

u
Miss Elizabeth 0tBrien Fpent SD
day with homefolks.
Dr. Nutter came in fromt KirksviI
recently and shipped the rhst Of ii
household goods 10 that place Mond
Alb Harrison has his new.barn mo
completed.
Oscar Clark has come back fro
Colorado and thinks he wit spend |
summer here.
Miss Nora Williams, the Barre ar
Carter children all have ~chicken-po1
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Mcclure visitt
at Buck Lavinder's Sunday.
John Baker shipped a car load
hogs to st. Louis last week.
Earl Douglass and the Carter bo!
have purchased a manure spreader.
Hugh Williams and Charlie ClaI
spent Sunday and Monday at home.
Rev. Mclaughlin Of Illinois will f
his regular appointment at Uni
Church Sunday.
Misses Pinkie Douglas and Lott
Barnes visited at r., L. McClure's {
Monday and Tuesday.
Craig Mildred has rented the Hul
". liams place for this year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-13
FOR

Fine Stock OF Groceries, will IN
voice about $40. gD0.Dd. Owner wants
farm, 100 to 100 acres.
Nice clean stock OF Hardware,
about $40. 10000, also brick building,
for farm Of 200 to 24d acres.
Good clear city property for small
tract OF land near town,
Good S-room dwelling and .
lots for vacant lots.
NORTH MISSOURI TRUST co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-13
nrsoLurloN or REspEcr Ia.

III ~ wv
eARDINe MRS eARRARp.
The following resolutions were
adopted by the Foreign Missionary
and stoddert Societies of the Mexico
Presbyterian Church:
"Whereas, 1t has pleased our Heav'
eniy Father, in His INFINITE love and
wisdom, to receive into His presence
aur beloved co-worker and sister
in Christ, Mrs. Jennie D. Garrard.
Be It resolved ID That we sorrow
because Of the earthly separation
which depriyes US Of the Christian
eompanionship of our sister; but We
rejoice that death hath lost 1T
sting through the glorious victory
Of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(2) That during the many year
we have known her, her smiling face
her Christian character and her god
" life have excited an influence TO
good that only eternity can measure
tS) That we thus formally express
ON deepest sympathy for the sor
rowing daughter and other relatives
and that these resolutions be sprea'
lpon the minute books of the Mis-
fionary and stoddert Societies an
that copies Of same be furnished tn
Mexico papers for publication.
Mrs. c. G. Heller.
Mrs. H. F Rutledge.
Mrs. A. A. Wallace.
Committee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-13

JOHNSON AGAIN
HEADS COMMITTEE.
Tks nov Dsmocnstie City Central
Committee met a. TIE CITY BAL. Sat
arday and organized.
". ". johnson was re-eioeted As
chairman and John Kemp was elect
ID secretary. 70 succeed Roy Ferris.
The members OF the committee neS
ares .
FInst Ward-w. ". johnson and
Roy Ferris; Second ward-D. A
Murphy and John Marshall: Thirt
ward-walksr Burma and C. c Heiz
zer; Fourth ward--F. A. Morris ant
John Kemp.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-13
STATE
TRANSFERS

David Gibbs to J. .. Hawnes' io1
Is. blk, 2, Hissy q cassidx's Aap'
lMexoo. ST and ether.
Heary q Fennewald % KAis Eea'
nkmald Ut al. l42 acres in Secs -
and 2s.5O-7. 81 and other.
H Il Teke to B. R MeVeK iO'
s.Nk & Mas Add I4fdonia'
w! Hdwell toAH. . rEae, g.
In s Moss ada. Laddeasasfi2E
Virginia Elliott to A. F. soOOleWssi
lot 6. blk s, Caldwell & MePikes Ao'
sltion. vandalia. $500.
Liurell to orville oyisss gn'
Il n So abres in wv ~ Of Sec p
lsgfNs1szfA "
Mary b. Mchtague to szclay V
clure. lot II and part If. BIZ
Jeffries ada. Mexico $500.
I.c. Llttreu 20 Garrett Lttreil,
~ mt. AZ fy MresA ~ "a OF
Sec s.5e.is sssOS 81 a !
J. q. Lltttsn to RAY owlnss and
jint. On 30 acres in NV q Sc
III \
Sarah " little to MIS- Marty
Coil. ~ As Grand View Ads9' MEX
~laag sac.
Bavtg Sullivan to Martha T. Coz.
lot IA, Grand view Add Mfxieo' $500
! Thomas Meara and wife " Truste'
Ia Frances c. Meara, lots u and IL
Ink 2. crigler's Adds Martinsburs
s1.625.
Linus Malstrom and wife by Tras
lice to Cy and Baker Barnes. Trus
teaS Deed under sale. W. ~ NV
"a Of Sec. 12-5i-io. $4,000.