Little Girl Struck by trolley on Stratford avenue
Special to the Farmer June 4. Ella Ervin six year old daughter of Robert Jervin Stratford mail carrier, was badly injured when knocked down by a speeding trolley near the Baird Machine Co. on Stratford avenue. Her brother witnessed the event as the motorman braked late. Both children narrowly escaped death. Ella was taken home and treated. the accident spurs calls for street dust control and safer trolley operation. Also mentioned is Miss Louise Barnum of Warwick prize in G A R event at Stratford High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Ervin
Luttle
Robert Jervin
Stratford Mail
Stratford Avenue
Baird Machine Co
Eleanor Street
Bridgeport
Memorial Day Means To Me Attend Celebration
Stratford residents plan to attend the Flag Day ceremony opening the new bridge between East Haddam and Haddam on June 14. The event promises an elaborate program and a pleasant gathering for attendees. Main Street oiling nears completion as work extends from Hard’s corner to the railroad station, with center work expected to finish by Saturday. Patrick Murray and William Freeman had a bicycle collision on Stratford avenue but escaped serious injury. bikes suffered heavy damage. The Stratford branch of the Woman’s Equal Franchise league will host a suffrage meeting Friday at 2:30 in the Congregational church chapel, with Mrs. Anna G. Porritt as speaker and tea served afterward. Frederick Lewis of East Broadway will earn a civil engineering degree from Yale Scientific School this June and will teach in Yale’s summer school of engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
East Haddam
Haddam
Main Street
Hard’s Corner
Patrick Murray
William Freeman
Stratford Avenue
Congregational Church
Woman's Equal Franchise League
Anna G. Porritt
State Equal Suffrage Association
Porritt
C. E
Frederick Lewis
East Broadway
Yale Scientific School
the College
Parochial School Opens After Scarlet Fever Calm
NEW TOWN reports the parochial school opened Tuesday morning with good attendance after health clearance by Dr. W H Kiernan. North and Center schools may resume immediately. Scarlet fever appears controlled with no new cases and no fatalities, underscoring prevention. Meanwhile visitors Willis Carter and Mrs Carter of West Stockbridge, and William Buck of Ansonia, stay with local families. The high school dismissed early for Fred Russell funeral as staff and twenty students attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Kiernan
Willis Carter
West Stockbridge
Maes
Carter
E. 3. Lovell
Queen Street
William Buck
Ansonia
Alice Northrop
Fred Russell
Johnson
Miss Short
Biss Olsen
Funeral at Hawleyville Chapel Honors Deceased Youth
Funeral services led by Rev. Lee at the Hawleyville chapel honored a young man lost suddenly, with the High School chorus, organist Frank Johnson, and burial at Lands End cemetery. Pallbearers were Charles Lake Philo Hawley Robert Hawley and Will Tucker. A Danbury hearse carried the casket and flowers filled the scene as parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Russell and siblings mourned. A deer was seen nearby as the procession passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawleyville Chapel
Mr. Lee
Congregational Church
Frank Johnson
Lands End
Charles Lake
Philo Hawley
Robert Hawley
Will Tucker
Danbury
L. C. Morris
Newtown
Robert W. Russell
South Center
Philip Schnabel
Jesse Woodhull
Harley T. Peck
New Haven
James Peck
Hartford
John R. Peck
Chester Buckley
A. I. Peck
Bridgeport
Maud A. N. Jones
E. Booth
Harrison Park
Laurette Northrop
Sugar Street
Mabel Gilbert
Francis Kilbride
Martin A. Corbett
John P. Keating
Percy Platt
Trinity
Emily A. Bennett
Geo. W. Graham
Delia Keane
Waterbury Hospital
L. Fitzpatrick
New York City
Anna McCartan
Louise Comer
Frederick Leiss
the Glen
William Knapp
Bartley Raynor
Sunset Inn
Hawleyville
Benjamin Corning
Fabric
Weekend guests, birthdays, and local events in Newtown
The town notes visitors and celebrations across Newtown and neighboring areas. Edward Corning hosts Josen O and family. P H Lynch visits from Long Hill. Grace Osborn celebrated a Girls' Club birthday with Trinity church friends. Socials, job changes, a bridal marriage, a Shelton vs Newtown baseball game, and Memorial Day outings are recorded along with hospital recoveries and local commuting shifts.
Girls Defeat Boys In Baseball Tilt At Local Park
A lively game of baseball ended with the girls emerging victorious over the lads, signaling strong batters and twirlers in their ranks. A well behaved crowd cheered and playfully teased the boys as the juveniles accepted defeat with poor grace, while the girls vowed another win next Saturday. In town business, selectmen met to approve town bills and finalize jury lists, which will be pared by jury commissioners to leave a fit panel. Memorial Day guests at the Convent of Mercy included Misses Madeline and Florence Giblin, Miss Murphy of Bridgeport, and Miss Giblin of South Norwalk, all attending St Rose's event and dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convent of Mercy
Madeline
Florence Giblin
Miss Murphy
Bridgeport
Giblin
South Norwalk
St. Rose's
Graves Fores try Chief Defended in House Attack
Washington June 4 Henry S Graves head of the bureau of forestry resented attacks by William E Humphrey who accused the department of serving railroads and lumber interests and urged an investigation He claimed railroads received timber lands worth millions in exchange for valueless land and said much land ended in the Weyerhaeuser Lumber Syndicate A surprise party honored Edward Tracy at the Beechwood avenue home as he leaves for a summer hotel post in New York State with songs piano solos and a luncheon afterward Dr C W Gardner of 449 State street is at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore for a month's study, leaving Bridgeport with Mrs Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weyerhauser Lumber Syndicate
Graves’ Department
Edward Tracy
M. Small
Beechwood Avenue
Tracy
Lake Cosseyna
New York State
Mr. Tracy
Miss Ralph
Edward Small
John Small
John Ryan
Julia Small
Misses Mullins
Katherine Ralph
W. Poland
Joseph Lapke
Albert Lapke
M. Lally
C. W. Gardner
State Street
John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Bridgeport
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sridgeport
Conn
Barnum
Louise Barnum
Warwick
Benlor
Stratford High Oathes
New Town
S Josen O
Edward Corning
Stepney
P. H. Lynch
Long Hill
P. Lynch
Zoar
Miehs Grace Osborn
North Main Street
Girls’ Club
Trinity Church
A. B. Blakeman
H. M. Tiemann
Elsie Ferris
Adaline Hurd
Myrtle Hoyt
Elsie Johnson
Evelyn Chapin
Henry Carlson
Joyce
Abel F. Clarke
W. H. Taylor
Edward Taylor
Sandy Hook
Frederick Paten
Robert Bevans
Frances French
Shelton High School
Newtown High School
Glover Field
Henry McKeon
Young
South Main Street
Seld
W. A. Canfield
Charles F. Beardsley
The
Glen
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Irene Peese
Charles H. Tilballs
St. John’s Church
Robert Gannon
P. H. Gannon
Brush
Hearange
Madigan
Wilcox
Thrall
Thomas Riley
Riley
Bridgeport Police
J. MacAuliff
E& S. Lovell
E. W. Troy
Anna Troy
Waterbury
Holy Name Societies
Naugatuck Valley
Cecil Wright
Howell Wright
Cleveland
Ohio
L. C. Mortis
Martin J. Donohue
Flushing
L. L
Thomas Francis Maloney
Thomas Maloney
Mile Hill
M. G. Keane
Housatonic Avenue
Forestery Bureau
Lyon & Grumman CO
Fairfield Ave
Middle St
Rhode Island
Little
Narragansett Bay
Wetch Hill
South Station
Boston
New York, New Haven
Hartford’Railroad
the Fairfield Restaurant
Fairfield Avenue
Elm Street
Zimmer Bros
Golden Hill Street
County Court House
Wheeler & Howes CO
Main ST
Congress ST
Bridge
Victoria
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
27Th Street
New York
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