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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Society Hotes 
T. Jefferson Coolidge, jr., sailed for 
a short trip to Europe the latter part of 
last week. 
Mr. and Mrs. William Hooper closed 
their residence at West Manchester the 
first of the week and are at the Hotel 
Somerset in Boston for a few weeks. 
Charles S$. Hanks and family are 
planning to spend the coming summer 
at their estate in West Manchester, we 
are informed. “The Thomas Plants have 
had the place for the past two summers. 
Real Estate 
And Improvements 
It is reported that John S. Curtis has 
purchased from Charles Storrow of Bos- 
ton a portion of Mr. Storrow’s Beverly 
Farms estate, known as house No. 2 on 
Storrow’s hill, off Hale street, and for 
the past few seasons occupied by Mrs. 
Curtis, formerly Mrs. L. A. Shaw. 
‘The portion involved in the transfer is a 
large mansion frame house used for a 
summer residence, a stable and a large 
amount of land. 
Ground was broken at Wenham this 
week by Connolly Bros. of Beverly 
Farms, on the new estate recently pur- 
chased by Eben D. Jordan for his 
daughter, Miss Dorothy Jordan. The 
first work to be done is the construction 
of a range of greenhouses, and the lay- 
ing out and preparation of a portion of 
the grounds for a large garden. Other 
improvements will be made with an eye 
to beautifying the estate. 
J. Jefferson Coolidge, jr., is having 
some improvements and minor alterations 
made at his new summer residence at 
Coolidge’s Point. “The main feature of 
the work includes the enclosing of the 
large portico on the west end of the 
house. Albro & Lindeberg of New 
York are the architects and Roberts & 
WEDDING JEWELRY ___mm, 
We note a few items. 
Diamonds 
Watches 
Clocks 
Silverware 
JOHN B. HILL & Se JEWELERS 
160 Cabot Street, 
Specimen & Evergreen 
SUITABLE FOR TUBS AND VASES 
Retinosporas, Cedar, Spruce, Pine, Hemlock, Arbor Vitae Box Trees 
and everything in Hardy Stock for Lawn and Landscape Planting. 
The Pierce Nursery 2 
Beverly Farms, [lass. 
Hoare of Manchester are the contractors. 
The work was started the past week. 
Connolly Bros. have the contract for 
considerable landscape changes at the 
estate of Hon. George H. Lyman, on 
the Beverly Farms-Manchester road 
which includes the changing and_build- 
ing over of the avenue and terrace walls. 
MANCHESTER 
Mrs. Susan B. Carter and Miss Nancy 
Cheever celebrated their birthdays 
‘Thursday of this week, the former being 
91 and the latter 93. "Both are natives 
of Manchester and have spent all their 
days here. They are both enjoying 
very good health today. Mrs. M. 
Hill, who celebrates her 94th birthday 
this month andD. L. Bingham, who 
will be 94 in November, are the only 
persons in town older than Mrs. Carter 
and Miss Cheever. 
Mr. and Mrs. John Knight have re- 
turned to Essex after an extended visit 
with Mrs. Knight’s mother, Mrs. 
Abigail Gentlee. 
Mrs. L. W. Floyd is visiting Dr. and 
Mrs. Pearson in Ware. 
John J. Claire, the blind piano tuner, 
so well known in this section, is in a 
critical condition at the Cambridge hos- 
pital, as the result of some kind of a dis- 
pute with his father-in-law at his home 
in Cambridge one night this week. 
The Democratic Town committee 
have organized with T. C. Rowe as 
chairman and C. C. Dodge as secre- 
tary. 
After 27 years’ absence Mr. and Mrs. 
Leonard Decker have returned to Man- 
chester and are with their son, F. L. 
Decker, on Norwood avenue. 
Brooches 
Chains, Fobs 
Cut Glass 
Toilet Sets 
& a 
You do the choosing. 
G. E. B. Strople came to town this 
morning to adjust a slight loss from a 
blaze at the residence of H. J. Gay, 
School street, last night. An oil heater 
was the cause of the trouble. The de- 
partment was not called, the trouble be- 
ing discovered in the nick of time. 
Robert Cameron, superintendent of 
the Harvard Botanical Gardens, read a 
paperon ‘‘Annuals’’ before the N. S. 
Horticultural society in Lee’s hall last 
evening. 
Mr. Clark, of the Clark & Mills 
Electric Co., recently made the remark- 
able statement that, with the use of the 
new high efficiency tungsten electric 
bulbs, residences, offices, factories, 
stores and in fact any and all buildings 
can be lighted as cheaply with electricity 
as with gas and in many cases cheaper. 
The invention of the new tungsten in 
candescent electric lamp is the greatest 
advance made in incandescent electric 
lighting in the past thirty years. If you 
doubt this remarkable statement call at 
Clark & Mill’s store in the Pulsifer block 
and see them. 
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hadley of Somer- 
ville (Miss Rachel Crombie) are receiv- 
ing congratulations on the arrival of a 
little leap year daughter in their home 
last Saturday, Feb. 29. 
Birthday parties were in order Wed- 
nesday. Besides that of H. E. Bradley 
mentioned elsewhere Bertram Allen cele- 
brated his 20th birthday on that day; 
Gordon Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. 
W. Baker, celebrated his 10th birthday 
and Perry Allens the seven year old son 
of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Allen celebrated 
his 7th birthday. 
Mrs. James Phalen of Brookline was 
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Gil- 
man the latter part of last week. 
Kodaks 
Opera Glasses 
Fountain Pens 
Bric-a-brac 
Beverly, Mass. 
