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NURTH SHORE BREEZE 
RealEstate and Improvements 
..- Up and Down the North Shore... 
The contract for building two com- 
bination garage and barn at Pride’s 
Crossing, for R. T. Paine, jr., and 
Chas. K. Cummings, respectively, has 
been awarded to Publicover Bros. 
Formerly the same barn and garage 
served both families. 
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George R. White has purchased the 
Putnam estate at Smith’s Point, Man- 
chester, which adjoins Mr. White’s 
attractive estate. Many  improve- 
ments and changes are being made in 
keeping with the extensive improve- 
ments now in process. 
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Work is being rushed on the spa- 
cious cottage being built. at Manches- 
ter for Philip. Churchman of Boston. 
The house is Colonial style and being 
erected from plans drawn by William 
Downes Austin of Boston. It is sit- 
uated upon the old Putnam estate at 
smith’s Point, and is very close to the 
W. L. Putnam cottage. 
The foundation is of good Hubble 
stone of local quarry, slushed and 
pointed inside and out. Above this is 
the brick work of well shaped hard 
brick. ‘The house is shingled over all 
with an outside finish of cypress. The 
piazza columns are of 10 inch solid 
cypress with a piazza floor of matched 
hard pine. ' 
The rooms of the cottage are large 
and numerous, bath rooms and clos- 
ets being in evidence, both in the ser- 
vants’ part and in the owner’s quar- 
ters. The finish throughout ‘is 
of white wood. The base in each room 
is of a beveled top. The standing fin- 
ish is of the best whitewood, the door 
openings being of architrave finish, 
with moulded back band, mitred cor- 
ners and plinth blocks stopping on the 
finished floor. A chair rail runs about 
the front hall, living room and dining 
room. Picture moulding has been plac- 
ed in all the rooms. 
A large fire place faced with water 
struck red brick is to be found in the 
living room and in the dining room. 
A hearth of the same material is also 
noticeable. 
The floors on the second story are 
of red birch, while the lower floors are 
of hard Georgia pine. The doors are 
of white wood. 
The china closet is fitted with slid-_ 
ing doors, with a long counter of white 
wood, the shelves are of cherry, as are 
the drawers and cupboard. The pan- 
try is fitted with all the latest con- 
trivances for making housework easy. 
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Peter A. Sheahan has bought from 
M. J. Callahan the former Kerr prop- 
erty on North street, Manchester, and 
it is understood he will! move into the 
house on the place soon. Mr. Shea- 
han has stated that he intends to move 
the building to the rear of the prop- 
erty and build a three-story structure 
on the street front, large enough for 
three families. 
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D. B. Hodgkins’ Sons are having 
improvements “made at their grain 
building, Tappan street, Manchester, 
incidental to the spur track being put 
in to facilitate the handling of grain. 
Chester L. Crafts is the contractor. 
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_ “Resolutions for the New Year,’ 
will be the text for the morning sé 
mon Sunday at the ‘Village ct 
The subject for the evening ser 
will be “Spiritual Archery.” 
text for the Christian Endeavor 
ing this evening will be “What is all 
to be a Christian?” “= 
Birge Dayton, a junior at the Wo: 
cester Polytechnic Institute, is spen 
ing a part of his vacation as the gu 
of his chum Frederick Eaton at the 
parsonage. : a 
Tuer Roperts Case. . 
The Gloucester Times of yesterday 
said: The finding of a screwdriver 
near the place at Manchester, where 
Mrs. Estelle C. Roberts of this city 
met her death on September 9, while 
it has revived the mystery, has not, 
Deputy Chief George C. Neal of the 
State Police says, offered anything 
tangible in the way of a solution be- 
yond what the police have already of- 
fered. 
“We have of course followed up s 
suggestions which Mr. Roberts has 
made,” said Deputy Neal, “but nothing — 
whatever has been discovered to 
change the status of the case. When — 
the screw-driver was found and offer- | 
ed as a possible weapon, State Detcc- — 
tive Wells of Lynn made a further in- 
vestigation, but he discovered noe 
to indicate a probable connection with — 
the woman’s death. = 
“The district attorney has had his 
attention called to the case, and there ~ 
has been an inquest. We have of — 
course followed up every clew that has — 
offered itself and will continue to do — 
so, but so far there is nothing to show — 
that the woman was a victim of mur- _ 
der. There is no motive that we have 
discovered upon which to base a the-— 
ory that the woman met with violence 
at the hands of anybody.” 
Frank Morgan is building an addi- 
tion to his bungalow off Bennett street, 
Manchester. 
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Albert Lucas has work well under- 
way on the new barn at Manchester 
Cove, to take the place of the one re- 
cently destroyed by fire. 
“WENHAM. 
The Boston Herald of December — 
22 contained a description of the uni- 
que and successful methods employed 
by the Wenham boy scouts. " 
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