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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 40. 
SATURDAY, FEB. 18, 1905. 
TOWN POLITICS. 
Political Pot Not Even Boiling and Town 
Meeting Only Two Weeks Away. 
The political pot must needs be 
stirred, for there appears to be nothing 
to excite enthusiasm, and town meet- 
ing only two weeks away. Nothing 
save the appearance of a few new 
candidates has added to the conditions 
of the political atmosphere the past 
week. Everything in the line of 
‘issues ’’ seems to be lacking. 
The most important move of the 
week was the decision ot former 
selectman Edward S. Knight to run 
for the office again this year and the 
subsequent filing of nomination papers 
for him by several of the business 
men. Mr. Knight was announced ex- 
clusively as a probable candidate in 
last week’s BREEZE. 
Orrin A. Martin has also taken out 
papers for selectman this week. 
These two, with T. W. Long and 
T. W. Stone, who was a member of 
the board in 1900, and the two mem- 
bers now serving on the board — Fred 
K. Swett and W. E. Kitfield — con- 
stitute the list of candidates for that 
office thus far. 
.Another new candidate this week 
is Curtis B. Stanley, who has taken 
out papers for School committee and 
will run against Edward A. Lane, 
whose term expires this year. Mr. 
Stanley aims to improve the play- 
ground off Brook street, which is con- 
trolled by the School Board. 
Joseph N. Lipman has taken out 
papers for Tree Warden to run 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
against Wm. Young and Wm. F. 
ry. 
The full list of candidates for the 
most important offices up till this 
morning follows: 
FOR SELECTMEN 
Fred K. Swett, Edward S. Knight, 
William E. Kitfield, T. W. Long, 
Jas wotones Orrin A. Martin. 
FOR TOWN CLERK 
Alfred S. Jewett, Walter R. Bell. 
FOR TOWN TREASURER 
Edwin P. Stanley. 
FOR TOWN AUDITOR 
Allen S. Peabody, Frank G. Cheever, 
Howard M. Stanley, Leon W. Carter. 
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE (3 years) 
Edward A. Lane, Curtis B. Stanley. 
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY 
Roland C. Lincoln. 
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL BUILDING 
Jeffrey T. Stanley. 
TRUSTEE OF CEMETRIES 
Frank P. Knight. 
WATER COMMISSIONER 
Nathan P. Meldrum. 
PARK COMMISSIONER 
Chas. O. Howe, J. S. Reed 
TREE WARDEN 
J. N. Lipman, 
Wm. F. Spry 
Wm. Young. 
- Whisperings. 
I am in receipt this week of a very 
interesting letter from Henry B. Mc- 
Collom, who left Manchester two 
weeks ago for Florida, and from Mr. 
McCollom’s description I am led to 
think he has not been bothered much 
with zero weather, frozen water pipes 
or an over abundance of snow this 
week. He says he went down to the 
beach, which he explains as being 
‘smooth and level, running as far as 
the eye can see,’’ without his overcoat, 
and he speaks of the beautiful scenery, 
the palm trees and foliage,—dquite a 
contrast indeed to the intensely cold 
days of the past week we have been 
experiencing on the North shore. 
Mr. McCollom is located at Sea 
Breeze, which he says is a resort 
about the size of Magnolia. 
* * * * 
St. Valentine’s day, with all its ro- 
mantic connections has comeand gone 
and as usual was accompanied by 
much of -the fun and _ jollity that goes 
with the day. 
I saw many new.designs and ideas 
in the line of valentines but none 
which struck me so much as a crude 
looking home-made one I saw in 
Beverly Farms. It was simply a 
piece of cardboard cut heart shaped 
with two raisins on it, cloves sticking 
out of them, thus giving the appear- 
ance of two miniature turtles. And 
written on the card was this very sug- 
gestive sentence: 
‘‘There’s more than one raisin why 
I love you.” 
* * * * 
I am in receipt of the following 
note addressed to the Editor of Whis- 
perings column, which, undoubtedly, 
one of my Pride’s Crossing readers 
can answer : 
‘‘Who was the Pride’s Crossing 
man who went to Boston on Wednes- 
day last and who fell down and 
smashed his hat while there? He 
seemed quite happy until he found 
what he was sitting on. 
“ Looker-On.” 
* * * * 
The joke has been going around 
Manchester the past week about five 
of our young men who went out walk- 
ing last Sunday. They are all fond 
of tramping, but the tramp which 
they took last Sunday proved enough 
for awhile. They walked from Man- 
chester to Essex on the finely worn- 
down road, but on the return thought 
it would prove a novel experience to 
tramp through the woods by way of 
the old Essex road. They proceeded 
about one quarter of a mile when they 
found the road was unbroken beyond. 
Rather than turn back, they pushed 
on through the snow, which, because 
of the mildness, was quite soft in 
some places, and towards dark, after 
three hours’ weary toil, reached Man- 
chester. 
Mr. Jewett Strongly 
Indorsed for Re-Election. 
In none of the offices to be filled at 
the coming town meeting in Manches- 
ter is there so much interest center- 
ing as in that of town clerk, for which 
office Town Auditor Walter R. Bell 
isacandidate against Alfred S. Jewett, 
the present incumbent. 
Since 1888 Mr. Jewett has served 
the town in thi§ capacity, thirteen 
years of which time he was also 
chairman of the board of select- 
men. Previous to 1888 he served on 
the school committee for several 
years, was town auditor, and for 
several years was one of the trustees 
of the public library. 
Mr. Jewett is a Grand Army man. 
He was a member of the famous 38th 
Massachusetts regiment and served 
his country three years. He has ever 
been interested in matters which are 
for the best interests of the town, and 
his years of public service make him 
aman of rare experience in conduct- 
ing the affairs of this office. 
Lee Marshall arrived home from 
Dartmouth last night for a few days. 
PON 
