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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
BEVERLY, 
The death of Albert Perry removes 
from Beverly’s business circle one of 
her most influential public-spirited 
men, One whose interests were always 
for the uplifting and good of the city. 
Mr. Perry was the president of the 
Beverly National Bank which position 
he had held for some time and where 
he was well known. 
The young people of the Ballou 
club enjoyed a Blue Jay social at the 
Universalist chapel on Tyesday even- 
ing. A large number of members was 
present and enjoyed the evening’s 
festivities. Each person on entering 
the hall was measured. The short 
ones had the advantage; for it cost 
them less. Three cents for each foot 
and a half-cent for every inch over a 
foot was the admission fee and not a 
small amount of money was received 
from this source. 
Merton R. Lovett ‘of the University 
of Maine is spending the spring vaca- 
tion with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
Solon Lovett, North Beverly. 
There is hardly a vacant store left 
on Cabot street at present. Within 
the past week there have been numer- 
ous places rented and changed hands 
that will increase the business inter- 
ests of the city immensely. F. W. 
Woolworth & Co., are to open one of 
their popular 5 and 10 cents stores 
where Woodward & Ober were lo- 
cated in the Rogers block; Almy, 
Bigelow & Washburn have taken an- 
other store in the Mason Building, 
while the remaining store between 
Plummer’s Drug store and French's 
Creamery has been leased to Gale, a 
hardware man, who comes hither from 
Connecticut. 
There seems to be a lively interest 
in the affairs of Company E, and the 
young men of the city are taking hold 
of the project of a new company in 
town with a vim. © A large number of 
men have been drilling for some time 
expectant of the result of inspection. 
The Ladies’ Aid society of the Uni- 
versalist church held their meeting 
this week with Mrs. Mary Holding of 
Cabot street. 
BEVERL 
Transacts a General Banking Business. 
business relations. 
OFFICE FELOULS =: 
ALBERT PERRY, President. 
H. C. 
At the Old Stand, 
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Established 1877. ——— 
Carriages and Carriage Repairing, parvrinc ayn VARNISHING 
SAWYER, 
126 Rantoul Street, corner of Bow, BEVERLY 
We put on the best RUBBER TIRES on the market. Don’t forget the Name and Number. 
William’ H. Meade has returned 
from Farmington, N.H. He will soon 
open the Herrick house on Cabot 
street as an up-to- date house for 
roomers and boarders. 
A. G. Tomasello, the contractor 
who received the work for the new 
sewers on Cabot and Balch streets, 
entertained the joint committee on 
streets, sewers and water works at the 
Hotel Napoli, Boston, Tuesday even- 
ing. A merry time was had with Mr. 
Tomasello as host. 
The teachers and officers of the 
First Baptist Bible school held their 
quarterly supper and conference at 
the chapel on Tuesday evening. 
At the District court Wednesday 
morning Judge Safford held Dr. John 
H. Jackson, charged with arson in the 
Mason building, in the sum of $3,000 
for the grand jury which comes in at 
Newburyport in May. 
John W. Pitcher of Stoughton, a 
former business man of the city, was 
in town recently. 
James A. Payson, formerly of North 
Beverly but now of Connecticut, was 
in town Sunday renewing acquaint- 
ances. 
The Avenue Methodist church is re- 
splendent in new furnishings and the 
people of the church worshipped for 
the first time in their refitted building 
on Sunday morning. A new hard- 
wood floor has been laid in the vestry 
while in the auditorium a new carpet 
has been laid and other improvements 
made which make the building an 
ideally attractive one. 
Mrs. Louise Meek Corbett will give 
a concert for the benefit of her pupils 
in the Washington Street chapel on 
Tuesday evening, March 28. 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Brewer and 
Miss Mildred N. Brewer are to enjoy 
a trip to New York, Philadelphia and 
the Capitol City. 
Jesse G. Trask, a man prominent in 
many fields of Christian work, as well 
as being favorably known as a business 
man, passed away at the McLean hos- 
pital at Waverly Sunday evening, af- 
ter a lingering illness from an incur- 
able disease. The funeral was held 
Wednesday afternoon and was largely 
attended. 
The total number of brown-tail moth 
nests collected by the boys of the city 
for the Improvement society prize was 
649,045. Nelson Trask won the 
grand prize, while Fred Cann obtained 
the Lovett prize of $5 for the greatest 
number from North Beverly ; Perley 
Edwards secured the largest number 
in the Cove district and was awarded 
the Pickman prize, while the Farms 
prize went to Neal Murray. 
Albert Haibon of Hale street is the 
guest of friends in North Andover. 
The annual fair of the G.A.R. will 
open in City hall, April 18. It is 
urged that the towns-people liberally 
patronize this fair, as there isa large 
amount of money needed and the op- 
portunity for aid in this direction was 
never greater than now. 
Thirty-five members of the W.R.C. 
attended the Essex County associ- 
ation meeting in Lawrence on Tues- 
day. 
Mrs. Kennie Patch has been the 
guest of Mrs. Irvin Besse in Newbury- 
port this week. 
The new pumping station for the 
Rial Side sewer is well under way. 
The first story has already been raised 
and before long the building will see 
completion. The structure is being 
built of cement. 
Augustus N. Clark celebrated the 
94th anniversary of his birth at his 
home on Broadway Thursday. Mr. 
Clark was unable to receive his friends 
as usual on accont of his being conva- 
lescent from a recent illness. 
Y NATIONAL BANK. 
CAPITAL $200,000. 
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES TO RENT. 
Re [Riper — Salo es wr eyleae Tee Da ot ha tie 
ANDREW W. ROGERS, Vice-President. 
Accounts solicited and every facility afforded for prompt and satisfactory 
Certificates of Deposit issued bearing interest for actual time outstanding. 
ALLEN H. BENNETT, Cashier. 
