NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER 
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Crombie an- 
nounce the marriage of their daughter 
Miss Rita F. Crombie to Mr. Robert 
Ambrose Mitchell at their residence, 
Smith’s Point, next Wednesday even- 
ing, Feb. 24, at 8 o'clock. 
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Callahan re- 
turned Monday from a month’s trip to 
Hot Springs, Va. 
Benjamin Wade was the lucky man 
at Allen’s market last Saturday morn- 
ing, securing the leg of lamb offered 
the first purchaser of $1 worth of 
goods on that morning. 
Miss Rachel Crombie is home from 
Lynn for a visit ot a week or ten days. 
Edmund Lethbridge, Alfred J. 
Cool and Otis F. Bohaker, all resi- 
dents of this town for years, but sub- 
jects of King Edward VII of England, 
were made citizens of the U.S. this 
week. 
Raymond C. Allen, ’97, attended 
the 33d reunion and banquet of Brown 
graduates of Boston and vicinity at 
the American House in_ Boston 
Wednesday evening. 
Born, Saturday, Feb. 10, a daughter, 
Catherine Plummer, to Mr. and Mrs. 
Benj. L. Bullock. 
Percy A. Wheaton started Wednes- 
day on a week’s trip to Baltimore. 
The benefit ball that was to have 
been held in Lynn for C. L. Bedell 
will be held in Manchester, Wednes- 
day evening, Feb. 21. Admission, la- 
dies 25 cents; gents 50 cents. Saun- 
ders ice cream will be on sale. * 
Alfred C. Needham has been invit- 
ed to join in the trans-Pacific motor 
boat race of the Hawaii Yacht club, 
from San Francisco to Honolulu, to 
start May 5, under the auspices of the 
Hawaii Promotion Commission. Tru- 
ly the fame of Manchester as a boating 
place has travelled far and wide. Mr. 
Needham says he has no intention of 
entering the race. 
The Beverly Board of Underwriters, 
including the agents at Manchester, 
were in session in Beverly Monday af- 
ternoon. 
Chas. S. Hanks, who recently lect- 
ured before the horticultural society, 
on railroad rebates, delivered the same 
lecture before the Brookline Republi- 
can club last Friday night. Mr. 
Hanks is thoroughly familiar with 
every side of the vast question of rail- 
road and railroad rate legislation, and 
his position on the matter, first report- 
ed through these columns, January 20, 
—a half hundred copies of the paper 
were sent to congressmen, senators 
and others in Washington—has been 
a matter of much comment at the 
Capital, we have been informed. 
A delegation of local music lovers 
attended the choral festival in the 
Gloucester city hall, Wednesday and 
Thursday evenings. 
From the montbly compilation of 
fire losses in the United States, as 
published by the New York Journal of 
Commerce, each involving $10,000 or 
more loss, we note the following refer- 
ance to the Pulsifer block fire : ‘‘ Man- 
chester, Mass., business block, $70,- 
000.” 
Edgar W. Knowlton, who has been 
a patient at Beverly hospital the past 
month, as the result of a fall from his 
team at the gravel pit, returned home 
Monday. 
Mrs. Aaron B. Palmer of Somerville 
has been spending a few days this 
week with Mrs. F. G. Cheever, Bridge 
street. 
Mrs. Nettie Rivers visited friends 
in Salem, Monday. 
A Communication 
To the Voters of Manchester. 
Gentlemen: A_ story has _ been 
circulated without the least foundation 
that I have pledged myself, if elected 
as a Selectman of this tcwn, that I 
would endeavor to remove certain 
heads of departments from office. 
I wish at this time to state that if I 
cannot be elected without promising 
to throw down some one else, then I 
shall be perfectly satisfied with defeat. 
WAN RRs 1s Hie: 
EDWARD S. BRADLEY, 
Practical Plumber. 
HOT WATER HEATING 
Gas Fitting and Jobbing. 
Personal Attention Given Telephone..... 
to allo Works) aie ar wee ee ess Connection 
SAMUEL KNIGHT & SONS, 
DEALERS IN 
Wood, Goal, Lumber, Lime, 
CEMENT, HAY, GRAIN, Etc. 
CENTRAL STREET’. 
MANCHESTER. 
GEO. W. HOOPER, 
DEALER IN 
First-Class Groceries, 
KITCHEN FURNISHINGS. 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, 
SHELDON’S MARKET. 
Established 1845. 
F. K. HOOPER, Proprietor. 
Telephone 67 
DEALER IN — 
First-Class PROVISIONS, Poultry, Game, Vegetables, etc. 
Central Street, 
PRIDES CROSSING. 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA. 
BEVERLY FARMS. 
MAGNOLIA. 
A COMPLETE AND SELECTED STOCK OF 
Pure DRUGS and CHEMICALS 
None but Qualified Assistants allowed to dispense Prescriptions. 
Full line of Toilet and Household Articles always in stock. 
A. 
LHH & SONS, 
PHARMACISTS, MANCHESTER, MASS. 
(ESTABLISHED 1866.) 
CHAS. O. LEE, 
Reg. Pharmacist. 
BENJ. L. ALLEN, 
Reg. Pharmacist 
