HAS THE 
LOOMIS <cexcy 
In MANCHESTER for 
PEATS 
Prize Wall Papers 
Drop in and see his full line of 
NEW SPRING STYLES 
9 CENTRAL SQUARE 
it HON, 
Dentist, 
Announces to his Manchester patrons that 
he will be at his office, at 6 Union Street 
daily, from 9 to 5 o’clock. Telephone 1483 
Telephone 4. 
MANCHESTER HOUSE 
M. J. CALLAHAN, Prop. 
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. 
Stable with House. 
JAMES BETTENCOURT, 
All kinds of Ladies’ and ate AILOR 
Gentlemen’s Garments 
Cleansed, Repaired, Dyed, Altered, Pressed, 
Work called for and delivered. N.B. Have on hand 
a new and varied lot of Samples for Suitings. 
Central Street, 
Over Am. Express office. 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA 
Undeveloped parcels of land from one to thirty acres 
Good view of ocean. Great opportunity to buy for 
building purposes or investment. ORRIN A MAR- 
TIN, Summer street, Manchester, Mass. 
Manchester-by-the-Sea, 
Why not buy your 
HARNESS OIL 
from CARTER? He sells for $1.00 a gallon 
Out of town you pay $1.50. And his is much 
better. Sold in quantities from 1 pint to 1 
gallon. 
ALEX. CARTER, Manchester, Mass 
LAMPRON’S 
Jobbing and Baggage Express, 
Furniture and Piano Mover. 
Removing Waste from Residences. 
18 Brook St., Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. 
Office, Pulsifer Block. Tel. 9-4, 
HORACE STANDLEY, 
FIORSE-SHOER. 
Particular attention given to 
Jobbing and pat 
Rubber Tires applied. Telephone 12-2, 
Depot Square, Manchester-by -the-Sea, 
J. P. LATIONS, 
CARRIAGE BUILDER. 
STORAGE FOR CARRIAGES. 
CARRIAGE PAINTING. 
First-Class Work, SHop, DEpoTt Square, 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SBA. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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HENRY CLAY LEACH 
HENRY C. LEACH 
Sudden Death of Well-Known Manchester 
Man 
Henry Clay Leach, a native of 
Manchester, and one of the _ best 
known and most respected citizen of 
this section of the state, passed away 
very suddenly Tuesday afternoon. 
He was at the rooms of the Essex 
Institute in Salem, attending a special 
meeting of the members, and as he 
rose from his chair in the office of 
Secretary Geo. F. Dow, as if to speak, 
he instantly dropped dead. 
In his death Essex county loses one 
of its representative sons, for Mr. 
Leach comes from old Puritan stock. 
He was a son of Benjamin Leach and 
Lucy Story Allen. He is descended 
on his father’s side from Lawrence 
Leach, a member of Governor Endi- 
cott’s party which landed in Salem in 
1628, who was given a grant of 100 
acres of land, part of which is that in 
Manchester in the possession of Mr. 
Leach, who has always made this 
his summer home. The title of the 
land has remained in the family since 
1640. 
On his mother’s side Mr. Leach 
was a descendent of William Allen, 
_who is said to have come to New 
England from Manchester in the 
mother country. At any rate, he 
was a member of the Dorchester com- 
pany which settled at Cape Ann in 
1624. The company moved later to 
Naumkeag, where Gov. Endicott 
found them upon his arrival in 1628. 
William Allen was one of the petition- 
ers to the general court asking that 
Jeffries Creek might be made into a 
village, and he was one of the first 
board of selectmen, Manchester, in 
1645. 
Thus it will be seen that Mr. Leach 
was of the real Puritan stock, and his 
whole life was characteristic of his 
early ancestry. 
Mr. Leach received his early educa- 
tion in the Manchester schools, gradu- 
ating from the high school in 1848, 
After this he went to Boston and was 
a salesman in the furniture house of 
Allen & Beal, and continued with the 
firm after the former withdrew, and 
when the firm was known as Jas. H. 
Beal. He remained here five years, 
when he left and spent three years in 
study at the Suffield (Conn.) Literary 
institution. 
Then he went to St. Louis and 
joined his elder brother (half-brother), - 
John Leach, in the wholesale grocery 
business. After two years his brother 
died and Mr. Leach engaged in busi- 
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