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A Property One-Half as Large as Manchester-by-the-Sea 
or six times as large as Boston Common 
Fronting the Ocean 
Will Be Sold at a Very Low Price 
B. FRANK RAYMOND, 
Essex, Mass. 
WEST GLOUCESTER. 
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Went- 
worth, who have been enjoying camp 
life at Pleasant Valley Farm during 
the past season, will break camp 
Monday and go to Canton, where 
Mr. Wentworth is an instructor in 
the Canton High school. 
Paul Faver, superintendent of the 
Sunday school of the Congregational 
church, has resigned and gone to the 
Springfield Y MC A training school, 
where he will be fitted to become a 
physical director. 
Miss Elizabeth B. Betts is the 
guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
M. D. Betts of Essex avenue. 
The West Gloucester Universalist 
society held a special meeting at 
Liberty hall Wednesday evening. 
ESSEX. 
A very pleasant birthday and sur- 
prise party was given to Miss Helen 
Goddard on Tuesday night. Helen 
was then twelve years old and a 
party of her school friends, among 
whom were Ruth Buckley, Alberta 
Goodhue, Katherine Goodhue, Fran- 
cis Dade, Abby Haskins, Mary P. 
Burnham and Nellie Raymond, 
gathered at the car station and pro- 
ceeded to the parsonage, Helen’s 
home. She had been conveniently 
invited out. When she returned she 
was pleasantly surprised to find the 
party there. A beautiful signet ring 
Was given to her by the party, the 
presentation speech being made by 
Alberta Goodhue. Games’ were 
played, a collation served, and a de- 
lightful time enjoyed. Each one of 
the party was given a pretty favor. 
The board of registrars will be in 
session from 7.30 to 9 p.m. Satur- 
day, September 23d. All persons 
wishing to register as voters will 
please take notice. 
Dr. David Choate of Salem, was 
in town on Tuesday, a guest of his 
brother, Rev. Washington Choate, 
D. D., and Rufus Choate. 
The apple and nut crops in Essex 
bid fair to be excellent. 
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Phone 200 Perkins & Corliss | Middle St. 
GLOUGESTER, MASS. 
Frank E. Buckley and John W. 
Story, of Essex, N. Warren Fellows, 
Raymond Lord, Loraine W. Angeor 
and Chester P. Woodbury of Ips- 
wich, Edgar Centre of Salem, Her- 
bert P. Arnold of Baltimore and 
Geo. C. Simons of Boston, spent a 
delightful fortnight camping out at 
Hawks-nest, Little Neck, Ipswich. 
The party had two motor boats and 
a large sloop yacht and much of the 
time was spent in cruising about 
beautiful Essex and Ipswich rivers 
among the islands that there 
abound. 
On Sunday night the last car from 
Beverly ran into a horse that was 
balky upon the track. The collision 
of the fenders brought the horse to 
his senses and a quick hop, skip and 
a jump brought him off the track to 
the side of the road. No perceptable 
damage was done. 
Miss Ruth Lowe, who graduated 
from Wellesley college last June, 
and who almost immediately secured 
a position as teacher of English in 
the Reading High school, spent 
Sunday with her parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. Caleb Lowe on Main street. 
L. Murphy of South Boston and 
Elizabeth Flavin of North Abington, 
his niece, have been visiting with 
Mr. and Mrs. William Bagwell. 
Elizabeth is now staying with the 
Misses Doyle on Pickering street. 
Miss Helen Mears returned to 
Orchard Home after a_ delightful 
visit to Mrs. George Whichie’s of 
Middle Hadden, Conn., on Monday. 
Mrs. Whichie was a_ classmate of 
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Auto Truck delivery in Manchester, Magnolia, 
Essex and all parts of Cape Ann. 
WILLARD 68. 
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND MORTICIAN 
Office 
PIKE 
A Competent Lady Assistant When Desired. 
Open Day and Night. 
77 Washington St., Gloucester, Mass. 
Telephone Connection, 
Mrs. Dr. Mears, Miss Mears’ mother, 
and the oceasion of the visit was a 
house party given by Mrs. Whichie. 
Middle Hadden is situated between 
Hartford and Long Island Sound, on 
the Connecticut river, and_ the 
Whichie estate borders on the river. 
The sunsets were something grand. 
Steamers going up and down the 
river in the evening would answer 
fireworks from the _ shore, which 
with the sociability of the occasion 
made every moment an enjoyable 
one, 
