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PUBLIC STIENOGRAPHER 
Expert and satisfactory work executed for business houses, lawyers and individuals. 
immediate attention given to all work. NO DELAY. 
TYPEWRITER SUPPLIES FOR SALE 
Prompt and 
Writer Press to do Duplicating work. 
LESSONS IN TYPEWRITING AND SHORTHAND 
AT REASONABLE PRICES 
Office Tetephone 315-3. 
buying during this sale at 
$4.98 dresses for 
Sale price 
Regular price $9.95. Sale price 
Hot Weather Specials at Gordon’s 
MANUFACTURER’S CLEARANCE SALE OF SUMMER WEARING 
APPAREL. 
A New Lot of Those Nice New Waists Just In 
The kind that are worth from $2 to $3 each, but which you have been 
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LINEN COATS. 
75 Pure Linen Coats, regular prices $2.50, $3.00 and $4.00. 
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WHITE SERGE AND MOHAIR SKIRTS. 
Regular prices $5.00 and $6.00. Yourchoice 
Hundreds of Bargains to delight you at 
MISS NELLIE M. LINNEKIN 
156 Main Street, over Cape Ann National Bank, - 
Gloucester, Mass. 
Residence Telephone 423 J 
98c each 
WASH DRESSES AND LINGERIE DRESSES. 
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PONGE COATS. 
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ESSEX. 
Miss Mary Alice Burnham, grad- 
uate of the Normal school, Salem, 
1911, has accepted a position as 
assistant to Mr. Fittz, superinten- 
dent of schools of Norwood. 
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of West 
Lynn, are stopping at Deans Island. 
Dr. F. T. Murphy of Boston, and 
Mrs. Wm. B. Avery of New York, 
are visiting the Goulds at Prospect 
Hill Farm, on Northern avenue. 
Thomas Thompson of Stoneham, 
is visiting his aunt, Mrs. John 
Haskins. 
The Congregational picnic at Cen- 
tennial Grove was a great success. 
The High school band of Gloucester 
furnished the music. There was a 
full list of sports. A ball game in 
the afternoon between the boys with 
skirts and boys without skirts, was 
won by the latter to the tune of 
ato. 9. 
WEST GLOUCESTER. 
E. O. Brown of the city proper, 
entertained several friends at 
“Camp Whip-poor-will’’? on Wood- 
man street Sunday. 
Poor old Adam! There were no 
tonsorial artists or safety razors m 
his day. 
122 MAIN ST., GLOUCESTER. 
CONOMO. 
Mr. and Mrs. George Perkins en- 
tertained a party of friends from 
Wenham over the week-end. 
Dr. and Mrs. Harris of Lynn, were 
the guests of the latter’s parents, 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Harwood, 
Sunday. 
Mrs. Gretchen Sargent of Che- 
bacco Island, entertained twelve 
friends from Swampscott Thursday. 
The party enjoyed a dinner at the 
Conomo hotel. 
William Shurtleff gave a dinner 
party to nineteen guests from Re- 
vere Sunday. The party made the 
trip in automobiles. 
Francis M. Lewis and Elizabeth I. 
Rust of West Gloucester, Mr. and 
Mrs. Harry T. Lewis and Mr. and 
Mrs. Edward Seaver of Beverly, 
Prescott Hanson of Rockport and 
Laura Silva of Gloucester, formed 
a lively party that occupied the Me- 
Donald cottage at Conomo over the 
week-end. 
Stranger (to village station agent) 
—But, hang it, man, if you don’t 
know whether there’ll be another 
train today, who in thunder does? 
“Ye might try ole Hank Hender- 
son. They do say he’s a kind of 
fortune teller.’’—Life. 
BREEZE 53 
BUY COAL NOW! 
No Advance in PRICE 
BEST grades of hard and soft COAL furnished 
promptly in any quantities and at lowest prices. 
Auto Truck delivery in Manchester, Magnolia, 
Essex and all parts of Cape Ann. 
THE PUREST OLIVE OIL 
Imported direct from Greece. New this year 
Purity Guaranteed. 
A. POLLISON, Importer 
Artistic Shining Parlors 
159 Main St., Gloucester, Mass. 
WILLARD S&S. PIKE 
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND MORTICIAN 
A Competent Lady Assistant When Desired. Office 
Telephone Connection, 
77 Washington St., Gloucester, Mass. 
PURITAN HOUSE 
Cor. Main & Washington Sts. GLOUCESTER 
Ameritan and European Plans. Special rates 
by the week. Business Men’s Lunch 
at Noon, 25 Cents. 
All Improvements. Mrs. K. Ryan, Prop. 
2-23-tf 
Open Day and Night. 
‘“Ad’’ Men Visited Montserrat. 
Wednesday afternoon a large 
delegation of the attendants at the 
‘‘Ad’’ Men’s National Convention 
in Boston, were noted in Montser- 
rat to visit the locality of the Sum- 
mer White House. They came by 
automobile and their pennants dis- 
played a strong representation from 
Cincinnati, the President’s native 
city. 
‘‘Do they teach domestic science at 
your college?’’ inquired the visitor 
of the freshman. 
‘‘Only sewing,’ 
man. 
‘Good idea,’’ said the _ visitor. 
‘And what do you sew, chiefly?’’ 
‘Wild oats,’’? replied the fresh- 
man.—Harper’s Weekly. . 
> replied the fresh- 
An Alabama negro was defended 
in court by Senator Morgan. Hav- 
ing cleared the negro of the charge, 
the senator said to him, ‘‘Rastus, did 
you really steal the mule?”’ 
‘‘Well, Marse Morgan, it was just 
like this,’? said Rastus: ‘‘I really 
thought I did steal dat mule, but af- 
ter what you said to the jury I was 
convinced I didn’t.’’—Success. 
