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April 6, 1917. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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All things, 
Don’t get hyster- 7 
Ical over the war situation. 
If there was ever a time when 
Sanity was needed, it is the present 
time. 
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Those who talk the loudest about 
war are usually the last to volunteer 
when it comes. 
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Easter! We had hoped to have a 
new hat for Easter, but at the rate 
our subscribers are paying and our 
bills are coming in, we fear our last 
year’s creation will have to stand the 
wear and tear of April weather. 
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Fast of us lies the Atlantic Ocean— 
thank God! 
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Dr. F. A. Willis was the victim of 4 
practical joke the other day which he 
declares will react upon a certain 
young man at the first opportunity 
that offers. Doc is accustomed to 
make a call at the Manchester post- 
office before he takes his train for 
Boston and, as his time is usually 
limited, he leaves his bag on the stone 
flanking the door step. One of. the 
postoffice employees, who has been 
subjected to a good deal of “kidding” 
by the doctor, decided to get even the 
other day. While the latter was hav- 
ing his morning chat at the stamp 
window the clerk went outside and 
placed two carefully wrapped bricks 
in the bottom of the bag. Doc, as 
usual, had to run for his train when 
he heard it coming, and the watchers 
noticed there was a one-sided hitch 
to his gait. About an hour after the 
train arrived in Boston the postofhce 
clerk called up the doctor’s Boston 
office on the telephone. Without dis- 
closing his identity he asked if the 
packages arrived safely. It wasn’t so 
much his chagrin at carrying a couple 
of bricks to his office that caused the 
doctor to indulge in language which 
the censor would bar, as it was that 
the telephone charges had been re- 
versed. 
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People are easily fooled—and they 
know it. 
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Few people appreciate the work 
done by the committee which has pre- 
pared and submitted a new set of by- 
rede for the Town of Manchester. 
For almost two years the men who 
compose the committee, George R. 
Dean, Thomas Baker and Charles C. 
Telephone 190 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA 
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Postofiice Block 
Bullock Brothers, xt cxoceries 
Veuve Chaffard Olive Oil, Swansdown Flour, Brigham Creamery Butter 
———S. S. Pierce Co.’s 
Fancy Groceries 
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Dodge, have been at work conferring 
with various town boards, officials of 
the state and other towns in the Com- 
monwealth and their attorney, Daniel 
E. O’Brien. For the past year they 
have met weekly to consider proposed 
sections. Their task of pleasing 
everyone has been a difficult one. 
They have been criticized for over- 
doing the by-laws, but the opportun- 
ity for that criticism arose chiefly be- 
cause of certain sections which are 
lifted bodily from the regulations ot 
larger cities and seemed a little too 
harsh to apply to a town the size of 
Manchester. However, there has 
been no fault found that the commit- 
tee has neglected its duty. It should 
be remembered that by-laws commit- 
tees without number have been ap- 
pointed for the past quarter century 
and have failed to produce anything 
in the way of results until the present 
committee was appointed. Of course, 
some of the sections in the proposed 
by-laws did not meet with the ap- 
proval of the town and were stricken 
out or amended, but the members of 
the committee should not be dis- 
couraged for that reason. Its mem- 
bers should remember that it was ap- 
pointed to serve the town and that the 
town was in no way bound to accept 
all its recommendations. That so 
many of them were accepted is proot 
of the confidence of the voters in the 
members of the committee. A vote 
of appreciation of the committee 
should be forthcoming at the next 
meeting when the by-laws will be 
adopted after final revision. 
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Every now and then somebody dis- 
turbes Old Man Precedent. 
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We suppose every business has its 
troubles, but, take a tip, stay out of the 
printing game; or, at least, wait until 
the high ‘cost of paper comes back to 
the eround floor. The paper this 
issue of the BrEkzE is printed upon 
na us $210 a ton; before the prices 
began to soar over a year ago the 
ALLEN’S DRUG STORE 
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FRESH FRUIT! 
Direct from the Boston Markets Daily 
Only Fruit Store on the North 
Shore that Guarantees Its Fruit. 
Native Garden Vegetables in Season 
Pure Olive Oil 
MANCHESTER FRUIT STORE 
Post Office Block Phone 160 
\ BETTE A PEL as, 
Geo. W. Hooper Est. 
DEALER IN FIRST-CLASS 
GROCERIES 
KITCHEN FURNISHINGS 
Manchester, : : Mass, 
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same paper, at the mill, cost us $73.00 
—one-third as much. 
d torewp. Comoe. 
The telephone company handled 
29,420,000 calls a day last year. This 
explains why the line was busy when 
you called. 
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Manchester stores, which have 
been closing during the’ winter on 
Wednesday afternoons, were open 
again for the first time on Wednes- 
day afternoon of this week. Whether 
they did any more business by keep- 
ing open nobody knows, but there 
were noticeably a few more people 
about town than is usual on Wednes- 
day afternoon. Many of the store- 
keepers would have liked to continue 
the closing practice until the first of 
May. 
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We don’t know as much as we 
think we know, and we warn you not 
to believe all we say. Now, don’t 
blame us if you go wrong. 
sau MANCHESTER 
SQUARE 
Registered Pharmacists Always on Duty 
Telephones: 217, 8388 
If one is busy call the other 
