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VOLUME 6. Dec. 18, 1908 NUMBER 51 
Dec. 19—25 
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SUNDAY will be the shortest day of the 
year,—9 hours, 4 minutes. After afew 
days the length of the day will increase 
about a minute daily for a month, when 
tise increase will be more perceptible. 
THE next issue of the Breeze will ap- 
pear on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 24, 
owing to the fact that our regular publi- 
cation day comes on Christmas Day. 
“ Will advertisers and those who are 
accustomed to send notices to the paper 
All 
items must be in one day early. Ab- 
solutely nothing can be used after Thurs- 
for publication please take notice. 
day noon. 
The new 2-cent postage stamps with 
the Washington head in profile from the 
Houdon bust, in shape and size like the 
series of 1902, made their appearance 
Monday. ‘The head is in an elipse, 
which stands end-down , with laurel leaves 
Above the head is ““U. S. 
and below is the denomination. 
at either side. 
Postage’’ 
When the present supply of the $2 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE: 
and $5 stamps is exhausted these de- 
nominations will be discontinued. The 
stamps of the new series are 1, 2, 3, 4, 
5, 6, 78, 10,13; 15, 50 centsand AT. 
The 1-cent stamp beats the head of Ben- 
jamin Franklin. 
WE call the attention of our readers, 
especially our Manchester readers, tothe 
paper in this week’s issue on Sewerage 
for Manchester. “The paper, read by 
Mrs. W. L. Putnam of our summer 
colony, before the Manchester Woman’s 
club, deals with the question in a most 
practical manner. This question of 
sewerage is staring Manchester in the 
face and sooner or later the problem will 
have to be solved. The board of health 
calls attention to it every year in their re- 
port. Our citizens should wake up to 
the necessity of acting on this matter be- 
fore it is too late. A committee ought 
to be appointed at our next annual Town 
meeting to look into the matter. It takes 
time to solve a problem as large in its 
scope as this. We should make a be- 
ginning this coming year. 
Gloucester Times Changes Hands. 
A change is soon to take place in the 
management of the Gloucester Daily 
Times, by which Fred E. Smith and 
James H. Higgins of the Newburyport 
News take an active interest in the busi- 
ness which has been conducted for so 
many years by Proctor Bros. While the 
rocter Bros. will retain their interest in 
the paper, it will be part interest only. 
The newly formed corporation will be 
known as Gloucester Times Company. 
Other details of the corporation follows: 
‘Gloucester Times Company, Cer- 
tificate filed December 4, 1908. Capital 
stock, $50,000, 500 shares at $100 each. 
Directors, Francis Procter, president, 
George H. Procter, vice president, 
James H. Higgins of Newburyport, treas- 
urer and géneral manager, Fred E. Smith 
of Newburyport managing editor, George 
H. Procter, associate editor, William A. 
Procter, clerk. Purpose: newspaper pro- 
prietors, general publishers, printing 
business, etc.’’ 
No Successor to Kirkland. 
Gov. Guild has decided to appoint no 
successor to Mr. Kirkland in the super- 
intendency of the work for suppres- 
sing the gypsy and brown-tail moths. ~ 
The governor is of the. belief aterf 
thorough and careful investigation, that 
though this department has been managed 
INSURANGE OF ALL KINDS 
Best Companies Lowest Rates 
School and Union Sireets 
Manchester Massachusetts 
with every regard for economy and 
efficiency, a still further saving could be 
made by the consolidation of the depart- 
ment with that of the state forester, 
under the direction of the latter. It un- 
fortunately happens that the present state 
forester is also an entomologist. 
At the Manchester Postoffice. 
Tuesday of last week marked the clos-. 
ing of the period of 105 days during 
which mail records were kept in every 
postoffice in the country, in order. that 
the department may be posted upon con- 
ditions in order to adequately provide to 
meet all emergencies and facilitate the 
work of the department and make the 
service as good as possible. 
The work of keeping the record com- 
menced Aug. 26, and Postmaster 
Wheaton kept the records at the local. 
postofiice with his customary accuracy.. 
During that time 25,977 pounds, or a 
few pounds less than 13 tons, were. re- 
ceived, and 15,746 pounds, ora little 
less than 8 tons were despatched from 
this office. It will be noticed that much 
more comes into the office than goes 
out, and it is only what goes out that is 
credited to the office. 
The following table will show the 
amount of matter received and the 
amount sent out each week for the 15 
weeks. Note how the figures fall off as 
the summer season closed, up the pre- 
sent: 
Pounds Rec’d Pounds Sent 
ist week 2114 1234 
Die mec 2123 1172 
Sdigrnece 2177 1270 
4th ‘ 2242 1165 
Sth oes 2117 1477 
6th as 1945 1147 
7th 1780 1099 
Sth: ss 1755 976 
Sthesn 1515 892 
10the 1449 914 
the wee 1319 783 
Oth eae 1269 899 
1Stheaee 1402 848 
14th ‘ 1243 827 
1Sthassé 1527. 1043. 
25 Od. 15,746 
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