Wolk -V.- No. 1 MAN 
HESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, JAN. 5, 1907. 
20 Pages. 
BUSY WEEK. 
In Lodge and Society Circles in Manchester, 
Installations and Elections the order of 
the day, Joint Installation of 
G. A, R. and W.R.C. 
This has been a busy week in lodge 
and society circles in Manchester, and 
those who are members of most of the 
orders have been kept on the move 
most every night, attending installations, 
elections, suppers, etc. “The crowning 
event of the week, perhaps, was the joint 
installation in the Town hall last evening 
of the officers of Post 67, G. A. R., 
and Allen Relief Corps. 
Last night, too, Depy. A. S. Peabody 
and suite and a delegation of nearly fifty 
members and friends of members of 
Conomo tribe of Red Men picked up 
the iron trail and went to the hunting 
grounds of Poquanum tribe in Lynn, 
where a public raising up of chiefs was 
held, and at which were present over 
600 people. 
~ On Wednesday evening the officers 
of Conomo tribe were raised up and last 
evening the Manchester club and North 
Shore Horticultural society elected offic- 
ars. 
- The officers of the Painters’ and 
Carpenters’ unions have also been elect- 
ed the officers of the latter being: John 
Gillis, president; George Gould, vice 
pres.; George Norie, rec. secy; John 
C. Wiles, fin. secy; Roderick Rose, 
treas; Wm. C. McEchern, warden. 
- The joint installation in the Town 
hall last night was well attended, not 
only by members of the G. A. R. and 
W. R. C. but by the Associates and the 
members of the S. of V. 
Com. Sidney Gardner and suite of 
Post’ 45 of Gloucester perfomed the 
work of installing the officers of the post. 
Those installed were: FE. P. Stanley, 
commander; Enoch Crombie, senior 
vice com.; A. S. Jewett, junior vice 
com.; Henry T. Bingham, chaplain; 
J. W. Widger, surgeon; John Haskell, 
quarter master; Charles Stone, off.-of- 
the-day; Geo. A. Jones, off.-of-the 
guard; Jas. H. Rivers, adjutant; Wm. 
Pert, serg. major; J.T. Stanley, q. 
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Handsome New Touring Car. 
W. D. Denegere recently had deliver- 
ed to him at West Manchester some- 
thing entirely new in an automobile; 
new to the extent that there is absolutely 
nothing like it on the market. “The car 
was built for touring purposes. It was 
conceived by Mr. Denegre and was 
designed and built by Quinzler & Co., 
Cambria street, Boston. 
The most — striking feature of the 
machine is the compartment, in the rear, 
the prime object of which is to provide a 
place for servants,—a maid and chauf- 
feur, or footman, possibly,—though it 
could be used for gentlemen while smok- 
ing, or other purposes. 
The car is a beauty. It is built on a 
Packard chassis, 1907 model, and _ is 
painted black, with English vermilion 
wheels and monogram. It is upholstered 
in imported black goat skin and all the 
inside fixtures are gun metal. Every 
new device used onany cars are embodied 
in this, including an enunciator, electric 
lights, a megaphone speaking tube, etc. 
The inside of the car is full of pockets, 
every available bit of space being utiliz- 
ed. 
Another innovation is the revolving 
back step which can be pushed under 
the car when not in use, so that children 
cannot hang to the back of the car when 
it is passing through busy streets. An 
extra box, with drawers, has been placed 
on the running board and there is a lug- 
gage railon top. ‘The front of the car 
can be enclosed so that the driver is 
absolutely shut off from the elements in 
case of storm. ‘The front window can 
be fastened at any point, this being a 
new feature also. 
The whole thing has been built with 
the idea of providing the very best car 
possible for touring purposes. It has 
a capacity of 45 or 50 horse-power. 
A Fly and a Flee. 
A fly and a flee in a flue 
Were imprisoned, so what could they do? 
Said the fly, ‘“Let us flee,”’ 
Said’ the flee, ““Let us fly,’’ 
So they flew throught a flaw in the flue, 
‘Three Cents. 
VERY LOW RATE. 
Death=rate in Manchester This year Lowest 
in Five Years. Birfh=rate the Lowest in 
Eight Years. Number of Marriages 
about the same as fast year. 
One of the best drawing cards a town 
can offer is a good health certificate. 
During the year just closed Manchester 
can show a death-rate of only .011, or 
just a little more than one to every 
hundred in popuiation. If this doesn’t 
despict a good health certifiate for the 
community, what does? “The number 
of deaths for the year was 29. 
Not since 1902 has there been so few 
deaths recorded in the town; and the 
population has been steadily increasing 
in the past five years. It was a little 
over 2600 in 1895, though, of course, 
the population in the summer _ season 
is many hundreds over this. 
It is well worthy of note that of the 
29 deaths 16 were over 60 years, and 
six were children, leaving only seven 
who were taken away in the prime of 
life, so to speak. Of the 16 over 60 
years, eight were over 80 and one, 
Deacon Albert E. Low, lacked only a 
few days of being 98. 
While the death-rate is something of 
which we can justly boast the birth-rate 
is quite the opposite. Not since 1898 
has the rate been so low. ‘That year it 
was 35; this year it was 36. Last year 
the rate was 65, and the four years 
preceding it was 56, 54, 55 and 53. 
Of the 36 births this year 22 were males 
and 14 females. Last year the number 
was 33 girls and 32 boys. 
The number of marriages recorded 
this year was 25 against 26 last year, 
and 28 and 29 the two years preceding, 
which shows a normal rate in this 
instance. 
We are printing this week the record 
of Deaths, Births and Marriages, taken 
from the books of the “Town Clerk 
for the year 1906. 
DEATHS 
Jan. 20—Loretta A. Kelley, 24 yrs. 4 mos. 
Jan. 22—Catherine E. Cooney, 19 yrs. 2 mos, 
22 dys. 
Feb.4—Amy (Littlefield) Bennett, 82 yrs, 8 
mos. 28 dys. 
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