NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
3 Slauchester XX ¢ 
& 
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The hour of meeting of the W. R. 
C., Odd Fellows, Red Men, and most 
of the other orders has been changed to 
8 o'clock, instead of 7.30, as during the 
winter. 
A large delegation of Red Men are 
planning to go to Ipswich next “luesday 
evening, leaving here on the 6.31 train, 
to visit Chebacco tribe, and to take along 
the ‘‘ Travelling Leaf,’’ recently left 
with the local tribe by the Rockport 
tribe. 
The Phi Alpfia Pi boys First Aid class 
are taking their examinations this after- 
noon at the Story High school under the 
direction of Drs. Dougherty and Tylér. 
Special prizes have been offered for the 
two best examination papers. [The club 
meets tonight to listen to an informal 
historical talk by Dr. R. T. Glenden- 
ning. 
The Manchester Woman’s club will 
be represented at the Confederation 
meeting in Springfield next week by Mrs. 
John W. Campbell, the delegate elected 
at the last meeting of the club. Mrs. 
Campbell will visit while in Springfield 
Miss Jane Kendall, a former teacher 
here, now teacher of English in the 
Springfield High school. She will also 
visit at East Granby and Hartford, 
Conn., before her return, Rev. Mr. 
Lincoln’s parents, in the latter, and Mrs. 
Lincoln’s parents in the former place. 
The annual reception and reunion of 
the Story High school alumni association 
is to be held this year on Wednesday 
evening, June 16, when there will be a 
reception, at which the members of this 
year’s graduating class will be guests. 
An entertainment will follow, and danc- 
ing will complete the program. Re- 
freshments will be served. The enter- 
tainment will consist, probably, of a 
farce entitled “‘ The Flying Wedge.’’ 
Each member of the association will be 
entitled to two guests’ tickets. 
The annual meeting of the Manches- 
ter Firemen’s Relief association was held 
at the Engine house Monday evening 
when the following officers were elected : 
James Hoare, president; Clarence W. 
Morgan, vice pres.; Samuel L. Whea- 
ton, secretary; Raymond C. Allen, 
treasurer; Thomas Baker, Charles W. 
Sawyer and F. G. Cheever, directors. 
The reports of the secretary and treasur- 
er showed that the association had not 
suffered the loss of a member during the 
year, nor had any sick benefits been paid 
out, so that the financial condition of the 
association had not been impaired dur- 
ing the year. 
New line of Ladies’ and Gents’ 
Washable Hats at E. A. Leth- 
k 
bridge’ s. 
Telephone 13 
Bullock Brothers, 
Veuve Chaffard Olive Oil, 
MANCHESTER-=BY2THE-SEA 
Swansdown Flour, 
Postoffice Block 
Fine Groceries 
Brigham Creamery Butte i 
——————§. S. Pierce Co.’s Fancy Grocerites——— 
Frank, the five-year old son of Mr. 
and Mrs. John McKinnon of Beverly, 
recently of this town, fell while at play 
last week, and broke his arm. 
Miss Bessie A. Lethbridge was over 
in New York the first of the week, 
going Sunday morning and returning 
Monday night. She brought back with 
her, Bessie Harris, her little 4-year old 
neice. 
Jos: W.. -Cawthorne,i jri;- hasy a 
position with the N. E. T. & T. Co. 
as district vacation relief operator, and 
for the past week he has been night op- 
erator at the Manchester exchange in the 
absence of the regular operator, Roy E. 
Wallace, who has been spending his va- 
cation in Hamilton. Mr. Cawthorne 
may be night operator at Magnolia when 
it opens for the season next week or the 
week after. 
Manchester has Low Percentage of In- 
debtedness. 
The state tax commissioner, William 
D. T. Trefry of Marblehead, has made 
a report to the legislature in which he 
vives the valuation of the cities and towns 
of the state, together with their indebt- 
edness and a final column showing the 
percentage of debt to the valuation. 
This percentage column is the meat of 
the whole report and for a basis of com- 
parison, it may be cited that the percent- 
age for the city of Boston is .071. 
The figures for Manchester and sur- 
rounding places follows: 
Valuation Indebtedness Percentage 
Beverly $29,576,175 $2.113,083 .071 
Manchester 12,621,281 72,809 005 
Gloucester 22,490,731 1,604,115 aval 
Essex 1,091, 332 23,028 021 
Marblehead 7,468,022 214,000 .028 
Ward’s Tip-Top bread at Valentine’s 
Market. 7 
A new line of Watertown thermome- 
ters at D. T. Beaton’s, Central street, 
Manchester. * 
ALLEN, _ 
Frank H. Dennis 
Announces to his former patrons 
that he has started in business 
again and that he will call to 
take orders for and will deliver 
GROCERIES 
New Patronage Solicited 
1 Lincoln Street, :-: Manchester, Mass. 
S. K. PRINCE 
Littlefield & Prince 
Successors to S. K. Prince 
C. E. LITTLEFIELD 
Removers of House Waste and Ashes 
All kinds of rubbish removed in a satisfactory 
manner 
Pine St. MANGHESTER 
C. L. Bedell 
First- 
classohoe Repairing 
Gentral St., :-: Manchester 
(Opposite Knight’s Coal Wharf) 
4 Mr. Bedell is blind. He thanks 
the public for the generous patron- 
age afforded him last season, and 
solicits continued patronage the 
present season. 
A Full Line of Cigars and Tobaccos 
430-723 
H. BAKER 
Ladies’ and Gents’ Custom Tailor 
Suits Made to Order at Reasonable Prices. 
Cutting and Fitting ‘Guaranteed. 2 
Cleaning, Dyeing, Pressing & Repairing 
Done at Reasonable Prices. 
Kimball Block, 
(opp. Postoffice) Manchester 
Rreeze subscription $1.00. 
ES ee ee 
:: PLUMBER 
Summer Street Extension, Opp. Electric Light Plant, Manchester 
EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OF GAS LIGHTING MACHINES. 
Work done at Fair Prices. 
Estimates given on all kinds Steam and Hot Water Heating. 
Do you think your plumbing will stand the 105-lb. pressure? 
Why 
not put in a PRESSURE REDUGER and eradicate the possibillty of 
a big plumbing bill and a BIG WATER BILL? 
