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Dea. ALBERT E. LOW 
Manchester’s Grand Old Citizen Passes Away 
at the Age of Almost 98 Years— Funeral 
Last Wednesday — Stores and Schools Closed 
Deacon Albert E. ‘Low, Manches- 
ter’s “grand old man” passed away 
last Sunday morning at his home on 
Ashland avenue. His age was 97 
aa 11 months, 7 days. He had 
een in failing health for some months, 
but not until within a fortnight was it 
feared that the end was near. 
In his death Manchester loses a 
man who has been her oldest citizen 
for a number of years and one whom 
everybody knew and loved. Until 
within a year he has been able to 
mingle with his fellow townspeople, 
and quite frequently. has been seen 
walking down town, stopping now and 
then to chat with an acquaintance, or 
to call on some of his friends in the 
stores. His wasaripe old age, indeed. 
The honor in which he was held 
was well attested Wednesday, when 
business was suspended for an hour 
or more prior to burial, a remark- 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1906 
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THE LATE DEA. ALBERT E. LOW 
able, if not unprecedented condition. 
Schools were closed for the afternoon. 
Deacon Albert E. Low was born 
Sept. 26, 1808, in a house on Central 
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HORSE SHOW 
Annual Open Air Event at the Myopia Hunt 
Club Attended by a Large Gathering of the 
Summer Contingent 
The event of the week on the North 
Shore was the annual open air horse 
show at the Myopia Hunt club on 
Labor Day, and as usual a representa- 
tive gathering of the cottagers along 
the shore were over there for the 
occasion. 
Though not so strictly a horse show 
as in past years, that division of the 
sport being confined to the afternoon, 
there was considerable interest man- 
ifest. There were fourteen classes. 
The morning suffered considerably 
through the showers, and the attend- 
ance was not as large as in the after- 
noon. 
The ‘‘Speedway opening”’ evoked a 
lot of interest. The card was made 
up of a trot, a pace and a free-for-all. 
The course is but a trifle in excess of 
a quarter-mile, and the races were 
sprints of that distance, but three in 
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Bits of North Shore Scenery 
Crescent Beach, Magnolia, last 
Saturday afternoon, when the Gymk- 
hana and Tournament of Mounted 
Sperts was being held. 
See account of sports on page 23. 
