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NO SUZERAINTY.
rican Republics Want Peace and Nothing
Else.

Pretoria, August 25.-At meeting of
the Volksrad today President Kruger de-
livered a speech which is likely to cause
great excitement in Great Britain. The
President said that the relations between
Great Britain and the South African
public were regulated by the convention
of 1884. He added that in the convention
of November, 1881, a reference to the
suzerainty of Great Britain did appear,
but that in the next convention, that of
1884, not single word occurred bearing
precisely upon that point, and since then
the suZerainty had ceased to exist This,
he continued, did not do away with the
fact that the South Africa Republic and
the whole nation recognized the conyen-
ton and would endeavor to maintain it
entirely, but they could not recognize
the suzerainty of Great Britain. because
it was entirely opposed to that conyen-
ton. They wished to maintain friendly
relations with the whole world and in
this way race hatred would gradually dis
appear. Wherever love dwelt, said the
President in conclusion, the blessing of
God would follow.
President Kruger's remarks were
greeted with the loudest applause from all
present.
President Kruger's remarks formed a
reply to the statements of Joseph Cham
berlain. Colonial Secretary, made some
ime ego in the House of Commons. to
the effect that Great Britain exercised
suzerain rights over the little South Afri
can Republic, and which were the occa-
sion of considerable debate.
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WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE?
The Great City of Bangor Borrows the
Portland illumination.
Bangor Commercially

bduSOF COIulIGFClhI.
One of the most interesting features in
Portland during the New England fair
was the brilliant electrical illumination
of the city each evening during the week.
Congress. street, the principal avenue of
the city, was a blaze of illumination,
thousands of colored incandesent electric
lamps being suspended over the street at
short intervals all the way from City hall
to Congress square. Every visitor to the
city was enthusiastic over the brilliant
overhead electric decoration and nothing
approaching it has ever before been seen
in Maine.
Mayor Beal, president of the Eastern
Maine Fair association, and Edward NJ
Blandirg, secretary of the Bangor board
of trade, were in attendance last week at
the New England fair and while return
ing home Saturday afternoon, they dis
cussed, on the train, the feasibility of
securing similar illumination for Ban
gor during fair week. Mr.. Banding i'm
mediately upon Reaching Bangor ad-
dressed letters to Mayor Randall, of Port
land, Secretary M. n Rich, of the Port
land board, of trade, Manager H. F. Farm
ham, of the New England fair, and the
Consolidated Electric Light company, of
Portland, and as the result of somewhat
extended correspondence by both mail
and telegraph very reasonable PROPOSE
ton has been secured from George e.
Raymond, general manager of the Con-
solidated Electric Light company of Port
land.
On Tuesday noon Mr.. Blanding
telegraphed to Portland that the offer of
the Consolidated company would be ac-
cepted; it is exceedingly low
The Consolidated company will furnish
all the lights for the display; their num-
Der is not yet known but they may be
counted by the hundred on the night of
of Bangor, has generously offered to fur
nish, free of charge. the entire wiring for
the display in itself tremendous piece
of work
Electric lights will be strung through
the business streets of the city, in festoon
and arches and strings They will be
suspended over the roadways and will
make the city lighter than day. The
illumination will be made every evening
of the Eastern Maine State fair in this
city, that is, on the nights of August 81,
September |, Sept. 2, and Sept. 3, and
will continue each evening from soon
after sunset until a point not far from
midnight
This illumination of the city will be
one of the greatest attractions of the fair
week, aside from its value to the city in
attracting to it thousands of strangers
and advertising it throughout New Eng
land. ~
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ABULLET THAT DOESN'T HURT.
The Mauser Bullet, Used by the Spanish
is Seldom Fatal or Dangerous.

The Cuban war is furnishing daily a
demonstration of some of the advantages
and disadvantages of the use of the
Mauser rifle, with which the Spaniards
and many of the insurgents are armed
1t is this rifle, according to the reports OF
men returned from the island, which is
responsible for the comparatively small
number of soldiers killed in battle or in
skirmishes on each side, as we'll as for
the mac curacies in the estimates of the
number Of the wounded, says the New
York Sun. Some striking stories of the
operation of the Mauser bullet, which
might almost be described as beneficent
in some Of its effects among the Cuban
fighting men, form a part of the testi-
mony taken by the sub-com mittee of the
Senate committee on foreign relations
last month and in June, in their quest
for information as to the state of affairs
in Cuba
When Capt Wi liam II. Smith, a form
er United States army officer, who served
in the Cuban army from the spring of
1896 until last spring, was asked by the
senators how many men had been wound
ed in two days. battle at La Reforma,
he replied: "We never knew the exact
number wounded, because SO many are
wounded who do not pay any attention
to it. l saw one man wounded who was
shot with q Mauser bullet, which passed
light through him, and we never knew
anything about it for two days. p
"That seems almost miraculous, but it
is true. 1 suppose you have seen that
Mauser bullet. The lead is covered with
some metal / can show you a wound
that you would have said, if it had hap
pened with any other cartridge, would
have necessitated an amputation A
bullet went right through my ankle, and
was in the hospital only two hours
long enough to have the wound dressed.
The bullet does not make any fracture.
have never seen a case Of amputation
since l have been on the island. And 1t
does not cause septicaemia. Capt.
Smith showed his wound, pointing out
where the bullet had entered his ankle
and where it had left it. II was never
SAID up minute,P he said; the doctor
IN camp simply dressed the wound with
edoform and little antiseptic That is
why say 1t is almost impossible to give
an exact account of. the wounded -
DIR. II. W. Danforth of Milwaukee
who passed year in Cuba as physician
to President Salvador Cisneros' aston
ished the senators by telling how one
night he crossed the Moron trocha. saving
that although there was no attack on his
party while they were crossing, they
were fired on, and a cook got bullet
through the back in his right lung, but
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it never bothered him at all HE kept
right on his horse, and kept right on
With his business of cooking, the doctor
added; lit never bothered him, as could
see. The senator asked how DR.. Dan
forth accounted for that, and he replied !:
AS account for all wounds made by
the Mauser rifle bullet. 1t Is the most
harmless and most humane rifle, and l
am intensely surprised at Spain's using
it. the most barbarous nation in Its treat
ment of the Cubans, according to the
stories, and yet the most humane in the
use of firearms.
The Mauser bullet is steel-clad bull
let of 81 aud a fraction caliber. That
bullet will penetrate anywhere, and will
go through you as a flash of sunlight will
go through glass; but it leaves no disab-
ling effect, and unless it hit in a vital
spot as, for instance, the heart-which is
the only spot where you can kill person
instantly, and even then | have seen a
person live-unless hit in a vital spot you
viii not die.
81 have seen a man shot through the
head and seen him alive and perfectly
we'll, except for paralysis, a year after. L
saw another man, Mai. Osgood Of the ar
tillery, shot through the center OF the
forehead, and he lived for three hours,
but If you take an ordinary bullet, what
chance has man shot there to live three
seconds? I saw a man shot only an
eighth of an inch over the heart, and l
could not tell for three hours whether the
heart was touched or not. He was put in
the hospital, and in seven days he was
discharged from the hospital. In case
Winchester ball had gone there, only an
eighth OF an inch from the heart, where
would that man be? Dead, without a
question. Another man was shot through
the thigh, and it came out on the inner
side of the leg, traversing the femur all
the way down. The man wanted to re-
main on his horse and continue fighting,
and slit up his pants and put a piece of
plaster on the wound, above and below,
and in 10 minutes he was engaged in a
machete charge. If that had been a
Winchester ball his leg would have been
amputated."
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had given up his formally acquired right
as an American citizen. An unofficial
effort to save the mans life brings the
statement from Captain General Weyler
that the proceedings have been sent to
the prosecuting officer to determine if
the cognizanoe of the case pertains to tn
ordinary Jurisdiction in accordance with
the protocol of January 10, 1877. ~
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irving to save Dominguez's Life

Washington, August 25.-Consul Cen
eral Lee has sent several reports To tbo
State Department concerning the con ,Ie
ton of affairs in Cuba. He reports Aha+
Dominguez, who was arrested on the 1 Srri'
and for whom he claimed all the rig J,'
to which he was entitled as an America
citizen under the treaty and protocol
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Washington, August 25.-The following
ensions have been granted Maine people:
ORIGINAL.
Michael 6 Murphy, Westbrook.
Alvin e. Gilbert, Portland.
William 7. Gould, National Military
Home, Xennebec.
John keenan,. Togus.
Thomas W. Gibbons, Soldiers Home,
Kennebec.
: Charles T. Hooper, Sagadahoc.
stephen @. Head, East Sumner.
Nathan l. Sawyer, Portland.
REISSUE.
Benjamin F. Hurd, Bangor.
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III ESIDENCE-Fine, large residence new on
80 Glenwood avenue, Deering Highlands; 10
laundry, open fireplace, hard wood floors
sewer, Sebago, electric lights, hot water, heated
throughout, finished in cypress, every modern
convenience, easy terms. DALTON & co.
4T3 IL Congress st. eSf
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FOR SALE-Beautiful island in Casco Bay in
Il its primeval condition; contains II acres.
am Die shade trees and pure water high eleva-
tlol, extensivelsea views, miles from Portland
III direct routessof pleasure steamers First time
offered. W. Fl, Waldron s. Co., 1870 Middle
ST. pol
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FOR SALE-In western part of city, modern
family house containing rooms and bath
each, being entirely separate from cellars to at
heat etc. Price low. Apply Real Estate Of
flee, First National Bank Building, FREDER-
lie D. " ALL. Pill
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FOR SALE.
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one week for rs cents. cash in advance

NOR SALE-At Woodfords new house of
Il eight rooms, lot 65x110 it., corner of streets.
eemented cellar, electric lights, fireplace and
bath, everything modern and first class, coy
home, easy terms of payment. Apply to
MAINE REAL ESTATE COMPANY, ,12i Ex-
change street. pol
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- 900 worth OF Bicycles, new, old and dam
aged pay highest cash price; extra prices paid
for ladies wheels. A big line for sale Call or
send a postal card to call on YOU THE BOS-
TON STORE, All Froe ST., Portland, Me.
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MONEY TO LOAN-On first and second;
4A mortgages, on real estate stocks, bonds,
personal properly. life insurance policies, or
any good collateral securities. Inquire of A. C.
LIBBY & CO, ~ IL Exchange St. pa
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EOR SALE-New seven room Ghouse on Alba.
St, Deering; lot is 5ox1oo, sunny side Of
street, bay window, piazza, cemented cellar,
papered throughout. Price $14oO. Only $500,
balance 50 per month pays for it. Don't wait,
DALTON & CO., 47S 1-2 Congress ST. 23-f
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FOR SALE-17 acres of land at Morrilps Cor
ner; ten minutes walk from Depot on south
westerly side and adjoining the P. g. R. Rail-
road and Wilson Farm. W. T. DRESSER SO
Exchange St., Portland, Me. Isl
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situation by an American
W. woman as working housekeeper in a
Age 3d. Address Box 26, Topsham, Maine.
pol
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MONEY TO LOAN on first and second mort
w cages, real estate life insurance policies,
when three years old. or any good collateral Sc
curity. Inquire Of W. P. CARR, Room s. 1856
Middle St. aug 2S4
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WANTED-Au persons in want of trunks
w and bags to call on E. D. REYNOLDS,
563 Congress street, one door above Shaw's
grocery store as we, manufacture our goods
and can therefore give bottom prices.
Trunks repaired Open evenings. We frame
pictures. I7-2
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WANTED-Situatio as head clerk or man.
" ager of Drug Store. Sober and COM
petentIJ17 years experience. Best of refer
ence. Address Box 272, Clinton Me. 261 4
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MONEY LOANED-Don't borrow money
MI from your friends and have them remind
you of it hereafter. / will loan you on your fur
out removal or inconvenience, confidential on
any repaying basis Address 'PIVATE
PARTY" P. 0. Box 1888. arp164
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FOR SALE The st. Bernard pups which have
attracted SO much attention at the New
England Fair this week, are for sale by JOHN
A. CLARITY, at the United States Hotel 2-1l
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NOTICE-Fall and winter samples ready for
IN inspection. Hard time prices. Suit or
overcoat for SIS and up. can save you from
SIS to 500 on the best dress suit. NJ M NAN
SET, Merchant Tailor, 507 10 Congress ST..
over Owen,i Moore s. Co. 21-1
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NOR SALE-One Dedarick hay press nearly
e new and is in good repair Presses what IS
fan as pony bale which is very desirable
I I9gi, local markets and for shipping purposes
VII De sod very cheapif called for at once W,
F. DRESSER so Exchange St, Portland, Me.
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RICYCLE-I have gan Emore bicycle with q
~ Christy saddle, bought new this year, that
would like to exchange for good Camera of
equal value. Further references, E. c., Preble
st., CITY. 26-1
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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one week for IS cents. cash in advance
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MISCELLANEOUS.

MONEY TO LOAN-On first and second
M mortgages, on real estate, stocks, bonds,
and life insurance policies or any good securi-
ties. /. P. BUTLER, 48 Exchage street.
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WANTED a position by a young man as ex-
w perienced stenographer and accountant
Best references. Address A. B. this Office
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WANTED-A lady who is a competent steno-
w grapher, u years experience, desires a
situation in this city best or references. Ad-
dress A., 46 Brown st. 23-1
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HOUSE-Large. new, two story house and
hA stable on Alba street, Deering, and 10000
feet of land for $500; bath room, cemented Gel
stores, etc. s2s per month pays for it. no cash
down. Apply at once to DALTON & CO., ATS
1-2 Congress st. 231
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WANTED-Situa to travel to sell by
w sample or to introduce any article Of
merit: References given if required. Address
S. c. b. Gorham, Maine. 23-1
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wEsraRook SEMINARY

OFFERS ADVANTAGES IN
The thorough preparation for College or Scien
tific School
The careful preparation for life.
The broad and Well-ordered courses OF study:
The experienced teachers and improved
methods
The systematic training in Physics and Chemis-
try with rigorous laboratory work.
The extensive course in French and German
under specialist of large experience.
Culture without extra charge.
The superiority of its location, combining the
retirement OF the country with the adj
vantages of the city.
The attractyeness of Its situation with ample
grounds tor Athletic games.
The companionable HOME LIFE.
Gath YEAR BEGINS SEPT. 18th, '97.
For Illustrated catalogue with full inform
MAN, Deering. Me. ae5d1m
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CHOW CASES of every description, new and
GOSS & WILSON, IS Free ST. 2i-1
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- alsoa good washer and homer Country OF
city. Please call at "a Maple street, City.
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| WANTED SITUATION. Sober, industrious
w young man wants position in store of any
kind, or office work. Has had six years expert
ence In large department store carrying a com
pete line of general merchandise. Al refer
ences from past employers. Address P. O. Box
1859, Portland, Me. 24-1
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FOR SALE-Brick house. 10 story 10 rooms,
a tenements in perfect repair, Sebago and
closets for each, good yard, central location one
minute from post Office. Rents $31.50 per month";
gooq tenants in now, must be sold. Price $1,000
w. H. WALDRON 81 CO., 1870 Middle street.
Oil
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GUNNER BOARDERS at the Elms: a fine
y locality for fishing. cunning, rowing;
pleasant drives and Steamboat excursions;
this house IL pleasantly situated. has fine
piazza. and Is supplied with pure spring water.
For terms, etc.. address j. B. & F. W. PLUM
MER, Raymond, Me. ily6-8
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EOR SALE CHEAP-The rights and patents
OF a keyless alarm door lock. Apply to
GEO. H. HILL, Falmouth me. 1872
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WATCHES ON INsTALLMENTS

I will sell you Waltham and Elgin watche
lower than any instalment dealer on earth, and
make the terms to suit you If you are honest and
square. MCKINNEY the Jeweler, Monu-
ment Square. j2n6dtf
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SUMMER BOARD.

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ono week for % cents. cash in advance,
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NoR SALE-At West End, astwo tenement
Il house of fifteen rooms, built two years.
everything in first class condition, large lot,
near electrics, a net 10 per cent investment.
Price $1,000, easy terms of payment. Apply to
MAINE REAL ESTATE COMPANY, 12f Ex-
change street. 26-1
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TOR SALE-On High street near Danforth, a
Il two tenement house of fourteen rooms, fine
steel furnace, cemented cellar, in the best Of
repair, 5000 50. it. of land, large piazza, price
1000. These houses are bargains, call and see
them. Apply to MAINE REAL ESTATE
COMPANY, 121 Exchange street 26-1
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FOR SALE-Elegant musical instruments,
L pianos, music boxes, Reginas, violins, man.
dolins, banios, guitar, harmonious, comets,
music, instruction books, etc. Pianos tuned.
Please call. HALVES, Ala Congress ST.
aug11d4W
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@kn will be given for the return Of old fash
sDOV toned gold watch, coin cuff buttons,
bracelet, spoons. ETC., taken Wednesday noon,
Aug. 18th, from house in Portland, Maine. No
questions asked. Address P. O. BOX 1855.
Portland Maine. oil
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E'OR SALE-New house on Pitt St., Oakdale.
IL contains seven rooms and bath, hot and
cold water, wired for electric lights, cemented
cellar, sewer large lot. Will be sold on easy
terms. Apply to CHAS. C. ADAMS, 81 Ex-
change ST. aug11d4W
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To LET.

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aDe week for 25 cents casI, in advance.
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EOR SALE Building lots at Oakdale The
i Deering Land Co. offer for sale on favor
able terms, desirable building lots on Forest
Avenue, Falmouth. Fessenden, Pitt William
and Deering SITS, Oakda!e. Apply to CHARLES
G. ADAMS, Treasurer, 81 Exchange St.
apr26 eow2Ow
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~ Portland and Prout's Neck, a pair of spec
tacles in case. Suitable reward at Preble
House, Portland. 241
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ITO LET-Pleasant and convenient lower
u rent of seven rooms and bath ROOM at 5
cemented cellar. Inquire of A. G. LIBBY &
CO.. 40 IL Exchange street. &C..
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EOUND-Ladies' neck chain Apply PRESS
L OFFICE, and pay charge ON this adver-
tisement 21-f
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TO LETT.
LOST AND FOUND.

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ITO LET-New fiat. up stairs, 6 rooms, bath
cold water all the modern improvements nice
location. IS Central Avenue, Deering Center
$14.00. Inquire at PORTLAND T1NWARE
CO, 100 Cross Street 26-1
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ID ENT-69 Franklin street, 6 rooms, bath
~ room, furnace cemented cellar good yard:
rent in good order. Price, SIS. Also Whitney
cottage for sale on Massachusetts Ave-, Peaks
Island. Apply SO FRANKLIN ST. 26-1
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Benjamin F. Hurd, Bangor.
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HORSE TIMERS.

Any kind you wish, single OF split seconds,
$3.50 to $4,000. All warranted. MCKINNEY.
the jeweler, Monument Square. aug12dtf
nor SALE-Ladders of all kinds; pole, plank,
l. step, or extension; the best and strongest
ladders made. Il. WESCOTT, 131 Lincoln st.
foot of Myrtle st. lott
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nor RENT-At 639 Congress St, fiat of
4 three rooms not surpassed in location,
Front room has fine view of harbor, rear
room of the White Mts. and Back Bay. Heat,
light and care furnished. For light house.
keeping very convenient. Call at $40 Congress.
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II OST-Between Congress and Newbury SITS.
~ ch1ld,s gold chain with moonstone heart
attached. Finder please leave at 145 NeWbury
ST., or 237 Congress ST., and be rewarded.
20-1
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ITO LET-At No. 9S Oxford ST., lower rent of
rooms all in good order, water closet on
same floor, also cemented floor in cellar. A de-
sirable rent for a small family. Apply at No.
2s BOYD St. Ring right hand bell 241 .