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PARCEL POST.
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Packages must be accompanied by a Customs Declaration, blanks for which will be furnished at Post Office. Packages may be registered except to Barbados, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Uruguay and France
POSTAL MONEY ORDERS.
Domestic
Not exceeding $100 on one order, are issued on payment of the fol- lowing fees :-
Not exceeding $2.50.
.03
Exceeding $2.50 and not exceeding
$5.00
.05
Exceeding $5.00 and not exceeding
$10.00 .08
Exceeding $10.00 and not exceeding $20.00
.10
Exceeding $20.00 and not exceeding $30.00
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Exceeding $30.00 and not exceeding $40.00 .15
Exceeding $40.00 and not exceeding $50.00 .18
Exceeding $50.00 and not exceeding
$60.00 .20
Exceeding $60.00 and not exceeding $75.00 .25
Exceeding $75.00 ) and not exceeding $100.00 30
INTERNATIONAL RATES.
When payable in Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brit- ish Guiana, Chili, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Hungary, Jamaica, Japan, Leeward Islands, Liberia, Luxemburg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Sweden, Switzerland, The Transvaal, Trinidad or Windward Islands.
For Order not exceeding $10 08
Over $10 to $20
10
Over $20 to $30
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Over $30 to $40
20
Over $40 to $50
25
Over $50 to $60
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- .35
Over $70 to $80
.40
Over $80 to $90 45
Over $90 to $100. 50
When payable in any other foreign country:
For orders not exceeding $10 10
Over $10 to $20.
20
Over $20 to $30. .30
Over $30 to $40 .40
· Over $40 to $50
Over $50 to $60 .60
Over $60 to $70 70
Over $70 to $80
80
Over $80 to $90 .90
Over $90 to $100 1.00
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Over $60 to $70
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Legacy and Succession Taxes
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The five New England States hereinafter named impose Taxes on Legacies and Successions.
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MAINE.
Four per cent on property over five hundred dollars passing to any person. Property passing to father, mother, husband, wife, lineal de- scendant, adopted child. lineal descendant of an adopted child. wife or widow of a son, or husband of a daughter of the descendant or to an educational, charitable, religious or benevolent institution in the state is excepted.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Five per cent. Property passing to father, mother. husband, wife, lineal descendant, brother. sister, adopted child, lineal descendant of an adopted child. wife or widow of a son, or husband of a daughter of the descendant, to a charitable, educational or religious society or in- stitution in the state, which is bound to devote such property solely to such uses and purposes that the property in its hands will be by law exempt from taxation or to a city or town in the state for public pur- poses, is excepted
VERMONT
Five per cent. Property passing to father. mother, husband, wife, lineal descendant, adopted child, lineal descendant of an adopted child. wife or widow of a son, or husband- of a daughter of the descendant, to a city or town for cemetery purposes, or to a charitable educational or religious society or institution created and existing under and by vir- tue of the laws of the state, and having its principal business there- in, is excepted.
MASSACHUSETTS
The rate is as follows on the value of property passing as indi- cated .- subject to the exemptions stated below:
To a husband, wife, lineal ancestor, lineal descendant, adopted child, lineal descendant of any adopted child. wife or widow of a son or husband of a daughter,-one per cent if such value does not ex- ceed $50,000; one and one-half per cent if such value exceeds $50,000 and does not exceed $100,000; and two per cent if such value exceeds $100,000.
To a brother, sister, nephew or niece,-three per cent if such value does not exceed $25,000; four per cent if such value exceeds $25,000 and does not exceed $100,000; and five per cent if such value exceeds $100,- 000.
To all others-five per cent.
The tax is in no event to reduce the share of a beneficiary below the exempted amount.
Exemptions. All bequests, devises or distributive shares passing to or for the use of a husband, wife, father, mother, child or adopted child, not exceeding $10,000 in value; and all other bequests, devises, or distributive shares not exceeding $1000 in value. Also property passing to or for the use of charitable, educational or religious societies or institutions the property of which is by law exempt from taxation, or for or upon trust for any charitable purposes, or to or for the use of a city or town for public purposes.
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CONNECTICUT.
One-half of one per cent on property passing to the parent or par- ents, husband, wife, lineal descendant or legally adopted child of the descendant; three per cent on property passing to collateral kindred, strangers to the blood, or a corporation, voluntary association or society. The estate of every deceased person to the amount of ten thousand dollars, as well as bequests of works of art, books, curios, etc., to institutions located in the state, for free exhibition and preser- vation is excepted.
U. S. Weather Bureau
The Boston Station, Post Office Building, Boston, Mass., is the Forecast Centre for the New England District, John W. Smith, Dis- trict Forecaster.
The other stations in New England are at Eastport and Portland, Maine; Concord, New Hampshire; Burlington and Northfield, Vermont ; Nantucket, Massachusetts; Block Island, Narragansett Pier and Provi- dence, Rhode Island; and Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut.
The morning weather forecasts for New England are made up daily, except Sundays, by the District Forecaster at the Boston Sta- tion, from observations taken at 8 A. M., and are displayed on bulle- tins and maps and published in the afternoon newspapers. The even- ing forecasts are made up daily at Washington, D. C., from observa- tions taken at 8 P. M., and are published in the newspapers of the following morning. It may be well to bear in mind that when the evening forecast is read in the morning papers, say at 8 o'clock, some twelve hours have elapsed since the observations were taken upon which it was based; but when the morning forecast is read on the weather maps, say at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, only some three hours have elapsed since the observations were taken upon which it was based.
Local Forecasts are made up daily except Sundays and Holidays at the following Stations, viz: Portland, Burlington, Northfield, Bos. ton, Providence, Hartford and New Haven.
Inquiries as to coming weather may be made at any of the Sta- tions.
The United States Weather Bureau has observers in our own and other possessions in the West Indies, and has reciprocal arrangements with Canada, Mexico, Great Britain, and Portugal, for the receipt of daily telegraphic reports. Under the arrangements with Great Britain, and Portugal daily reports are received from London and several points in Scotland and Ireland, and from Hamburg, Paris, Lisbon and the Azores.
Weather Flags and Storm and Hurricane Warnings.
Fair Weather, Rain or Snow, and Temperature Flags. No. 1. A square white flag alone, indicates fair weather, stationary temperature. No. 2. A square blue flag alone, indicates rain or snow, stationary temperature. No. 3. A square white and blue flag (parallel bars of
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white and blue, the white above the blue) alone, indicates local rain or snow, stationary temperature. No 4 A black triangular flag placed above flag No. 1, indicates fair weather, warmer; placed below No. 1, indicates fair weather, colder; placed above No. 2, indicates rain or snow, warmer; placed below No. 2, indicates rain or snow, colder; placed above No. 3, indicates local rain or snow, 'warmer; placed be- low No 3, indicates local rain or snow, colder. No. 5, A white flag with a black square in the center indicates a cold wave.
Storm Warning. A red flag with a black centre indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected. The pennants displayed with the flags indicate the direction of the wind; red, easterly (from northeast to south) ; white, westerly (from southwest to north). The pennant above the flag indicates that the wind is expected to blow from the northerly quadrants; below, from the southerly quadrants. By night a red light indicates easterly winds, and a white light above a red light, westerly winds.
Hurricane Warning. Two red flags with black centres, displayed one above the other, indicate the expected approach of a tropical hur. ricane, or one of those extremely severe and dangerous storms which occasionally move across the Lakes and northern Atlantic coast. No night hurricane warnings are displayed.
Legislatures of New England States
Sessions Commence as Follows:
Maine. First Wednesday of January 1909, and each alternate year. New Hampshire. First Wednesday of January 1909, and each al- ternate year.
Vermont. First Wednesday of October 1910, and each alternate year.
Massachusetts. First Wednesday of January each year.
Rhode Island. First Tuesday of January each year.
Connecticut. Wednesday after the first Monday of January 1909, and each alternate year.
Holidays in New England
The following days are legal holidays. On most of them courts, banks, etc., are closed. If the day falls on Sunday the day following is usually kept as a holiday. Thanksgiving and Fast are appointed by state or national authority.
Maine. Jan. 1, Feb. 22, Apr. 19, May 30, July 4, Ist Mon. Sept., Presidential and State Election, Thanksgiving and Christmas. New Hampshire. Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, Ist Mon. Sept., Nov. Election Day, Fast, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Vermont. Jan 1, Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, Aug. 16 (Bennington Battle Day), Ist Mon. Sept., Thanksgiving and Christmas. Massachusetts. Feb. 22, Apr. 19, May 30, July 4, Ist Mon. Sept., Thanksgiving and Christmas. Rhode Is- land. Jan. 1, Feb. 22, 2d Fri. May (Arbor Day), May 30, July 4, Ist Mon. Sept., Nov. Election Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Con- necticut. Jan. 1, Feb. 12, (Lincoln Day) Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, 1st Mon. Sept., Fast, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
TIVERTON, PORTSMOUTH, MIDDLETOWN AND LIT- TLE COMPTON.
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Almy, F. W. C., poultry, etc., Little Compton. 168
Bailey, P. T., wire fence, etc., Middletown. 130
Bliss, Isaac C., painter, carpenter and builder, Little Comp- ton 171
Borden, George E., M. D., Adamsville. 173
Borden, Isaac S., groceries, etc., Tiverton. 24
Brownell, George F., house and carriage painter, Adams- ville 168
Brownell, John M., coal, hay, etc., Portsmouth. 85
Brownell, Ralph H., prop. Wild Cherry Poultry Farm, Lit- tle Compton 167
Brownell, Robert G., butcher and poultry raiser, Little Compton 165
Brightman, William E., real estate and insurance, Tiver- ton front cover
Bryant, Charles H., M. D., Tiverton. 34
Budlong & Carr Co., marine railways, etc., Tiverton 20
Chace, George N., lather and contractor, Tiverton 18
Chase & Son, grocers, Portsmouth. 88
Conley, P. M., blacksmith and wheelwright, Middletown. . 134
Corey, Irving A., photographer, Middletown 134
Daughters, A. N., M. D., Tiverton. 39
Davol, John H., blacksmith and wheelwright, Portsmouth 93
Dennis, A. S., wood, teaming and jobbing, Portsmouth. .
92,
Dyer, C. Henry, mason and contractor, Portsmouth. 90
Dyer, Walter F., contractor and builder, Portsmouth. 90
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Goddu, Isaac J. and Sons, hairdressers, No. Tiverton. 19
Gray, James L., grocer and baker, Adamsville. 170
Hambly, A. Lincoln, real estate and insurance, Tiverton. . 27
Hambly, Edwin F., blacksmith, Tiverton. 19
Hambly, George C., groceries, etc., Tiverton. 19
Harrington, Chas. B., carpenter and contractor, So. Ports- mouth 14
Hopkins, W. I., artesian wells, etc., Tiverton front cover Hughes, Florence E., Lone Elm Cattery, So. Portsmouth 15
Kenney, Joseph W., M. D., Adamsville. 179
Lavault Rock, apothecary, No. Tiverton. 27
Lawton, George R., auditor and accountant, Tiverton. 27
Manchester, A. G., groceries and hardware, Portsmouth ... 92
Manchester, E. L., flour, grain, etc., Little Compton ...... 166
Manchester, John E., contractor and builder, Portsmouth 88
Manley, Ezra B., teaming and jobbing, Tiverton. 22 Morin, I. F., pianos, furniture, etc., No. Tiverton 28
Murphy, M. J., carriages, etc., So. Portsmouth 84
Neault, Alex., groceries and provisions, Portsmouth. . . 87
Pierce, Edward W., mason and contractor, Little Compton 166 Pierce, John F., teaming and jobbing, Little Compton. . ... 164
Pierce, O. W., groceries and provisions, Tiverton. 2
Randall, Perry G., carpenter and builder, Portsmouth. 85
Seaconnet River Oyster Co., Tiverton 16
Sherman, Walter, poultry and nursery man, Middletown. . 134
Stewart, Samuel F., contractor and builder, No. Tiverton 28 Stimson, E. P., M. D., Tiverton 67
Stone Bridge Market, Geo. E. Hambly, prop., Tiverton ... 19
Tallman, William H., ice, Portsmouth . 91
Taylor, William H. D., upholsterer, Tiverton. 28
Waite, John A. & Son, blacksmiths and wheelwrights, Tiv- erton 24
Walker Brothers, groceries and provisions, No. Tiverton. . 22
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Walmsley, Albert, carpenter and contractor, No. Tiverton 24 Wilbur, C. R., general store, Little Compton 169 Wilkie, C. H., blacksmith and wheelwright, Tiverton. . ...
26 Williams, William, painter and paperhanger, No. Tiverton 26
FALL RIVER, NEWPORT, ETC.
Allen, Frank L., Lumber Co., Fall River 3 Allen, Slade & Co., wholesale grocers, Fall River 8 Aquidneck National Bank, Newport. colored page iii
Barney, James T. & Co., pianos, etc., Newport 14
Besse-Russell Co., clothing, etc., Fall River head lines Borden, Guiney & Kendall Co., lumber, Fall River .. . front cover Boston Store, (The King-McLeod Co.), dry goods, New- port 15
Brightman, William E., real estate and insurance, New- front cover port
Bull, Henry, Jr., insurance and real
estate, New- port . colored page v
Cahoon, Charles T., contractor and builder, Fall River ... 10 Chace, W. B. M. & Co., insurance, etc., Fall River .... head lines Citizens' Savings Bank, Fall River. 6 Coggeshall, S. W., hardware, etc., Newport. 132
Congdon, Carpenter & Co., iron, steel, etc., Fall River, foot lines Corbett, Edward M., civil engineer, Fall River 6
Cottrell's Sons, J. B., marble and granite, Newport. 12
Covel & Osborn Co., builders' supplies, Fall River .
10
Darling, Joseph M., architect, Fall River. 8 Draper, J. E., marble and granite, Fall River . . back cover Durfee, B. M. C., Safe Deposit and Trust Co., Fall Riv- er colored page ix
Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank, Fall River . . 4
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Fall River National Bank, Fall River colored page x Foss, A. E. & Co., publishers, Hopkinton, Mass. 86
Gay's Studio, photographer, Fall River 5
Gifford, C. E. & Co., watchmakers and jewelers, Fall River back cover
Hambly, Al. Lincoln, real estate and insurance, Fall River 27 Hammett, A. & H. C., lumber, etc., Newport. 12
Herrmann, watchmaker and jeweler, Newport. . . colored page vi Hornblower and Weeks, brokers, Newport. . colored page v Hutchinson, William J., pictures and frames, Fall Riv- er foot lines
Industrial Trust Co., Newport Branch, Newport. . colored page i Island Savings Bank, Newport colored page ii
Kaull, James T., real estate and insurance, Newport. . .... 133
King-McLeod Co., (Boston Store), dry goods, Newport. . 15
Lakeview Press, printers and publishers, So. Framingham 11 Lawton, George R., auditor and accountant, Fall River .... 27
Marsh, H. L. Co., grain, hay, etc., Newport 133
Marsh, Samuel W., funeral director, Newport. 13
Massasoit-Pocasset National Bank, Fall River ... colored page vii McWhirr, R. A. Co., department store, Fall River. ... foot lines Metacomet National Bank, Fall River,. . colored page viii Mercury Publishing Co., props., Newport Mercury, New- port opp. inside back cover
National Exchange Bank, Newport. colored page ii
Newport Coal Co., coal, etc., Newport. inside back cover
Newport National Bank, Newport. .colored page iii Newport Trust Co., Newport .. colored page iv New York Cloak and Suit Co., Fall River front cover
Nicolet Optical Co. and Jewelry Store, Fall River. ...
head and foot lines
Parsonage, J. B. & Son, real estate and insurance, Newport 13 Pease, W. G. & Co., agricultural implements, Fall Riv- er . foot lines
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Poole, I. Chester, osteopathic physician, Fall River . 8 Powers, J. T., marble and granite, Fall River back cover
Reed, R. S. Co., furniture, etc., Fall River foot lines Rogers & Allen, business college, Fall River foot lines
Savings Bank of Newport, Newport. colored page vi Scott, William B. & Co., agricultural implements, Newport 13
Sears, George, Dr., dentist, Fall River 3
Skinner, A. Homer, lumber, Fall River. 9
Stebbins & Lake, watchmakers and jewelers, Fall Riv- er back cover Sunderland, James & Son, furniture and carpets, Fall River foot lines Steinert, M. & Sons Co., pianos, etc., Fall River 2
Thibodeau's College, Fall River
head lines
Troy Store, department store, Fall River head lines
Union Savings Bank, Fall River 4
Vaughan, L. N., Optician, Newport. front cover
Walker Brothers, groceries and provisions, Fall River 22
Ward, Remington, Printer, Newport. insert Weaver, George A. Co., hardware, etc., Newport 16
Wilcox, George T., druggist, Fall River. front cover
Wolstenholme & Buffinton, civil engineers, Fall River, back cover Wood, J. H. & Co., watchmakers and jewelers, Fall Riv-
er foot lines
Wordell & McGuire Co., clothing, etc., Fall River.
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