{"1": {"fulltext": "F U\\n.LI V3", "height": "3833", "width": "2485", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3717", "width": "2337", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3727", "width": "2306", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3717", "width": "2337", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "THE\\nIllustrated Laconian\\nHISTORY AND INDUSTRIES\\nOF LACONIA, N. H.\\nDescriptive of the City and Its Manufacturing\\nand Business Interests\\nCompiled by Charles w. Vaughan\\nCONTAINING\\nAND PROFESSIONAL ,,K H BUILDINGS I .Hl s rr x V i\\nHOMES SUMMER RESIDENTS AND THEIR RESIDENCES ITS ^SSK?\\nTURING, GROWTH, PROSPERITY, AND FUTURE POSSIBIUTIES\\nPUBLISHED BY\\nLOUIS B. MARTIN\\n1899\\ny", "height": "3737", "width": "2422", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "01\\nNTRODUCTION.\\nIn the publication of this book the aim has been to give a truthful and correct\\nglimpse of Laconia as it has been in by-gone years and as it is to-day, feeling\\nconfident that a perusal of its pages will give all Laconians a feeling of pride\\nover the growth and development of the town in the past, and impart renewed\\nconfidence in the future growth and prosperity of the city.\\nLOUIS B. MARTIN, Publisher,\\nN\\n*b", "height": "3707", "width": "2431", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "1652-LACONIA-1899\\nThe city of Laconia was chartered by\\nthe New Hampshire legislature of [893,\\nis located near the geographical centre\\nof Belknap county, of which county it\\nis the shire town, and is also near the\\ngeographical centre of the state of New\\nHampshire, twenty-eight miles from\\nConcord, and just one hundred miles\\nfrom Boston, Mass. Laconia is upon\\nboth sides of the Winnipesauk.ee river,\\nwhile Lake Winnesquam on the south\\nand west, Lake Opechee near the\\ncentre of the city, and Lakes Winnipe-\\nGilford and previous to [813 this por\\ntion of the city was included in the\\nlimits of the original township of Gil-\\nmanton. The portion of Laconia south\\nof the river was cut off from Gilford\\nand annexed to the town of Laconia in\\n1874, and when the city charter was\\ngranted in 1893, Lakeport was also\\ntaken from Gilford to form a pan\\nthe city of Laconia.\\nThe early history of Laconia, there-\\nfore, is identical with that of Gilman-\\nton, Meredith, and Gilford, and the\\nEndicott Rock.\\nsaukee and Paugus on the north and\\neast boundaries, well entitle Laconia to\\nbe known as the City on the Lakes,\\nwhich title is inscribed upon the city\\nseal.\\nLaconia was first incorporated as a\\ntownship in 1855, the portion north of\\nthe Winnipesaukee river, including The\\nWeirs, being set off at that time from\\nthe old town of Meredith. Previous to\\nthis date Laconia was known as Mere-\\ndith Bridge, and the portion of the\\nvillage on the south and east sides of\\nthe river was a part of the town of\\nfuture historian of the city will be sadly\\nhampered by the fact that there are no\\ntown records of Laconia until 1855. A\\nbrief sketch of the settlement of this\\nterritory has been compiled from Lan-\\ncaster s History of Gilmanton, pub-\\nlished in 1845, and from authentic his-\\ntorical sketches of Meredith and Gil-\\nford.\\nThe first authentic record of the\\nappearance of the white man in Laconia\\nis found upon Kndicott rock, at The\\nWeirs, near the outlet of Lake Winni-\\npesaukee. Strange as it may now seem,", "height": "3737", "width": "2506", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nthe territory of Laconia was once\\nclaimed as a portion of the territory\\ngranted to the Massachusetts Bay\\nColony. In 1638 the Massachusetts\\ncolonists sent a party up the Merrimack\\nriver to locate the northern bound of\\nThe Old Tucker House, formerly on Mill Street\\ntheir grant, which was understood to\\nbe three miles from the headwaters of\\nthe Merrimack river, but was afterwards\\ndecided to be three miles from the\\nmouth of the river. The first party of\\nsurveyors sent, out from Massa-\\nchusetts to locate this bound, as-\\ncended the river and marked a\\ntree near the junction of the Pem-\\nigewasset and Winnipesaukee\\nrivers fat Franklin). In 1652 the\\nBay state colonists sent out a sec-\\nond party from Ipswich, with in-\\nstructions to find and mark the\\nheadwaters of the Merrimack river.\\nThis party consisted of Captain\\nSimon Willard and Edward John-\\nson, commissioners, accompanied\\nby Jonathan Ince, John Sherman,\\nand two or three Indians. This\\nsurveying party reached The Weirs\\nabout August 1, 1652, and the\\nwhite men in the party were prob-\\nably the first white men who ever\\nset foot upon Laconia, or gazed at the\\nbeautiful Lake Winnipesaukee.\\nCaptain Willard and his party marked\\na boulder on the shore of the lake, near\\nthe outlet into Lake Paugus, and re-\\nturned to the lower settlements after an\\nabsence of nineteen days. The marks\\ncut upon the rock were the initials of\\nSimon Willard, Edward Johnson, John\\nSherman, Jonathan Ince, and the name\\nof John Endicott, governor. In\\n1740 the bounds of Massachu-\\nsetts and New Hampshire\\nwere established, and the boul-\\nder on the shore of the lake\\nwas forgotten until about 1S33,\\nwhen the marks were discov-\\nered by workmen who were en-\\nlarging the channel at The\\nWeirs. In 1885 the legislature\\nmade an appropriation for rais-\\ning the rock and surrounding it\\nwith the substantial granite\\nmemorial which will undoubt-\\nedly preserve the record of the\\nwhite man s visit to Laconia\\nfor centuries to come.\\nThe portion of Laconia south\\nof the river Winnipesaukee was\\ngranted to one hundred and\\nseventy-seven persons in 1727, as com-\\npensation for services in defence of their\\ncountry, and was incorporated as a part\\nof Gilmanton. The charter was signed\\nby His Majesty s colonial governor, John\\nThe Old Red House, formerly on Pleasant Street.\\nWentworth. The upper side of the river\\nwas chartered by the governor and coun-\\ncil in 1768 as a portion of the township\\nof Meredith. Both Gilmanton and Mere-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ndith were granted to Exeter and Torts-\\nmouth people, and the meetings of the\\nproprietors of the grants were held in\\nExeter for some time.\\nThe French and Indian wars de-\\nlayed the settlement of the two towns,\\nand although it appears that several\\nparties came here about 1750. they\\ncame as prospectors and hunters, and it\\nwas not until 1761 that any permanent\\nsettlements were effected. In 1736 a\\nparty of men cleared a path to The\\nWeirs and constructed a blockhouse,\\nfourteen feet square, as a shelter and\\ndefence from Indians. About this time\\na new obstacle to settlement arose by\\nby order of the general court, the\\nProvince road, so called, was laid out\\nfrom Portsmouth to Canada, through\\nGilmanton and Meredith, and o\\nquently through the present city of\\nLaconia. Meredith Bridge was first\\nconstructed at this time, b m s\\nBridge at Lakeport was not built until\\n1782. and the bridge at The Weirs was\\nerected in 1S03. Mosquito bridge,\\nleading over the narrow portion of\\nLake Winnesquam, was built about\\n1805, and Davis Bridge, leading\\nfrom the mainland to Davis island,\\nnow Governor s island, in Lake Winni-\\npesaukee, was erected previous to 1X20.\\n1 nt Building after the Fii\\nthe claims of John Tufton Mason of\\nHampshire county. England, who\\nclaimed all of the territory embraced\\nin Gilmanton and Meredith, as con-\\nveyed to him by the English govern-\\nment. Mason sold his claims to Ports-\\nmouth people, and in 1752 the Maso-\\nnian proprietors made a trade with\\nthose who received their grant from the\\ngovernor of New Hampshire, and took\\ncertain shares of the territory for their\\nclaims.\\nPrevious to 1761 the route to Gil-\\nmanton and Meredith from Epsom and\\nExeter was merely a path, marked by\\nspotted trees, but in October of this\\nyear a cart-path was made, and in 1770,\\nWith the exception of lands which\\nwere cultivated by the Indians at The\\nWeirs and a few other places, the terri-\\ntory embraced within our city limits\\nwas an unbroken wilderness until about\\n1766. At this time Lhene/er Smith\\nand Jacob baton built their log houses\\nand commenced clearing away the\\nforest. From the time the Endicott\\nrock was marked no civilized man\\nagain appears until just before the con-\\nstruction of the block house, which was\\ncalled White Hall, for some reason\\nunknown, and which was erected in\\n1736. The exact location of Smith s\\nfirst house is not known, but Eaton s\\nhouse was built when llilliard", "height": "3737", "width": "2506", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nnow lives near The Weirs. Not long\\nafter Smith s arrival we find he had his\\nhouse near where Lowell Cawley re-\\ncently lived. The first road to The\\nWeirs was from near Smith s house by\\nJacob Eaton s house, about where the\\nAn Old View of Water .Street.\\nroad now runs. On the lot where\\nEaton built there were several apple\\ntrees which had been planted by the\\nIndians, which were so far as known\\nthe only apple trees ever found upon\\nany Indian lands. At this ancient\\nhome of Eaton s the first white child of\\nLaconia was born, and the little girl\\nwas named Thamor Eaton. Where she\\ndied and the place of burial is un-\\nknown. Soon after the birth of the\\nEaton child, a male child was born to\\nEbenezer Smith. Mr. Eaton under-\\nstood that the first child born in town\\nshould be entitled to a certain amount\\nof land from the proprietors, but Smith\\nclaimed that the right of land was\\nto the first male child. A friendly com-\\npromise was arranged, and Eaton took\\nforty or fifty acres and Smith received\\nthe lion s share, about two hundred\\nacres. Colonel Smith was above all\\nothers the principal man of the town\\nfor many years. He was born in\\nExeter, N. H., in 1734. He died in\\n1807. He was proprietors clerk and\\ntown clerk, justice of the peace, select-\\nman, represented his town in both\\nbranches of the legislature, and was at\\none time president of the senate.\\nMills for sawing and grinding were\\ncommenced at Meredith Bridge soon\\nafter the Province road was built. The\\nmills were first built on the Meredith\\nside of the river, and in 1775 were\\nowned by Stephen Gale but were swept\\naway by a freshet in the year 1779.\\nThe mill privilege was purchased in\\n1780 by Col. Samuel Ladd, who rebuilt\\non the Gilford side of the river. Col-\\nonel Ladd lost his milldam three years\\nsuccessively, and in 1788 his mill was\\nburned, but it was immediately rebuilt.\\nAbout this time Abraham Folsom\\nbuilt mills both for sawing lumber\\nand grinding grain at Lakeport, which\\nwas then called Folsom s mills. These\\nmills were also destroyed by fire but\\nagain constructed the following season.\\nThere were also mills at The Weirs in\\n1803, called Prescott s mills, but these\\nestablishments went into disuse, while\\nthe mills at Meredith Bridge and Lake-\\nport did an extensive business, and the\\ncommunity around them rapidly in-\\ncreased in numbers and importance.\\nOne of the first houses on the Gil-\\nman ton side of the river was the mill\\nhouse, erected by Col. Samuel Ladd in\\nThe Old 1 erley Corner on Main Street.\\n1780, near the present location of the\\nHuse machine shops. Colonel Ladd\\npurchased the land of Samuel Jewett,\\nwho settled half a mile above, the pre-\\nvious year. It is stated that Colonel\\nLadd paid but seven Spanish dollars", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "THE II.!. I STRATED LACONIAN.\\nfor this lot of two and a half acres of\\nland on the east side of the river, and\\npreviously owned the territory now\\nknown as Ladd s Hill, just across the\\ncity line in Belmont. The land on the\\nnorth side of the river was first owned\\nby Schoolmaster James of Exeter.\\nStephen Gale next purchased this terri-\\ntory and sold it to Colonel Ladd. This\\nland commenced near the present\\nChurch street bridge and the bound\\nran in a straight line to Lake Winne-\\nsquam, near the mouth of the Winnipe-\\nsaukee river, thus including all of the\\nmost valuable property to-day in the\\ncity of Laconia. Most of the land on\\ndisannexed, and by an act of the\\nHampshire legislature, incorporated as\\na separate town, called Gilford. This\\ntown included not only the portion of\\nthe present Laconia south of the river,\\nbut also the present town of Gilford\\nand that portion of Lakeport and The\\nWeirs east of the liver and lake.\\nAbout the year i 790, I aniel -\\\\v\\ncame to Meredith Bridge from Strat-\\nham, and opened a store in a small\\nbuilding near the bridge, lie erected\\na factory for a cotton mill, where the\\nBelknap mills stand to-day, and did\\nmuch to enlarge and build up the vil-\\nlage. Aaron Martin early established\\nMain Street before the Unitarian Church was Built.\\nthe south side of the river was first\\nowned by James Conner and John\\nLowe, but was soon afterwards pur-\\nchased by Samuel Jewett. Daniel\\nAvery and Dr. Bowman purchased\\nsome of this property about 1790.\\nIn 181 1 the inhabitants on the south\\nside of the YVinnipesaukee river, resid-\\ning in what was then called Gunstock\\nParish, petitioned to be set off into a\\nseparate town. The voters of Gilman-\\nton at their March meeting in 18 12\\ndeclined to favor the petition, but voted\\nnot to oppose it in the legislature. The\\napplication was therefore successful,\\nand on the 16th of June, 1812, that\\npart of Gilmanton called Gunstock was\\na paper manufactory at Meredith Dridge,\\nwhich was destroyed l v lire some years\\nafterwards. In [820, an academy was\\nincorporated, and about the same time\\na term of the supreme court began to\\nlie held here. There were then about\\nthirty dwelling-houses in the village\\nproper. Other traders were: Wood-\\nbury Melcher. George I Avery, and\\nHenry J. French. A post-office was\\nestablished in 1 82 1, and I [oratio\\nPrescott was the fust postmaster.\\nIn 1813, when the late Timothy 1\\nSomes came to Meredith Bridge, there\\nwas but one church in the village, lo-\\ncated just south of the present Willard\\nHotel property. This church was de-", "height": "3737", "width": "2506", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nstroyed by fire, in February, 1836. The\\nAvery mill, owned by Daniel Avery,\\nDaniel Tucker, Stephen Tucker, and\\nother leading citizens, was in operation\\nat that time, but burned down some six\\nor eight years afterwards. There was\\na clothing mill near the Mill street\\nbridge, on the site occupied by the\\nJ. W. Busiel Co. dye house at the\\npresent time. This mill was owned\\nand operated by Samuel and Nathan\\nBean. Stephen Perley had an oil mill\\nfor preparing oil for painters, near the\\nBean mill. Daniel Tucker owned a\\nblacksmith shop, on the site of the pres-\\nent Esty mill, and manufactured axes,\\nscythes, and other tools. The well-\\nsom kept a hotel on Pleasant street,\\nand was one of the first tavern keepers\\nin the village. There were but thirty-\\nfour houses on both sides of the river\\nin 18 13, and some of these were mere\\nshanties. The best house in the town\\nwas the John A. Harper residence,\\nwhere Mrs. Dr. Prescott and L. A.\\nLadd now reside. Mr. Harper was the\\nonly lawyer at that time, was a very\\nable and brilliant man, and at one time\\na member of congress. The mails were\\nbrought from Concord on horseback, and\\nno wagons were in use here at that time.\\nDr. Zodack Bowman was the only\\nphysician in town, and lived where Mrs.\\nMary A. Tilton s residence now stands,\\nii\\nHUH GUI\\n9 m\\nThe Old Mitchell and Mallard Blocks\\nknown Holbrooks, who afterwards re-\\nmoved to Massachusetts, had a bell\\nfoundry near the Tucker mill. They\\ncast the first bell ever rung in Meredith\\nBridge.\\nThe bridge across the river on Main\\nstreet at this time was a small and nar-\\nrow affair, with no railing. A man\\nnamed French fell off the bridge and\\nwas drowned in the river about this\\ntime, and then the bridge was supplied\\nwith a railing. On the Gilford side of\\nthe river, near the end of the Mill\\nstreet bridge, was a sawmill, owned by\\nDudley Ladd, while Jonathan Ladd\\noperated a grist- mill near the site of the\\npresent Pitman mills. Jonathan Fol-\\nat the corner of Main and Court streets.\\nThere was no Main street, then, above\\nMill street, and a little brook ran through\\nBank square, where the present Perley\\ncanal is located. This brook was crossed\\nby small bridges of one or two planks.\\nIn 1842 Meredith Bridge was a vil-\\nlage of considerable importance. The\\nBelknap Gazette was published by the\\nlate Col. Charles Lane, and the village\\nboasted three cotton mills, a woolen\\nmill, grist-mills, sawmills, a large tan-\\nnery, sash and door machinery, a large\\nprinting-office, with bookbindery and\\nbookstore connected. There were ten\\nstores, three taverns, three churches,\\nfive lawyers, three clergymen, and an", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nacademy in a flourishing condition. The ladies of the village in the freight depot\\nregular stage went through from Hoi- which stood on the site onia s\\nderness to Boston in one day, leaving beautiful passenger station of to-day.\\nMeredith Bridge at six o clock in the\\nmorning, making the trip via Concord\\nPaying an Election Bet Thirty-five Vears Ago.\\nand Manchester on three days in the\\nweek, and via Pittsfield and Exeter on\\nthe other three days.\\nThe opening of the old Boston, Con-\\ncord Montreal Railroad between\\nConcord and Meredith Bridge marked\\nan important point in the growth of\\nLaconia. August S, 1848, was the\\ndate of the opening of the railroad\\nto Meredith Bridge, and a year after-\\nwards the road was extended to Lake\\nVillage. The opening of the road\\nwas the occasion of the biggest cele-\\nbration Meredith Bridge had ever\\nwitnessed up to that date. A mam-\\nmoth cannon was located near Horse\\nPoint, on the shore of Lake Winne-\\nsquam, and when the special train\\ncame along, a salute was fired, which\\nwas the signal for ringing the mill\\nbells, and the church bell of the old\\nNorth church. There was an im-\\nmense throng of people waiting at\\nthe depot to welcome the iron horse,\\nthe farmers driving in from miles\\naround.\\nThe locomotive was named Old Man\\nof the Mountains, and the train was in\\ncharge of Major Jake Libbey, as con-\\nductor. The chief feature of the cele-\\nbration was the collation, served by the\\nThe car track stopped near this point.\\nThe tickets for the free ride on the\\nspecial train to Meredith bridge are\\nstill preserved as souvenirs, and read\\nas follows\\nB. C. MONTREAL RAILROAD.\\nI IP] \\\\l.\\\\ TO MERED1 I II.\\nThe directors respectfully invite your attend-\\nance upon t he opening of this road on Tuesday,\\nAugusl 8, 1 S 1 S\\nARRANGEMENT.\\nA special train will leave the Lowell Depot,\\nBoston, at 6 o clock, a. m.; Lowell at 63;\\nNashua at jl, Manchestei and Concord at\\n9, on the arrival of the special from Boston.\\nThis will pass you free over the Boston iV\\nLowell, the Concord, the Northern and the B.\\nC. M. railroad n this and admit\\nyou to the collation at Meredith.\\nStockholders and invited guests below Con-\\ncord will be particular to take the special train.\\nPrevious to 1855, the citizens of\\nMeredith Bridge went to Meredith\\nParade to vote. At the March meet-\\ning i March 13, 1855) occurred the great\\ncatastrophe known as the falling of the\\ntown house. Soon after the opening of\\nWeirs before the Boom Arrived.\\nthe meeting, while preparing to take a\\nvote by ballot, their was a rush of vo-\\nters, of whom there were from six to\\neight hundred present, and their weight\\nbroke down the floor timbers of the yet", "height": "3737", "width": "2506", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "AVtf J\\\\r ox ,Af \u00c2\u00a3\\\\AfV s", "height": "3737", "width": "2506", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACOXIAN.\\nunfinished town house at Meredith vil-\\nlage. The floor gave way, and about\\none hundred and fifty men were precipi-\\ntated into the basement of the building.\\nOut of this mass of struggling humanity,\\nover sixty men were carried out seri-\\nously injured with broken bones, dislo-\\ncated joints and internal injuries. Four\\nof the injured men, James W. Durgin,\\nWashington Smith, Benjamin D. Rob-\\ninson, and Nathaniel Nichols, died in a\\nshort time, and others received injuries\\nfrom which they never recovered, many\\nbeing crippled for life. This was one\\nand first division of lots in said Meredith,\\nthence easterly on said line to the rangeway,\\nthence northerly on said rangeway to the corner\\nbetween lots numbered eight and nine in the\\nsixth range, thence easterly on the line between\\nsaid lots the length of two lots to the rangeway\\nbetween the fourth and fifth range, thence north-\\nerly on said rangeway to the corner between\\nlots numbered three and four in the fourth\\nrange, thence easterly on the line between said\\nlots the length of two lots to the rangeway be-\\ntween the second and third range, thence south-\\nerly on said rangeway to the corner between\\nlots numbered three and four in the second\\nrange, thence easterly on the line between said\\nlots the length of two lots to the Winnipesaukee\\nlake, thence southerly on the waters of said\\nlake and the line between the towns of Mere-\\nr\\nM\\ni\\nLaconia from Vue de l Eau Hotel.\\nof the immediate causes which led to\\nthe setting off of Meredith Bridge from\\nthe mother-town, and in July of the\\nsame year, by act of the legislature,\\nMeredith was divided, and the town of\\nLaconia incorporated.\\nThe act to incorporate the town of\\nLaconia was approved July 14, 1855,\\nand signed by Gov. Ralph Metcalf.\\nThe bounds of Laconia, as created by\\nthis act of the legislature, were as fol-\\nlows\\nThat all that part of the town of Meredith\\nlying southerly of the following line, to wit\\nBeginning at a point on the easterly shore of\\nSanbornton bay, on the line between the lots\\nnumbered three and four in the seventh range\\ndith and Gilford and on said Sanbornton bay to\\nthe bounds begun at, be and the same is hereby\\nsevered from the town of Meredith and made a\\nbody politic and corporate by the name of\\nLaconia.\\nThe warrant for the first town meet-\\ning of the new town of Laconia was\\nsigned by H. N. Burnham, Stephen\\nGale, John C. Moulton, and Samuel \\\\V.\\nSanders, who were authorized by the\\nlegislature to call this meeting. The\\nfirst meeting was held in the Boston,\\nConcord Montreal Railroad freight\\nstation, near the residence of Stephen\\nGale, on August 2, 1855. The town\\nofficers elected at this meeting were as\\nfollows Moderator, Horatio N. Burn-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n3\\nham; town clerk, Benjamin 1*. dale:\\nselectmen, Samuel W. Sanders, John\\nDavis, 2d, Ebenezer S. Gate town\\ntreasurer. Elijah Beaman superintend-\\ning school committee, John K. Young;\\nauditors, Joseph YV. Robinson, Hugh\\nBlaisdeil, John C. Moulton surveyors\\nof wood, Harrison Sibley, Thomas\\nWilder, Moses B. Gordon, and Ben-\\njamin P. Gale surveyors of lumber,\\nNathan B. Wadleigh, John Davis, 2d.\\nJoseph Ranlet, and Moses B. Gor-\\ndon town agent, Noah Robinson\\nweigher of hay, Horatio N. Burn ham\\nsealer of weights and measures, James\\nS. Hoit poundkeeper, David Blaisdeil:\\nlegislature, and dated July 2. 1874, and\\ntin- bounds of the addition are given as\\nfollows\\nThat all that part of the town .if Gilford\\nbounded as follow s, to wil 1 .it a\\nslake and stone on t he easterly side I Round\\nbay on a line with the noi 1 1 Thomas\\nI m nil s land, and running easterly to and\\nalong said Durrell s land to the liw\\n1 districts No. 4 and No. [2, thence south-\\nerly on the line of school district No. 4 to the\\nline between Gilford and Belmont, thence wesl\\nerlv on the line between Gilford and Belmont to\\nSanbornton bay, and to the line between Gil-\\nford and Laconia, thence northerly on said hay,\\nWinnipiseogee river and Round Lav, ben\\nthe line between Gilford and Laconia, to the\\nbound begun at, be and the same hereby is sev-\\nered from the town of Gilford and annexed to-\\nthe town of I .aconia.\\nMain Street, before Smith s Brick !_\u00c2\u00bb 1 ck was Erected.\\nfence viewers, Ebenezer S. Cate, Chas.\\nSmith, and Joseph YV. Robinson hog-\\nreeves, Chas. Gould, Chas. S. Gale.\\nMoses Sargent, and Westley Maloon\\nconstables, James S. Hoit, Hugh Blais-\\ndeil, Augustus Doe, Horatio N. Burn-\\nham, and John C. Davis surveyors of\\nhighways, Edward Bacon, Lewis W.\\nBoynton, Lucian A. Ladd, Reuben P.\\nSmith, James R. Gray, John C. Eolsom,\\nNathaniel Sanborn, John M. L. Swain,\\nJacob Smith, John M. Robinson, James\\nGordon, and Ebenezer S. Cate.\\nThe next change in the territory of\\nLaconia was the annexation of the por-\\ntion of Gilford lying on the south side\\nof the Winnipesaukee river. This move\\nwas heartily opposed by the old town of\\nGilford, but the act was passed by the\\nThis act of the legislature united the\\ntwo portions of the village on both\\nsides of the river, under one town gov-\\nernment, as up to this date the inhabi-\\ntants on the south side had been\\nobliged to go to Gilford village t vote,\\nand to transact all their town business.\\nBut at Lake Village a similar stat(\\naffairs still existed, the easterly side of\\nthe river being in the town of Gilford,\\nand the westerly side being a part of\\nthe town of Eaconia. This was reme\\ndied by the act of the general court,\\ndated July 13, 1876, as follows\\nThat all that part of the town of Laconia\\nbounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at a\\nstake and stones on the westerly shore oi Long\\nbay, so 1 ailed, at the northeasterly 1 iner of the\\nfarm of Enoch B. Prescott, thence westerly on\\nthe northerly liue of said I tescott s f.u 111 to the", "height": "3737", "width": "2506", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nhighway leading from Lake Village to Mere-\\ndith, thence northerly on said highway to the\\ncentre of Tilton brook, so called, thence west-\\nerly down the centre of said brook to Round\\nbay, to the line dividing the town of Gilford\\nfrom the town of Laconia be and the same\\nhereby is severed from the town of Laconia and\\nannexed to the town of Gilford.\\nf The next change in the territory of\\nLaconia was the annexation of the vil-\\nlage of Lakeport, on both sides of the\\nriver, and the consolidation of the two\\ntowns under a city government. Lake-\\nport had outgrown the mother town of\\nGilford, which was and still is strictly a\\nfarming community, and there was little\\nor no opposition to the union of the two\\nlot line to the division line orrangeway between\\nranges two and three thence northerly on said\\ndivision line or rangeway to Lake Winnipiseo-\\ngee shall be a body corporate and politic under\\nthe name of the City of Laconia.\\nThe first city election held under the\\ncharter was May 2, 1893, and the first\\ncity government was inaugurated May\\n3, 1893, as follows: Mayor, Charles A.\\nBusiel. Councilmen, ward one, George\\nW. Weeks, William J. Morrison ward\\ntwo, Albert C. Moore, Francis H. Davis\\nward three, Charles E. Frye, Joseph M.\\nFolsom ward four, Edmund Tetley,\\nCharles W. Vaughan ward five, Horace\\nW. Gorrell, John W. Ashman ward\\nAvery Dam, looking down the River.\\nvillages, which had grown so closely\\ntogether that it was hard to tell where\\none left off and the other commenced.\\nThe city charter was granted by the\\nlegislature of 1893, and dated March 24,\\n1893. The bounds of the portion cut\\noff from Gilford and made a part of the\\ncity (ward six) are as follows\\nThe inhabitants of the town of Laconia, in\\nthe county of Belknap, and the inhabitants of\\nall that part of the town of Gilford lying west-\\nerly of a line described as follows, viz. Com-\\nmencing at the southeast corner of School Dis-\\ntrict No. 13 in said Gilford, thence northerly\\non the division line or rangeway, between ranges\\none and two, as shown by the Gilford town plan,\\nto the south line of lot originally owned by\\nJoseph Libby thence easterly on said Libby\\nsix, Benjamin F. Drake, Charles L.\\nPulsifer, Julius E. Wilson, Romanzo B.\\nPriest.\\nMeredith Bridge suffered seriously\\nseveral times in its early history from\\ndisastrous fires. Feb. 13, 1823, the\\nlarge brick factory, factory store, and\\nengine house on Mill street were burned.\\nThe fire started in the picking-room,\\nand spread so rapidly that the girls in\\nthe upper loft were obliged to jump\\nfrom the windows, and some of them\\nwere seriously injured. Clarissa Bean,\\none of the operatives, had her limbs\\nbroken. They were amputated, but she\\ndid not recover. In December, 1833,", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATFD LACONIAN.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25\\nthe paper mill, sawmill, and grist-mill\\nwere destroyed by tire, and in February,\\n1836, the only meeting-house, located\\nnear the site of the Judge Lovell place,\\ntogether with the dwelling-house and\\noutbuildings of Lyman B. Walker, were\\nburned. The big fire of Nov. 21,\\n1S60, was the most serious conflagration\\nin Laconia s history. It started in the\\nstable of the Cerro Gordo hotel, which\\nwas located just below the present\\nMoulton opera house block, swept down\\nthe street and across the street, destrov-\\nwas organized, one of the first mills\\nerected in the country for the manufac-\\nture of woolen goods. The mill was a\\nwooden building, and much of the ma-\\nchinery was built here. The stock was\\nluld by citizens of the village, and the\\nleading spirits in the enterprise were\\nDaniel Avery, Stephen Perley, John A.\\nHarper, and others.\\nLater enterprises in the same line\\nwas the establishment of the Granite\\nhosiery mills, in 1S47, by the late John\\nW. Busiel, the White Mountains hosiery\\n1\\nThe Cerro Gordo House, burned 1S60.\\ning practically all the business places\\nin the village at that time. In later\\nyears, the car shops have twice been\\nnearly wiped out by conflagrations, but\\nin both cases immediately rebuilt on a\\nlarger scale.\\nProbably nothing has contributed so\\nmuch to the growth and prosperity of\\nLaconia as the manufacturing indus-\\ntries. The Bean carding mill and Mar-\\ntin s paper mill were the first enterprises\\nof this kind, both established about\\n1800. About a dozen years later, the\\nMeredith Cotton and Woolen Company\\nmills, established by the late Lewis F.\\nBusiel a few years later, and the Cilford\\nHosiery Co., incorporated by the late\\nJohn C. Moulton in 1864. The Belknap\\nmills, the Pitman Manufacturing Co.,\\nthe late J. S. Tilton hosiery industry,\\nand the Abel machine shops should\\nalso be mentioned among the industries\\nwhich have furnished employment for\\nlarge numbers of workmen and helped\\nbuild up the town.\\nThe Laconia car shops are now and\\nhave been for many years, perhaps, the\\nmost important individual manufactur-", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "i6\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ning concern in Laconia. These shops\\nwere started by the late Charles Ranlet\\nand Joseph Ranlet about 1850, under\\nthe name of the Ranlet Car Co. Perley\\nPutnam and the late John C. Moulton\\nafterwards came into the. concern, and it\\nwas known as the Laconia Car Co. until\\nthe organization of the Laconia Car Co.\\nWorks in 1898, of which Hon. Frank\\nJones of Portsmouth is president and\\nthe principal owner.\\nOther local enterprises which have\\nassisted in building up the town are the\\nold Baldwin peg mill, the numerous\\nmachine shops, which sprang up from\\nthe hosiery industry, including the Abel\\nlage had a population of but 500. In\\n1890 the census showed about 3,000.\\nAfter the census of 1890, and previous\\nto the adoption of the city charter in\\n1893, both Laconia and Lakeport in-\\ncreased rapidly in population, so that it\\nis safe to state that the population of\\nthe city of Laconia at the inauguration\\nof the city charter was at least 10,000.\\nThe construction and opening of the\\nLake Shore railroad between Laconia\\nand Alton Bay was an important event\\nin local history. As far back as 1847,\\na charter was granted to build this\\neighteen miles of road to connect the\\nCocheco road, on the eastern side of\\nLooking up the River, from Main Street Bridge.\\nshops, the Huse shops, the Cole Manu-\\nfacturing Co., the J. S. Crane shops, the\\nWardwell needle shops, and scores of\\nothers in this and similar lines.\\nThe lumber mills of G. Cook Son,\\nthe Laconia lumber works, and Laco-\\nnia s retail stores, especially the dry\\ngoods establishments, have also done\\nmuch to advance the prosperity of the\\ntown, and make it a trade centre.\\nIn 1855, when Laconia was set off\\nfrom Meredith and incorporated as a\\nseparate town, its population was reck-\\noned at 1,200. In i860, the census\\ngave the town a population of 1,806,\\nwhich had increased to 2,309 by the\\nnext census in 1870, and to 3,790 in\\n1880. The census of 1890 showed\\n6,143 inhabitants. In 1830 Lake Vil-\\nNew Hampshire, with the old Boston,\\nConcord Montreal railroad at Mere-\\ndith. But lack of financial means pre-\\nvented the construction of the Lake\\nShore link for over forty years, and the\\noriginal charter expired. Attempts were\\nmade to renew the charter in 1868,\\n1869, and 1870, but it was opposed by\\nthe Boston, Concord Montreal road.\\nFor several years the demand for this\\ncharter was made a political issue in\\nBelknap county, and in 1883 the char-\\nter was granted by consent of both\\nthe great railroad corporations of New\\nHampshire, with the mutual under-\\nstanding, however, that neither of them\\nwould assist in building the road. The\\ncharter was in the hands of Charles A.\\nBusiel and his associates, and in the", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n7\\nbig railroad fight of 1887 a condition of port and in Moulton opera hous\\naffairs was reached where both the Con- Laconia. The entire four train-loads\\ncord railroad and the Boston Maine of guests, and all the prominent citizens\\nroad offered to construct the Lake Shore of Laconia and Lakeport, were ban-\\nlink. By a wise use of the opportu- queted by a down-country caterer in .1\\nAn lid View oi Main Street.\\nlarge tent erected for the purpose in\\nthe rear of the City Hotel. Hon. A.\\nBusiel was presented with a gold-\\nheaded cane, as a mark of apprecia-\\ntion from the citizens for his long strug-\\ngle for the\\nThe OKI Messer Bridge.\\nnities growing out of this railroad fight\\nin the legislature, the Lake Shore was\\nconstructed by the Concord Railroad\\ncorporation, and formally opened with\\na grand celebration in Laconia on June\\n17,1890. Four\\nreturn, accom- ^B. 1-. -M}Mfc;t}l \\\\Jy f Laconia on\\nroad officials, I W \\\\t\\\\ \u00e2\u0096\u00a0*^J I erings of p,-o-\\nthe governor, T I pie ever seen\\nmill and in the cent railroad\\nchurch towers, passenger sta-\\nwhistles were tion on .\\\\u-\\nfewctt Homestead, One oi the Oldest llmiM-^ m town. n\\nblown, and sa- gusl 22,\\nlutes fired from cannon. The leading cit- was another event of historical import-\\nizens of Dover, and other towns in that ance. l*p to this time Laconia s pas-\\nsection of New Hampshire, were guests senger depot had been a mere wooden\\nof Laconia upon this occasion, and shell, which had done service ever since\\nspeech-making was indulged in at Lake- the opening of the railroad. The con", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACOXIAN.\\ntract for the erection of the present\\nstation was signed in April, 189 1, and\\nS. S. Ordway Co., of Woburn, Mas-\\nsachusetts, were the contractors. The\\nOrdway contract and the heating appar-\\natus involved an expense of $30,000.\\nBefore ground was broken for the new\\ndepot, the railroad folks invested about\\n$22,000 in the purchase of the Vaughan,\\nLane, Kelley, and O Shea properties,\\nremoving the dwelling houses thereon,\\nso as to clear off the entire square. The\\ntown of Laconia joined with the rail-\\nroad in enlarging the railroad square,\\nby purchasing the Tibbetts and Wilcox\\nproperties and taking a slice from the\\nGale property opposite the passenger\\nstation. The dedication of the depot\\nthe best structure of the kind to be\\nfound in America. Credit for the sub-\\nstantial and beautiful depot largely be-\\nlongs to Hon. Charles A. Busiel, who\\nwas at that time one of the managing\\ndirectors of the Concord railroad, and\\nit was through his efforts and local\\npride that Laconia was granted such an\\nexpensive and magnificent passenger\\nstation. History will accord to Hon.\\nC. A. Busiel the honor of constructing\\nthe Lake Shore railroad and the erec-\\ntion of the Laconia passenger station,\\nand these two things will stand as mon-\\numents to the man for years to come.\\nTo give a proper history of the\\nrecord of Laconia s citizen-soldiers in\\nthe War of the Revolution, the War of\\nDepot Square before the Cc\\nDepot.\\nwas under the auspices of the Laconia\\nBoard of Trade, and Gov. Hiram A. Tut-\\ntle and numerous other railroad and state\\nofficials were guests of the occasion.\\nA brass band escorted Ticket Agent\\nE. S. Cook from the old depot to the\\nnew structure, and the first ticket, good\\nfor a ride from Laconia to Concord,\\nwas sold at public auction, and bid off\\nby Col. F. 6. Wallace for the sum of\\nthirty dollars. The Board of Trade and\\ntheir guests enjoyed a banquet at the\\nEagle hotel, and the depot was formally\\ndedicated with appropriate speeches by\\nthe governor, the railroad officials, and\\nprominent citizens. The Laconia depot\\nat the time of its construction was pro-\\nnounced by competent judges to be\\nwithout doubt, all things considered,\\n18 1 2, and the War of the Rebellion,\\nwill require more space than can be\\nafforded in the pages of this publica-\\ntion. The sturdy, patriotic settlers of\\nGilmanton and Meredith were prompt\\nto leave their homes in 1776, and took\\nan active part in the battles of Bunker\\nHill, Bennington, and other Revolu-\\ntionary struggles. Major Stephen\\nGale, Samuel Jewett, Jacob Jewett, and\\nCaptain William Gordon were among\\nthe Revolutionary soldiers from the ter-\\nritory which is now the city of Laconia,\\nand whose graves are decorated each\\nMemorial Day by the members of John\\nL. Perley, Jr., Post, No. 37, Grand\\nArmy of the Republic.\\nIn the War of 18 12 were James S.\\nHoit, Asa J. Bean, Philbrook R.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN,\\n9\\nLovett, Dudley Oilman, J. Pulsifer,\\nEnoch Osgood, Josiah Randlett, fames\\nFilgate, Levi Pickering. Asa Crosby,\\nJosiah Moulton, Capt. Win. Heywood,\\nSamuel Oilman, Capt. Hugh Blaisdell,\\nJ. D. Prescott. and many others who\\nshould be credited to Laconia. The\\nlate Col. Thomas J. Whipple took an\\nactive part in the Mexican War and also\\nin the War of the Rebellion, and his\\nmilitary and legal fame gave him a\\nnational reputation.\\nWhen President Lincoln called for\\nvolunteers in 1861, at the breaking out\\nof the War of the Rebellion, hundreds of\\nthe best youths and men of Laconia\\nIn 1863 Laconia voted to pay a\\nbounty of $300 to those who might be\\ndrafted, or their substitutes, and the\\nselectmen were authorized to advance-\\nall bounties, town, state, and national.\\nto volunteers, to the amount of $500\\neach. In 1864 it was voted to pay sol-\\ndiers a bounty of 5 100 for one year, $200\\nfor two years, and S300 for three years,\\nto all enlisted men, and $200 to men\\nwho might be drafted. In December of\\nthe same year, it was voted to pay a\\nbounty of $600 to enrolled men who\\nenlisted for three years.\\nWhen the first call for three months\\nmen came from Washington, a full com-\\nLaconia s Passenger Station, Opened Augusf 189\\nlaid down the implements of peaceful\\ntoil and took up arms for the preserva-\\ntion of the Union. Laconia s record in\\nthe Civil War would require a larger\\nvolume than the Illustrated Laconian,\\nand some future historian must do jus-\\ntice to our brave citizen-soldiers, many\\nof whom are still with us, although\\ntheir ranks are growing thinner and\\ntheir locks are growing grayer, as they\\nform in line on each annual Memorial\\nDay. The two Grand Army posts of\\nthe city now decorate over one hundred\\nand fifty graves of deceased comrades\\nof the war of i86i- 65.\\npany of ninety men promptly volun-\\nteered and were enlisted at the old Tor-\\nrent engine house on Water street.\\nThese men served the three months, and\\nforty-two of them re-enlisted for three\\nyears, at Portsmouth, and were attached\\nto the Second regiment. Another com-\\npany of ninety men enlisted in the\\nFourth regiment, with William badger\\nas captain, David Burleigh, first lieu\\ntenant, and Timothy W. Chellis, second\\nlieutenant. The next men to enlist\\nwere a detachment of twenty men who\\njoined the Fifth regiment, and were\\nheaded by R. R. Somes. Captain Plan-", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nders next raised a company of ninety-\\nmen for the Eighth regiment, and when\\nthe famous Twelfth regiment was raised\\nin Belknap county in ten days time,\\nLaconia sent another company of one\\nhundred volunteers, commanded by\\nCapt. John Whipple, with the late\\nJoseph S. Tilton as first lieutenant.\\nAnother company, one hundred strong,\\nwith John Aldrich as captain, went out\\nin the Fifteenth regiment, and when the\\nNew Hampshire Heavy Artillery was\\norganized, Laconia sent a company of\\none hundred and fifty men. This list\\ndoes not include all the men who en-\\nmarched from their armory and took the\\ntrain for Concord, where they were\\nmustered into the United States service\\nfor two years. One hundred and six\\nmen was the strength of the company\\nwhich left Laconia, and this city had\\nnumerous other representatives in com-\\npanies from other sections of New\\nHampshire. Co. K was a part of the\\nFirst New Hampshire Volunteers, and\\nthe regiment was at Camp Thomas,\\nChickamauga Park, Tennessee, durino-\\nthe summer, and came back to Concord\\nin September to be mustered out, ar-\\nriving in Laconia on Tuesday, Sept.\\nCcmpany K, First New Hampshire Volunteers, ib 98.\\nlisted from Laconia in the War of the\\nRebellion, for detachments were formed\\nfor other regiments, and quite a number\\nof Laconians joined the regular United\\nStates army. But for a town with a\\npopulation of only 1,800, it will be seen\\nthat Laconia was not lacking in patri-\\notism during the great civil war.\\nIn the spring of 1898, when Presi-\\ndent McKinley issued his first call for\\nvolunteers to enlist for two years, or\\nuntil the end of the Spanish-American\\nWar, practically every member of the\\nTetley Rifles, Co. K, of the New Hamp-\\nshire National Guard, of Laconia,\\npromptly signified his readiness to en-\\nlist. On the second day of May, Co. K\\n13th, for a thirty days furlough, pre-\\nparatory to being discharged from the\\nUnited States service. There were four\\ndeaths in the company while in camp at\\nChickamauga Park Capt. William A.\\nSanborn, Lieut. Joseph L. Morrill, Cor-\\nporal Alfred Morrill, and Corporal\\nEarle Oilman. All died from typhoid\\nfever, which prevailed to quite an ex-\\ntent in the regiment. Lieutenant Mor-\\nrill and Corporal Morrill were brothers,\\nand Corporals Morrill and Oilman were\\nofficers in the Laconia High School\\nCadets, and members of the graduating\\nclass of 1898, but laid aside their books\\nand gave up the honors of graduation\\nto respond to the call of their country.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "LACONIA TO-DAY\\nLaconia to-day is a city of 10,000 or\\n12,000 population, beautifully located\\namong the famous lakes of central New\\nHampshire, at the gateway of the cele-\\nbrated White Mountain region. It is in\\nthe centre of one of the most fertile\\nfarming sections of the Granite state,\\nand has been for the past hundred years\\nthe trading centre of the surrounding\\nfarms, villages, and towns within a cir-\\ncle of twenty miles. Boston can be\\nreached in three hours, either over the\\nWhite Mountains division of the Boston\\nMaine\\nrailroad sys-\\ntem, or by\\nway of t h e\\nLake Shore\\nb r a n ch of\\nthe North-\\nern division\\nof the same\\nsystem.\\nLac o n i a\\nis bounded\\non the north\\nby Meredith\\nand Lake\\nW i n n i p e\\nsaukee, on\\nthe east by\\nW i n n i p e\\nsaukee and\\nGilford on\\nthe south by Belmont and Lake Win-\\nnesquam, and on the west by Lake\\nWinnesquam and Meredith. The Win-\\nnipesaukee river, having its source in\\nthe great reservoir of the same name,\\nruns directly through the heart of the\\ncity, affording valuable water privileges,\\nwhich have helped very materially in the\\ndevelopment and growth of the city.\\nLaconia is the recognized commercial\\ncentre of Belknap county, being the\\nshire town and the seat of the county\\ngovernment. The voting strength is\\nbout 2,^00, and the latest assessors\\nHigh School Buildin\\nfigures give the city a total valuation of\\n$4,500,000. The inventory of city prop-\\nerty, including school buildings, fire de-\\npartment, street department, etc., foots\\nup over $245,000.\\nThe city government is vested in a\\nmayor and fourteen councilmen, the\\nmayor elected annually, and the coun-\\ncilmen elected for two years, one from\\neach ward being elected each year, with\\nthe exception of ward six (Lakeport),\\nwhich elects two councilmen each year\\nand has a representation of four mem-\\nbers in each\\ncity council.\\nThe pres-\\nent city gov-\\nernment is\\nas follows\\nMayor, Col-\\nonel E d-\\nm u n d Tet-\\nley; council-\\nmen, Ward\\n1 Wil liam\\nA. Smith,\\nFrank M.\\nSanborn:\\nWard 2\\nCharles F.\\nRich ar ds,\\nRufus P.\\nDow: Ward\\n3, John T.\\nDodge, Joseph K. Chase; Ward 4. John\\nP. Clay, Charles L. Kimball: Ward 5,\\nFrank A. Edwards, Alfred C. Wyatt;\\nWard 6, Julius F. Wilson. Edwin D.\\nWard. John R. Leavitt, George F. Hull;\\nCity clerk, Simeon C. Five: City treas-\\nurer, Arthur W. Din Smoor; City solicitor,\\nStephen S. Jewelt Board of assessors,\\nEdwin F. Burleigh, Lewis S. Perley,\\nCharles L. Pulsifer; Collector of taxes,\\nFred A. Young; City engineer, superin-\\ntendent of sewers, and street commis-\\nsioner, William Nelson: Overseers of\\nthe poor, Arthur Tucker, Arthur C. S.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "Ipv", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nRandlett City physician. Dr. J.\\nQuimby; Board of health, I). L. Davis,\\nDr. W. H. True, Fred A. Floyd.\\nThe police department of the city is\\nunder the direction of a board of police\\ncommissioners, appointed by the gover-\\nnor and council of New Hampshire.\\nThe present commissioners are Frank\\nF. Busiel, Fred C. Sanborn, Charles \\\\Y.\\nVaughan. The police force consists of\\na city marshal, Henry K. W. Scott as-\\nsistant marshal, Frank A. Bailey; and\\nfour patrolmen, Bert M. Hutchins.\\nCharles A. Harvell, Charles E. Small,\\nnine companies of firemen, divided as\\nfollows one steamer companv, two hook\\nand ladder companies, and six hose com-\\npanies. In connection with the fire de-\\npartment is the latest fire alarm telegraph\\nservice, with steam whistle and gong at-\\ntachments. The city has one hunched\\nand six hydrants, including seventeen\\nprivate hydrants, supplied with water\\nfrom the Laconia water-works, and hav-\\ning a powerful head of water, ready for\\nimmediate use at all times. In addition\\nto the modern hydrant service, the city\\nowns thirteen large reservoirs, distrib-\\nmill\\ni^* W^ f ifi *t3\\nmm r rlM JJLJL\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nfill \u00e2\u0080\u0094t* ^1 ^gii stT^\\nMasi mil I\\nJames B. Fernald, who patrol the streets\\nof the city both day and night. The\\npolice court of Laconia also derives its\\nauthority from the state of New Hamp-\\nshire. George H. Everett is presiding\\njustice, True W. Thompson is associate\\njustice, and Martin B. Plummer is clerk.\\nThe Laconia fire department is, and\\nhas been for many years, one of the\\nmost efficient volunteer fire departments\\nin New Hampshire. The total manual\\nforce at the present time consists of a\\nchief engineer, Albert W. Wilcox, with\\nthree assistant engineers, John M. San-\\nborn, Albert Griffin, William Harris, and\\nuted about the city, which can be used\\nin emergencies. The steam fire engine,\\nladder trucks, hose carriages, etc., are\\nkept in good condition, with plenty of\\ngood hose, and horses are available al\\nall times to haul the apparatus to fires.\\nLaconia s public schools are under\\nthe management of a board of educa-\\ntion, elected by the voters. The pre\\nent board consists of Charles L. Pulsifer,\\nWilliam A. Plummer, Albert C. Moore,\\nDennis O Shca. Mrs. I.ydia I Warner.\\nMrs. Mary Gale llibbard, Dr. Clifton S.\\nAbbott, John G. Quimby, and William H.\\nFlanders. The citv owns eleven school", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n2 5\\nbuildings and hires two more, employ-\\ning a corps of thirty-six teachers. Joseph\\nH. Blaisdell is superintendent of schools,\\nand Hoyt H. Tucker is principal of the\\nhigh school. The annual appropriation\\nof the city for this department is from\\n$20,000 to $25,000.\\nOdd Fellows Opera House.\\nLaconia has two public libraries, one\\nat Lakeport with about 2,000 books, and\\none at Laconia with 7,000 books. These\\nlibraries are maintained by an annual\\nappropriation from the city, and are\\nunder the management of a board\\nof library trustees, consisting at I\\nthe present time of Messrs. \\\\Y.\\nJ. Morrison, Chas. C. Davis, John\\nT. Busiel. William F. Knight.\\nChas. K. Sanborn, Chas. F. Locke,\\nand A. Stanton Owen.\\nAt the present time the libra-\\nries are in rented rooms, but by\\nthe generosity of the late Major\\nNapoleon B. Gale, the city will\\nsoon have a magnificent public\\nlibrary building. Major Gale be-\\nqueathed the bulk of his large\\nestate to the city for the pur-\\npose of purchasing a suitable lot\\nfor a park and the erection of a\\nlibrary or memorial building. It\\nhas been thought best to com-\\nbine the legacies for the two purposes,\\nand with this end in view, the large\\nproperty of the late John C. Moulton,\\nlocated on the corner of Main and\\nChurch streets, has been purchased as\\na site for the park and library build-\\ning. The executors of the Gale will have\\nnearly settled the estate, and announce\\nthat in a short time they shall have a\\nfund of about $150,000 in readiness to\\nlay out the park, beautify the grounds,\\nerect a memorial library building, and\\nmaintain the same, which probably will\\nnot be excelled by any struc-\\nture of the kind in New Hamp-\\nshire.\\nAnother institution in which\\nLaconia takes pride is the La-\\nconia Cottage Hospital. The\\nlate Mrs. Rhoda C. Ladd, in\\nJanuary. 1893, left to Laco-\\nnia the residue of her estate,\\namounting to nearly $10,000,\\nfor the establishment of a hos-\\npital whenever the city raised\\nan equal amount. This fund\\nhas been increased from time\\na Si to time, and, pending the es-\\ntablishment of a permanent\\nhospital at some future date,\\npublic-spirited citizens in 1898 fitted up\\nand opened a cottage hospital in the\\nformer residence of the late Rhoda\\nLadd, on Court street. This hospital is\\nmost excellently equipped, and is main-\\nM Building, Lakeport.\\ntained by charity and an annual appro-\\npriation from the city council.\\nLaconia is well supplied with churches\\nand religious organizations. There is\\none Congregational church, two baptist,\\ntwo Methodist, two Free Baptist, two", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "26\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nRoman Catholic, one Christian, one Ad-\\nvent, one Unitarian, and one Episcopal,\\nbesides Young Men s Christian Associ-\\nation rooms and a branch of the Salva-\\ntion Army. Nearly all of the churches\\nown commodious, and in some cases\\nmagnificent, church buildings, and there\\nare numerous missionary societies, Chris-\\ntian Endeavor societies, and kindred\\norganizations connected with nearly all\\nof the churches.\\nTwo G. A. R. posts, one military com-\\npany, a large Masonic fraternity with\\nelegant rooms in a recently-erected\\nby a private corporation. No city in\\nNew England can boast a purer or bet-\\nter supply of drinking-water, and the\\nhead is sufficient for fire purposes and\\nlight manufacturing. Laconia has a\\ngood sewerage system, installed a few\\nyears ago at an expense of nearly\\n$120,000. But few cities in New Eng-\\nland of Laconia s size can boast of more\\nconcrete sidewalks. Large amounts of\\nmoney have been invested in good\\nwalks, and there are but few streets in\\nLaconia which have no concrete side-\\nwalk, while nearly all of the more im-\\nMasonic temple, the most pretentious\\nstructure in the city, Odd Fellows,\\nDaughters of Rebekah, Knights of Pyth-\\nias, Good Templars, Red Men, United\\nWorkmen, Pilgrim Fathers. Knights of\\nHonor, two Building and Loan associ-\\nations, a Board of Trade, Ancient Or-\\nder of Hibernians, Foresters, New Eng-\\nland Order of Protection, and perhaps a\\ndozen more organizations in these lines\\nleave but little or nothing to be desired\\nin this direction.\\nLaconia has a splendid water supply,\\npumped from Lake Winnipesaukee and\\ndistributed throughout the entire city\\nportant streets have substantial concrete\\nwalks upon both sides of the highway.\\nAmong other advantages which Laco-\\nnia possesses as a desirable city for res-\\nidential or business purposes, might be\\nmentioned two telephone exchanges, the\\nNew England Co. and the Citizens the\\nlatter a local corporation, both having\\na large list of patrons. An electric\\nstreet railroad connects the two ends of\\nthe city, Laconia and Lakeport, and\\nduring the present summer of 1899 its\\ntracks were extended to The Weirs,\\naffording an opportunity to ride six or\\nseven miles entirely within the city", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN,\\n2 7\\nlimits, and along the lake shore among\\nsome of the most beautiful scenery of\\nNew England. Laconia s streets air\\nlighted by electricity, and private resi-\\ndences are illuminated by both gas and\\nelectricity, while gas is now being largely\\nintroduced as a fuel for cooking and\\nheating as well as illumination.\\nIn dry goods, clothing, carpetings.\\nfurniture, and perhaps some other lines,\\nLaconia boasts the largest stores and\\nthe largest stocks to be found in New\\nHampshire, and these establishments\\nhave a well-earned reputation for selling\\ngoods at retail at lower prices than can\\nbe obtained even in the city of Boston,\\nin many cases.\\nFinancially, Laconia is the headquar-\\nters for a large territory of surrounding\\ntowns and villages. There are three\\nnational banks in the city, with a com-\\nbined capital of 5250,000, besides three\\nsavings banks with aggregate deposits\\nof over one million and a half.\\nLaconia has three opera houses, one\\nof them generally conceded to be one\\nof the handsomest in New Hampshire.\\nAll of the best theatrical companies visit\\nthis city, and there are always plenty of\\nattractions in this line. In the summer\\ns \\\\ison the entire surrounding country,\\nat The Weirs, Lake Shore Park, and\\nother points easily reached by the shores\\nof the lakes, is a veritable picnic ground,\\nmost of the shores around the lakes\\nbeing open to all comers, while hundreds\\nof summer cottages dot the islands and\\nshores of YVirmipesaukee and Winne-\\nsquam, and afford a quiet retreat for\\ntheir owners in the city.\\nThe foregoing pages give but a hint\\nat Laconia s many advantages and at-\\ntractions. Laconia is a city, with all\\nthe conveniences and facilities of city\\nlife, for business, manufacturing, and\\nhome life, and at the same time offers\\nthe enjoyment of country life in its\\ncharming location, beautiful shaded\\nstreets, magnificent views, and unsur-\\npassed scenery of both lakes and\\nmountains.\\nA Census of Laconia in 1836.\\nJohn Farmer, who was secretary of\\nthe New Hampshire Historical Society\\nin 1836, compiled a census of Laconia,\\nthen Meredith bridge, which is still\\npreserved, and probably very nearly\\ncorrect, reading as follows\\nPopulation of Meredith bridge Vil-\\nlage, June I, 1836, embracing the ter-\\nritory one mile on the Main road lead-\\ning through Meredith to Gilmanton, the\\nvillage lying in Meredith and Gilford.\\nThe heads of families, the names\\nthereof, and the number in each family\\nappear as follows\\nSmith Jewett, 10 Stephen Boynton,\\n4: Nathaniel batchelder, 7: Mrs. Rob-\\nbinson, 5; Isaac M. Parker, 10; the\\nRev. J. K. Young, 4: Salmon Steavens,\\n5; Daniel J. Dinsmore, 3 Ben ning Mug-\\nridge, 6: Nicholas Gilman, 2: Charles\\nParker. 6: Nathan Bagley, 7: Osgood\\nBagley, 2: Mrs. Cheney, 7 Mr. Dan-\\nforth, 2 F. W. Boynton, 9; Alpha Ste-\\nvens, 5; Samuel M ugridge, 2 Josiah\\nCrosby, 7: S. Lyford, 1 John T.\\nCoffin, 7 (leorge Hopkiuson, 6: Moses\\nE. Piper, 6: Francis Russell, 12;\\nThomas Eastman, 13; John M. Fitch,\\n4 P. \\\\Y. Downing. 5 M. J. boynton. 3\\nAlfred bean. 5; Mrs. Dow. 4 John\\nWardwell, 5; T. D. Sollies. 1. W.\\nMudgett, 6 I. 1 Taylor, j. S. 1 erley.\\n9; J. L. Perlev. 1 Daniel Tucker. 3\\nWinthrop Young, 6; Hiram bean..):\\nSamuel H. Bean, 4: Mr. Dimond, 5 A.\\nBrigham, 5: Widow Allen. 31; A. T.\\nParker, 2; Hugh Wilson. 6; Widow\\nQuimby, 6 Widow Swasey. 32 Elijah\\nQuimby, 15; Jonathan Hill, 8; H. H.\\nRobinson, 10; S. Lawrence, 2: J. I*.\\nClough, 9 George L. Sibley 7: J. San-\\nborn, 8; J. Cookson, 11 Thomas Piper,\\n3: M. P. Buzzell, 6 Isaiah Merrill. 8.\\nThe above includes a total of 58 fam-\\nilies and a population of 3S4. It will be\\nnoticed that the Widow Allen is accred-\\nited with 31 members in her household\\nand the Widow Swasey with 32. Both\\nof these kept boarding-houses.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n29\\nThe Laconia Car Company Works.\\nThe Laconia car shops, under the\\nmanagement of the Laconia Car Com-\\npany Works, of which Hon. Erank Jones\\nof Portsmouth is president and principal\\nowner, with Hon. Edward H. Oilman of\\nExeter as general manager and treas-\\nurer, is the largest single industry in the\\ncity of Laconia, and also one of the\\nlaigest, most important and most widely-\\nknown in New Hampshire.\\nThe or ig i-\\nnal Laconia\\ncar shops\\nwere started\\nby the late\\nCharles Ran-\\nlet in 1 S 4S\\nand was first\\nknown as the\\nC. Ranlet Car\\nManufac till-\\ning Co. In\\n1849 Mr. Jo-\\nseph Ranlet\\nwas taken in-\\nto partnership\\nand the firm\\nname was the\\nRanlet Car\\nC o m p a n y\\nThis partner-\\nship con tin-\\nued until the\\ndeath of Mr.\\nCharles Ran-\\nlet in Octo-\\nber, 1 85 1. In\\nDecember of\\nthe following\\nyear, the surviving partner, Joseph Ran-\\nlet, formed a partnership with the late\\nHon. John C. Moulton, continuing the\\nbusiness under the name of the Moulton\\nRanlet Car Company. In January,\\nHon. Frank Jones\\nunder the corporate name of Laconia\\nCar Company. Messrs. Moulton and\\nPutnam still being the principal owners.\\nIn 1889, the late Mr. Moulton sold out\\nhis interest in the corporation to his\\npartner, Mr. I erley Putnam, who carried\\non the car building industry, practically\\nalone in its ownership and management\\nuntil 1897, when the entire property\\npassed into the hands of Hon. Frank\\nJones and his assoc iates.\\nThe new corporation, chartered under\\nthe name of\\nThe Laconia\\nar lompany\\nWorks, w a s\\norganized on\\nFeb. 25th,\\n1897, and the\\nboard of offi-\\nce is of the\\ncorpo ration\\nat the present\\ntime a r e as\\nfollows\\nI reside 11 t\\nHon. Erank\\nJones.\\nTreasure r\\nE. H. Gilman.\\nDirecto r s\\nHon. Frank\\nI ones, E. H.\\nGilman, B.\\nKimball. C. I\\nStone, Dennis\\nO Shea.\\nThe ori g i\\nnal plant was\\ncomparativ e-\\n1 y a small\\nconcern, with cheap wooden buildings\\nand old-fashioned machinery. Put the\\nwooden buildings have gradually given\\nway to most substantial structures of\\nbrick, equipped with the latest ma-\\n1865, another company was formed un- chines in every department. The plant\\nnow covers seven acres of land in the\\nvery heart of the city of Laconia, and a\\nlarge proportion of this property is\\ncovered with the foundries, wood-work\\ning shops, setting-up shops, painting\\nshops, storehouses, etc., including the\\nimmense four-story brick structure de-\\nder the name of the Ranlet Manufactur-\\ning Co., the members of the concern be-\\ning John C. Moulton, Joseph Ranlet and\\nPerley Putnam, who continued in busi-\\nness until April 20, 1878, at which time\\nMr. Ranlet retired.\\nIn 1882 the company was re-organized", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "3\u00c2\u00b0\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nvoted to the malleable iron foundry in-\\ndustry, which is operated in connection\\nwith the car construction business.\\nWhen the car plant was started,\\nnothing but freight cars were manufac-\\ntured, but afterwards facilities were\\nadded for turning out all kinds of\\npassenger cars, and the Laconia car\\nshops soon won a national reputation\\nfor building first-class cars of every\\ndescription. During the past few years\\nthe introduction of electric railroads in\\nall parts of the United States has devel-\\noped a new branch of this car-building\\nindustry, and to-day one of the most im-\\nportant departments of the Laconia car\\nmerit is pushed to its full capacity, and\\nthere are prospects of plenty of work in\\nthis line for months to come.\\nThe car shops now employ about five\\nhundred men, and as these are, of course,\\nin many cases the heads of families, the\\nimportance of the car business to Laco-\\nnia can be easily seen. Vast quantities\\nof lumber are consumed every year\\n(estimated at 4,000,000 feet), making a\\nready market for much of the better\\ntimber within a radius of fifty miles of\\nLaconia, while, of course large quantities\\nof Southern, Western and foreign woods\\nare brought from a distance.\\nThe malleable iron foundry depait\\nSt\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-r^raf^ BET 1\\nOCKET rTr WS\\nU0 \u00e2\u0096\u00a0S^g\u00c2\u00a325MtfVtt\u00c2\u00a3^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0KSBBBBfi S l^SiEE\\nCar built for the Woonsocket (R. I.) Street Railway Company.\\nshops is the construction of electric\\nstreet cars.\\nIn the manufacture of all styles of\\nelectric cars, this concern has achieved\\na reputation second to no car company\\nin the United States and the handsome\\nand substantial products of the Laconia\\nshops can be seen upon the trolley lines\\nof Boston, New York, and, in fact, nearly\\nall the large cities of the United\\nStates. The demand for electric cars\\nappears to be constantly increasing and\\nthere is evidently a great future for this\\nbranch of the business. At the present\\ntime the electric car construction depart-\\nment was established a few years ago,\\nand this foundry is one of the largest of\\nthe kind in New England.\\nThe motive power for operating the\\nmachinery in the plant includes steam,\\nwater power, and electricity. During the\\npast two years, thousands of dollars\\nhave been invested in rearranging and\\nimproving the plant, adding modern\\nmachinery and in every way making the\\nfacilities up to date for turning out the\\nbest possible work at the least possible\\nexpense.\\nThe Boston office at No. 50 State\\nstreet is the general headquarters of the", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n3 1\\ncorporation, and the office of the treas-\\nurer and manager, Hon. E. H. Gilman.\\nMr. Peter Walling, formerly connected\\nwith the Boston N: Maine railroad, as\\nmaster bridge constructor, is the superin-\\ntendent of the plant at Laconia. Nearly\\nall the foremen in the various depart-\\nments, and in fact a large proportion of\\nthe employes, are men who have grown\\nup in the car-building business and have\\nfound employment in these shops nearly\\nall their lives.\\nThe above sketch, of course, gives but\\nand improvement in methods and pro-\\nduction are the aims in every depart-\\nment of the business and the prospects\\nfor future success and a large increase\\nin business are most excellent.\\nColonel Edmund Tetley.\\nColonel Edmund Tetley, mayor of\\nthe city of Laconia, and colonel of the\\nFirst regiment, New Hampshire Na-\\ntional Guard, was born in Bradford,\\nYorkshire county, England, October 26,\\nInterior uf Car built for the Woonsocket (R. I.) Street Railway Company.\\na faint idea of the completeness of the\\nLaconia car plant, or of its importance\\nto Laconia. From a small concern, em-\\nploying less than one hundred men, it\\nhas grown to require almost a regiment\\nof employe s in its shops, and its capac-\\nity has been increased from a few rough\\nfreight cars per week, to a palatial\\nmodern passenger car per day. Under its\\npresent management the business is con-\\nducted on a substantial basis; excellence\\n[842, son of William and Mary Ann\\n(Brayshaw) Tetley. He attended the\\nschools in England until he was twelve\\nyears of age, when with his family he\\ncame to America. At the age of nine-\\nteen he enlisted in the United States\\nMarine Corps at Portsmouth, and saw\\nsome active service. He was at the at-\\ntack on Forts Jackson and Philip, and\\nat the capture of New Orleans by Ad-\\nmiral Farragut, being on board of the", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "3 2\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nUnited States sloop of war Portsmouth, and came back to New Hampshire in\\nwhich was subsequently stationed at September as the lieutenant-colonel of\\nNew Orleans for nearly four years. At\\nthe close of the war he returned to\\nAmesbury, Mass., subsequently going\\nto Appleton, Wis., and then to Utica,\\nN. Y. From LItica he went to Olney-\\nville, R. I., and thence to Lowell, Mass.,\\nthe command. After the regiment was\\nmustered out of the United States ser-\\nvice and the old organization of the\\nNew Hampshire National Guard was\\nresumed, Colonel Tetley was again pro-\\nmoted to colonel of the regiment, a\\nwhere he obtained employment in a position which he now holds,\\npaper-box factory. Somewhat later he Colonel Tetley has held numerous\\nobtained employment in a paper-box political positions, among them select-\\nfactory in Methuen, from which he next man of Laconia, high sheriff of Belknap\\nwent to Haverhill, Mass. In 1S73 he\\ncame to Laconia,\\nwhere he entered\\nthe employ of Mr.\\nFrank P. Holt, a\\nman uf acturer of\\npaper boxes. Five\\nyears later Mr. Tet-\\nley succeeded Mr.\\nHolt and has since\\ncarried on a large\\nand successful\\nbusiness on h i s\\nown account.\\nMr. Tetley s in-\\nterest in military\\naffairs did not end\\nwith his war ser-\\nvice. Soon after\\ncoming to Laconia\\nhe joined Company\\nK, Third regiment\\nof the state Nation-\\nal Guard. He was\\nmade lieutenant in\\n1873, and a year\\nlater was promoted\\ncaptain, serving in\\nthis rank until his\\nresignation in the year 1883. Some\\nyears later the old Company K was\\ndisbanded, whereupon Mr. Tetley or-\\nganized another company which took\\nthe place in the same regiment, of\\nwhich he was chosen captain. He was\\npromoted to the rank of major, May 8,\\n1894. He held this position at the When men of small means found out\\ntime of President McKinley s first call that a business enterprise, which no\\nfor volunteers, and the Third New one of them could conduct alone, was\\nHampshire regiment was selected for possible for them by uniting their labor\\nduty at the front. Major Tetley went and their capital they discovered the\\nto Chickamauga Park with his regiment secret of cooperation. When they found\\nV\\nCol. Edmund Tetley, Mayor of Laconia.\\ncounty, a member of the first city coun-\\ncil, member of the\\nstate legislature in\\n1894, etc. March,\\n1899, he was elect-\\ned mayor of the\\ncity of Laconia, and\\nwas inaugurated on\\nMarch 21. In pol-\\nitics Colonel Tet-\\nley is a Republi-\\ncan. He is very\\npopular in frater-\\nnal circles, and is\\na member of a doz-\\nen or more organ-\\nizations.\\nColonel Tet ley-\\nwas married De-\\ncember 9, 1868, to\\nElla F. Merrill of\\nLowell, Mass. Of\\ntheir seven chil-\\ndren, five are liv-\\ning Edmund B.,\\nnow a student in\\ntheology Guy M.,\\nsuperintendent of\\nthe Tetley box fac-\\ntory Gertrude, a resident of Lowell,\\nMass. Blanche, and Charles, now at\\nschool in Laconia.\\nLaconia Building: Loan Association.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN,\\n33\\nout that by uniting their surplus earn-\\nings they could provide themselves with\\nhomes of their own instead of remain-\\ning subject to the demands of land-\\nlords, they put cooperation to one of its\\nmost beneficent uses.\\nThe concentration of capital is daily\\ngoing on, for capitalists have learned\\nthat by this means (cooperation) they\\ncan conduct great enterprises with more\\ncertainty of success than by any other.\\nNow what is good for the man of\\nlarge means is equally good for the man\\nof small means but the latter class\\nseem to have been much longer in find-\\ning it out, and have always plodded\\nalong because they believed themselves\\ntoo poor to accomplish anything. Sin-\\ngle-handed a man is, but when he is af-\\nforded an opportunity to pool his sav-\\nings, though small they may be, he\\nshould not hesitate to do so, for by such\\nmethods he receives valuable assistance\\nand is enabled to raise himself much\\nmore easily from the financial slough\\nof despond in which he with the\\nninety and nine are wallowing. With\\nthe object of cooperation in view, and\\nto give to Laconia an institution that\\nwould be a benefit to its people, in the\\nyear 1887, the formation of this organi-\\nzation was begun by Walter S. Baldwin\\nand Charles W. Tyler, who worked\\nassiduously for its completion.\\nOn the 14th day of January, 1888,\\nthe association was incorporated under\\nthe laws of the state, and began busi-\\nness January 31, 1888, by issuing its\\nfirst series of shares, five hundred in\\nnumber, which were promptly taken.\\nThe Laconia Building and Loan\\nAssociation is now an established fact.\\nIt has a large membership, and offers\\nboth depositors and borrowers advan-\\ntages unequaled by any other system\\nof banking known to the world. It\\ncombines the principles of a savings\\nbank and a stock company. It is au-\\nthorized to issue shares to the amount\\nof $1,000,000, which are nominally\\nworth $200 each, but are paid for in in-\\nstallments of $1.00 per month, or bet-\\nter, these monthly payments, together\\nwith the dividends which they have\\nearned, will at some future date (usu-\\nally about eleven years), equal $200.\\nIf the shares have been used in se-\\ncuring a home, it is then the borrower s,\\nfree from all incumbrances. n the other\\nhand, if they have been held for invest-\\nment only, they will then be paid in\\ncash. During the little more than\\neleven years of its existence the asso-\\nciation has met with deserved success,\\nand the many homes that have been\\nbuilt through the assistance given to its\\nmembers is proof positive of its true\\nworth and merit.\\nTwenty-three series of shares have\\nbeen issued during the time, and its\\nmembership has numbered as high as\\n425, holding an issue of 2,400 shares of\\nstock.\\nThe following named, many of whom\\nhave been connected with the associa-\\ntion since its formation, comprise its\\nmanagement Edmund Tetley, presi-\\ndent Alburtis S. Gordon, vice-presi-\\ndent Albert C. Moore, secretary\\nCharles XV. Tyler, treasurer; Stephen S.\\nJewett, attorney. Directors, Walter S.\\nBaldwin, William F. Knight, Charles W.\\nYaughan, Charles F. Richards. Charles\\nJ. Austin, William A. Plummer, Frank\\nP. Webster. Louis J. Truland, Stephen\\nS. Jewett, Alburtis S. Gordon, Charles\\nW. Tyler, and Albert C. Moore.\\nThe assets of the association amount\\nto nearly Si Go, 000, nearly all of which\\nare investments within the city limits.\\nThe office of the association is lo-\\ncated in the Masonic Temple, where it\\noccupies a handsome apartment.\\nJames McGloughlin.\\nJames McGloughlin, proprietor of the\\nBelknap brass and Iron Foundry, is a\\nnative of England, born March 21,\\n1 53i n Manchester, England. He\\ncame to this country during the Civil\\nWar. in [863, with his parents, and has\\nlived most of the time since then in\\nLaconia. Mr. McGloughlin received\\nhis education in the little old red\\nschoolhouse which formerly stood near", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "34\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nthe residence of Ex-Mayor S. B. Smith\\non Harvard street, and which was for\\nmany years the only school building on\\nthe north side of the river. This little\\none-story schoolhouse, with two rooms,\\nsheltered many hundreds of Laconia s\\nschool children, forty years ago, and\\nwas finally sawed into two parts and\\nremodeled into two tenement houses\\nwhich still stand on Middle street. Mr.\\nMcGloughlin commenced to learn the\\nmoulder s trade at the foundry of the\\nlate Benjamin J. Cole in Lakeport, and\\nfinished with\\nGeorge Rollins\\nin Laconia. In\\n1877 he remov-\\ned to Concord,\\nN. H., where he\\nwas employed\\nat his trade by\\nW. P. Ford. In\\n1889 he came\\nback to Laco-\\nnia and bought\\nout Arthur\\nSmith, in what\\nwas known as\\nthe Belknap\\nIron and Brass\\nFoundry. This\\nfoundry busi-\\nness had pre-\\nviously been\\ncon ducted by\\nthree different\\nparties, but the\\nconcern was a\\nfailu re finan-\\ncially up to the\\ntime of Mr. Mc-\\nGloughlin s advent. Under his careful\\nmanagement, however, the concern has\\nprospered, and by strict attention to bus-\\niness and enterprising methods, he has\\nbuilt up a large and prosperous industry.\\nMr. McGloughlin was married to\\nMrs. Anna Greene, March 24, 1879,\\nand they have one daughter, Miss Flor-\\nence S. McGloughlin.\\nMr. McGloughlin is an Episcopalian,\\nand a member of the Knights of Pyth-\\nias, which he joined in Concord in\\n1879, also of the Ancient Order of\\nJames McGloughlin\\nUnited Workmen, which he joined in\\nthe same city in 1S87.\\nHe has held several public offices, be-\\ning elected a selectman of Ward 4 in\\n1895, and a councilman from the same\\nward in 1896. In 1897 he represented\\nhis ward in the legislature.\\nAs a business man and manufacturer,\\nMr. McGloughlin has been very success-\\nful. His iron foundry business is one of\\nthe largest in this section of New Hamp-\\nshire and he supplies not only the city\\nof Laconia, but the city of Franklin, and\\nnumerous small\\ntowns and vil-\\nlages with the\\niron ca s t i n g s\\nrequired in the\\nn u merous ma-\\nchine shops,\\nmills, and fac-\\ntories. Mr. Mc-\\nGloughlin is\\np o pular with\\nhis em p 1 o y e s\\nand always pro-\\nvides a Thanks-\\ngiving turkey\\nfor every family\\nman in his es-\\ntabl ishment.\\nMr. McGlough-\\nlin is a Repub-\\nlican in politics\\nand as a mem-\\nber of the legis-\\nlature and in\\nthe city council\\nchamber always\\ntook a promi-\\nnent part in all\\nlegislation. He is a public-spirited citi-\\nzen, is interested in the Laconia board\\nof trade, of which he is an active mem-\\nber, and is always ready to assist in every\\nway in his power in any movement which\\npromises to advance the interests of\\nLaconia.\\nRecently Mr. McGloughlin became\\ninterested in the development of the\\nMcGloughlin Positive Friction Clutch,\\nof which he is the proprietor and manu-\\nfacturer, handling this industry in con-\\nnection with his regular foundry busi-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n35\\nness. For the uninitiated, it may be\\nwell to explain that a clutch is a de-\\nvice attached to a line of shafting in\\nfactories and shops, whereby a portion\\nof the shafting can be cut off and\\nstopped, or thrown into motion again,\\nwithout resorting to the manipulation of\\nbeltings, etc. By the use of the Mc-\\nGloughlin Positive Friction Clutch, for\\ninstance, it is now possible by the sim-\\nple movement of a lever to instantly\\nstart up a heavy piece of machinery\\nlike an electric dynamo, or two-faced\\nelectric machines. The McGloughlin\\nclutch is conceded to be the best in the\\nmarket, for electricians have always\\nfound it dif-\\nficult to keep\\na two-faced\\ndynamo in\\nstep, but\\nwith this\\nclutch when\\nonce in step\\nit can never\\nslip or strain\\nu p o n the\\nshafting, as\\nwould nat-\\nurally be ex-\\npected from\\nsuddenly\\nconnecting\\na dor m ant\\nmachine to\\na rapidly-\\nrevolving\\nshaft. The\\nMcGloughlin clutch starts the machin-\\nery by friction alone, but as soon as the\\nmachine or shafting is moving in unison\\nwith the shafting from which the motive\\npower is derived, the friction clutch\\nlocks automatically and becomes a pos-\\nitive clutch, which cannot be shaken\\nloose or slip. In the same easy manner\\nthe machinery can be stopped and the\\nmotive power removed, without disturb-\\ning the main line of shafting or interfering\\nin any way with other machines which\\nmay be in operation on the same line.\\nInventors have for a long time sought\\nfor a device of this kind, and Mr. Mc-\\nGloughlin appears to have hit upon a\\nclutch which not only answers every re-\\nquirement, but apparently cannot be\\nimproved. Manufacturers and mill\\nmen everywhere who have used the\\nMcGloughlin clutch are loud in its\\npraise, and as the field tor its usefulness\\nis almost world-wide, a large industry\\nwill undoubtedly be built up from this\\ninvention. Although the clutch is com-\\nparatively a new thing upon the market\\nit is called for by manufacturers in all\\nparts of the United States, and is everv-\\nwhere pronounced the best device of\\nthe kind which has yet been brought to\\npublic notice. Of course the clutch i\\nprotected by patents and competent\\njudges state\\nthat the in-\\nvention is\\nworth a for-\\ntune if prop-\\nerly i n tr o-\\nduced.\\nCarroll\\nCrapo.\\nResidence of James McGloughlin\\nOne of the\\nmetro po 1 i-\\ntan e s t a b\\nlishments of\\nthe City on\\nthe L a k e s\\nis the ton-\\nsorial estab-\\nlishment of\\nMichael J.\\nCarroll and\\nJoseph Crapo, located at No. 487 Main\\nstreet. This shop is the handsomest and\\nbest equipped of any in the line here\\nthe chairs are comfortable, everything is\\nneat as wax-work, and the razors are\\nalways sharp. In addition to Messrs.\\nCarroll and Crapo here can be found Mr.\\n\\\\i Cox, who has a reputation second\\nto no one in Laconia, as an artist with\\nthe razor and shears. This establish-\\nment has the steady patronage of many\\nof our most fastidious citizens, and it\\nsurely merits the success which it re-\\nceives. Messrs. Carroll and Crapo are\\nboth young men, but they pay strict atten-\\ntion to business and are -sure winners.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "36\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nThe Laconia Hardware Company.\\nUntil within a comparatively few\\nyears, the hardware trade of Laconia\\nwas handled by dealers in general mer-\\nchandise. In 1886 Messrs. George W.\\nRiley and Farrar Cilley built the so-\\ncalled Belmont block, on the south\\nside of the river, on the site formerly\\noccupied by the old Tremont Hotel.\\nMr. Riley put a small stock of general\\nhardware into one of the stores in the\\nblock, and this was the first attempt in\\nLaconia to conduct a hardware and\\npaint store. In 1887 Messrs. Leven-\\nsaler Smart bought out Mr. Riley,\\nin Belmont block was too small to\\nhandle the increased trade of the store,\\nthe business having thus early out-\\ngrown its quarters. Consequently,\\nwhen the Masonic Temple was erected,\\nthe corner store and basement were\\nleased, and the Laconia Hardware Co.\\nremoved to its present location in Oc-\\ntober, 1896.\\nThis concern can boast of the larg-\\nest store and the largest stock of general\\nhardware, paints, iron and steel, mill\\nsupplies, bicycles, fishing tackle, and\\nsporting goods, to be found in northern\\nNew Hampshire.\\nThe motto of the firm has alwavs\\n*fy\\nThe Laconia Hardware Sture.\\nand continued for one year. Mr.\\nLevensaler then retired from the busi-\\nness, and Mr. Albert T. Quinby came\\ninto the concern. This was in 1888,\\nand the Laconia Hardware company\\nwas born at that time. Quinby\\nSmart continued for about one year,\\nand then Mr. Quinby assumed full con-\\ntrol, employing his son, Edwin N.\\nQuinby, as head salesman and Charles\\nDearborn as assistant, with his daugh-\\nter, Miss Nellie P. Quinby, as book-\\nkeeper.\\nThe business increased rapidly, and\\nin 1895 E. N. Quinby was admitted to\\nthe firm. It was found that the store\\nbeen First quality goods, small profits\\nand square dealing. This motto is lived\\nup to every hour of the day and every\\nday in the year, and it has built up a\\nlarge and prosperous business.\\nThere are now employed in the store,\\nbesides the members of the firm, two\\nmen and a lady book-keeper, making\\nfive persons in all. Mr. Edwin N. Quin-\\nby is the buyer for the concern and also\\nthe traveling salesman. He covers the\\nentire northern section of New Hamp-\\nshire and by constant hustle and square\\ndealing has built up an immense trade\\nin hardware among the retail dealers of\\nthe north country.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n37\\nMr. Albert T. Quinby is the financial\\nman of the business, having charge of\\nthe whole concern, but more especially\\npaying attention to the settlement of\\naccounts, collection of bills, and other\\nfinancial matters.\\nAlbert T. Quinby.\\nProbably but few of the general public\\nare aware of the immense stock of\\nmerchandise which is carried by the\\nLaconia Hardware Co. They have a\\nlarge storehouse in the rear of the\\nMasonic Temple which is filled almost\\nentirely with iron and steel for black-\\nsmith supply. The basement under\\ntheir store is packed full of paints, oils,\\nrope, glass, and nails galore, of every\\nsize and style. Everything in the line\\nof builders and carpenters hardware is\\ncarried in stock. Cutlery is another\\ndepartment which receives much atten-\\ntion. Bicycles, horse blankets, lawn\\nmowers, garden tools, carpenters tools,\\nbrushes, in fact, it would take a bigger\\npublication that the Illustrated Laconian\\nto catalogue the stock carried by this\\nenterprising concern.\\nIn the line of sporting goods, Messrs.\\nQuinby Son are the headquarters for\\nthis section of New Hampshire. They\\nalways have a choice line of shotguns,\\nrirles, etc., and every kind of ammuni-\\ntion and hunting supplies. The fishing\\ntackle department is a treat for anglers,\\nas their stock in this line includes both\\ncheap and costly rods, lines, reels, hooks,\\nbaskets, landing nets and, in short, every-\\nthing used for brook, river and lake fish-\\ning at any season of the year.\\nThe Laconia Hardware establishment\\nis a credit to Laconia and the proprie-\\ntors deserve success for their enterprise,\\ncourteous treatment of patrons, and\\nsquare dealing.\\nAlbert T. Quinby, the senior member\\nof the firm, was born in Portland,\\nMaine, in 1845., At the age of 17 years\\nhe entered the employ of the hardware\\nconcern in Searsport, Me., and after six\\nyears took an interest in the concern.\\nThis business was continued with vari-\\nous change until 1S8S, when Mr. Quin-\\nby, who was then the head of the con-\\ncern, sold out his interest in the busi-\\nness and removed to Laconia. Mr.\\nQuinby has always been prominent in\\nsociety and in the Masonic fraternities.\\nbeing four times elected W. M. of his\\nhome lodge. Since coming to Laconia\\nhe has joined Pythagorean Council and\\nPilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar,\\n*cr\\nEdwin N. Quinby.\\nin which he has taken great interest and\\nheld offices.\\nEdwin N. Quinby was born in Sears-\\nport, Maine, in 1867. He received his\\neducation in the public schools and at\\nthe age of 17 years entered the employ", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "3\u00c2\u00ab\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nof a wholesale hardware concern in\\nPortland, Maine, where he remained un-\\ntil 1888, when he came to Laconia to\\nenter the employ of the Laconia Hard-\\nware Co.\\nThe Late Daniel S. Dinsmoor.\\nOn the morning of March 24, 1S83,\\nthe people of Laconia were shocked by\\nthe announcement of the very sudden\\ndeath of Hon. Daniel Stark Dinsmoor.\\nHe was stricken instantly, without\\nwarning, when\\napparen tly in\\ngood health, and\\ndied immediate-\\nly without re-\\nturning to con-\\nsciousness.\\nThe death of\\nMr. Din s m o o r\\nwas regarded as\\na public calami-\\nty. He was a\\nsch ol arly and\\naccom p 1 i s h e d\\nman, of fine per-\\nsonal appear-\\nance, and uni-\\nversally loved\\nand respec ted.\\nH e had just\\nreached his full\\nand promising\\nmanhood when\\nthe s u m mons\\ncame and his\\nearthly career\\nclosed forever.\\nHe was born\\nin the village of Laconia, Sept. 23, 1837,\\nthe son of Daniel J. and Caroline (Stark)\\nDinsmoor, a descendant of John Dins-\\nmoor, a man much loved and respect-\\ned by the early settlers and even by the\\nIndians as well, for his honesty and up-\\nrightness he was also a descendant of\\nGen. John Stark of Revolutionary fame,\\nthe hero of Bennington, whose family\\nname he bore.\\nHe received his early education in\\nthe village schools and Gilford acad-\\nemy, where he exhibited among other\\nThe Late Daniel S. Dinsmoor.\\nqualifications a marked ability in decla-\\nmation. After the course at the\\nacademy in his native village he went\\nto New London Literary and Scientific\\nInstitution, at that time one of the\\nleading institutions of the state, where\\nhe graduated with high honors in i860,\\nhis address before the society receiving\\nespecial commendation. For sometime\\nafter graduating he read law in the offices\\nof Hon. Wm. Blair, Geo. W. Stevens,\\nEsq., and Hon. O. A. J. Vaughan, and\\nwas admitted to the bar in 1864.\\nIn 1865 he\\nwas united in\\nmarriage to\\nAmelia M.Whit-\\ntemore, the fririt\\nof the union be-\\ning two sons,\\nArthur W. and\\nA Jameson\\nDinsmoor. Upon\\nj the organization\\nof the Laconia\\nNational bank,\\nin 1865, he was\\nchosen cashier,\\nwhich position\\nhe held until his\\ndeath. He was\\nfrequently se-\\nlected for polit-\\nical honor, hold-\\ning many im-\\nportant offices,\\nsuch as county\\ntreasurer, regis-\\n1 ter of probate,\\nrepresentative\\nto the legisla-\\nture of 1875, besides other minor offices,\\nand was a member of Governor Che-\\nney s staff. In November, 1882, he was\\nelected senator from the Laconia dis-\\ntrict, the issue being the Lake Shore\\nrailroad, although the district was con-\\nceded to be Democratic while he\\nwas always a Republican of un-\\nquestioned integrity. He was promi-\\nnent in Masonic circles, having been\\nmaster of Mt. Lebanon lodge he was\\nalso a member of Union Chapter. On\\nthe year previous to his demise he was", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n39\\ninvited by the local post of the Grand\\nArmy of the Republic to deliver the\\nMemorial Day poem which he complied\\nwith, and we know of no more fitting\\nmanner of expressing the esteem in\\nwhich he was held by his associates,\\nthan to quote a few lines of the poem\\ndelivered on the successive year.\\nStanding to-night, where twelve months since\\nHe who has served yon, as a prince\\nDoes subjects service till his sire\\ntails him to state and duty higher;\\nI should but partly voice your thought,\\nNot naming him who held, unsought/*\\nYour hearty and your honored call\\nTo stand in senatorial hall.\\nAnd thus remind you of the claim,\\nThat memory has on Dinsmoor s name.\\nI will but name him, any words of praise\\nAre needless here to you who knew him well\\nThe memories that his welcome name will raise\\nAre more than tongue or pen of mine can tell.\\nFor with you here as youth and man he dwelt,\\nGave you his service and his cordial cheer\\nAnd you as kindred and as neighbors felt\\nWhen he was from you borne upon his bier,\\nThe stroke that struck him down in manhood\\nstrong\\nReached to your hearts, reechoes in my song.\\nRev. J. Franklin Babb.\\nRev. J. Franklin Babb, although now\\nlocated at Ashland, New Hampshire, is\\na Laconia boy, as he spent his boy-\\nhood days in Lakeport and was edu-\\ncated in our public schools. He was\\nborn in Lowell, Mass., May 20, 1S74,\\nhis parents being John W. and Josie\\nH. (Damon) Babb. His mother was\\nthe daughter of Rev. Joseph B. Da-\\nmon, at one time pastor of the First\\nBaptist church of Lakeport. Rev. Mr.\\nBabb is a lateral descendant of Gov.\\nJohn Hancock of Massachusetts, and a\\ndirect descendant of the famous John\\nTufton Mason, who was granted the\\nregion now known as Maine and New\\nHampshire, in the old colonial times.\\nHe was educated in the public schools\\nof Lakeport, academic course, and then\\nmaking a three years special study for\\nthe ministry. He was ordained in Ash-\\nland, Feb. 23, 1898, as pastor of the\\nFree Baptist church, his present charge.\\nRev. Mr. Babb s father died when he\\nwas six years old, and the young man\\nworked in factoiies, etc., to continue\\nhis studies and prepare himself for his\\nchosen work in the ministry. He is a\\nself-made man, and is popular not only\\nas a pastor but as a citizen, and highly\\nesteemed by hundreds of friends in this\\nRev. J. Franklin Babb.\\nsection of New Hampshire. Rev. Mr.\\nBabb has written quite a good deal for\\nthe press, especially in the line of\\npoetry, and articles from his pen are\\nfrequently seen in some of our leading\\nNew England publications.\\nThe Wardwell Needle Company.\\nAmong the many industries that have\\ncontributed so much to the development\\nof Laconia as a manufacturing city is\\nthe plant of the Wardwell Needle Com-\\npany. This company was established\\nin the early sixties by the late C. P. S.\\nWardwell and was under various man-\\nagements with moderate success until\\nthe year 1885 when it passed into the\\nhands of its present owners who imme-\\ndiately commenced the erection of new\\nbuildings and the installation of modern\\nlabor saving machinery, much of which\\nis protected by patents and used ex-\\nclusively by this company, bringing tin-\\nwhole plant to a state of perfection that\\nhas enabled the company to take a lead-\\ning position in the manufacture of the", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "4\u00c2\u00b0\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ncelebrated Excelsior needles for all\\nkinds of hosiery machinery. These\\nneedles are used exclusively by many of\\nthe largest knitting mills in the country\\nand have a good reputation where\\nknown.\\nThe constant endeavor of this com-\\npany to give its customers the best that\\ncan be produced has brought them a\\nlarge trade from all sections of the coun-\\ntry and the fact that the owners of these\\nworks manufacture and sell more latch\\nneedles each year than any manufacturer\\ncal departments are under the personal\\nsupervision of Mr. S. A. Whitten, an\\nexpert needle maker, and the whole\\nbusiness is managed by Mr. Julius E.\\nWilson, the treasurer. He came to\\nLaconia with the parties now owning the\\ncompany and has devoted himself to\\nthe building up of a large permanent\\nindustry and that success has crowned\\nhis efforts goes without saying. In this\\nconnection a brief biographical sketch\\nof Mr. Wilson and his connection with\\nour city and its institutions is pertinent.\\n^liiii\\nThe Wardwell Needle Company.\\nin the world is a sufficient endorse-\\nment of the popularity of their goods.\\nThe stock room is filled with finished\\nneedles for all the different knitting\\nmachines in use and orders are usually\\nfilled upon same day they are received.\\nA large number of employes are given\\nconstant work and the weekly disburse-\\nment of wages for a long series of years\\nhas been an important factor in the\\ngrowth and improvement of that portion\\nof the city. A liberal policy toward its\\nhelp has always been characteristic of\\nthis concern, which has added largely to\\nits prosperity, strikes or other labor\\ntroubles never occurring. The mechani-\\nJulius E. Wilson, manager and treas-\\nurer of the Wardwell Needle Co., was\\nborn in Swanzey, New Hampshire, July\\n16, 1849. His early life was spent\\nupon a farm, and he acquired his edu-\\ncation in the public schools and acade-\\nmies of that section. In 1867, after\\ncompleting a course in the Bryant\\nStratton Business College in Manches-\\nter, he entered the employ of the Mas-\\nsachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.,\\nat Manchester, and was engaged in\\nthe insurance business for many years.\\nLater he became manager of a large\\nclothing house, where he remained until\\nhe came to this city in 1885, to take", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n4i\\ncharge of the Ward well needle busi-\\nness.\\nMr. Wilson married Morgia M. Por-\\nter of Manchester.\\nThey have no chil-\\ndren. In religious\\nmatters he is a Uni-\\ntarian.\\nIn secret and fra-\\nternal orders, Mr. Wil-\\nson is connected with\\nthe Masonic and Odd\\nFellows fraternities,\\nand he is also a mem-\\nber of the Home Mar-\\nket Club. He is an\\nenthusiast in all mat-\\nters pertaining to\\nhunting and fishing,\\nand was one of the\\norganizers of the Bel-\\nknap County Fish and\\nGame League, which\\nwas formed about two\\nyears ago, and already\\nhas, perhaps, the larg-\\nest and strongest\\nmembership of any\\nsimilar organization in New Hampshire.\\nMr. Wilson has been the president of\\nthis league from the start. He is also\\npresident of\\nthe Mutual\\nBuilding and\\nLoan Associ-\\nation, Lake-\\nport, and is\\nalso a trustee\\nof the City\\nSavings-bank\\nat the Laco-\\nnia end of the\\ncity.\\nIn politics,\\nMr. Wilson\\nis a staunch\\nRepublic a n\\nHe was elect-\\ned a member\\nof the first\\ncity council\\nof Laconia, in\\n1893, and has been reelected at every\\nsubsequent election, being at the pres-\\nent time the oldest member of the city\\ngovern* men t in point of service. In\\nthe city council Mr. Wilson has served\\nupon the finance com-\\nmittee, the roads and\\nbridges committee,\\nand other of the more\\nimportant committees,\\ndevoting much of his\\ntime during the past\\nsix years to city affairs.\\nHis long service in the\\ncity council gives him\\nperfect familiarity\\nwith all m unicipal\\naffairs, and he has al-\\nways been one of the\\nstrongest members of\\nthis bodv.\\nJohn W. Ashman.\\nJulius E. Wilson.\\nResiden\\nJohn W. A s h m a n\\nwas born in Barnston,\\n(hie., Oct. 14, 1849,\\nhis parents being Ed-\\nward and Sarah (Fol-\\nly) Ashman. His fath-\\ner died Sept. 1, 1852, and John went to\\nWalden, Caledonia county. Vermont, to\\nlive. In the public schools of this town\\nhe rece i v e d\\nhis education\\nsuppleme n t-\\ned by a term\\nat Phillips\\nacademy in\\nDanville. Vt.\\nMr. Ash-\\nman came to\\nLaconia Mar.\\n22, 1871, and\\nentered t h e\\nemploy of the\\nlate Hor a c e\\nWhicher. He\\nremained un-\\ntil November,\\niS75.when he\\ne n t ered the\\nlaw office of\\nE. I Jewell.\\nEsq. He was admitted to the bar in\\nMarch, 18S0, and continued in the prac-", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "42\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ntice of his chosen profession until Janu-\\nary, 1S85, when he was elected treasurer\\nof the Belknap Savings bank, which\\nposition he now occupies.\\nMr. Ashman is a Democrat in politics\\nand has received numerous honors in\\nthe political line. He first entered the\\npublic service in March, 1880, as town\\nclerk, and held that office five years.\\nHe was chosen librarian of the public\\nlibrary July, 1879, which position he\\nheld five years, and was also a trustee\\nof the library for ten years. Mr. Ash-\\nman was one of\\nthe members of\\nthe board of ed-\\nucation in 1 88 1,\\n1882, and 1883,\\nand was also\\nclerk of the\\nschool district.\\nHe was a mod-\\nerator at the\\nannual town\\nmeeting, in\\nMarch, 1890.\\nH e served a s\\nregister of pro-\\nbate for Bel-\\nknap county for\\nthree terms.\\nWhen the city\\ngovernment\\nwas inaugurat-\\ned Mr. Ashman\\nwas chosen a\\nmember of the\\nfirst city coun-\\ncil from Ward 5,\\nand served as a\\nmember of the\\nfinance committee,\\nman was elected as\\nNew Hampshire legislature from Ward\\n5, which is one of the strongest Repub-\\nlican wards in the city.\\nMr. Ashman is treasurer of the Laco-\\nnia Hospital association, and First Uni-\\ntarian society, also of the Laconia Land\\nand Improvement Co. He was a charter\\nmember of Winnesquam Colony, No.\\n14, United Order of Pilgrim Fathers, and\\nhas held various offices in this order.\\nMr. Ashman was a member and trea-\\nsurer of Company K, New Hampshire\\nNational Guard, when this company\\nwas first formed by Captain Elbert\\nWheeler (now General Wheeler), and\\nwent with this company to the centen-\\nnial celebration at Yorktown in 1881.\\nIn religious affairs Mr. Ashman affi-\\nliates with the Unitarians. He is still\\nunmarried.\\nO Shea Brothers Establishment.\\nJohn \\\\Y. Ashman\\nIn 1898 Mr. Ash-\\na Democrat to the\\nO Shea Brothers is perhaps the best\\nknown mercan-\\ntile estab 1 i s h\\nment in central\\nand north ern\\nNew Hamp-\\nshire. The firm\\nhandles cloth-\\ning, dry goods,\\nand furniture,\\nand has grown\\nfrom a small\\nbeginning in\\nthe year 1875\\nto one of the\\nlargest stores\\nand largest dis-\\ntributors of\\ngoods in their\\nline in this sec-\\nt i o n of N e w\\nEngland.\\nOn April 25,\\n1875, Dennis\\nO Shea and his\\noldest brother,\\nthe late John\\nO Shea, c o m\\nmenced the dry\\ngoods business in a little store in a\\nbuilding which then stood on the site\\nof their present furniture department\\nbuilding. The Laconia Democrat office\\noccupied the second floor of the build-\\ning, and Miss Kate Feeley conducted a\\nmillinery store in one side of the ground\\nfloor of the building, leaving about 1,100\\nsquare feet for O Shea Bros. dry goods\\nbusiness. Both members of the firm\\nhad served a few years as clerks in\\nsimilar establishments in Laconia, and\\nconsequently had a fair knowledge of", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACOXI.W\\nthe business. Their first year s trade\\nwas an immense success, actually turn-\\ning the entire stock over seven times.\\nEncouraged by the favor which their\\nventure received from the public, they\\ndecided to put in a stock of ready-made\\nO Shea Bros.* Store in 1S75.\\nclothing, and in December of the same\\nyear they leased the portion of the build-\\ning formerly occupied by Miss Feeley,\\nand in this addition to their establish-\\nment put in a stock of clothing, engaging\\ntheir brother, Eugene O Shea, to take\\ncharge of this department.\\nThis venture, also, proved a success,\\nO Shea Bros. Store in 1S7S.\\nbut in a short time the firm again found\\nitself pressed for room to accommodate\\ntheir rapidly-increasing trade. In the\\nspring of 1877, the late John C. Moul-\\nton built an addition to the rear of the\\nbuilding, which increased the floor\\nspace to 3,550 square feet. The sto k\\nof goods up to this time consisted only\\nof dry goods and clothing, but next\\ncame a demand for carpetings, there\\nbeing at that time only one small stock\\nin town. To meet this demand, O Shea\\nEros, leased more land in the rear of\\nthe Moulton building, and erected an-\\nother addition, 35 by iS feet, for a\\ncarpet room.\\nbut the patronage of the establish-\\nment and the consequent demand for\\na larger and more varied stock had in\\nthe meantime increased faster than the\\nI Shea Bros. 1 Store in 1882.\\naccommodations, and Shea Bros, soon\\nfound themselves again cramped for\\nroom to conduct their growing business.\\nIn the spring of 1N7X they leased the\\nland on the north side of their store,\\nand erected a block of about thirty feet\\nfront and seventy feet depth. The old\\nand new stores were connected and the\\nnew building accommodated the cloth-\\ning department on the first floor, while\\nthe carpet and custom-made clothing\\ndepartments were upstairs.\\nThe new building gave about 4,000\\nsquare feet more floor space, making", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "44\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nthe largest store in Laconia and proba-\\nbly the largest in New Hampshire at\\nthat time. The establishment certainly\\nappeared large for a town the size of\\nLaconia, and many of our people pre-\\ndicted a downfall and failure. Pluck\\nand perseverance, however, won again,\\nand in the autumn of 1S82, when the\\nLaconia Democrat vacated the rooms\\nstore in New Hampshire, containing\\nseventeen different departments.\\nNo further changes were made until\\nthe spring of 1886, when Mr. Moulton\\ndecided to erect the present Moulton\\nopera house block. At this time O Shea\\nBros, purchased the Mrs. J. H. Story\\nproperty on Pleasant street and re-\\nmoved their own building there (now\\nPresent Store of O Shea Bros.\\nover the dry goods store and moved to\\nMill street, Messrs. O Shea Bros, leased\\nthe vacated premises and put in a stock\\nof furniture. They also induced Mr.\\nMoulton to add a third story to the\\nbuilding, while they put a third story\\non their own building adjoining. At\\nthis time the original store of 1,100\\nsquare feet had grown to an establish-\\nment of 13,000 square feet, the largest\\nthe Kirtland House property) to make\\nroom for the opera house block. The\\nfirm up to this time had consisted only\\nof the two brothers, Dennis and John,\\nwho opened the original store in 1875,\\nbut in 1887 Eugene O Shea, who had\\ntaken charge of the clothing depart-\\nment, was admitted to membership.\\nWhen the Moulton opera house block\\nwas completed in August, 1887, Messrs.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "THK ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n45\\nO Shea Bros, leased the entire first\\nfioor and basement, in connection with\\nthe wooden furniture building, all three\\nfloors of which are devoted to the furni-\\nture and carpeting business. The floor\\nspace now occupied by this concern,\\nincluding their storehouse for furniture,\\nnear the passenger depot, amounts to\\nnearly 30,000 square feet, or about two\\nthirds of an acre.\\nJohn O Shea died Oct. 26, 1890, and\\nthe business has since been carried on\\nby Dennis, Eugene, and Thomas O Shea,\\nthe latter having the furniture and car-\\npeting departments.\\nO Shea Bros. store is an establish-\\nment of which all true Laconians are\\nproud. Their success is due to natural\\nshrewdness and business tact, combined\\nwith hard work, untiring attention to\\nthe wants of the public, fair dealing,\\nand liberal advertising.\\nFrom young men in limited financial\\ncircumstances, the O Shea Bros, built\\nup a business of $250,000 per annum,\\nand made themselves among the fore-\\nmost and best-known merchants of the\\nGranite state. They have always found\\ntime to interest themselves in every\\nmovement of a public nature which\\npromised to assist in the growth and\\nprosperity of Laconia, and they have\\nbeen important factors in nearly all our\\nlocal enterprises.\\nDennis O Shea, the senior member of\\nthe firm, is a director of the Laconia\\nNational bank, a trustee of the City\\nSavings bank, president of the Laconia\\nElectric Light Co., president of the\\nLaconia Board of Trade, one of the\\npromoters, organizers, and president of\\nthe Casino Building Co., a member of\\nthe board of education, and has always\\nfound time to devote himself enthusi-\\nastically to the success of every enter-\\nprise and public position with which he\\nhas been connected.\\nMutual Building Loan Association.\\nThe Mutual Building and Loan Asso-\\nciation was organized June 3, 1890,\\nwith the following board of officers and\\ndirectors President, Henry B. Ouinby\\nvice-president, Henry J. Odell secre-\\ntary, Leroy M. Could: treasurer. Edwin\\nD. Ward. Directors: Benjamin F.\\nDrake, Henry Tucker, Charles E. Buz-\\nzell, Stephen B. Cole, Edwin L. Cram,\\nLibbeus E. Hayward, Elijah U. Blais-\\ndell, Samuel R. Jones, Charles J. Pike;\\nsolicitor, Joseph L. dell. The asso-\\nciation commenced business June 10,\\n1890, with a membership of 113, fifteen\\nof whom were females. Its mission has\\nbeen to assist mechanics and others in\\ngetting homes of their own. In this it\\nhas clone its work well. It now has\\n$30,000 assets which consist of loans to\\nits members who are monthly drawing\\nnearer the time when they will have\\nhomes of their own free from incum-\\nbrance, and others who are laying by\\nsomething for a rainy day. Its affairs\\nhave been successfully conducted at all\\ntimes, and as yet the association has not\\nlost a dollar by injudicious investment,\\nwhile on the other hand its members\\nhave been receiving a good rate of in-\\nterest on their investments. From the\\nstart the officers and directors have\\nbeen very careful in making all loans\\nand herein lies one of the principal\\nsecrets of its successful career.\\nThe business of the association is\\nconducted in such a way that any per-\\nson desiring to build or purchase a\\nhome, lift a mortgage, or engage in bus-\\niness may become a member at any\\ntime by paying a nominal admission fee\\nand taking one or more shares of stock-\\nThe Building and Loan Association\\noffers inducements to mechanics, arti-\\nsans, and laboring men generally that\\nare not found in banking and other\\nfinancial institutions.\\nThe present officers and board of\\ndirectors are President, Julius E. Wil-\\nson vice-president, John N. Meader;\\nsecretary, Leroy M. Gould treasurer.\\nEdwin I). Ward. Directors: Libbeus\\nE. Hayward, Charles L. Pulsifer, John\\nAldrich, Edwin L. Cram, William G.\\nCram, George B. Munsey. Albert M.\\nRead, Charles E. Sleeper, Charles L.\\nSimpson. The headquarters of the\\nassociation are at Lakeport.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "WT~m\\nV.\\nJ**\\n.i\\nJ. 1\\nx- x\\n5\\nIt\\nr. awP -i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rr", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n47\\nCole Manufacturing Company.\\nIn 1S27 the foundation of the Cole\\nManufacturing company was laid by the\\nfather of Benjamin J. Cole who moved\\nfrom Franklin with his family in that\\nyear to Batchelder s Mills, now Lake-\\nport, and built a small foundry, doing\\nhis melting in a large kettle with char-\\ncoal which he burned in the neighbor-\\nhood prior to leaving Franklin he had\\nbuilt the second foundry erected in the\\nstate and numbered among his cus-\\ntomers General John Stark of Hooksett.\\nThis foundry\\nw a s bought\\nfrom the father\\nin 1836 by Ben-\\njamin J. Cole\\nand two of his\\nbrothers, but in\\na few years Ben-\\njamin J Cole\\nbought the in-\\nterests of his\\nbrothers, con-\\nducting the bus-\\niness under the\\nstyle of B. J.\\nCole S: Co., and\\nthe firm soon\\nbecame wide 1 y\\nknown through-\\nout northern\\nNew Hamp-\\nshire for the\\nmanufacture of\\nparlor and\\ncooking stoves\\nand agricultural\\nimplements, be-\\ning in fact the\\npioneer in this section in those special-\\nties.\\nIn 1852 Mr. Cole acquired land and\\nwater power from the \\\\Y. L. C. W.\\nMf g Co., on which he erected an ex-\\ntensive iron and wood machine shop,\\nand in 1872 the concern was merged\\ninto a corporation, the Cole Manufac-\\nturing company, which constructed a\\nsteam forge, and in 1873 began the\\nmanufacture of car axles for steam roads\\nin which they have ever since been con-\\nstantly engaged and the quality of which\\nis unexcelled in the country.\\nThe concern also makes hosiery,\\nneedle, bobbin, and sawmill machinery,\\nforgings, castings of all kinds and iron\\nwork generally, including Worrall s fric-\\ntion clutches, shafting, pulleys, and\\nhangers. Benj. J. Cole was from 1836\\ntreasurer and manager until [883, when\\nhe retired from the latter position, be-\\ning succeeded by his son-in-law, Henry\\n1!. Quinby. He retained the treasurer-\\nship until his death. Mr. Quinby being\\nassistant treasurer. Mr. Quinby is now\\ntreasurer and\\nmanager, Hen-\\nry Cole Quinby,\\nPresident, and\\nA. C. Moore,\\nclerk.\\nTli is com-\\npany has been\\none of the main-\\nstays and prin-\\ncipal industries\\nof this vicinity,\\nhaving had a\\ncontinuous ac-\\ntivity of seven-\\nty-two years.\\nThe Late Hon.\\nBenjamin J.\\nCole.\\nLate H\\nBenjamin J\\nole was born\\nin Franconia.\\nN. H., Sept. 28,\\n1 814, and when\\nBenjamin J. Cole. seven years of\\nage went to\\nSalisbury, where he attended the village\\nschool and the Noyes academy, then\\nquite famous, and later went to tin-\\nschool at Sanbornton Bridge, now Til-\\nton.\\nIn 1827 he came with his parents to\\nBatchelder s Mills, now Lakeport, and\\nmade it his home until his death which\\noccurred Jan. 15, 1899.\\nJune 17, 1838, he married Mehitable\\nA. Batchelder, whose father, Nathan\\nBatchelder, then owned the water", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\npower at Batchelder s Mills and from\\nwhom the place derived its name.\\nIn 1848 Mr. Cole was an incorpora-\\ntor of the Winnipiseogee Steamboat\\ncompany and served as its president\\nmore than forty years and under his\\nsupervision was built the first passen-\\nger steamboat, the LaJx of the Lake,\\never launched upon the waters of the\\nbeautiful lake from which the company\\nwas named.\\nHe was an incorporator and for\\nmany years president of the Lake Vil-\\nlage Savings\\nBank, and was\\nalso an incor-\\nporator of the\\nLaconia Na-\\ntional Bank and\\nfor a long pe-\\nriod one of its\\ndirectors.\\nIn politics he\\nwas a Demo-\\ncrat until the\\noutbreak of the\\nRebellion, when\\nhe became a\\nRepu b lie an\\nand in 1862,\\n63, and 64 he\\nwas a candidate\\nfor state sena-\\ntor in the sixth\\nsena torial dis-\\ntrict.\\nMr. Cole was\\na member of\\nthe governor s\\ncouncil in 1866-\\n67 was a del-\\negate to the National convention which\\nrenominated President Lincoln he was\\na member of the state constitutional con-\\nvention in 1876, and represented the\\ntown of Gilford in the general court in\\n1849-50.\\nDuring his seventy-two years of citi-\\nzenship in Lakeport, Mr. Cole was a\\nprominent factor in its growth and\\nprosperity and chiefly instrumental in\\nbringing the village from a total of sev-\\nen houses to its present important stand-\\ning in the state, erecting, himself, more\\nCol. Hf\\nthan sixty buildings and was ever public-\\nspirited, benevolent, and mindful of the\\nwelfare of his numerous employes, and\\nthe citizens generally, by whom he was\\nheld in the highest esteem.\\nHe donated the land for a church and\\na school-house, and gave largely to both\\nedifices. In 1849 he and the late Sena-\\ntor James Bell were chosen a committee\\nto purchase a hand fire-engine for the\\nprecinct and bought in Boston, Niagara\\nengine, No. 1, which has from that day\\nto this been ready for efficient service\\nand is cher-\\nished with jeal-\\nous care by the\\nveteran firemen\\nof Lake port\\nHe also provid-\\ned at his own\\nexpense a house\\nfor the engine.\\nHis unfalter-\\ning integrity\\nwas such that\\nthough in 1876,\\nwhen business\\ndeclined and\\nv a 1 u es shrank\\nall over the land\\nhe was obliged\\nto go through\\nban k r upt cy\\npaying such a\\nper cent, as he\\nand his credit-\\nors agreed on,\\nsubsequen tly\\nwhen prosper-\\nity smiled upon\\nhim, he paid\\nwith interest every debt, in full, from\\nwhich he had been legally released and\\nthat he was able to do this afforded\\nhim more pleasure than any other act\\nof his business career.\\nB. Ouinbv.\\nCol. Henry B. Quinby.\\nColonel Henry Brewer Quinby, of\\nthe Cole Manufacturing Co., at Lake-\\nport, was born in Biddeford, Maine,\\nJune 10, 1846, son of Thomas and Jane\\nE. (Brewer) Quinby. Colonel Quinby", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n49\\nconies from good old New England\\nstock on both sides of his family.\\nThrough his father he is a direct de-\\nscendant of John Rogers, fifth presi-\\ndent of Harvard college, of Major-\\nGeneral Daniel Dennison, the famous\\ncolonial officer, of Governor Thomas\\nDudley of the Massachusetts colony,\\nand of many other colonial celebrities.\\nOn his mother s side, Colonel Quinby\\nis descended from Major Charles\\nprison board, delegate-at-large to the\\nRepublican national convention at\\nMinneapolis in 1893, and president of\\nthe state Republican convention in\\n1896. In politics he is a Republican.\\nHe was appointed a member of the\\nboard of trustees of the New Hampshire\\nAsylum for the Insane in 1897.\\nHe was made a Mason in 1S71 in\\nthis city, and is junior grand warden\\nof the Grand Lodge of Free and Ac-\\nFrost, the famous Indian fighter, and cepted Masons of New Hampshire,\\nnumbers among his great-great-great- Rieht Eminent Grand Commander of\\ngrandmothe r s\\ntwo sisters of\\nSirWilliam Pep-\\nperell, the co 1-\\nonial baro net,\\nwho won r e\\nn o w n a t the\\nsiege of Louis-\\nburg, and is a\\ndirect descend-\\nant of Reverend\\nJose Glover, in\\nthe ninth gener-\\nation, at whose\\ncharge the first\\nprinting press\\nwas established\\nin America. He\\na 1 1 e n ded Bid-\\ndeford schools\\nand Nichols\\nLatin school at\\nL e w i s t o n as\\nwell as Bow-\\ndoin college,\\nBrunswick, Me.,\\nbeing graduat-\\ned from the lat-\\nter in 1869. He received the degree of\\nA. M. in 1872, and in 1880 was gradu-\\nated in medicine at the National Medi-\\ncal college, Washington, D. C. He is\\nmanager and treasurer of the Cole\\nManufacturing company at Lakeport,\\nwith which he has been connected\\nsince 1869. Colonel Quinby was a\\nmember of Governor Straw s staff in\\ni872- 73, a member of the legislature\\nof i887- 88, state senator in 18S9-90,\\nmember of the governor s council in\\ni89i- 92. being chairman of the state\\n4\\nHenry Cole Quinby.\\nthe Grand Com-\\nm a n d e r y o f\\nKnights Tem-\\nplar o f N e w\\n1 1 a m p shire,\\nand an active\\nmember of the\\nSupreme Coun-\\ncil of the Scot-\\ntish Rite of the\\nNorth ern Ma-\\nsonic Jurisdic-\\ntion of the I nit-\\ned States of\\nAmerica. He is\\nvice-pres i d e n t\\nof the Laconia\\nNational Bank\\nand the City\\nSa v ings Bank\\nof Laconia.\\nColonel Quin-\\nby married, on\\nJune 22, 1870,\\nc t a vi a M\\ndaughter of the\\nlate Hon. B. J.\\nCole of Lake-\\nport. He has two children, Henry Cole\\nQuinby, a lawyer in New York city, and\\nCandace Ellen, wife of Hugh Camp.\\nJr., of New York city.\\nHenry Cole Quinby.\\nThe president of the Cole Manufac-\\nturing company is Henry Cole Quinby,\\nonly son of Henry 1!. Quinby and\\ngrandson of the late Hon. Benjamin J.\\nCole. He was born in Lake Village,\\nnow Lakeport, July 9, 1872. ami was", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "5\u00c2\u00b0\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nprepared for college at the Chauncey\\nHall school in Boston. He was gradu-\\nated from Harvard college in 1894\\nwith cum laude, having completed the\\nfour years course in three years, and\\ntwo years later was graduated from the\\nHarvard Law school, having taken the\\nthree years course in two years he\\nthen passed the examination and was\\nadmitted to the Suffolk County bar.\\nAfter his graduation from the Harvard\\nLaw school he entered the office of\\nEvarts, Choate Beaman, New York\\ncity, by whom he was entrusted\\nMr. Quinby is a member of the New\\nYork Bar Association and of the Union\\nLeague and Harvard clubs of New York.\\nA Laconia Landmark.\\nHow long the site of the old cor-\\nner store, corner of Main and Court\\nSts., Laconia, now occupied by John\\nParker Smith, dealer in general mer-\\nchandise, has been a place of business,\\nis not known, for no record can now be\\nfound in regard to it and the oldest in-\\nhabitant always has this answer when\\nThe Old Corner Store.\\nwith the preparation of some important\\ncauses; on the motion of Joseph H.\\nChoate, now minister to England, he\\nwas admitted to practice in the supreme\\ncourt of the United States he began\\nthe study of law in the office of the\\nHon. E. A. Hibbard of this city.\\nFebruary 1, 1899, he severed his con-\\nnection with the firm of Evarts, Choate\\nBeaman, and established an office for\\nhimself in the Continental Building, 44\\nCedar street, New York city, where he\\nis now located with a large and rapidly\\nincreasing clientage.\\nasked any questions concerning its his-\\ntory, There s been a store there ever\\nsince I can remember. Mr. J. T. Coffin\\n(father of Mr. John T. Coffin, now re-\\nsiding on Lyford St., Laconia), and one\\nof the early directors of the old Concord\\nMontreal railroad, was a clerk here\\nabout the year 18 12, Daniel Avery be-\\ning then the proprietor. An old account\\nbook of 18 1 3- 1 4 shows that a tailoring\\nbusiness was being done there by one\\nStarbird. The present store was built\\nabout 1834 and was subsequently oc-\\ncupied by Avery Hazelton, Melcher", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n5\\nErench, French Avery and H. J.\\nFrench Co. In 1859 James H. Til-\\nton, who had entered the employ of\\nFrench \u00c2\u00abN Avery in 1845, assumed con-\\ntrol of the business and was closely\\nidentified with it until his death in 1894.\\nProminent among those who were\\nassociated with him in business and will\\nbe remembered by many Laconia people\\nwere Frank Keasor and S. S. Wiggin.\\nAfter the death of Mr. Tilton, the pre-\\nsent proprietor, who had entered the\\nstore as clerk in 1879, and Mr. R. C.\\nDickey, bought the business and con-\\ntinued it for a short time when Mr.\\nDickey sold his interest to his partner,\\nwho has since made it his object to\\nmaintain the reputation of the store\\nfor the variety and good quality of its\\ngoods.\\nAnother feature of the old corner\\nstore which is of historic interest is the\\nlarge building on Court street, imme-\\ndiately in the rear, which contains the\\ngrain and feed department of the busi-\\nness. This building was the old Gilford\\nacademy, an institution of learning\\nwhich educated hundreds of brilliant\\nand successful men and women and\\nwhich has a reputation throughout New\\nHampshire in the old-time academic\\ndays. When the Gilford academy was\\ndiscontinued, the building was occupied\\nfor the High school and Grammar\\nschool departments of the local public\\nschools, until it was finally purchased\\nby the late James H. Tilton and moved\\nfrom its former location on Academy\\nsquare to make room for the present\\nbrick High school building.\\nJohn Parker Smith.\\nJohn Parker Smith, proprietor of the\\nOld Corner Store, is a native of New\\nHampton, born Feb. 8, 1854. He was\\neducated in the public schools, and com-\\npleted his studies at the New Hampton\\nLiterary Institution, coming to Laco-\\nnia in 1879. Mr. Smith has been con-\\nnected with the Old Corner Store since\\nhis advent in Laconia, serving as clerk\\nuntil Mr. Tilton s death, and now being\\nsole proprietor.\\nJohn Parker Smith is a member and\\ndeacon of the North (Congregational)\\nchurch and is also superintendent of the\\nSunday-school at that church. He is\\na member of Winnipiseogee Lodge of\\nOdd Fellows, and is one of Laconia s\\nmost successful merchants, and he de-\\nserves the success which he has\\nattained, for he follows his business\\nvery closely, and is noted for his\\nsquare dealing.\\nLike his predecessor in the same\\nestablishment, Mr. Smith takes pride\\nin keeping in stock almost anything\\nand everything which a customer could\\npossibly ask for in a general store, and\\nJohn Parker Smith.\\nthe establishment can always respond\\nto a qall for anything from gum drops\\nto grindstones or yeast cakes to a bale\\nof hay. Mr. Smith is progressive and\\nup-to-date in his methods, is a liberal\\nadvertiser and constantly improving his\\nfacilities. He has recently remodeled\\nthe interior of the Old Corner Store,\\nand added a modem plate-glass show\\nwindow which projects from the front\\nof the building its entire width. The\\ncompleted improvements in this line\\nafford Mr. Smith an opportunity to\\nboast of one of the largest and best-\\nequipped general stores in New I lamp-\\nshire.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "5 2\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nThe Late David Batchelder Nelson.\\nDavid Batchelder Nelson was born at\\nRoxbury, N. H., June 7, 1823, his par-\\nents being William Nelson and Lucy\\nBatchelder of that town. He acquired\\nthe preliminary education leading up to\\nprofessional life at Newbury, Vt., and\\nthe academy at Bradford, Vt., finishing\\nat the Harvard Medical School, from\\nwhich he graduated in the class of 49.\\nAt the age of twenty he began to study\\nmedicine with Dr. Fellows of Hill, N. H.\\nAfter leaving\\nHarvard he be-\\ngan the practice\\nof medicine in\\nBoston, where\\nhe remained one\\nyear. In 1850 he\\ncame to Man-\\nchester, N. H.,\\nwhere he was\\nengaged in prac-\\ntice for eleven\\nyears. From\\nthence, in 1862,\\nhe came to this\\ncity and engaged\\nin the practice\\nof medicine, con-\\nstantly, up to a\\nlittle over two\\nyears ago when\\nhe retired from\\nactive work and\\npassed the re-\\nmainder of his\\nlife in enjoying\\nthe pure air and\\nbeautiful scenery\\nwith which the\\ncity of Laconia is so bountifully supplied.\\nFew men have been better known or\\nmore prominently before the public in\\nthis section of the state than has Dr.\\nNelson for nearly forty years. He was\\na member of the Harvard Medical\\nAlumni Association, the New Hamp-\\nshire State Medical Society and a\\ndirector in the latter. He was town\\nphysician for one year, county physician\\nfor three years, United States examining\\nsurgeon for invalid pensioners, acting\\nThe Late David Batchelder Nelson\\nalone or as secretary of the board for\\nthirty-two years, member of the local\\nBoard of Education for six years, pru-\\ndential school committee for four years,\\nchaplain, surgeon, and commander of\\nJohn L. Perley, Jr., Post, No. 37, G. A.\\nR. He was appointed colonel on the\\nstaff of Governor Berry in 1861, special\\ntransportation agent for the Third regi\\nment, N. H. Vols., during its trip to\\nNew York, special mustering officer to\\nraise Troop K, New Hampshire cavalry.\\nEarly in the year 1862, the First battal-\\nion, N. H. Cav.,\\njoined the First\\nR. I. Cav., and\\nDr. Nelson was\\nmade major of\\nthe Second bat-\\ntalion. He was\\nappointed cap-\\ntain of Company\\nK, First regiment\\nNew England\\nCavalry, Oct. 9,\\n1 86 1, and was\\nappointed major\\nof the same regi-\\nment in Decem-\\nber foil owing.\\nHe resigned on\\nJune 3, 1862.\\nDuring his mil-\\nitary career he\\nwas in command\\nof the advance\\narmy, four com-\\npanies of Rhode\\nIsland cavalry at\\nthe battle of\\nFront Royal, on\\nMay 30, 1862.\\nHe was associated with Dr. William\\nBuck of Boston in 1849, during the epi-\\ndemic of Asiatic cholera in that city,\\nand was also present in the Massachu-\\nsetts General Hospital in October, 1846,\\nas a medical student, and witnessed the\\nfirst surgical operation where ether was\\nused as an anaesthetic.\\nHe was twice married, in the first in-\\nstance to Cornelia C. Weston in 185 1,\\nand secondly to Susan E. Bridges, who\\nsurvives, together with a son and two", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n53\\ndaughters, the former being William\\nNelson, city engineer of Laconia, and\\nthe latter, Miss Alice M. and Miss Lou-\\nise H. Nelson, also of this city.\\nDr. Nelson died on July 5, 189S,\\nafter a short illness, at his residence on\\nCourt street, in this city.\\nDr. Edwin P. Hodgdon.\\nAmong the many well-known and\\nskilful physicians of the city on the\\nlakes is Dr. Edwin P. Hodgdon, who\\nhas been i n\\npractice here\\nabout seven\\nyears, and who\\nhas a large\\nand steadily in-\\ncreasing b u s i-\\nness in his pro-\\nfession. Dr.\\nHodgdon was\\nborn in Barn-\\nstead, May 6,\\n1867, and was\\neducated at Gil-\\nmanton acad-\\nemy, gra d u a t\\ningin the class-\\nical course, June\\n10, 1S86. He\\npursued his pro-\\nfessional stud-\\nies at the Bur-\\nlington (Ver-\\nmont) Medical\\nSchool, gradu-\\nating July 10,\\n189 1. Previous\\nto studying at\\nBurlington, Dr. Hodgdon was for a time\\nconnected with the New Hampshire\\nAsylum for the Insane, where he had\\nan opportunity to study and investigate\\nnervous diseases to a considerable ex-\\ntent.\\nDr. Hodgdon married Clara E. Han-\\ncock of Canterbury. They have no\\nchildren.\\nHe commenced his medical practice\\nat New Hampton, where he remained\\nabout a year, and then came to Laconia,\\nlocating in Lakeport in July, 1892.\\n)r. Edwin P. Hodgdon.\\nDr. Hodgdon takes considerable in-\\nterest in secret and fraternal organiza-\\ntions. He is an Odd Fellow and a past\\ngrind of Chocorua Lodge, No. 51, of\\nLakeport, and is also at the present\\ntime I). D. G. M. of Laconia. He. is\\nalso a member of Mt. Lebanon Lodge\\nof Masons and is connected with the\\nMasonic Chapter, Council, and Com-\\nmandery of Knights Templar. He is a\\nmember of New Hampton Grange,\\nPatrons of Husbandry, the New Eng-\\nland )rder of Protection at Lakeport,\\nand Hannah\\nFrances Lodge,\\nDegree of Pe-\\nbekah, in con-\\nnection with his\\nOdd Fellow-\\nship.\\nDr. Hodgdon\\nis one of the\\nboard of physi-\\ncian s at the\\nLaconia Cot-\\ntage Hospital, a\\nmember of the\\nNew Hamp-\\nshire Medical\\nSociety, and\\nalso the YVinni-\\npesaukee Acad-\\nemy of Medi-\\ncine. He was\\npresident of the\\nUnited States\\nboard of exam-\\nining surgeons\\nfor pensions at\\nLaconia from\\n1893 to 1897.\\nduring President Cleveland s adminis-\\ntration. Dr. Hodgdon is a Democrat\\nin politics and an attendant at the Park\\nStreet Free Baptist church.\\nThe Late Noah Lawrence True.\\nNoah Lawrence True, M. only\\nchild of Abram and Mary Brown Law\\nrence True, was born in Meredith. X.\\nH., November 21, 1S2S.\\nIn early boyhood he was thoughtful\\nand studious, yet full of energy and", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "54\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nambition, often walking several miles\\nover rough and rocky roads, or across\\nfields and pastures to take advantage of\\nextra schooling in neighboring districts.\\nLater he came to Meredith Bridge and\\nwas a student at Gilford academy, where\\nhe finished his preparatory education.\\nHaving chosen the medical profes-\\nsion he studied medicine with Wm.\\nLeach, M. D-, took his first medical\\ndegree at Harvard and was graduated\\nfrom the Eclectic Medical college at\\nWorcester, Mass., June 25, 1 S 5 r\\nYouthful i n\\nhis appearance\\nand represent-\\ning an unpop-\\nular school of\\nmedicine, he\\nbegan work in\\nDover, N. H.,\\nfull of courage\\nand e n t h u s i\\nasm. In a lit-\\ntle less than ten\\nyears a severe\\nillness necessi-\\ntated a com-\\nplete change\\nand he left a\\nlarge practice,\\npurchased the\\nfarm adjoining\\nhis boyhood\\nhome, and re-\\nmoved there for\\nrest and recu-\\nperation. While\\nresiding there\\nhe represented\\nMeredith in the\\nlegislature and served on the board of\\nselectmen.\\nHe came to Laconia in 1S65 where\\nhe practised his profession until two\\nweeks preceding his death, June 21,\\n1896. He was a member of the New\\nHampshire Medical Society, at one\\ntime holding the office of president.\\nFor several years he served on the\\nboard of education, was one of the\\ntrustees of the Laconia Savings bank\\nand was a member of Winnipiseogee\\nLodge, I. O. O. E.\\nUnassuming in manner, sympathetic,\\nand tender as a woman in the presence\\nof suffering, he possessed keen intuitive\\nperception, great strength of purpose\\nand strong self-reliance, qualities which\\ncheered every sick room he entered,\\ninspired confidence and courage in his\\npatients and won for himself an exten-\\nsive and successful practice.\\nHe was united in marriage with Mary\\nElizabeth Tucker of Meredith Bridge,\\nSeptember 22, 1850. They have four\\nchildren Emma Frances, wife of Hor-\\nace Emery Dur-\\ngin of Laconia;\\nJennie Alma,\\nwife of Joseph\\nHector Gingras\\nof Laconia;\\nWalter H a r r i-\\nson, a physician\\nin Laconia;\\nand George\\nLawrence, a\\ndentist in Cam-\\nbridge, Mass.\\nDr. Walter\\nHarrison True.\\nLate Noah Lawrence True\\nWalter Harri-\\nson True, M.D.,\\nwas born in\\nMeredith,N.H.,\\nJuly 25, 1866.\\nHis parents\\ncoming to La-\\nconia the fall of\\nthat year, most\\nof his life has\\nbeen spent in\\nthis city. He was a pupil in our public\\nschools until 1882, when he became a\\nstudent at Gilmanton Academy, where\\nhe was graduated, class of 85.\\nThe following two years were spent\\nwith Henry Story, pharmacist, of this\\ncity. After studying medicine with his\\nfather, N. L. True, M. D., he entered\\nCincinnati Medical college and was\\ngraduated in June, 1S91, also receiving\\na special diploma on diseases of the\\neye and ear under Professor McPheron,\\nM. D., of Cincinnati, O., now of Denver,", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n55\\nCol. While at that college he took two\\nwinter courses in clinical medicine and\\nsurgery at the Cincinnati City Hospital.\\nHe came to Boston,\\nMass., and was house\\nsurgeon at the Charter\\nStreet Hospital, and\\nlater having passed the\\nstate medical board\\nof examiners at Con-\\ncord, N. H., he com-\\nmenced the practice of\\nhis profession in com-\\npany with his father in\\nthis city.\\nHe is a member of\\nthe New Hampshire\\nEclectic Medical Soci-\\nety, holding the posi-\\ntion of secretary and\\ntreasurer at the pres-\\nent time. In the sum-\\nmer of 1894, he took\\na course of study at\\nthe New York Post-\\ngraduate school, New\\nYork city, receiving a\\ndiploma on diseases of the eye, ear\\nDr. True was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Mabelle Hill of Lakeport,\\nN 1 1., on March 29, 1899.\\nJulian Francis Trask.\\nDr. Walter H. True.\\nJulian Francis Trask\\nwas born in Beverly,\\nMass., October 1, 1S49.\\nHe was educated in\\nthe public schools, after\\nwhich he thoroughly\\nlearned the trade of a\\nmachinist at the Rhode\\nIsland Locomotive\\nWorks, in Providence.\\nChanging his r e s i-\\ndence to Laconia, he\\ncontinued his chosen\\nvocation, but gradually\\ndrifted into newspaper\\nwork, for which he de-\\nv eloped a marked\\nadaptation. At first his\\nevenings only were de-\\nvoted to writing for the\\npress, but subsequently\\nhe gave his whole time and attention to\\nnose, and throat. He was appointed one journalism, being employed on the La-\\nof the members of the N. H. state board conia Democrat, Manchester Union, and\\nof medical ex-\\nam i n e r s, by\\nGov. Rams-\\ndell and coun-\\ncil, in June,\\n1897, and is\\nthe youngest\\nmember on\\nthe board. He\\nis a member of\\nthe Winnipe-\\nsaukee Acad-\\nemy of Medi-\\ncine, also of\\nthe N. H. As-\\nsociation of\\nBoards of\\nHealth, and\\nhas held the\\noffice of secretary of the Laconia board\\nof health ever since the city was inau-\\ngurated. He is a member of Mt. Bel-\\nknap Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Laco-\\nnia, and also of Laconia Grange.\\nResidence of Dr. \\\\V. It. Tl\\nrepresen 1 1 n g\\nthe Associat-\\ned Press in\\nthe lake re-\\ngion, doing in\\never_\\\\- assign-\\nment and de-\\ntail, pains-\\nt a k i n g a n d\\ncommendabl e\\nwork. His\\ngenerous tem-\\nperament and\\ncheerful dis-\\nposition led\\nhim to say\\nkindly things,\\nand his inde\\nfatigable pen\\nhas never been touched in venom. He\\ngrew into the good graces of the com\\nmunity, as he did into favor with his\\nemployers, and his career as reporter is\\nnot marred by any mean act.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "56\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nWhen Hon. C. A. Busiel was men-\\ntioned for the mayorship and again for\\nthe governorship, Mr. Trask s enthu-\\nsiasm and enterprise knew no limit, and\\nhe entered the canvasses at the very\\noutset with an eager devotion that never\\nfaltered. He was the governor s choice\\nfor messenger to the council, and private\\nsecretary to his excellency, positions of\\nconfidence and responsibility which he\\nfilled with remarkable ability, discre-\\ntion, and success. His reputation as\\na conscientious and versatile newspaper\\nman extended\\nthroughout the\\nstate, and his\\nknow ledge of\\nlegislation and\\npoli tics con-\\nduced to make\\nhim a very con-\\nsiderable factor\\nin public affairs.\\nHis appoint-\\nment as labor\\ncommissi oner\\nwas r e c e ived\\nwith general\\nfavor, and his\\nservice in that\\nimportant office\\nduring the three\\nyears last past\\nwon him many\\nvaluable friends\\nand acq uaint-\\nances, and have\\ngiven him a\\nmerited accred-\\niting in popular\\nsentiment that ensures him desirable\\nprominence in whatever field of labor he\\nmay now choose.\\nWhether in the workshop, or on the\\nnewspaper, or at the state house, the\\nsame prepossessing sunshiny personal-\\nity has characterized him. He is look-\\ning always for the good in humankind,\\nand the saying of charitable things has\\ngrown to be a habit with him. Every\\nfiber of his nature is true to the best\\ninterests of this community, with which\\nhis growth and welfare have been\\nclosely associated.\\nJulian F. Trask.\\nMr. Trask married Vicklida E. Ander-\\nson of this city December n, 1875, anc\\nthey have three children, Helen G.,\\nArthur F., and Marie Louise.\\nMr. Trask belongs to the Ancient\\nOrder of United Workmen, the Mt.\\nBelknap lodge, Knights of Pythias, and\\nis an active member of the White Moun-\\ntain Traveller s Association, and is also\\none of the leading lights of the Coon\\nClub, the state organization of practi-\\ncal newspaper workers. Outspoken\\nhonesty is one of the sterling qualities\\nof his manhood.\\nHe has availed\\nhimself of a\\nwealth of phil-\\nosophy, soft-\\nened by a pre-\\nvailing sense of\\nwit and humor.\\nWith distinct\\nideas of right\\nand wrong, he\\nis, nevertheless,\\ndeferential and\\ntolerant of the\\nopinions of\\nothers, and his\\ndesire is to help\\nand to serve\\nand in all ways\\npossible smooth\\nthe rough edges\\nof life. In re-\\nligion, he is lib-\\neral in poli-\\ntics, a Republi-\\ncan and in all\\na public-spirited\\nsubstantial citizen, worthy of the high\\nrespect and fond regard in which he is\\nso widely held.\\nDr. A. H. Harriman.\\nDr. Alpha Haven Harriman, one of\\nLaconia s leading physicians, was born\\nin Albany, N. H., October 14, 1857,\\nson of Nathaniel G. and Rhoda (Allard)\\nHarriman. He received his prepara-\\ntory education in the academies at Frye-\\nburg and at Bridgton, Me. His pro-\\nfessional studies were pursued at Bow-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n57\\ndoin College Medical School, from which\\nhe graduated in 1883. He commenced\\npractice in Mercer, Me., but after eight\\nmonths rem oved\\nto the town of\\nSandwich, N. H.,\\nwhere he remain-\\ned for three years\\nand a half. In\\nNovember, 1S87,\\nhe settled in La-\\nconia, and has re-\\nmained here up to\\nthe present time.\\nHe has attained\\na prominent posi-\\ntion in his pro-\\nfession, and has\\nbeen very success-\\nful in a business\\nway.\\nHe is a mem-\\nber of the New\\nHampshire Medi-\\ncal Society and\\nthe Winnipesau-\\nkee Academy of\\nMedicine, a con-\\ntributor to period- l\\nical medical liter-\\nature and to the\\nreference hand-book of medical sci-\\nences. He was a member of the board\\nof education of Laconia for four years,\\nand for three years\\nwas president of\\nthe board. He is\\na member of Mt.\\nLebanon Lodge,\\nAncient Free and\\nAccepted Masons,\\nof Union Chapter,\\nRoyal Arch Ma-\\nsons, of which he\\nwas high priest in\\ni897- 99; of Pyth-\\nagorean Counc il,\\nRoyal and Select\\nMasters, and of\\nPilgrim Comman-\\nder y Knights\\nTemplar, Laconia.\\ncommander of the latter in i896- 98\\nDr. Harriman has always been\\nDemocrat, but has never taken an ac-\\ntive part in politics. He was married\\nFeb. 10, 18S4, to Katherine E. Walker\\nof Lovell, Maine.\\nThe\\\\- h av e two\\nsons Haven Wal-\\nker, born Jul\\\\- 26,\\n1889, and Nathan-\\niel Joy, born Aug.\\ni 7, 1892.\\nDow Roberts.\\nDr. Alpha H. Harriman\\nt Di. A. II. II\\nHe was eminent\\nThe Dow Rob-\\nerts meat and pro-\\nvision market is\\na first-class up-to-\\ndate dispensary of\\nchoice meats, veg-\\netables, pou 1 1 r y,\\ncanned goods, etc.\\nThe es t ab 1 i s h-\\nment was started\\nby E. L. Dow, one\\nof Laconia s vet-\\neran market-men\\nand butchers, in\\n1878, and the\\npresent firm of\\nDow Robe r t s\\ntook posse ss i on\\nin 1S94. Herbert E. Dow is a son of\\nE. L. Dow, and Fred S. Roberts is a son\\nof O. N. Roberts of Meredith, and was\\nemployed in the\\ngrocery business\\nj for several years\\nbefore embarking\\ni n business w i t h\\nMr. Dow.\\nThe Do w\\nRoberts market is\\nlocated at No. 605\\nMain street, and\\nhandles every-\\nthing which would\\nbe found in a first-\\nclass city market.\\nThis is the only\\ne s t a blishment in\\nthe state equip-\\nped with an electric plant for grinding\\nbones and sausage meats, and the pro-\\nprietors are constantly making improve", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "58\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nmerits in their equipment, and striving\\nto advance the standard of their service.\\nThe market is, of course, provided\\nwith ample refrigerator room for the\\ncold storage of fresh meats, of which\\nthey purchase the choicest and best,\\nboth domestic and Western, which the\\nmarket affords. Home-made lard, home-\\ncured hams, and home-made sausage\\nare some of the special features of their\\ntrade upon which Dow Roberts pride\\nthemselves, and which have proved\\nvery popular with the public. In green\\ngoods, they always have the earliest\\npeas, dandelions, and other vegetables\\nto be found in Laconia markets. They\\nGilford, in that part known as Lake\\nVillage, May 20, 1865 his parents be-\\ning Charles and Amanda G. (Hall)\\nFlanders of Gilford. His mother was a\\nnative of Middletown, Pa., whose an\\ncestry were of Revolutionary stock and\\namong the first settlers of Pennsylvania.\\nOn the paternal side, his remote ances-\\ntry were among the first settlers of Gil-\\nmanton. He was one of a family of four\\nchildren, three of whom survive.\\nMr. Flanders was educated in the\\npublic schools at Philadelphia, and\\nFranklin Falls. Later he completed his\\neducation in the Quaker city, partic-\\nularly that relating to business. Al\\nDow Roberts Meat and Provision Market.\\nmake another feature of poultry, im-\\nporting large quantities of Vermont\\nturkeys and chickens, grown and fat-\\ntened especially for their trade.\\nMessrs. Dow Roberts are both\\nyoung men, enterprising and wide-awake\\nfor the increase of their business and\\nthe satisfaction of their patrons. They\\nhave met with excellent success and keep\\ntwo delivery teams hustling all the time,\\nin addition to their large store trade.\\nWilliam Hall Flanders.\\nProminent among the rising young\\nlegal lights in Belknap county is William\\nHall Flanders of this city, residing at\\nLakeport. Mr. Flanders was born in\\nthough many years covering the period\\nof his early life have been spent outside\\nof Laconia, chiefly on account of busi-\\nness interests, yet during all these years,\\nhe has never renounced his allegiance,\\nlove, and kind remembrance for his\\nnative heath.\\nHe studied law in the office of Jewell\\nStone in this city and was admitted\\nto the bar March 4, 1890. and soon\\nafter opened an office at Lakeport.\\nPrevious to this Mr. Flanders spent\\nabout two years in the south, where he\\nwas associated with mining companies,\\nwith headquarters at Staunton, Va.\\nAbout this time he was admitted to\\npractice in the supreme court in the\\nDistrict of Columbia, October 26, 1892.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n59\\nSoon after he returned to this citv. In\\n1S98 he was admitted to practice in the\\nUnited States district court of New\\nHampshire. Since being admitted to\\nthe bar in New Hampshire, he has con-\\nducted a general law practice, in which\\nhe, for a young man, has been eminently\\nsuccessful.\\nMr. Flanders is a member of the Mt.\\nLebanon lodge, No. 32, A. F. and A.\\nM., Union Chapter, No. 7, R. A. M.,\\nPilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar,\\nMount Washington Chapter, No. 13,\\nOrder of the Eastern Star.\\nHe is also\\nin good stand-\\ning as an Odd\\nFellow, having\\nbecome a mem-\\nber of that order\\nin Philadelphia.\\nHe is a member\\nof several other\\nsecret societies\\nand holds offi-\\ncial positions in\\nall of the Ma-\\nsonic bodies.\\nHe is a mem-\\nber of the Bel-\\nknap County\\nFish and Game\\nLeague.\\nIn 189S he\\nwas elected a\\nmember of the\\nLaconia board\\nof educat ion.\\nHis political\\naffiliations are\\nwith the I) e m-\\nocrats. Octo-\\nber 25, 1892, he wedded Miss Carrie\\nMorgan of Milford, Delaware. His re-\\nligious affiliations are with the Episco-\\npalians.\\nMr. Flanders was a resident of Prince\\nWilliam county, Virginia, for about six\\nyears, subsequently he resided in Phila-\\ndelphia, later at Franklin Falls, X. H.\\nIn all Mr. Flanders has resided in this\\ncity about twenty years.\\nSocially he is ever at his best, in con-\\nsequence of which he is possessed of\\nnumerous friends local and elsewhere.\\nThough modest in temperament he has\\na keen appreciation of the eternal fitness\\nof all his environments. As a counselor\\nhe is conservative yet decided, seldom\\nvouchsafing an opinion without impart-\\ning the most careful scrutiny and de-\\nliberate consideration.\\nIn domestic life he is much attached\\nto the home circle. He resides at 973\\nUnion avenue, where he is surrounded by\\nhome comforts such as are dictated by\\nliberal tastes for enjoyment and other\\nauxiliaries conducive to happiness.\\nFred B. Rowe.\\nWilliam H. Flanders\\nFred B. Rowe,\\nhosiery manu-\\nfacturer, is a\\nnative of Laco-\\nnia, and one of\\nour younger\\nmanufacture r s\\nwho has made\\na success in\\nthis line. He\\nwas born Janu-\\nary 13, 1 87 2.\\nand received\\nhis education\\nin the public\\nschools of this\\ncity. In 1888\\nhe commenced\\nas book-keeper\\nfor the Laconia\\nManufacturi ng\\nCompany, and\\ncontinued with\\nthis concern for\\nthree years. In\\n1 89 1 he started in the hosiery business\\nfor himself in a small way, and two\\nyears later formed a partnership with\\nM, P. Marshall.\\nThe partnership continued for four\\nyears, and then Mr. Marshall retired\\nfrom the firm, and Mr. Rowe has since\\ncarried on the business alone with\\nexcellent success. He now employs\\nabout one hundred hands in the opera-\\ntion of his industry, and has a pro-\\nduction of two hundred and twenty-", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "6o\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nfive dozen hosiery per day. His fac-\\ntory is located on Meredith Court.\\nHe manufactures hosiery for ladies,\\ngents, misses, and infants, and makes\\na specialty of medium and high-class\\ngoods. Mr. Rowe disposes of his\\nproduct mostly to the jobbers and\\ndirect trade.\\nMr. Rowe was married in 1893 to\\nMiss Annie R. Woodburn, and they\\nhave two children, Elmer W., six years\\nold and Charles M., aged three years.\\nIn politics,\\nMr. Rowe is\\na Democrat,\\nand in the se-\\ncret orders he\\nis a member of\\nWinnipiseogee\\nLodge of Odd\\nFellows.\\nLaconia has\\nalways taken\\npride in her\\nhustling young\\nbusiness men\\nand man ufac-\\nturers, and to\\nthis class Mr.\\nRowe undoubt-\\nedly be lo n gs\\nHe is w i d e-\\nawake and up-\\nto-date in his\\nmethods, and\\ndes erves the\\nsuccess w h i c h\\nhe is meeting\\nin his business.\\nFred B. Rowe\\nCol. Benjamin F. Drake.\\nAlthough now a resident of Norfolk,\\nVirginia, where he conducts a large\\ngrocery business, Col. B. Frank Drake\\nstill claims Laconia as his home, still\\nowns property in the City on the Lakes\\nand will undoubtedly return here for a\\npermanent residence some time.\\nBenjamin F. Drake was born in New\\nHampton, Oct. 8, 1844. When he was\\ntwo years old his parents removed to\\nLakeport, where young Drake was edu-\\ncated in the public schools and French s\\nselect school. At the opening of the\\nCivil War he entered the government\\nemploy at the Springfield armory, where\\nhe learned the machinist trade. He\\nwas afterwards superintendent of two\\nmanufactories in Massachusetts, and\\nlater was master mechanic of the Mount\\nWashington railway. In 1878, return-\\ning to Lakeport he became a member of\\nthe firm of J. S. Crane Co., retiring in\\n18S5 to assume charge of the construc-\\ntion of the Lakeport Laconia Water\\nWorks, resum-\\ning the partner-\\nship at the com-\\npletion of the\\ncontract, this\\ntime organizing\\nthe Crane Man-\\nufacturing Co.,\\nbuilders of knit-\\nting machinery.\\nOf this corpor-\\nation, Colonel\\nDrake was the\\ntreasurer, a di-\\nrector, and a\\nmoving spir i t\\nA year or two\\nago he sold out\\nhis interest in\\nthe Crane Co.,\\npurchased a\\nlarge farm and\\nmill property in\\nM assachusetts,\\nbut soon after-\\nwards sold out\\nand went South,\\nto Virginia,\\nwhere he is now located and conduct-\\ning a very successful business.\\nColonel Drake has not limited his\\nattention to his private interests solely,\\nbut has been much in public and corpo-\\nrate service. He was aide-de-camp, with\\nthe rank of colonel, on the staff of Gov.\\nJohn B. Smith, has served his town as\\nselectman, represented Gilford in the\\nlegislature in 1883, and was a member\\nof the constitutional convention in\\n18S9. He is now a director of the La-\\nconia Water Works, has been a director\\nof the National bank of Lakeport, of", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n61\\nthe Lake Village Savings bank, presi-\\ndent of the Mutual Building Loan as-\\nsociation, a trustee of the public library,\\nand a member of the local board of\\ntrade. In 1887 he was appointed steam-\\nboat inspector by Governor Sawyer, a\\nposition which he held until he left\\nNew Hampshire. Colonel Drake is a\\nmember of the New Hampshire club, of\\nthe Lincoln club, of the Home Market,\\nand of the White Mountain Travellers\\nassociation. In secret society life.\\nColonel Drake\\nhas always been\\nmuch interested\\nand quite prom-\\ninent. He is a\\nMason, Knight\\nTemplar, and\\nhas reached the\\nthirty -se con d\\ndegree, he is an\\nOdd Fellow, a\\nPatriarch Mili-\\ntant, a Red\\nMan, a Knight\\nof Pyth i a s a\\nKnight of Hon-\\nor, and has re-\\nceived honors\\nin all of these\\nf ra t e r n i t i e s\\nColonel Drake\\nis a Republican\\nin politics and\\nwas a member\\nof the first city\\ncouncil of the\\ncity of Laconia.\\nFew Laconia\\nmen have been\\nbetter known throughout the state of\\nNew Hampshire than Col. Frank Drake,\\nand he is popular and esteemed wher-\\never known, for he is always genial and\\nagreeable, and a good companion as\\nwell as a good business man.\\nCol. Benjamin F. Drake\\nHon. Charles F. Stone.\\nProbably no member of the legal pro-\\nfession in New Hampshire is more\\nwidely and favorably known than Hon.\\nCharles F. Stone, of Laconia, ex-naval\\nofficer of the port of Boston, Mass.\\nMr. Stone s ancestors were among the\\nearly settlers of Vermont, emigrating to\\nCabot, in the northern part of the state\\nas early as 1794. Lawyer Stone was\\nborn May 21, 1843, son of Levi II. and\\nClarissa )sgood) Stone. His boyhood\\nwas passed upon a farm, where he\\nacquired a vigorous physique, and at the\\nage of twenty years started out to\\nsecure an education to enter a profes-\\nsion. He attended the academy at\\nBarre, Vermont,\\nfor two years,\\nand titt e d for\\ncollege, enter-\\ning Middlebury\\nin 1 S 6 5 an d\\ngraduating in\\nthe class of 69.\\nHe paid his\\nown w a y both\\nin academy\\nand college by\\nteaching the\\ndistrict schools\\nand also as in-\\nstructor in sing-\\ning-schools. He\\nwas a natural\\nmusician and\\nfrom the time\\nhe was nineteen\\nyears of age,\\nuntil his voice\\nwas weake n e d\\nby an attack of\\npneumonia, he\\nwas most of the\\ntime director of\\na church choir.\\nAfter Mr. Stone s graduation from col-\\nlege, he read law for a year in the office\\nof ex-Governor J. W. Stewart in Mid-\\ndlebury, Vt., and at the same time\\nserved as principal of a graded school.\\nIn 1870 Mr. Stone came to Laconia\\nand entered the office of Judge E. A.\\nHibbard, where he continued his studies\\nuntil admitted to the practice of his\\nprofession in 1872. He then formed a\\npartnership with the late Col. George\\nW. Stevens, which continued for one\\nyear. For the next seven years Mr.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "62\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nStone practised alone, devoting himself\\nentirely to his professional labors and\\nmeeting with much success. In 1880,\\na partnership was formed with Lawyer\\nE. P. Jewell, which was continued with\\nsome changes in membership, until\\n1898, when Mr. Stone withdrew from\\nthe firm and formed a new partnership\\nwith Lawyer Edwin H. Shannon.\\nMr. Stone was reared a Republican in\\npolitics, but about twenty years ago he\\nbecame dissatified with the Republican\\npolicy on financial and revenue matters,\\nand at the open-\\ning of the cam-\\npaign in 1S80, he\\ntook the stump\\nfor Hancock and\\nEnglish. He is\\none of the most\\neffective cam-\\npaign speakers in\\nNew Hampshire,\\nand he has been\\nseveral times\\nchairman of the\\nDemocratic state\\nc o m m i ttee, the\\nDemocratic can-\\ndidate for govern-\\nor and also for\\ncongress. He was\\na member of the\\nstate legislature\\nfrom Laconia in\\ni883- S4 and\\nagain in i887- 88.\\nHe was commis-\\nsioned naval offi-\\ncer of Boston,\\nJuly 3, 1894, and\\nat the expiration of his term, returned\\nto the practice of his profession in La-\\nconia and also opened a branch office in\\nManchester.\\nMr. Stone has been a member of the\\nMasonic fraternity since attaining his\\nmajority, and is also a member of\\nLaconia grange and the Belknap\\nPomona grange.\\nHe married July 7, 1870, Minnie A.\\nNichols of Sudbury, Vt., who died\\nSeptember 22, 1875, leaving one daugh-\\nter, Flora M. Stone. Mr. Stone mar-\\nried September 12, 1896, Mrs. Isabel\\nSmith Munsey of Laconia. In religious\\nmatters Mr. Stone is of the progressive\\nand liberal type and has long been\\nactively connected with the Laconia\\nUnitarian church.\\nEdwin H. Shannon.\\nHon. Charles F. Stone\\nEdwin Howe Shannon, of the law\\nfirm of Stone Shannon, was born in\\nGilmanton, March 8, 1S58, son of\\nJames C. and Judith W. (Batchelder)\\nShannon. He\\ntraces his descent\\nin the paternal\\nline from an early\\nsettler of Ports-\\nmouth, his grand-\\nfather, George\\nShannon, having\\nbeen born in that\\nplace. In the ma-\\nternal line he\\ncomes of the fam-\\nily which was re-\\nlated to that of\\nthe famous states-\\nman, Daniel Web-\\nster, his great-\\ngrandmother hav-\\ning been a cousin\\nof the statesman.\\nMr. Shannon re-\\nceived his educa-\\ntion in the public\\nschools of his na-\\ntive town, and at\\nGilmanton Acad-\\nemy. He studied\\n1 a w w i t h Hon.\\nThomas Cogswell of Gilmanton, and\\nwas admitted to the bar in 1881.\\nMr. Shannon then became a partner\\nof Colonel Cogswell, remaining such for\\nabout a year, when the partnership was\\ndissolved by mutual consent, Mr. Shan-\\nnon seeking a wider field for practice\\nthan was afforded him in Gilmanton.\\nHe thereafter practised his profession\\nalone until 1893, having offices in Farm-\\nington and Pittsfield, where, he soon\\nacquired more than a local fame for his\\nability in the trial of causes, and gained", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n63\\nfor himself a considerable clientage. In\\n1893, Mr. Shannon came to Laconia\\nand entered into partnership with Law-\\nyer W. S. Peaslee, the firm subsequently\\nbecoming Shannon, Peaslee Plack-\\nstone. In 1S94, he withdrew from this\\nfirm and practised alone until 1898,\\nwhen the law firm of Stone Shannon\\nwas established.\\nMr. Shannon is counsel for a number\\nof large and prosperous corporations\\nand has devoted considerable study to\\nthis especial branch of the law. He is\\nalso considered\\nan authority upon\\nthe Law of Per-\\nsonal Injuries,\\nhas a large prac-\\ntice in that branch\\nof his profession,\\nwhere he has been\\nsuccessful in win-\\nning some of the\\nmost imp or tan t\\ncases which have\\never been insti-\\ntuted in Belknap\\ncounty. Mr. Shan-\\nnon is a man of\\ns t r ong personal-\\nity, is quick to\\ndetermine and\\nprompt to exe-\\ncute. Fearless in\\nthought and ac-\\ntion, with strong\\ncommon sense as\\na guide, he does\\nnot hesitate to\\ncarve a way where\\nnone appears.\\nPrecedents have no terrors for Mr\\nstead. They have three children Ella\\nC, Mildred, and Edwin II. Shannon, Jr.\\nThe Oberon Ladies Quartette.\\nEdwin II. Shannon\\nThe Oberon Ladies Quartette was\\norganized by Mrs. O. M. Prescott in\\n1891, and they have won a reputation\\nas a musical organization in all sec-\\ntions of New England. The personnel\\nof the quartette is as follows First\\nsoprano, Mrs. M. Prescott; second\\nsoprano, Miss Minnie O. Woodhouse\\nfirst alto, Mrs.\\nK. S an born\\nsecond alto. Mrs.\\nGeorge B. Cox.\\nThe following\\nwill indicate to\\nsome extent the\\npopular favor with\\nwhich the beron\\nLadies Quartette\\nhas everywhere\\nbeen received\\nIt has been\\nmy good fortune\\nto be present on\\ntwo occasions\\nwhen the Oberon\\nQuartette were\\nthe vocalists of\\nthe evening. They\\nhave exquisite\\nvoices which har-\\nmonize admir-\\nably. They sing\\nwith expre s s i o n\\nand distinct enun-\\nciation, and win\\nthe favor of the\\naudience from the start. They have a\\nShannon. If they appear to be right he charming repertoire^ which they ren-\\nfollows them, but if wrong he fearlessly dered with grace and melody. I found\\nattacks them, and some at least, have it easy to lecture after being stirred by\\ngone down before the logic of his rea-\\nsoning. As a counselor, wise and pru-\\ndent, in the trial of causes, strong and\\ntactful, and as an advocate, earnest and\\neloquent, he has acquired a large and\\nlucrative practice. In politics he is a\\nRepublican. He was married Oct. 18,\\n1882, to Myra E., daughter of Ira L.\\nand Lavina E. (Drew) Perry, of Barn-\\ntheir inspiring music. Mary A. Liver-\\nmore,\\nThe Oberon Ladies Quartette of\\nLaconia made its first appearance in\\nConcord at this concert, but it is safe to\\nsay it will not be the last. In all the\\nfive numbers given the combination was\\nat its best, and the result was the\\nhighest satisfaction of an audience", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "6 4\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ncomposed of those who are never satis-\\nfied with anything less than excellent\\nwork in this line. Two numbers were\\nencored and the responses were equally\\npleasing. Each member of the quar-\\ntette has a fine, well-trained voice, and\\nthey all blend harmoniously together.\\nThe young city of Laconia may well be\\nproud of the Oberon Ladies Quartette.\\nConcord People and Patriot.\\nThe Oberon Ladies Quartette made\\nquite a hit at the banquet of the Massa-\\nchusetts State Board of Agriculture at\\nDalton, Mass., last evening. Governor\\nGreenhalge and many other high digni-\\nmost prominent and active business\\nmen and manufacturers in this section\\nof New Hampshire. He was born at\\nCentre Harbor, N. H., December 24,\\n18 10, son of Jonathan Smith and Deb-\\norah (Neal) Moulton. The Moultons\\ntrace their ancestry back to the Nor\\nmans, and some of them accompanied\\nWilliam the Conqueror in his invasion\\nand conquest of England in 1066. As\\nmany as seven Moultons were in Amer-\\nica at a very early date, one in the set-\\ntlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Two\\nof the Moultons came to New Hamp-\\nshire in 1638. Gen. Jonathan Moulton,\\nThe Oberon Ladies Quartette.\\ntaries were present and had only words\\nof praise for Laconia s fair vocalists.\\nAt the evening concert of the N. H.\\nMusic Teachers association the Oberon\\nLadies Quartette rendeied selections.\\nThe quartette did very fine work, their\\nvoices blending perfectly, singing in\\ngood style. In fact they were an agree-\\nable surprise. Prof. Henri G. Blais-\\ndell in Granite Monthly.\\nThe Late Hon. John Carroll Moulton.\\nFrom the year 1836 until the date of\\nhis death, July 23, 1894, the late Hon.\\nJohn Carroll Moulton was one of the\\ngrandfather of the subject of this sketch,\\nwas one of the leading men in the state\\nin the old colonial days. In 1736, the\\ntown of Moultonborough was granted\\nto him and sixty-one others by the Ma-\\nsonian proprietors. Governor Went-\\nworth granted to General Moulton a\\nsmall gore of land adjoining Moulton-\\nboro, which was named New Hampton\\nin honor of his native town and which\\ncontained nearly twenty thousand acres,\\nand now constitutes a part of the town\\nof Centre Harbor. General Moulton\\ndistinguished himself in the Revolution-\\nary War, and did much to build up the\\nearly settlements around the lake, actu-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n65\\nally creating the three towns of Moul-\\ntonborough, Centre Harbor, and New\\nHampton.\\nJohn Carroll Moulton was educated\\nin the district schools in his native town\\nand afterwards attended Holmes acad-\\nemy at Plymouth, N. H. Master Dudley\\nLeavitt, the world-famous astronomer\\nand mathematician, was one of his in-\\nstructors in his boyhood days.\\nMr. Moulton commenced his business\\nlife at Sandwich, where he entered into\\ntrade but after a few months removed\\nto Centre Har-\\nbor, where he\\ncontinued as a\\nmerchant and\\nalso opened a\\nhotel, which was\\nthe pioneer of\\nthe mini erous\\nand elegant\\nsummer resort\\nhotels w h i c h\\nnow abound in\\nthe lake region.\\nIn 1836 he\\nchanged his\\nresidence to\\nLake Vil 1 age,\\nand engaged in\\nmerchandizi n g\\nand man ufac-\\nturing. In the\\nyear 1S41 he\\ncame to Mere-\\ndith IJ ridge,\\nnow Laco n i a,\\nand from that\\ntime until his\\ndeath was one\\nof the formative and directing forces\\nin the growth and development of the\\ntown. He was first landlord of the\\npopular Belknap Hotel, next a book-\\nseller and druggist, then postmaster of\\nthe village, appointed by President\\nTyler. He continued as postmaster for\\nabout six years, being reappointed by\\nPresident Polk, but was removed under\\nPresident Taylor s Whig administration,\\nas an offensive partisan. He was\\nagain reappointed by President Frank-\\nlin Pierce, and continued in office by\\nThe Late Hon. John Carroll Moulton\\nPresident Buchanan, but during Presi-\\ndent Lincoln s term was succeeded by\\na Republican, after sixteen years of ser-\\nvice in the post-office.\\nIn [861, Mr. Moulton became inter-\\nested in the Laconia Car manufactory,\\nwhich had been conducted by Charles\\nRanlet Co., until Mr. Ranlet s death\\nin i860. Mr. Moulton gave his personal\\nattention to the car building business\\nand rapidly developed a large and profit-\\nable industry. The works were fre-\\nquently enlarged, extensive buildings\\nput up, and the\\nquality of work\\nadvanced, until\\npassenger cars\\nof the finest\\nstyle were man-\\nufactured here\\nand the Laco-\\nnia Car Com-\\npany had a na-\\ntional reputa-\\ntion. This gave\\nemployment to\\nh U n d reds of\\nworkmen, and\\nthe pay-rolls\\namounted to\\neight thousand\\ndollars a month.\\nThe entire plant\\nw a s destroyed\\nby tire in 1 88 1\\nbut with c h a r-\\nacteristic ener-\\ngy Mr. Moulton\\nbegan work on\\nnew buildings\\nbefore the ruins\\nwere cold and work was resumed in the\\nnew factory in less than a month. This\\nwas done by Mr. Moulton when most\\nmen of his advanced years and ample\\nfortune would have retired from active\\nlife and its cares and responsibilities.\\nIn 1S65 Mr. Moulton turned his en-\\nergies to the establishment of a national\\nbank to accommodate the financial\\nneeds of the business interests of Laco-\\nnia. which were so rapidly increasing.\\nHis efforts for a charter were finally\\nsuccessful, and he founded the Laconia", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "66\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nNational bank, of which he was the first nected with the Uniformed Patriarchs\\npresident, a position which he held until of that order.\\nhis death. Other local enterprises in Mr. Moulton married, July 15, 1833,\\nwhich Mr. Moulton engaged included Nellie B. Senter of Centre Harbor,\\nthe Gilford Hosiery Mills, of which he whose ancestors were among the early\\nbecame sole owner in 1S68, and con- settlers of that town. They had five\\nducted successfully for many years, fur- children, Edwin C, Samuel M. S., and\\nnishing employment to hundreds of William H., all three deceased, and\\noperatives and having an annual pro- Horatio F., now located in Los Angeles,\\nduction valued as high as one hundred California, and Ida L., who married\\nand twenty-five thousand dollars. In\\ncompany with the late Benjamin E.\\nThurston, Mr. Moulton owned and con-\\nducted the La-\\nconia grist-mill,\\nand in other\\nand various\\nways he was in-\\nterested and\\ncontributed\\ngreatly to the\\nimprove m ent.\\ngrowth, and\\np r o s p e r ity of\\nLaconia. He\\nwas beyond all\\nd oubt one of\\nthe ablest finan-\\ncie r s in this\\nsection of New\\nHampshire.\\nIn politics\\nMr. Moulton\\nwas always a\\nsterling Demo-\\ncrat. He rep-\\nresented the\\nsixth district in\\nthe state senate\\nin 187 1 and in\\n1872, and was\\nHon. Joshua B. Holden of Boston,\\nMass.\\nMrs. Moulton died November 18,\\ni860, and in\\nAugust, 1866,\\nMr. Moulton\\nmarried Sarah\\nA. McDougall,\\nwho s e death\\ntook place May\\n10, 1894, a few\\nweeks before\\nthe death of\\nthe sub j e c t of\\nthis sketch.\\nThe Late\\nWilliam Clow.\\nThe I.\\nWilliam Clow,\\nfor nearly twen-\\nty years a citi-\\nzen of Lake-\\nport, was one of\\nthe pioneer hos-\\niery man u f ac-\\nturers of the\\nUnited States.\\nHe was born in\\nLeicester, Eng.,\\nbut came to this\\na member of the governor s council in country at the age of fifteen years. Mr.\\n1874. He was a delegate to the Dem- Clow was located at Portsmouth, N. H.,\\nocratic national convention in 1S76. and where he first engaged in the hosiery\\na candidate for presidential elector on business, and he manufactured about\\nthe Tilden ticket. the first full-fashioned hose made in\\nIn religious affairs, Mr. Moulton was America. His goods took high rank\\na liberal Christian, and he was one of among similar productions, and were\\nthe organizers and principal supporters awarded all the prizes at the exhibitions\\nof the First Unitarian church in Laco- and fairs.\\nnia. Mr. Moulton was one of the char- Mr. Clow was located in Portsmouth\\nler members of Winnipiseogee lodge of for about twenty-five years, and then\\nOdd Fellows which was founded at went to Manchester, where he con-\\nLaconia in 1842, and was also con- tinned in the hosiery business, until he", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED L \\\\CONIAN.\\n67\\ncame to Lakeport, which was about\\n18S0. At this time, Mr. Clow, with his\\nson, Henry B. Clow, formed the firm of\\nWin. Clow Son. and reengaged in the\\nhosiery manufa c tu r e\\nin Lakeport. Mr. Clow\\ndied in January, 1S99.\\nand is survived by a\\nwidow and six chil-\\ndren, three sons and\\nthree daughters.\\nWm. Clow Son.\\nThe firm of Wm.\\nClow Son, located a l\\nNo. 44 Bayside court.\\nLakeport, is one of\\nthe successful hosiery\\nconcerns of Laconia.\\nThe business was es-\\ntablished about twelve\\nyears ago by the late\\nWilliam Clow and his\\nHenry B. Clow.\\nson, Henry B. Clow.\\nThe industry employs about one hun-\\ndred and twenty operatives, and pro-\\nduces between four and five hundred\\ndozen hosiery per clay. Henry B. Clow inence, with broad fields, fenced with\\nHenry I!. Clow, manager of the es-\\ntablishment of Win. Clow Son, was\\nborn September 30, 1863, in Ports-\\nmouth, N. H. He was educated in the\\npublic schools of that\\ncity, and came to Lake-\\nport when a young\\nman, about eighteen\\nyears ago. Mr. Clow\\nwas married to Cora B.\\nLane of Lakeport in\\n1 882, and lias live chil-\\ndren, three daughters\\nand two sons. Mrs.\\nlow died about live\\nyears ago, and in June,\\n1898. Mr. Clow mar-\\nried Nellie E. Judd,\\nalso of Lakeport. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Clow reside\\non a magnificent farm\\non Lake street, lead-\\ning to The Weirs.\\nThis farm was for-\\nmerly the stock farm\\nof Dr. Joseph C. Moore, and is one of\\nthe finest country places in New Hamp\\nshire, situated upon a commanding em-\\nResidence oi Henry B. Clow.\\nis the manager of the business, and the substantial split stone walls, and the\\nfirm manufactures ladies misses boys scenery is unsurpassed, embracing a\\nand infants hosiery, in wool and most charming and magnificent view of\\nworsted. lakes, mountains, and fanning country.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "68\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nwith the city of Laconia in the back-\\nground.\\nMr. Clow is connected with several of\\nthe secret fraternal orders. He is a\\nmember of the Odd Fellows, Knights of\\nPythias, Rebekahs, and Patrons of\\nHusbandry. In politics Mr. Clow is a\\nRepublican.\\nJoseph H. Gingras.\\nJoseph H. Gingras, proprietor of the\\nGingras Shoe Store, was born in St.\\nPaul, P.Q, Sep-\\ntember^, 1863.\\nA little later\\nhis parents re-\\nmoved to Stan-\\nstead, P. Q.,\\nwhere he a t\\ntended the pub-\\n1 i c schools,\\ncoming to La-\\nconia at the age\\nof seven teen.\\nNaturally ambi-\\ntious, he per-\\nseveringly ap-\\nplied himself to\\nprocure the\\nmeans for a\\ncourse at the\\nNew Hampton\\nLiterary Insti-\\ntution, upon the\\ncompletion o f\\nwhich he en-\\ntered the em-\\nploy of O Shea\\nBros., where for\\nmany years he\\nhad charge of the boot and shoe de-\\npartment. In 1888 he opened a shoe\\nstore in Berlin, but soon, having an ad-\\nvantageous opportunity to sell, he re-\\nturned to Laconia and resumed his\\nformer position. April 18, 1893, he\\nmarried Jennie A., daughter of Dr. and\\nMrs. N. L. True, of Laconia.\\nIn 1896 he resigned his position at\\nO Shea Bros, to take a course of study\\nat the Klein Optical school in Boston,\\nMass. The following two years he\\ndevoted exclusively to the optical busi-\\nJoseph H. Gingras\\nness, traveling chiefly in northern New\\nHampshire. In April, 1898, he estab-\\nlished the boot and shoe business at 548\\nMain street and has since then limited\\nhis optical profession to home practice.\\nHaving a large experience in public\\ntrade with characteristic enterprise, Mr\\nGingras has supplied the demand for\\nfiner lines of footwear than have ever\\nbefore been shown in this city. His\\nshelves are filled with the latest and\\nmost noted makes of boots and shoes\\nfor men, women, and children, which\\ncannot be found\\nelsewhere out-\\nside the largest\\ncities. He also\\ncarries medium\\nand low-priced\\ngoods. Honor-\\nable in all his\\ntransactions, al-\\nways on the\\nalert to please\\nhis customers,\\nsuccess was as-\\nsured from the\\nfirst and in a\\nlittle more than\\na year the Gin-\\ngras shoe store\\nhas become the\\nleading store\\nof its kind in\\nnorthern New\\nHampshire.\\nMr. Gingras is\\na m e m ber of\\nMt. Lebanon\\nLodge, Free\\nand Accepted\\nMasons and also of Granite Lodge,\\nA. O. U. W., of this city.\\nJoseph P. Morin.\\nAmong the enterprising young hosiery\\nmanufacturers of Laconia is Joseph P.\\nMorin, whose establishment is located\\nin a portion of the old Belknap Mills\\nproperty. Mr. Morin employs about\\nsixty people in his industry and his mill\\nhas a capacity of two hundred dozen\\nhosiery per day. He makes a specialty", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n69\\nof misses and infants medium and high-\\ngrade goods.\\nMr. Morin has a beautiful residence\\non Gilford avenue. He married Georgia\\nM. Jacques in 1880, and has a family of\\nfour children, two boys and two girls.\\nIn religion, Mr. Morin is a Catholic and\\nan active member of the society, at the\\nChurch of the Sacred Heart.\\nMr. Morin was born in Ham Nord,\\nP. Q., June 26, i860. He came to\\nLaconia in early life and attended our\\npublic schools, completing his education\\nat the New\\nHampton Li t-\\nerary Institu-\\ntion. He is a\\npractical hos-\\niery manu f a c\\nturer and i s\\nfamiliar with\\nevery detail of\\nthe industry.\\nMr. Morin,\\nalthough not\\nan active politi-\\ncian, has been\\nhonored by an\\nelection as one\\nof the board of\\nsu pervisors of\\nthe city of La-\\nconia, several\\ntimes, h a v i n g\\nheld this posi-\\ntion for about\\nten years, up\\nto the present\\ntime.\\nMr. Morin\\nhas also been\\nquite prominent in the order of Cath-\\nolic Foresters, and at the present time\\nis state secretary of New Hampshire for\\nthis order. He is also a member of the\\nAncient Order of United Workmen of\\nLaconia.\\nJoseph P. Morin.\\nThe Pepper Manufacturing: Co.\\nThe Peppei Manufacturing Co. was\\nincorporated in May, 1890. The busi-\\nness dates back to 1857, being one of\\nthe oldest industries, in the line of man-\\nufacture of knitting machinery, in the\\nUnited States. The first machines\\nbuilt by the founder of the business,\\nMr. William II. Pepper, were of the\\nclass known as the circular rib frame,\\nwhich were constructed and intended\\nto produce a tubular ribbed fabric which\\nwas cut to the required length for the\\nlegs of stockings. Subsequently the\\nMat heeler and footer was built, on\\nwhich the feet of the stockings were\\nknit. Later, the Pepper fiat frame was\\ninvented, w i t h\\npatent welt and\\nslack course\\ndevice for the\\nprod uction of\\nshirt cuffs and\\ndrawer bottoms\\nwith finished\\nends. From\\nyear to year\\nimproveme nts\\nwere made and\\nnew devices\\nwere perfected\\nand patented,\\nand the busi-\\nness enlarged\\nto meet the\\nincreasing de-\\nmand for the\\nmachines, which\\nare to be found\\nto-day in nearly\\nall the principal\\nknit goods bus-\\niness towns in\\nthe United\\nStates. anada,\\nand the Provinces, from a limited bus-\\niness, it soon acquired more than a local\\nreputation, and it was necessary to en-\\nlarge and broaden the industry, and from\\nthe comparatively few kinds of machines\\nbuilt the company are now producing\\nmachinery for the production of all\\nsizes of tubular, plain, and ribbed fab-\\nrics, from the size of infants mitts, to\\nmen s jackets, and sweater bodies,\\nincluding the different gauges of fabric,\\nand patterns for stripes, blocks, dia-\\nmonds, etc., many of the devices for", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "7 o\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nproducing these patterns being secured\\nby letters patent.\\nIn 1887, A. T. L. Davis and G. A.\\nSanders were admitted as partners in\\nthe business, the style of the concern\\nbeing W. H. Pepper Co.\\nThree years later the Pepper Manu-\\nfacturing Co. was incorporated with\\nW. H. Pepper, president, A. T. L.\\nDavis, treasurer, and G. A. Sanders,\\nsecretary. In August, 1S97, Mr. Davis\\ndisposed of his interest in the company,\\nretiring from the business. The pres-\\nent officers\\nare president,\\nW. H. Pep-\\nper secre-\\ntary and trea-\\nsurer, G. A.\\nSanders.\\nThe works\\nand office of\\nthe company\\nare at No.\\n25 Quinby\\nstreet, Lake-\\nport, N. H.\\nWilliam H.\\nPepper*\\nWilliam H.\\nP e p p er, an\\nesteemed res-\\nident of Lake-\\nport, and the\\nfounder and\\npresident of\\nthe Pepper\\nManufactu r\\ning Co., was William H. Pepper,\\nborn in the\\nyear 1S30 in Nottingham, Nottingham\\ncounty, England, son of Daniel and\\nMary (Parkins) Pepper. The father was\\na lace maker by trade. Of his five chil-\\ndren, four sons and a daughter, Wil-\\nliam H., is the sole survivor. Both pa-\\nrents are also deceased.\\nHaving come to this country in his\\nearly boyhood, William H. Pepper\\nreceived his education in the common\\nand high schools of Portsmouth, N. H.,\\nwhere his father was enc-need in the\\nmanufacture of hosiery. After leaving\\nschool, he entered his father s shop and\\noperated a hand loom until he was\\nseventeen years old. He was next, for\\na short time, employed in the hosiery\\nmill of Warren Sanford at Ports-\\nmouth. On leaving there he worked in\\na machine shop in Lowell, Mass. While\\nat the last named place, Hosea Crane\\nsent him to Philadelphia in charge of a\\nknitting machine to be placed on exhi-\\nbition. After this he returned to Ports-\\nmouth, but subsequently went to work\\nin the Henry\\nMarchant\\nmills at Paw-\\ntucket, R. I.\\nLater he was\\nemployed i n\\nValley Falls\\nin a rubber\\nlining estab-\\nlishment. He\\nnext secured\\na position as\\noverseer in\\nthe John Nes-\\nmith mills at\\nFranklin,\\nN. H., with\\nwhich he had\\nbeen con-\\nnected four\\nyears w hen\\nthe plant was\\ndestroyed by\\nfire in the\\nspring of\\n1857. Going\\nthen to Lake\\nVillage, he\\nbecame su-\\nperintendent in the Thomas Appleton\\nmill, where he remained between two\\nand three years. On leaving that em-\\nployment he formed a co-partnership\\nwith his brother and engaged in the\\nhosiery business, which they conducted\\nunder the firm name of J. W. H.\\nPepper. Later on he was associated\\nwith J. S Crane, forming the firm of\\nCrane Pepper in the manufacture\\nof knitting machines for his brother\\nJohn. John afterward joined him in the", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n7 1\\nenterprise, once more forming the firm\\nof J. W. II. Pepper, which lasted for\\nseveral years. After separating from\\nhis brother he carried on the business\\nalone until 1886 when he admitted two\\nof his workmen to partnership, and the\\nstyle of the firm became W. II. Pepper\\nCo. In 1890, the Pepper Manufac-\\nturing Co. was formed with William H.\\nPepper as president, G. A. Sanders as\\nsecretary, and A. T. L. Davis for treas-\\nurer, Mr. Pepper being also a director.\\nHe has also served as a director of the\\nLake Village\\nsavings bank,\\nand was for\\na number of\\nyears a direc-\\ntor of the M\\nLakeport Na-\\ntional bank,\\nalso a mem-\\nber of its\\nfinancial\\ncomm i tte e\\nMr. P e p p e r\\nhas been mar-\\nried three\\ntimes. His\\nfirst marriage\\nwas contract-\\ned with Ellen\\nA. Jackson\\nof Cor i n t h\\nMe. his sec-\\nond with Mrs.\\nAddie Chen-\\ney, of Lake-\\nport and his\\nthi r d wit h\\nNellie S\\nMoulton, daughter of William P. Moul-\\nton of Lake Village. 1 1 is daughter,\\nEmma M., by his first marriage, married\\nGeorge A. Sanders. Mr. Pepper is a\\nRepublican, and has always taken con-\\nsiderable interest in political matters.\\nIn 1890 he was elected to the state leg-\\nislature, where he served on the manu-\\nfacturing committee and gave his\\nsupport to the passage of the bill for\\nproviding buoys for the lake, and for\\nthe lighting of the Weirs channel. Pre-\\nvious to entering the legislature he was\\nchairman of the board of supervisors for\\ntwo years. He is a member of Choco-\\nrua lodge. No. 51, [.O.O. F., being a\\nP. G., also P. C. P. of Laconia Encamp-\\nment, and a member of Canton Osgood,\\nP. M.\\nGeorge A. Sanders.\\nGeorge A. Sanders.\\nGeorge A. Sanders, secretary and\\ntreasurer of the Pepper Manufacturing\\nCo., was born in Gilford, N. II., Octo-\\nber 4th, 1S51, son of George W. and\\nSarah) Smith i\\nSanders. He\\nreceived his\\neducation at\\nthe sch 00 1 s\\nin G i 1 f o r d\\na n d N e w\\nHampton.\\nOn leaving\\nschool he en-\\nt e r e d the\\noffice of his\\nfather, who.\\nin connection\\nwith his farm-\\ning interests,\\noperated the\\nLake Co s\\ns a w mill at\\nLake Village,\\nthe pr od u ct\\nof the mill\\nbeing dimen-\\nsion lumber,\\nshook, h osi-\\nery oases, etc.\\nAttn- about\\ntwo years he-\\ngave up this position, going to Boston,\\nwhere he secured employment as sales-\\nman in the retail dry goods house of\\nJordan. Marsh Co., remaining there\\none and one half years, subsequently\\nreturning to Gilford and was engaged\\nfor one season as express and mail\\nagent on the steamer Lady of the\\nLake, apt. S. I Cole, commanding.\\nIn the fall of 1875 m entered the ma-\\nchine shop of W. II. Pepper to learn\\nthe trade.\\nIn the year [887 Mr. Sanders se", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "72\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ncured an interest in the business of\\nkniting machine building, at which\\ntime the firm of W. H. Pepper\\nCo. was formed. In 1890, when the\\nPepper Manufacturing\\nCo., was incorporated,\\nhe was chosen as sec-\\nretary of the company,\\nwhich position he still\\nholds. On the retire-\\nment from the business\\nof Mr. Davis, the trea-\\nsurer, in August, 1897,\\nMr. Sanders was chos-\\nen to fill the vacancy.\\nHe was married in No-\\nvember, 1875, to Emma\\nM., daughter of W. H.\\nPepper. Mrs. Sanders\\ndied in March, 1879.\\nleaving one daughter,\\nEthelyn M. In 1884\\nhe was married to Ella\\nE., daughter of Palmer\\nA. Wood, of Lakeport.\\nIn political views and affiliations Mr.\\nSanders is a Republican. For twenty-\\nseven years he has held membership in\\nChocorua lodge, No. 51, I. O. O. F.,\\nF. Geo. H. Osgood.\\nF. George H. Osgoo\\nOsgood Co., jewelers, succeededfto\\nthe business of S. E. Young Co., on\\nAugust 6, 1 888, and\\nalthough Mr. Osgood\\nis one of Laco nia s\\nyoungest business men,\\nhe is at the head of a\\nlong-established and\\nsuccessful bus i n e s s\\nthe store having been\\nconducted by the late\\nSamuel E. Young for\\nnearly thirty years be-\\nfore Mr. Osgood took\\npossession. F. George\\nH. Osgood, the present\\nproprietor, was born on\\nthe Gilford side of the\\nriver, which is now\\npart of the city of La-\\nconia, August 6, 1865,\\nand was educated in\\nthe public schools of\\nLaconia, including the Laconia High\\nschool. He was married July 21, 1896,\\nto Miss Mary A. Sanders. He has al-\\nways been interested in secret fraterni\\nJewelry Store of F. George H. Osgood.\\nalso being a member of Laconia encamp- ties, and is a member of the Masons,\\nment, and Canton Osgood, No. 5, P. M., Knights Templar, Odd Fellows, Knights\\nhaving passed the chairs in the three of Pythias and Ancient Order of United\\nbranches of the order named. Workmen.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n73\\nOsgood Co. always carry a large course at Tilton seminary. Almost be-\\nstock of watches, clocks, silverware.\\nchains, optical goods, and trinkets of all\\nkinds in the jewelry line. They handle\\nreliable goods and only\\nask a fair profit. Watch\\nrepairing and engrav-\\ning are departments\\nof their business and\\nsquare-dealing is the\\nmotto in every depart-\\nment. In these days\\nof cheap watches, gold\\nbricks and paste dia-\\nmonds, it is pleasant\\nto deal with reliable\\nmerchants, and people\\nwho trade with Osgood\\nCo. may depend on\\ngetting their money s\\nworth, whether they\\ninvest in solid silver\\nand gold jewelry or in\\nthe plated goods.\\n4 \u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbk\\nI\\nfore he left his studies he was a clerk in\\nthe general store of his father, the firm\\nthen being Pitman Tilton. Most of Mr.\\nPitman s life has been\\nspent in this store,\\nwhich is now conduct-\\ned by his brother, Jo-\\nseph W. Pitman, and\\nhimself, under the firm\\nname of P. Pitman\\ncarrying a large\\nline of hardware, mill\\nsupplies, cutlery, small\\nwares, paints, oils, bi-\\ncycles, field and garden\\nseeds, etc.\\nMr. Pitman is also\\ninterested in the man-\\nufacturing business,\\nbeing a stockh older\\nand director in the\\nwell-known Pitman\\nManufacturing Co.,\\none of the largest and\\noldest hosiery manufacturing concerns\\nin New Hampshire. He aiso has a con-\\n\\\\\\\\alter H. Pitman, youngest son of siderable real estate interest in this city,\\nthe late Joseph P. Pitman, is a native owning numerous cottaees for rental.\\nWalter H. Pitman\\nWalter H. Pitman.\\nlEWM M 1 LI 1\\ntiiMiii i nit\\nResidence of Walter 11. Hitman.\\nLaconian and has always resided in this\\ncity. He was born August 28, 1856,\\nand received his education in the public\\nschools of Laconia. supplemented by a\\nIn religious affairs, Mr. Pitman is a\\nCongregationalist, being a member of the\\nNorth church, and quite active in all the\\naffairs of the church and society. Mr.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "74\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nPitman married Elora E. Jackman, and\\nthey have two children at their elegant\\nand pleasant home on Pleasant street,\\nFlorence Ruth Pitman and Joseph Pres-\\ncott Pitman. An older daughter, Helen\\nElizabeth Pitman, aged 7 years, died\\nFebruary 27, 1898.\\nThe Huse Machine Shops.\\nThe Huse machine shops, under the\\nownership and management of Warren\\nto six men being employed at the start.\\nThe industry has grown and prospered\\nduring the twenty years of its exist-\\nence, and now employs from thirty-five\\nto forty men.\\nIn 1896 the old shops became inade-\\nquate to handle the increasing business,\\nand consequently a new three-story\\nbuilding was erected and connected\\nwith the former establishment, giving\\nover ten thousand square feet of floor\\nspace. The establishment is a model\\nI lie lliibe Machine Shops.\\nD. Huse, at No. 117 Union avenue, is\\nnot only one of the important indus-\\ntries of the city of Laconia, but is also\\nan establishment which has acquired\\nmuch more than a local fame, being\\nwell-known in all parts of the United\\nStates, where knitting machinery is\\nused to any extent.\\nMr. Huse is a manufacturer of circu-\\nlar rib knitting machines, yarn wind-\\ners, and other knitting mill machinery.\\nThe business was established in 1878 by\\nMr. Huse, in a small way, only from four\\nmachine shop, fitted with all the\\nmodern improvements, up-to-date ma-\\nchinery, etc., and divided into separate\\ndepartments for drawing, pattern and\\nmodel making, experimental work,\\nblacksmithing, etc., and equipped with\\nmuch machinery especially adapted to\\nproduce the fine machinery for which\\nthe Huse shops have a well-earned repu-\\ntation, wherever their inventions have\\nbeen introduced, and the Huse machines\\nare well and favorably known among the\\nknitting mills throughout this country.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n75\\nMr. Huse has been actively engaged\\nin the manufacture and operation of\\nknitting machines for over thirty years.\\nand has invented quite a good many\\nimproved devices, which have made\\nhis machines especially desirable. He\\nhas associated with him his two sons,\\nwho have both taken an active part in\\nthe management of the business for\\nover ten years, Leon C. Huse taking\\npart in the construction and improve-\\nment of the machines, and Walter L.\\nHuse takes charge of the office affairs\\nand business\\nend of the in-\\ndustry. Nearly\\nall of the men\\nemployed in\\nthe Huse shops\\nare skilled me-\\nchanics and\\namong the best\\nworkmen to be\\nfound in this\\nsection of the\\ncountry.\\nIn addition\\nto the knitting\\nmachinery bus-\\niness, which was\\nthe foundation,\\nperhaps, of this\\nindu stry, the\\nconcern is also\\nengaged exten-\\nsively in gen-\\neral job work\\nin their line,\\nwhich includes\\nthe construc-\\ntion and repairs\\nIn politics Mr. 1 1 use is a Republican,\\nand he has served as a member of the\\nLaconia city council, but he is not an\\nactive politician, preferring to spend all\\nthe time he can spare from his business\\ninterests, in the enjoyment of life on the\\nshores of our lakes, he and his sons\\nhaving a handsome and convenient cot-\\ntage on Lake Winnipesaukee.\\nThe Late George Alvin Sanders.\\nWarren D. Huse.\\nThe late Col. George Alvin Sanders\\nwas born in La-\\nconia, Decem-\\nber 10, 1846,\\nand was educa-\\nted in the pub-\\no. lie schools of\\nthis place and\\nat A p p 1 e t o n\\nacademy at\\nNew Ipswich,\\nN. H. He be-\\ngan his busi-\\nness career by\\nentering his\\nfather s store\\nas a clerk, but\\nshortly after, in\\n1 S 6 4 he re-\\nmoved to Bos-\\nton, where he\\nbecame book-\\nkeeper for a\\nwholesale firm.\\nRelinquish i ng\\nthis position a\\nyear later, he-\\nentered the em-\\nploy of Abram\\nof all kinds of machinery, building of French Co., by whom for twenty-one\\nengines, the furnishing and erection of years he was employed as a traveling\\nsteam and hot water heating apparatus,\\nin both private and public buildings.\\nUp-to-date plumbing is a special branch\\nof the Huse shops which receives much\\nattention, and this concern is the recog-\\nnized headquarters for work in this line\\nin this section. The advent of the bi-\\ncycle has created an important branch\\nof business at the Huse shops, special\\nattention being paid to repairs of all\\nkinds in this line.\\nsalesman, canvassing almost the entire\\nNew England states in his routes.\\nIn 1886, his father s failing health\\ndrew him back to his old home in\\nLaconia, where in company with his\\nbrothers he assumed the management\\nof his father s business, under the firm\\nname of Sanders Bros., a partnership\\nwhich terminated in [892, when Colonel\\nSanders assumed sole charge.\\nAs a Republican. Colonel Sanders", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "7 6\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nhas been prominent. In the legislature\\nof i88g- 9o he headed a successful\\nlegislative ticket in Laconia. In 189 1\\nhe was made an aide-de-camp on the\\nstaff of Governor Tuttle, with the rank\\nof colonel. In 1892 he was chosen a\\ncommissioner of Belknap county. Colo-\\nnel Sanders was active in the formation\\nof the White Mountain Travelers asso-\\nciation, and served as its secretary and\\ntreasurer. In the new city government\\nof Laconia he held the position of chief\\nengineer of the fire department. He\\nwas a trustee\\nof the Belknap\\nSavings Bank,\\nand a director\\nin the Laconia\\nGas Co.\\nIn secret so-\\nciety circles he\\nran ked as a\\nthirty-secon d\\ndegree Mason,\\nPast Em inent\\nCommander of\\nPilgrim Com-\\nmander} of\\nKnights Tem-\\nplar, a Knight\\nof Pythias, and\\na Red Man. At\\nthe time of his\\ndeath he was\\nSenior Grand\\nWarden of the\\nGrand Com-\\nm andery c f\\nKnights Temp-\\n1 a r of New\\nHampshire.\\nColonel Sanders possessed a wide\\ncircle of friends and acquaintances.\\nHe was generous to a fault, it being a\\nprominent trait of his life never to let\\nthe needy depart wanting any of the\\ncomforts of life which he could supply.\\nHe was faithful to every trust imposed,\\neither public or private, and everywhere\\nhe ranked as a whole-souled, genial,\\ncompanionable, active man, the best of\\nfriends, the truest of comrades.\\nColonel Sanders was twice married,\\nhis first wife being Miss Addie E. Cur-\\nrier of Cambridge, Mass., and his sec-\\nond wife, Miss Ida M. Chase of New\\nHampton. He left a widow and three\\nchildren, Frank Currier Sanders, Emma\\nLouise Sanders, and Serena Gertrude\\nSanders.\\nColonel Sanders died December 2,\\n189S, of Bright s disease, and his death\\ntook from Laconia one of our most\\nactive and popular citizens, a man who\\nwas always promptly interested in every\\nenterprise and movement of a public\\nnature. But few men have been so\\nprominent in\\nLaconia social\\nand business\\nlife, and but\\nfew men would\\nbe more missed\\nby the general\\ncommunity.\\nDr. Charles S\\nGilman.\\nThe Late George Alvin Sanders.\\nDr. Charles\\nS. Gilman, now\\nlocated at Sun-\\ncook, N. H.,\\nwhere he en-\\njoys a large and\\nlucrative prac-\\ntice,was born at\\nLake Village,\\nwhen the terri-\\ntory was a part\\nof the old town\\nof Gilford, Oc-\\ntober 23, 1S71.\\nHe is the son\\nof Noah C. and\\nMary (Sleeper) Gilman of 54 Clinton\\nStreet, Lakeport, and is a descendant\\nin his paternal line from Edward Gil-\\nman, who came from Norfolk county,\\nEngland, in May, 1670. Dr. Gilman\\nattended the public schools of Lakeport\\nand Laconia. and then went to Tilton\\nseminary at Tilton, N. H. After grad-\\nuating from Tilton seminary he did re-\\nportorial work on the Manchester Union\\nand the New Hampshire Republican,\\nand worked at Cram s grocery, Hub-\\nbard s shoe store, and Collins pharmacy", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n77\\nat Lakeport, to secure funds to enable\\nhim to pursue a course of study in\\nmedicine. Dr. Oilman studied medicine\\nat the University of Vermont, Burling-\\nton, and at Tufts College Medical\\nschool at Boston, and finally at the Bal-\\ntimore Medical college at Baltimore,\\nMaryland. Dr. Oilman graduated from\\nthe Baltimore Medical college April 22,\\n1896. He studied the practical side of\\nhis profession at the Boston Dispensary\\nwith Dr. W. T. Slayton of Boston at\\nthe Maryland General and Lying-in\\nHospital at Balti-\\nmore, and at the\\nBaltimore Medi-\\ncal College Dis-\\npensary.\\nAfter taking\\nhis degrees, Dr.\\nOilman practised\\nhis profession at\\nLakeport for a few-\\nmonths, and then\\nremoved to Sun-\\ncook in February,\\n1897, taking the\\noffice of the late\\nDr. G. H. Lara-\\nbee, where he has\\nbeen u n u s u a 1 1 y\\nsucces sful, and\\nwhere he has a\\nsteadily-incr eas-\\ning general prac-\\ntice.\\nWhile at Tufts\\ncollege, Dr. Gil-\\nman was editor\\nfrom the medi-\\ncal school of the\\nBrown and Blue, Tufts junior class\\nannual, a member of Gamma Chapter\\nAlpha Kappa Kappa, a Greek letter\\nmedical college fraternity. He is also\\nmember of the Winnipesaukee Academy\\nof Medicine, the New Hampshire Medi-\\ncal society, and of Pembroke grange.\\nPatrons of Husbandry.\\nDr. Charles S. Oilman\\nEdwin D. Ward.\\nOne of the most active and promi-\\nnent citizens of the Lakeport end of\\nLaconia is Edwin D. Ward, who at the\\npresent time carries on a successful\\nundertaking business, and also carries\\na complete assortment of mouldings and\\nfixtures. For the past twenty-seven\\nyears he has been a photographer, a\\npart of that time in partnership with\\nGeorge 1!. Munsey, but he now leases\\nthe photograph studio, though still de-\\nvoting some time to that branch of\\nbusiness. As a photographer, Mr. Ward s\\nrooms have always had a good reputa-\\ntion, and there is hardly a photographer\\nin N e w II a m p\\nshire w h o has\\nmade a s m a n y\\npictures as M r\\nWard.\\nMr. Ward is a\\nnative of Brad-\\nford, X. H.. where\\nhe still loves to\\nspe nd a portion\\nof his time. M r.\\nWard was a great\\nfriend and admir-\\ner of the late Ma-\\nson W. Tappan,\\nof Bradford, attor-\\nney-gene ral of\\nNew Hampshire.\\nIn secret soci-\\neties Mr. Ward is\\na j oi n e r. 1 It-\\nis a member of\\nChocorua Lodge,\\nNo. 51,1.0.0. F.,\\na n d o f Laconia\\nencampment. No.\\n9, and Esther Re-\\nbekah Lodge, No.\\n7, of the same order. He served as\\nthe grand master of the order in New\\nHampshire in the years 1894 and 1895,\\nand was elected as grand representative\\nfrom this state to the Sovereign Grand\\nlodge for the years 1896 and [897.\\nThese bodies met in Dallas, Texas, and\\nSpringfield, 111., and at both sessions\\nMr. Ward served on important com-\\nmittees. He is a P. C. C. of Kndicott\\nRock lodge, Knights of Pythias, a mem-\\nber of J. A. Greene division, No. 12,\\nUniform rank, K. of I .Mr. Ward i.s\\n4 _", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "78\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nalso a member of Mount Lebanon lodge,\\nFree and Accepted Masons.\\nIn politics Mr. Ward is a firm Repub-\\nlican, and he has been honored by num-\\nerous positions of responsibility and\\ntrust by his fellow-townsmen. In the\\nold town of Gilford he was for five con-\\nsecutive years chosen as treasurer of\\nthe town, and was a member of the\\nNew Hampshire legislature in the ses-\\nsion of 189 1. At the present time he\\nis a member of the Laconia city coun-\\ncil, from Lakeport, elected in iSqj and\\nre-elected f o r\\ntwo years in\\n1899. In the\\ncouncil he has\\nserved upon the\\nc o m mittee on\\naccounts and\\nclaims, and\\nother of the\\nmore important\\ncommittees. In\\n1898 Mr. Ward\\nwas appointed\\nby Go vernor\\nRamsdell one\\nof the New\\nHampshire bal-\\nlot law commis-\\nsioners for two\\nyears.\\nMr. Ward has\\nnot only been\\nsuccessful in\\nhis business,\\nbut as a public\\nservant he has\\nproved himself\\nfaithful, effi-\\ncient, and conscientious. His public\\nspirit has never been found wanting,\\nand his efforts on all occasions for the\\nbest welfare of the community have\\ngained for him the confidence of the\\npeople of the whole city.\\nEdwin D. Ward.\\nDr. George H, Saltmarsh.\\nDr. George Harrison Saltmarsh of\\nthe Lakeport end of Laconia, is one of\\nthe best-known physicians throughout\\nNew Hampshire of any who are located\\nin this city. He was born in Gilford\\nMarch 3, 1859, the son of Thomas and\\nSallie (Gilman) Saltmarsh. Dr. Salt-\\nmarsh obtained his preparatory educa-\\ntion in the public schools of his native\\ntown, and also attended the New Hamp-\\nton Literary Institution. After com-\\npleting his course of studies at New\\nHampton, he commenced to read medi-\\ncine in 1879 with Dr. William H. Rand\\nof that town, and then attended three\\ncourses of medical lectures at Dart\\nmouth Medical\\nCollege, where\\nhe gradu a t e d\\nM. D. Novem-\\nber 3, 1883. Dr.\\nSaltmarsh has\\nbeen in prac-\\ntice in Laconia\\nsince May,\\n1884, and is\\none of the bus-\\niest men in his\\nprofession. He\\nis a member of\\nthe New Hamp-\\nshire Medical\\ns o c i ety, a n d\\nwas honored by\\nan election as\\npresident of\\nthis organiza-\\ntion for the\\nyears i898- 99.\\nHe is also a\\nmember of the\\nWinnipesaukee\\nAcademy of\\nMedicine, and\\nserved as secretary of this society from\\nits incorporation, July, 1895, until 1898,\\nand is now the vice-president of the\\nsociety. He is president of the New\\nHampshire pension board of examin-\\ning surgeons at Laconia, and is on the\\nsurgical staff of the Laconia cottage\\nhospital. He is also surgeon for the\\nBoston Maine Railroad corporation,\\nand attends to cases in which the rail-\\nroad is interested in this section of\\nNew Hampshire.\\nDr. Saltmarsh is a Republican in", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n79\\npolitics, and was a member of the New\\nHampshire legislature in iS95~ 96.\\nIn secret societies Dr. Saltmarsh is a\\nmember of the Independent Order of\\nOdd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias,\\nand the New England Order of Protec-\\ntion.\\nIn addition to his professional duties\\nand the official positions which he has\\nheld in political and medical circles, Dr,\\nSaltmarsh has found time to contribute\\nsome to the medical press.\\nHe was married July 23, 1S91 to\\nMiss Mima, daugh-\\nter of Leonard R.\\na nd Mary C\\nAvery of Portland,\\nMaine. They have\\ntwo children, Rob-\\nert C, and Arthur\\nAvery Saltmarsh.\\nJohn F. Merrill.\\nJ o h n Franklin\\nMerrill, general\\nmanager of the\\nLaconia Electric\\nLighting Co., has\\nbeen a prominent\\nbusiness man and\\nleading citizen ol\\nLaconia for half a\\ncentury. He was\\nborn in Holder-\\nness, N. H., Oct.\\n31, 1833, son of\\nWilliam and Han-\\nnah C. (Batchel-\\nder) Merrill. He\\ntraces his ances-\\ntry back to the first settlers of New-\\nbury, Mass. Later on the members of\\nthis family took active parts in the\\nFrench and Indian and Revolutionary\\nWars. Mr. Merrill was educated in the\\npublic schools of Laconia and at old\\nGilford academy. He then learned the\\nmarble and granite business with the\\nlate Albert G. Hull, for whom he worked\\na year after completing his apprentice-\\nship. In 1856, Mr. Merrill was taken\\ninto partnership in the business, the\\nfirm name being: changed to Hull\\nDr. George H. Saltmarsh.\\nMerrill. This connection continued\\nfor twelve years and then Mr. Merrill\\npurchased his partner s interest in the\\nindustry and carried on the business\\nalone until January, 1892, when he sold\\nout.\\nWhen the Laconia Electric Fighting\\nCompany was organized in [884, Mr.\\nMerrill became associated with the cor-\\nporation as one of its directors, which\\nposition he still holds, and since 1893\\nhe has also been general manager of\\nthe business.\\nW hen Union\\nCemetery associa-\\ntion was formed in\\ni860, Mr. Merrill\\nwas elected a di-\\nrector and t h e\\ntreasurer of the\\nassociation. These\\npositions he h a s\\nheld now for al-\\nmost forty years,\\nand it is largely to\\nhis careful atten-\\ntion and wise man-\\nagement that Laco-\\nnia takes pride to-\\nday in the beauti-\\nful burial grounds\\nwhich this associa-\\ntion owns and con-\\ntrols.\\nMr. Merrill is a\\nstaunch Republi-\\ncan and h e has\\nbeen honored by\\nan election to the\\ncity council, and\\nhas served several\\ntimes as a selectman of Ward 4.\\nMr. Merrill has always been prom-\\ninent in the Masonic and Odd Fel-\\nlows fraternities. He is a member of\\nMt. Lebanon lodge, I nion chapter,\\nPythagorean council, and Pilgrim com-\\nmandery, Knights Templar. In the\\nOdd 1 ellows, he is a member of Winni-\\npiseogee lodge, and has tilled all of tin-\\nofficers chairs in both lodge and en-\\ncampment.\\nNearly half a century ago Mr. Mer-\\nrill became a member of the Free Pap-", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "8o\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ntist society, and he has been treasurer\\nand secretary of this society for over\\nforty years.\\nMr. Merrill married Miss Flora Abby\\nRowe, Dec. 7, 1865, daughter of Mor-\\nrison and Sarah (James) Rowe of Bel-\\nmont, N. H. They are the parents of\\nthree sons and a daughter Albert R.,\\nis junior partner in the firm of Hilliard\\nMerrill, wholesale dealers in cut soles\\nat Lynn, Mass.; Frank Carleton is a\\nnia, which was formerly Lake Village,\\nborn May 15, 1841, and died May 12,\\n1895. He was educated in the public\\nschools of Lake Village, a pattern-maker\\nby trade and a very skilful workman.\\nApril 21, 1S66, he was married to Alice\\nM. Randlett of Belmont, who survives\\nher husband, with one son, E. Roscoe\\nDavis. Mr. Davis was a veteran of the\\ncivil war. He enlisted as a private in\\nthe Fourth regiment of New Hampshire\\nlohn F. Merrill.\\npiano tuner; Frederick Dimock is em-\\nployed in the leather business with his\\nbrother in Lynn, Mass.; and Eva Lil-\\nlian, is the wife of Eugene N. Best, a\\nprominent lawyer of Minneapolis, Minn.\\nThe Late Francis H. Davis.\\nThe late Francis H. Davis was a\\nnative of that part of the city of Laco-\\nVolunteers on July 12, 1861, and was\\ndischarged Nov. 13, 1864, as first lieu-\\ntenant of his company. Mr. Davis was\\na Republican in politics and attended\\nthe Free Baptist church. He was a\\nmember of the Independent Order of\\nOdd Fellows, Chocorua lodge. Mr.\\nDavis received numerous political hon-\\nors at the hands of his fellow-townsmen,\\nserving as selectman in 1877, and as a", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONTAN.\\nmember of the board of education in\\n1881, 1882, and 1S83. When Laconia\\nwas made a city, Mr. Davis was elected\\na member of the first city council, re-\\npresenting Ward two, and served so\\nacceptably that he was re-elected for a\\nsecond term in 1894 and 1895. In the\\ncouncil chamber, Mr. Davis always\\nacted for what seemed to him the best\\ninterests of the city, and was always\\nready to give sound reason for the posi-\\ntion he took upon any issue under dis-\\ncussion in the city government. Other\\ncouncilmen\\nmight s o m e\\ntimes forget\\nthe taxpa yers\\nand vote to in-\\nd u 1 g e in ex-\\ntravaga n c e s\\nbut Mr. Davis\\nalways spoke\\nand voted in\\nthe interests of\\nthe men who\\npay the bills,\\nand he well\\nearned the title\\nof the watch-\\ndog of the city\\ntreasury. Mod-\\ne s t and unas-\\nsuming, always\\ngenial and so-\\ncial, interested\\nin every move-\\nin e n t f o r the\\ndevel opment\\nand welfare of\\nLaconia, he was\\na good citizen\\nand the City on the Lakes lost a true\\nLaconian when Francis H. Davis passed\\naway.\\nThe Late Francis II. Davis\\nChase s Sporting: Resort.\\nEthan Allen Chase, proprietor and\\nmanager of Chase s Sporting Resort\\nand Lunch Rooms, is a native of Mere-\\ndith, N. FL, born January 7, 1856. He\\nwas educated in the Meredith public\\nschools and also attended the New\\n6\\nHampton Literary Institution at New\\nHampton. He married Alice Reed\\nSawin, June 15, 1S82, and resides in a\\nhandsome residence on Gilford avenue.\\nMr. Chase is a member of the Knights\\nof Pythias and the Uniform Rank, and\\nis an attendant of the First Baptist\\nchurch. For twelve years Mr. Chase\\nconducted the well-known Round Bay\\nFarm, a couple of miles from the centre\\nof the city, and then for about three\\nyears was engaged in the carriage busi-\\nness.\\nAt the pres-\\nent time, Mr.\\nChase is con-\\nducting a sport-\\ning resort and\\nlunch room,\\nin the Chase\\nbuilding, on the\\ncorner of Main\\nstreet and Rail-\\nroad square.\\nThe groun d\\nfloor of this\\nblock has been\\nhandsomely fit-\\nted up for the\\npurpose, w i t h\\nbilliard and\\npool tables,\\nsporting publi-\\ncations, etc..\\nmaking a cosy\\nand comfort-\\nable resort for\\ncitizens who\\ndesire to pass\\na pleasant hour\\nhandling the\\ncue, or discussing sporting events. The\\npremises are neat and clean, and there\\nis no necessity for any movement in the\\ndirection of maintaining good order, for\\nthe establishment is patronized by the\\nbest cpf people, and is as clean in this\\nrespect as a private club room.\\nIn addition to the attractions in the\\nsporting line, Mr. Chase has provided a\\nneat lunch counter, where sandwiches,\\ndoughnuts, tea, coffee, soda water, gin-\\nger ale, and other similar light drinks\\ncan be obtained, or a more substantial", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "82\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nrepast can be ordered if desired. The\\nlocation of the establishment near the\\nBoston Maine passenger station\\nmakes this a convenience for the travel-\\ning public as well as the citizens of the\\ncommunity. There is no restaurant in\\nconnection with the railroad station,\\nand hungry passengers who alight from\\nthe trains or who go to the station to\\ntake a train can have their wants in\\nthe luncheon line supplied at short\\nnotice, with the choicest food, neatly\\nserved, and at reasonable prices.\\nChase s Sporting Resort has been\\nrecently opened, but it is receiving a\\nthree daughters, Lillian M., Ethel W.,\\nand Grace L., at his pleasant residence\\non Gilford avenue.\\nMr. Moore is a Republican in politics\\nand was a very active and efficient\\nmember of the first city council of\\nLaconia. He has been for eight years\\na member of the Laconia board of edu-\\ncation, and with exception of one year\\nserved as secretary of the board. Mr.\\nMoore was tendered the position of\\ncity clerk of Laconia, by mutual con-\\nsent of both political parties, but de-\\nclined the honor.\\nIn secret societies, Mr. Moore is con-\\nChase s Sporting Resort.\\nliberal patronage, and will evidently be\\na permanent institution and a success\\nin every direction under Mr. Chase s\\ncareful management.\\nAlbert C Moore.\\nAlbert C. Moore, clerk at the Cole\\nManufacturing Company shops, and\\nsecretary of the Laconia Building and\\nLoan Association, was born in Boston,\\nMass., September 8, 1858. He was\\neducated in the public schools of Bos-\\nton and at Abbott academy (Little\\nBlue) at Farmington, Me. He married\\nClara A. Edgerly, formerly of Tilton,\\nN. H., and has a charming family of\\nnected with the local branches of the\\nMasonic fraternity and is a thirty-\\nsecond degree Mason. He is also a\\nKnight of Pythias, and a member of\\nthe United Order of Pilgrim Fathers,\\nand New England Order of Protec-\\ntion.\\nMr. Moore is an accomplished elo-\\ncutionist and takes great interest in\\ntheatrical affairs. He is, himself, an\\namateur actor of much more than\\nordinary talent, and if he had chosen\\nthis profession would undoubtedly have\\nscored a success. Mr. Moore and the\\nfamous Harry Dixey were boy friends\\nand companions in Boston and made\\ntheir first appearance upon the stage", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAX.\\n83\\ntogether in that city, in their juvenile\\ndays.\\nMr. Moore is acknowledged one of\\nthe most efficient book-keepers in\\nAlbert C. Moore.\\nLaconia, and in addition to his duties\\nas clerk for the Cole Manufacturing\\ncompany is secretary of the Laconia\\nBuilding and Loan Association, a posi-\\ntion which he has filled since the\\nassociation was started in 1888.\\nProbably no man in New Hamp-\\nshire is better posted upon build-\\ning and loan matters than Mr.\\nMoore, and it is due to his skill\\nand care that the books of the\\nLaconia association are frequent-\\nly cited as a model by the bank\\ncommissioners of the state.\\nSuperintendent Blaisdell of the\\nCity Schools.\\ngiven as good an education as was in\\nhis power to acquire, and with this end\\nin view he studied Latin and Greek\\nwith a private teacher, and entered Gil-\\nmanton academy in the autumn of\\n1S78, and graduated from the classical\\ncourse two years later, fitted for college.\\nDuring the following year he taught\\nthree terms of school, and entered Dart-\\nmouth college in the fall of 1881, grad-\\nuating in the class of 85, with the de-\\ngree of A. B., and receiving the degree\\nof A. M. three years later. During his\\nSophomore and Junior years he taught\\nshort terms of school. While at college\\nhe was connected with the K. K. K.\\nsociety, of which he was a prominent\\nmember.\\nAfter graduation he was elected prin-\\ncipal of the Hamilton X. V.) Union\\nschool. Here he had under his super-\\nvision four hundred pupils and ten\\nteachers. As Hamilton is the seat of\\nColgate university, it was a very im-\\nportant position, and called for the best\\nefforts of any teacher. After two years\\nsuccessful work, wishing to give atten\\ntion to teaching the classical rather\\nthan the elementary branches, he be-\\ncame principal of an academy at\\nJoseph H. Blaisdell, superin-\\ntendent of the Laconia public\\nschools, is a native of Mere-\\ndith, N. H., the only child of\\nDaniel S. and Sarah (Potter)\\nBlaisdell, but removed to Gilford\\nat a very early age.\\nHe attended the district school until\\nhe was about 16 years of age. It was\\nthe desire of his parents that he be\\nLincoln, Maine. In two years more he\\nbecame principal of the Whitcomb High\\nschool, Bethel, Vt., where he remained", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "84\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nfive years, fitting boys for college, and\\ngirls to become teachers. It was here\\nthat as principal of a small high school\\nhe taught Latin, Greek, German, Eng-\\nlish, history, mathematics, and science\\ndaily as necessity demanded. In 1894\\nhe became principal of the Peppered\\n(Mass.) High school, and for three years\\ntaught the Latin, Greek, and mathema-\\ntics. In 1897 he was elected superin-\\ntendent of the public schools of Laco-\\nnia, which position he now holds.\\nMr. Blaisdell s experience as a\\nteacher has\\nTucker first taught school in Maine at\\nthe Free High school at Gray. He\\nthen went to Wolfeborough, and was lo-\\ncated there for three years, after which\\nhe returned to Maine, and was princi-\\npal of the Hartland academy for two\\nyears. He was at Fairhaven, Mass.,\\none year; at Holbrook, Mass., four\\nyears, and came to Laconia in 1S94, as\\nprincipal of the Laconia High school,\\nsucceeding Mr. W. N. Cragin. Mr.\\nTucker is a member of the New Hamp-\\nshire Teachers association, and is vice-\\npresident of\\nbeen varied,\\nhaving tau g h t\\nin every state\\nin New Eng-\\nland, except\\nRhode Islan d,\\nwith the addi-\\ntional state of\\nNew York.\\nDuring the four-\\nteen years since\\ngraduating at\\nDartmouth he\\nhas either\\ntaught or sup-\\nervised every\\ngrade from pri-\\nmary to college\\npreparatory.\\nHe was mar-\\nried in 1S88 to\\nClara L. Brit-\\nton, and has no\\nchildren. H e\\nis a member of\\nBeacon Lodge,\\nNo. 175, I. O.\\nO. F., Peppered, Mass., Mount Leba-\\nnon lodge, No. 32, A. F. and A. M.,\\nand Union Chapter, No. 7, of Laconia.\\nJoseph H. Blaisdell, Superintendent of Sch\\nPrincipal Hoyt H. Tucker,\\nHoyt H. Tucker, principal of the La-\\nconia High school, is a native of Ath-\\nens, Maine, born October 6, 1858.\\nHe was educated in the public schools,\\nand at Somerset academy, Nichols\\nLatin school, and Bates college. Mr.\\nthis orga 11 i z a\\ntion at the pres-\\nent time. He\\nis president of\\nthe Wi n n i p e-\\ne i saukee Tea c h\\ners Associa-\\ntion, and also\\npresident of the\\nLaconia Teach-\\ners club, and a\\nmember of the\\nN e w England\\nHistory Teach-\\ners Associa-\\ntion.\\nW h e n M r\\nTucker came\\nto Laconia he\\nentirely revised\\nthe course of\\nstudy, and in-\\ntroduced one\\ncourse founded\\non the report\\nof the commit-\\ntee of ten. By\\nthis means the standard of the school was\\nraised and its work made equal to that\\nin many of the larger and better schools\\nof New England.\\nMr. Tucker takes great interest in\\nhis profession as a teacher. He has\\nbeen very successful in our Laconia\\nschools in arousing an interest among\\nthe students for a higher education than\\nis afforded by our common schools. In\\nyears past a very large proportion of the\\npupils of Laconia have been content to\\ndrop their studies before graduating", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n85\\neven from the high school, but during\\nthe past few years the graduating classes\\nhave been larger, and many of the grad-\\nuates have continued their education in\\nhigher schools and colleges.\\nMr. Tucker takes considerable inter-\\nest in school athletics, and has endeav-\\nored to instill some of his enthusiasm\\ninto the students under his charge. He\\nwas prominent in the organization of\\nthe Laconia Education Society, largely\\ncomposed of citizens of this city who\\nare interested in our schools and in\\neducation gen-\\nerally, and the\\nformat ion of\\nthis society can-\\nnot fail to be\\nbeneficial to the\\npublic schools\\nof Laconia.\\nMr. Tucker\\nwas united in\\nmarriage to Vil-\\nette Maud Par-\\nker of Wolfe-\\nborough in\\n1893, and they\\nhave two daugh-\\nters, Bethania,\\naged five years,\\nand Sara Jose-\\nphine, aged\\nthree years.\\nFred A.\\nYoung;.\\nF. A. Young,\\ntax-collector of\\nthe city of La-\\nconia, and manager of Young s insurance\\nand real estate agency, is a native of\\nBarnstead, N. H., born August 4, 1866.\\nHe came to Laconia when a child, and\\nwas educated in the public schools here,\\nand at New Hampton Literary Institu-\\ntion and Commercial College.\\nMr. Young was employed for about a\\nyear as bookkeeper for George W. Riley,\\nand afterwards entered the employ of the\\nMelcher Prescott Insurance Agency,\\nwith which he was connected for about\\nsix years, and then engaged in the\\nlliivt H. J uckcr, Principal of High School.\\ninsurance business for himself, after-\\nwards adding a department for the\\nhandling of real estate transfer and\\nrenting of property.\\nIn politics, Mr. Young is a Republi-\\ncan, and he has held several positions\\nof political honor and trust. He was\\nregister of probate for Belknap county\\nfour years, being elected in 1892, and\\nheld the position for two terms. He\\nwas elected tax collector of the city of\\nLaconia in 1897, [898, and 1899, and\\nhis record of tax gathering is the best\\nwhich has been\\nmade by any\\ncollector since\\nLaconia be-\\ncame a city.\\nIn secret or-\\nders, Mr. Young\\nis a member of\\nMt. Lebanon\\nLodge of Ma-\\nsons, and also\\nof Winnesquam\\ncolony, No. 34,\\nUnited Order\\nof Pilgrim Fa-\\nthers. In reli-\\ngious affairs,\\nMr. Young affil-\\niates with the\\nFree Baptists,\\nand he is pre-\\nsident of the\\nsociety at the\\nSouth church,\\nand a member\\nof the commit-\\ntee on finance\\na n d churc h\\ndebt. He represents an excellent line of\\nstrong and reliable insurance companies,\\nand places risks against lire, accident,\\nloss of life, damage to steam boiler by\\nexplosion, etc. He is not only active\\nin the interests of the companies which\\nhe represents, but also is energetic and\\nenterprising in the interest of the pa-\\ntrons who purchase insurance. Mr.\\nYoung also handles investment bonds,\\nsecurities, and mortgages. by caret ul\\nmanagement and close attention to\\nbusiness, he has succeeded in building", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "86\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nup a good line of patronage in Laconia\\nand surrounding towns.\\nMr. Young also makes a special\\nfeature of handling real estate for his\\nclients, and always has a good line of\\nfarms and village and city property for\\nsale. In this department, Mr. Young\\nalso attends to the renting and collect-\\ning of rents for landlords of tenement\\nproperty in this city and vicinity. He\\nhas met with good success in this\\nbranch of his business, and now has\\nupon his books a larger list of rental\\nproperty than\\ncan be iound\\nelsewhere in\\nthis vicinity.\\nMr. Young\\nwas married in\\n189 1 to Miss\\nCarrie B. An-\\ndrews. They\\nhave no chil-\\ndren.\\nThe Late\\nD. A. Tilton.\\nPro m i n e n t\\namong the bus-\\niness men of\\nthis city, ever\\ncontributing to\\nits substant ial\\nprosperity cov-\\nering a period\\nof nearly a half\\ncentury, was\\nDaniel Atkin-\\nson Tilton. Mr.\\nTilton was one\\nof a family of nine children, five sons and\\nfour daughters. These were children\\nof John and Eunice Jacques Tilton, of\\nSanbornton. The subject of this sketch\\nwas born in the part of that town near\\nwhat is now East Tilton, November 16,\\n1823. His early boyhood days were\\nspent in Sanbornton, Tilton, East Til-\\nton, Meredith, and at Pembroke, and it\\nwas from the latter town that the family\\ncame to this city in 1842, taking up its\\nresidence at what is now known as the\\nWillard Hotel. The son, Daniel A.,\\nFred A. Voun\\ncame a year later, having secured a po-\\nsition as clerk with the firm of H. J.\\nFrench Co., at that time conducting a\\ngeneral store located at the corner of\\nMain and Court streets, the same being\\nnow occupied by John Parker Smith.\\nAt that time the firm consisted of Henry\\nJ. French and Woodbury Melcher, the\\nlatter the father of Hon. Woodbury L.\\nMelcher of this city. Here Daniel A.\\nremained until the spring of 1845, wnen\\nhe secured a similar position with the\\nlate Joseph P. Pitman, who conducted a\\nhardware and\\ngrocery b u s i\\nness on Main\\nstreet, in the\\nstore now oc-\\ncupied by J\\nP. Pitman\\nCo. A few\\nyears later he\\nformed a part-\\nnersh i p with\\nhis empl oyer,\\nthe style of the\\nfirm being J. P.\\nPitman Co.\\nWith this union\\nof interests,\\ncombining zeal\\nwith bus i n e s s\\ntact, the firm\\nsoon entered\\nupon an era of\\neminent suc-\\ncess and pros-\\nperity. About\\n1868 the firm\\nengaged in the\\nmanufacture of\\nhosiery, and the business was continued\\nup to the year 1875, when the firm of\\nJ. P. Pitman Co. merged into the Pit-\\nman Mfg. Co., having been incorporated\\nas a stock company. Mr. Tilton was\\nmade its treasurer, holding the position\\nof treasurer at the time of his death,\\nNov. 25, 1889.\\nAs previously indicated, Mr. Tilton,\\nfrom the time of his first coming to La-\\nconia, had been prominently identified\\nwith the business interests of the town,\\nbeing: one of the board of directors of", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n87\\nthe Laconia Savings Bank, and also one on Main street in this city, is a niece of\\nof the board of directors of the Laconia Mr. Tilton.\\nand Lake Village Street Railway Com-\\npany. His political career began in his\\n1\\n231\\n1\\n1 +v.\\n4\\nm\\nTo those who were accustomed to\\nthe every-day routine life of Mr. Tilton,\\nhe was known at his best. He was of a\\ndecided philanthropic nature, constantly\\ndeveloping a sentiment in the greatest\\ngood to the greatest number, and on\\nthat account it was the cause of remark\\nthat his enemies were few. Socially he\\nwas always genial and courteous, greet-\\ning one and all with a happy smile of\\nassurance that all was well, and these\\nconditions prevailed as well within the\\ndomestic circle and financial board and\\nthe threaded thoroughfare of business\\nlife.\\nHis religious sentiments were liberal,\\nyet his affiliations were with the Congre-\\ngationalists (the North church), toward\\nwhom it was his wont to bestow charity\\nliberally in its support.\\nThe late Daniel A. Tilton.\\nelection as one of the board of selectmen\\nof the town of Gilford, which he held\\nfor several terms, and also two succes-\\nsive terms as representative\\nin the legislature from Gil-\\nford, at the time when that\\npart of this village south and\\neast of the Winnipesaukee\\nriver was a portion of Gil-\\nford. At the biennial elec-\\ntion in 1888 he was elected\\nas one of the board of coun-\\nty commissioners for Bel-\\nknap county, but was obliged\\nto decline the honor confer-\\nred, on account of ill health.\\nMarch 8, 1855, Mr. Tilton\\nmarried Mary Ann, daughter\\nof the late David and Mar-\\ngaret Ann Swazey Bowman, i-^-\\nof Laconia. The result of\\nthe union proved to be a\\nmost happy one, covering\\nmany years of mutual devo-\\ntion and one in which peace and hap-\\npiness was no divided condition of their\\ndomestic life, but a unit. The wife of\\nGeneral William F. Knight, residing\\nThe Late Dr. Oliver Goss.\\nDr. Oliver Goss, who died April 12,\\n1896, was for many years one of the\\nbest known and most successful physi-\\nRi idence of the late Daniel A. 1 illon.\\ncians and surgeons in this section of the\\nstate. lie was horn in Rye, Oct, 26,\\n1819, son of Jonathan Goss and Olive\\n(Adams) Goss. His father removed his", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "88\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nfamily to Moultonborough in 1822,\\nwhere the subject of this sketch grew\\nto manhood. His education was com-\\npleted at Sandwich, Meriden, and Gil-\\nmanton academies, and he taught school\\nfor a time in the rural districts of Moul-\\ntonborough and Gilmanton. He decided\\nto adopt the medical profession, and\\nfirst studied with the late Dr. W. H. H.\\nMason, of Moultonborough, in 1843,\\nthen in 1S44 went to Boston, where he\\nstudied under the late professors, Oliver\\nWendell Holmes, Jacob Bigelow, and\\nHenry J. Bigelow, of the Harvard Med-\\nical School.\\nder of his life. He was an active mem-\\nber of the New Hampshire Medical So-\\nciety, joining in 1853. He was a mem-\\nber of the Winnipesaukee Academy of\\nMedicine, and was the first president of\\nthis association. He was for years a\\nprominent Odd Fellow, ever striving to\\nexemplify in his daily life its teachings\\nof Friendship, Love, and Truth. He\\nwas always interested in agriculture, and\\nwas a valuable member of Laconia\\ngrange, Patrons of Husbandry. In poli-\\ntics Dr. Goss was a Democrat. He\\nserved for years as a member of the\\npension bureau.\\nThe late Dr. Oliver Goss.\\nHe returned to New Hampshire, and\\nin 1845 graduated M. D. from Dart-\\nmouth Medical College. He commenced\\nto practice at Melvin Village, on the\\nshore of Lake Winnipiseogee, but in\\n1852 settled in Lakeport, where he con-\\ntinued in practice until his death, a con-\\ntinuous practice of over fifty years. In\\n1846 he was married to Elizabeth H.\\nFlanders, who died June 2, 1891, daugh-\\nter of Joseph Flanders of Gilmanton.\\nFour children were born to them, three\\nof whom are dead one son, Dr. O. W.\\nGoss, survives them.\\nSoon after coming to Lakeport, Dr.\\nGoss became a member of the Park\\nStreet Free Baptist church, of which he\\nremained a worthy member the remain-\\nThe late Elizabeth Honor (Flanders) Goss.\\nDr. Goss as a youth was amiable and\\nsteadfast in high moral principles. He\\nwas possessed of rare mental faculties,\\nhe was temperate, frugal, and steadfast,\\nimmovable as the granite hills in his\\nsense of right, ever quick to respond to\\nthe call of charity, and to render aid in\\ncases of destitution and suffering. Dur-\\ning the war Dr. Goss attended the sol-\\ndiers free of charge, accepting no recom-\\npense, deeming this service a sacred\\nduty he owed to them. Both in public\\nand private life Dr. Goss was an expo-\\nnent of high moral sentiments, and in\\nhis death the medical profession lost a\\nvaluable member, and the general public\\nwill long miss his smiling countenance,\\nripe judgment, and professional skill.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "THK ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n89\\nThe late Elizabeth H. (Flanders) Goss.\\nElizabeth Honor (Flanders) Goss,\\nthe estimable wife of Dr. Oliver Goss,\\ndied at the family residence on Elm\\nstreet, June 2, 1891,\\nat the age of seventy-\\nfour years and twenty-\\neight days. Inter-\\nment was made in the\\nfamily tomb in the\\nHillside cemetery.\\nShe was one of a fam-\\nily of six children.\\nHer father, the late\\nJoseph Flanders, was\\nborn in Belmont, Jan-\\nuary 15, 1790, and\\ndied May 6, 187 1, in\\nLaconia. Her moth-\\ner, Sophia (Hall) Flan-\\nders, was born in Ex-\\neter, N. H., March 7,\\n1793, and died in\\nSanbornton, October\\n3 1. 1S62. Mrs. Goss\\nwas born in Gilman-\\nton, May 16, 1817. She was educated\\nin the public schools and Gilmanton\\nacademy. April 1, 1845, she was\\nMrs. Goss joined the church in\\nUpper Gilmanton, and after coming to\\nLakeport to live she became a member\\nof the Free Baptist church, in which\\nshe was a willing worker and ardent\\nsupporter.\\nDr. O. W. Goss.\\nDr. Ossian W. Guss.\\nOssian Wilber Goss,\\nM. 1)., one of Laco-\\nnia s best known and\\nmost successful physi-\\ncians, is a son of the\\nlate Dr. Oliver Goss\\nand Elizabeth Honor\\n(Flanders) Goss, and\\ngrandson of Jonathan\\nGoss, was born March\\n21, 1856, in Laconia.\\nHe attended the com-\\nmon and the select\\nschools until 1873,\\nwas a student for one\\nyear in the N e w\\nHampton Institution,\\nan d was graduated\\nfrom the New Hampshire Conference\\nSeminary and Female College at Tilton,\\nat the close of a two years classical\\nResidence of Dr. 0. W. GoJS.\\nunited in marriage to Dr. Oliver Goss, course in 1876. Haying completed his\\nwhich union was blessed with four preparatory education, he entered\\nchildren, two girls and two boys, all Bates college, Lewiston, Maine, in\\ndeceased except Dr. O. W. Goss. 1876. In 1NS0. he matriculated in the", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "9\u00c2\u00b0\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nmedical school of Harvard university,\\nand was graduated M. D., in June,\\n1882.\\nIn 1886 he entered the Post-Gradu-\\nate Medical School of New York for\\nspecial courses in medicine and surgery,\\nalso taking up at various times special\\nstudies at Harvard Post-Graduate and\\nBoston Polyclinic.\\nDr. Goss is a member of the New\\nHampshire Medical Society, the Winni-\\npesaukee Academy of Medicine, and the\\nAmerican\\nMedical As-\\nsociation. He\\nhas been in\\nthe practice\\nof medic in e\\nand surgery\\nsince June,\\n1882, in La-\\ncon i a and\\nhas a large\\nand lucrative\\npractice. In\\nthe literary\\nline, Dr. Goss\\nhas contrib-\\nuted variou s\\narticles per-\\ntaining to\\nmedicine and\\nsurgery, that\\nhave met ap-\\nproval in the\\nmedical pro-\\nfession.\\nDr. Goss\\nwas marr i e d\\nin 1 S 8 2 to\\nMiss Mary\\nP. Weeks of Moig ia Por\\nSanbornton\\nTheir only child died in infancy August\\n15, 1883.\\nDr. Goss is prominent in the secret\\nand fraternal orders, being a member\\nof the Odd Fellows, Masons, Pilgrim\\nGommandery, K. T., Knights of\\nPythias, Red Men, Elks, Royal Arca-\\nnum, Pilgrim Fathers, New England\\nOrder of Protection, Masonic Relief\\nAssociation, etc.\\nMorgfia Porter Wilson,\\nMorgia Porter Wilson, so well and\\nfavorably known in Laconia as a lead-\\ning vocalist and teacher, is a native of\\nManchester, N. H., and the daughter\\nof Charles C. P. and Caroline (Patch)\\nPorter. Her voice in childhood was\\nnoted for its purity and compass.\\nAt the age of sixteen she had sung\\nthe leading roles in several operettas\\nwith marked success, and soon after\\nbegan her ca-\\nreer as a choir\\nsinger in the\\ncities of Con-\\ncord, M a n\\nChester, and\\nLawrence,\\ncontinuing in\\nthat capacity\\nfor several\\nyears. Mean-\\ntime, while on\\na concert tour\\nin the West,\\nher voice at-\\ntracted the\\nattention o f\\nthe late John\\nB. Go ugh,\\nand through\\nhis generous\\nassistance\\nshe began to\\nstudy u nder\\nMadam J. H.\\nLong, of Bos-\\nton, subse-\\nquently t a k\\ning the Ru-\\nter Wilson. dersdorff\\nmethod of\\nother teachers. With five years careful\\nstudy, she attained a high musical rep-\\nutation as a vocalist throughout New\\nEngland. She married, in 1873, Mr.\\nJulius E. Wilson, now of Lakeport, where\\nthey have resided for the past thirteen\\nyears. She is the only recognized\\nvocal teacher in Laconia, and her\\nability as such is attested by the rapid\\nprogress of her pupils.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n9 1\\nCharles L. Simpson.\\nCharles L. Simpson, who was one of\\nthe representatives of Ward six (Lake-\\nport), city of Laconia, in the state legis-\\nlature of iSgS- 99, is a native of Can-\\nterbury, X. H., born May 25, 1874. He\\nwas educated in the public schools of\\nLakeport, and for a young man has been\\nvery prominent in social and fraternal\\naffairs. He is assistant superintendent\\nof the Park Street Eree Baptist Sunday-\\nschool, and is on the executive commit-\\ntee of the society. He is also an ex-\\npresident of the Young People s Society\\nand is a director in the Lakeport Build-\\ning and Loan association.\\nMr. Simpson married Miss Clara\\nCyrilla Sargent.\\nWellington L. Woodworth.\\nWellington L. Woodworth, cashier of\\nthe Lakeport National bank, has been\\ncalled the youngest national bank\\ncashier in New Hampshire, and we\\nthink the claim has never yet been dis-\\nputed. He is a native of Lake Village,\\nborn May 18, 1873. lie attended the\\npublic schools at Lakeport and later\\nCharles L. Simpson.\\nof Christian Endeavor, connected with\\nthe church.\\nMr. Simpson is a Democrat in politics,\\nbut was elected representative to the\\nlegislature from a strong Republican\\nward. He is employed as a clerk in the\\ngrocery business.\\nMr. Simpson is a past grand of Cho-\\ncorua lodge, No. 51, I. O. E.. and a\\nmember of Hannah Frances Rebekah\\nlodge, No. 41. He is also a member of\\nBelknap lodge, No. 4S, New England\\nOrder of Protection, and treasurer of\\nthe Odd Fellows Mutual Relief Asso-\\nciation. He served as business man-\\nager of the New Hampshire Philatel-\\nist during its publication in this city.\\nWellington i.. Woodworth.\\nTilton seminary. Mr. Woodworth was\\nat one time public librarian of Lakeport,\\nand for several years served as assistant\\npostmaster of Lakeport under his father.\\nHe is a member of Chocorua lodge. No.\\n51,1. O. O. F., and is a past grand of\\nthis lodge.\\nMr. Woodworth married Edith M.\\nHull. May 18, 1898.\\nHe is a member of the Ereewill Bap\\ntist church. Although a young man l\\nhold so responsible a place as cashier\\nof a national bank, Mr. Woodworth has\\nproved himself equal to the position\\nand not only discharges his duties with\\nefficiency and fidelity, but is very p\\nular with all the patrons of the bank.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "9 2\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nThe Laconia Lumber Works.\\nDown at the lower end of Water\\nstreet, on the banks of the Winnipesau-\\nkee river and the shores of Lake Win-\\nnisquam, is located one of this city s\\nmost prosperous and thriving indus-\\ntries, the Laconia Lumber works, of\\nwhich George W. Riley is president,\\nmanager, and proprietor.\\nThe Laconia Lumber works is a\\nmodel plant of the kind, and covers\\nseven acres of land, including the saw-\\nmill, sash, door, and blind factory, office-\\nbuilding, lumber yard, and numerous\\nthe lumber-yards affords facilities for\\nloading the sawed and finished product\\nof the concern.\\nThe wood-working factory buildings\\nare all equipped with the latest ma-\\nchinery and labor-saving devices. The\\nboilers are supplied with fuel from the\\nsawdust made in the various depart-\\nments, which is sucked up into pipes by\\nfans and blown into the boiler-room,\\nwhile the exhaust steam, after operating\\nthe big engine for making the power\\nwhich propels the machinery, is run\\nthrough immense coils of steam pipes,\\nheating the air to warm the work-shops\\nThe Laconia Lumber Works.\\nstorehouses for sawed and finished lum-\\nber. The concern carries an immense\\nstock of material in the lumber line, the\\namount of logs in the river, awaiting\\nthe sawyers at the sawmill, being reck-\\noned by the million feet, while the vari-\\nous sheds and storehouses around the\\nlumber-yard are always filled with the\\nfinished product of the mills, besides\\nlarge stocks of sawed lumber imported\\nfrom the Southern states, etc.\\nA substantial elevated railroad track\\nenables the car-loads of timber from the\\nnorth country to be dumped directly\\ninto the river close to the sawmill slip,\\nwhile another line of track down into\\nand dry the lumber, the heated air being\\nalso distributed around the premises by\\npowerful fans.\\nThe shops are lighted by electricity,\\nthe concern having its own dynamo,\\nwhich requires little or no attention and\\nproduces incandescent lights at very\\nsmall expense.\\nIt is something of a conundrum where\\nall the lumber and other material goes\\nwhich is turned out every day at the\\nLaconia Lumber works, but the concern\\nmanufactures everything in the wood-\\nworking line from dimension lumber\\ndown to shingles, and has a steady run\\nof work in sash, blinds, packing-cases,", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n93\\netc., and is constantly shipping large eral associates leased the property of\\norders of building materials to down- the Laconia Lumber works, in 1890,\\ncountry customers. During the past which he purchased outright about two\\nseason, also, considerable lumber has years ago, having bought out all of his\\nbeen sawed out for the Laconia car-\\nshops.\\nGeorge W. Riley.\\nMr, George W. Riley, the proprietor\\nand manager of the Laconia Lumber\\nworks, has been a citizen of Laconia\\nsince 1883, and is one of our most active\\nand enterprising manufacturers. He\\nwas born in the eastern part of the town\\nof Northfield, N. H., Feb. 9, 1848. He\\nwas educated in the public schools near\\nhis home, and when seventeen years old\\nstarted in to learn the carpenter s trade.\\nBefore he was old enough to vote, Mr.\\nRiley was in business for himself, in\\nBelmont, as a contractor and builder.\\nHe remained in Belmont until 1S83. at\\nwhich time he came to Laconia and con-\\ntinued in the same line of business,\\nalso taking the wood-working shops for-\\nmerly conducted by Ralph Merrill, near\\nthe Abel machine shops. The business\\nwas not a success under Mr. Merrill s\\nResidence of George \\\\V. Riley.\\nmanagement, but it increased rapidly\\nand prospered with Mr. Riley, and in a\\nfew years the industry had outgrown\\nits quarters. Then Mr. Riley and sev-\\ns\\n.11. 1 ge \\\\V. Riley.\\npartners in the concern during the past\\nfew years.\\nMr. Riley married Emma E. Elkins,\\nin 1874, and they have one son, Phil M.\\nRiley. They reside in their elegant\\nresidence on Church street,\\nand are attendants at the\\nCongregational church.\\nMr. Riley is a man whom\\nLaconia takes pride in claim-\\ning as an adopted citizen.\\nHe is quiet, unassuming,\\nand easy of approach, on\\nbusiness or any other mat-\\nters. He carries the entile\\nbusiness of the Laconia\\nLumber works in his mind.\\nI Hil and is the recognized head\\nu and director of every de-\\npartment of the large estab-\\nlishment. His word is as\\ngood as his bond, and he\\nhas built up his large and\\nsuccessful industry by square\\ndealing, enterprise, hard\\nwork, and strict attention to business.\\nHe is public-spirited, and ready to\\nlend a helping hand in any public move-\\nment for the benefit of Laconia.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "94\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nWinnipesaukee Gas and Electric\\nCompany.\\nThe Winnipesaukee Gas and Electric\\nCompany was incorporated March, i S97,\\nand was at that time the successor of the\\nold Laconia Gas Company, a corpora-\\ntion which had been in operation for\\nmany years, and had perhaps outlived\\nits usefulness, as the plant was old and\\nout of date, and the quality of gas pro-\\nduced was not satisfactory.\\nThe Winnipesaukee Gas and Electric\\nCompany have a plant which was put in\\nentirely new in 1S94, at an expense of\\n$65,000, and which is one of the finest\\nand best-equipped gas plants in New\\nEngland. The factory is a brick build-\\nsumers and thereby extend the service.\\nThe corporation furnishes gas for light-\\ning, cooking, heating, and power pur-\\nposes.\\nThe use of gas in Laconia for heating\\nand cooking purposes is comparatively a\\nnew idea, but for both these purposes\\nthere is a constantly increasing demand\\nfor gas and these features of the com-\\npany s business are proving very popu-\\nlar, both on the ground of convenience\\nand cheapness. There are now in use\\nin this city over one hundred and fifty\\ntwo-oven four-burner gas ranges, besides\\nmany smaller gas stoves, both for cook-\\ning and heating.\\nThe officers of the corporation are\\nPresident, Charles A. Busiel superin\\nWinnipesaukee Gas and Electric Company.\\nins: of ornamental design, located on\\nMesser street, and equipped with all\\nnew and up-to-date machinery, while a\\nside track from the adjacent railroad\\naffords facilities for unloading materials\\nfor the manufacture of gas, directly\\nfrom the freight cars into the gas fac-\\ntory. During the past two years two\\nhundred and sixty new consumers have\\nbeen added, and the number is rapidly\\nincreasing. About twelve miles of street\\nmains have been laid up to the present\\ntime, covering almost the entire city;\\nbut extensions are constantly being\\nmade in every direction, both at Laco-\\nnia and Lakeport, to reach new con-\\ntendent, J. H. Bledsoe; treasurer, Na-\\nthaniel J. Edgerly directors, Chas. A.\\nBusiel, Albert G. Folsom, John T. Busiel,\\nSamuel B. Smith, Henry J. Odell, Edwin\\nF. Burleigh, Charles L. Pulsifer.\\nUnder this strong board of manage-\\nment the Winnipesaukee Gas and Elec-\\ntric Company has succeeded in supply-\\ning a first-class gas, of very high illumi-\\nnating quality, in place of the old-time\\ndim, smoky, and offensive-smelling prod-\\nuct, and the innovation has met with\\nthe approval of the citizens of Laconia,\\nand resulted in building up a profitable\\nbusiness which promises to be more\\nsuccessful and popular from year to year.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n95\\nHerbert S. Sanborn.\\nHerbert S. Sanborn, familiarly known\\nas Doc Sanborn, proprietor of San-\\nborn s drug store, is a native of Con-\\ncord, N. II., born July\\n27, 1869. He was ed-\\nucated in the common\\nschools of the capital\\ncity, and learned the\\ndrug trade with H. F.\\nWyatt at Plymouth,\\nN. H. Later, he came\\nto Laconia as a drug\\nclerk for George A.\\nHatch, and then man-\\naged H. F. Wyatt s\\nLaconia drug store for\\none year. In 1891 he\\npurchased Mr. Wyatt s\\ninterest in the drug\\nbusiness in this city\\nand embarked in trade\\nfor himself.\\nApril 28, 1S93, Mr.\\nSanborn married Miss\\nLottie A. Chandler, and they have a\\nbright little daughter of four years and\\na son of two vears.\\nHerbert S. Sanborn.\\nAmoskeag Veterans of Manchester, and\\na Red Man.\\nMr. Sanborn prides himself upon the\\ncomplete stock of goods which he car-\\nries in his drug store, including the\\nfreshest and purest\\ndrugs and chemicals,\\narticles for the toilet,\\nfancy goods, soaps and\\nperfumes of domestic\\nand foreign manufac-\\nture, cigars, and drug-\\ngists sundries, etc.\\nIn the patent med-\\nicine line, Sanborn s\\ndrug store aims to carry\\nevery reliable concoc-\\ntion which is placed\\nupon the market, and\\nit is difficult to ask for\\nany remedy which he\\ncannot imm e d i a t e 1 y\\nproduce from his ex-\\ntensive stock.\\nA specialty is made\\nof compounding fam-\\nily recipes and physicians prescrip-\\ntions with accuracy and care, only the\\npurest drugs being used for this pur-\\nDrusj Store of Herbert S. Sanborn.\\nMr. Sanborn attends the Episcopal\\nchurch, is a Democrat in politics, is a\\nmember of the Masonic fraternity, and\\nis also a member of the celebrated\\npose. Pure soda and mineral waters\\nare dispensed, all syrups being the\\nchoicest the market affords.\\nMr. Sanborn himself is a thoroughly", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "9 6\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACOXIAN,\\nexpert pharmacist and always employs\\nskilful assistants.\\nMr. Sanborn is comparatively a young\\nman, but the Sanborn drug store is an\\nold-established pharmacy, and its repu-\\ntation for carrying a complete stock of\\nevery known drug and every patent\\nremedy that\\nis known in\\nthe market is\\nis constantly\\nin mind and\\never on t h e\\nincrease.\\nCityMarshal\\nScott.\\nCity Mar-\\nshal Henry\\nK. W. Scott\\nwas born in\\nLebanon, on\\nSeptember 6,\\n1866, and\\nwas educated\\nin the Tittle\\nred school-\\nhouse of\\nScytheville, a\\nsuburb of\\nthat t o w n\\nAfter leaving\\nschool he\\nserved an ap-\\nprenticesh i p\\nwith the Bax-\\nter Machine\\nCo., of Leb-\\nanon, and af-\\nter several\\nunsuccessful\\na 1 1 empts to\\nfind steady\\nemploym e n t\\nat his trade,\\nin Massachusetts and in New York, he\\ncame to Laconia, where he was em-\\nployed with the American Twist Drill consequently Laconia is remarkably free\\nCo., the Crane Manufacturing Co., and from pickpockets, bunco men, and pro-\\nthe Eastman Freight Car Heater Co. fessional crooks of all kinds.\\nLater for a short time he was employed The Laconia police department is ad-\\nby the Eastman Heater Co., in Boston, mitted to be a model organization, and\\nbut soon returned to Laconia, and was much credit is due to Marshal Scott.\\nCity Marshal Henry K. W. Scott.\\nwith the Abel Machine Co., in 1S93,\\nwhen Laconia became a city. At that\\ntime he was elected city marshal and\\nhas held the position continuously ever\\nsince. March 8, 1890, he married Miss\\nNellie I. Shackley of Laconia, and has\\na family of two promising sons.\\nCity Mar-\\nj shalScottisa\\npast chancel-\\nlor of Mt. Bel-\\nknap Lodge,\\nNo. 20, of\\nKnights of\\nPythias, and\\nalso a mem-\\nber of the or-\\nder of United\\nW orkmen.\\nHe was a\\npromotor\\nand organiz-\\ner of the New\\nHamp s hire\\nChiefs of Po-\\nlice Union of\\nwhich he is\\nnow the vice-\\npresident.\\nAs a public\\nservant, Mar-\\nshal Scott is\\nnot only effi-\\nc i e n t but\\nfaithful and\\nconscien-\\ntious, and en-\\njoys the hear-\\nty good-w i 1 1\\nof the com-\\nmunity. His\\nreputation\\nfor spotting\\ncrooks and\\ndealing with\\na 1 1 habitual\\ncriminals is recognized and thoroughly\\nappreciated by this class of people and", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nThe Late Levi B. Brown.\\n97\\nTlie late Levi B. Brown, who died\\nSeptember 2, 189S, was one of the best\\nknown hotel landlords in New Hamp-\\nshire. He was born in Hartford, Vt.,\\ncompelled him to retire from business a\\nshort time before his death.\\nThe late Levi 1J. Brown.\\nSept. 21, 1S22, and during his early life\\nwas a stagecoach driver. He after-\\nwards engaged in the wholesale and\\nretail hardware business at Claremont,\\nN. H., for a long time, and then went\\nto Providence, R. J., where he was\\nagain interested in the staging business.\\nIn 1873, Mr. Brown came to Laconia\\nand from that date until the time of his\\ndeath was engaged in the hotel busi-\\nness. He was proprietor of the Mt.\\nBelknap House at Lakeport for about\\ntwelve years, and under his manage-\\nment this house was generally admitted\\nto be one of the most popular and best\\npatronized establishments in New\\nHampshire north of Concord. When\\nthe Eagle Hotel was remodeled at the\\nLaconia end of the city, landlord\\nBrown was its first proprietor and was\\nagain successful in building up a large\\nbusiness and winning an excellent repu-\\ntation for the hotel. After selling out\\nthe Eagle Hotel. Mr. Brown retired\\nfrom business for a time, but afterwards\\npurchased the City Hotel which he con-\\nducted successfullv until failing health\\nThe Late Orison Twombly.\\nThe fame of Laconia as a hosiery\\ntown and as a centre for the manufac-\\nture of knitting machinery of all kinds.\\nis largely due to the inventive genius of\\nsome of the Laconia men who grew up\\nin the hosiery and knitting machine in-\\ndustries of the city. Among these men\\nwas the late Orison Twombly, a native\\nof Portsmouth, N. II., born Oct. 12.\\n1828. He was educated in the com-\\nmon schools, and early in life developed\\na genius for mechanical inventions.\\nHe was for many years an overseer in\\nthe Ashland knitting mills at Ashland.\\nN. H., and later came to Laconia about\\nthe year 1870. After coming to this\\ncity, Mr. Twombly devoted most of his\\nattention to the invention and develop-\\nment of numerous devices for the im-\\nprovement of knitting machinery, and\\nhe held letters patent on various inven-\\ntions in this line, some of which were\\nvery successful machines and quite\\nvaluable. He was located in Boston a\\nl i^ in Twombly.\\nlarge part of the time during his resi-\\ndence in Laconia, having his genera]\\nheadquarters ami business office in that\\ncity. Mr. Twombly died Nov. 9, 1897.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "9 8\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nThe Waverly Shoe Company.\\nThe Waverly Shoe Co. was started in\\n1883, under the name of Waverly School\\nShoe Co., Bemis Sc Fletcher, proprietors,\\nin Crompton s block, 13 Mechanic\\nstreet, Worcester, Mass.\\nAt the end of two years the business\\nhad increased to such an extent that\\nit was necessary to secure larger quar-\\nters, and the concern moved to Taylor s\\nbuilding, 154 Front street. Three years\\nlater it was necessary to occupy a part\\nof the adjoining block, as the business\\nwas still increasing rapidly. In 1891\\nrial, and to make a shoe that would give\\nthe best of satisfaction.\\nThe shoes are sold direct to the retail\\ndealer, and in almost every state and\\nterritory of the Union.\\nThe demand for the Waverly shoes\\nstill continues to increase, and the com\\npany have had a steady call for them all\\nthrough the hard times, doing a larger\\namount of business at the start in\\nLaconia than they did in Worcester.\\nThe Waverly Shoe Co. shops in La-\\nconia were erected especially for this\\nconcern and are generally admitted to\\nbe as good as can be found in New\\nThe Waverly Shoe Company.\\nit again became necessary to have a\\nstill larger factory, which was secured\\nin the Rice building, Franklin square,\\na five-story building, where the business\\nwas carried on until the company re-\\nmoved to Laconia, in February, 1897.\\nThe Waverly School Shoe Co. con-\\nfined themselves entirely to school\\nshoes until they moved to the Rice\\nbuilding, when they added new lines\\nand changed the name to Waverly Shoe\\nCompany.\\nThe reputation of the Waverly shoe\\nhas always been of the very highest, as\\nit has been the aim of the company to\\nuse only the best of leather and mate-\\nEngland, all things considered, for the\\npurpose. The shops are equipped with\\nelectric power, elevator, fire sprinklers,\\nand all the modern improvements and\\nconveniences. The business is under\\nthe management of the head of the\\nconcern, Mr. Gilbert C. Bemis, who is\\npermanently located in Laconia and a\\nwelcome addition to our enterprising\\nbusiness men.\\nJohn L. Roberts.\\nJohn L. Roberts conducts the largest\\nwood, coal, ice, and brick business in", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "THE [LLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n99\\nthe city of Laconia. His headquarters\\nand office is located at No. 19 Canal\\ncourt, his wood and coal yards are at\\nthe lower end of Water street, and his\\nice pond and ice houses are located on\\nDurkee brook, near the Marsh hill\\nsprings. The ice, wood, and coal busi-\\nness was comparatively new in Laconia\\na few years ago, and at first was limited\\nfor various reasons. Ice was a luxury\\na few years ago, but is to-day almost an\\nabsolute necessity, and must be pure\\nand clean to meet with public approval.\\nA few years ago,\\nwood was near-\\nly all purchased\\nof farmers who\\nhauled the cord-\\nwood into town\\nduring the win-\\nter, and waited\\nin the streets\\nfor customers.\\nTo-day a tele-\\nphone message\\nto Mr. Roberts\\nwill bring t h e\\ndesired quan-\\ntity of wood at\\nshort notice,\\neither hard or\\nsoft, sawed by\\nmachinery any\\nrequired length,\\nand also split\\nby machinery\\nif so ordered.\\nThe coal busi-\\nness is also an\\nindustry of re-\\ncent growth,\\nand the amount consumed in Laconia\\nstill increases steadily from year to year.\\nIn all of these departments, Mr. Roberts\\nhas good facilities for supplying the\\npublic promptly, and with any quality\\ndesired. He employs nine horses, and\\nabout fifteen men in his business, and\\nhandles more wood, coal, and ice than\\nany other concern in the city. Some\\nthree years ago Mr. Roberts constructed\\none of the best ice houses in New\\nHampshire, near the Marsh Hill springs\\nin Belmont, near the city, where he also\\n|nhn I.. Roberts.\\nbuilt an artificial pond by damming the\\nstream, and his present plant for cutting\\nand handling ice cannot be surpassed\\nin New England, for the waters of the\\nMarsh hill spring are widely famous for\\ntheir purity and medicinal qualities, and\\nthere can be no better ice in the world\\nthan Mr. Roberts delivers to his pa-\\ntrons.\\nMr. John I,. Roberts, the proprietor\\nof this business, was born in Belmont,\\nSeptember n, 1858, and was educated\\nin the common schools. He started in\\nt h e milk busi-\\nness in Gilford\\nin 1 8 7 9 a n d\\ncontinued for\\nabout ten years.\\nHe came to La-\\nconia in iS,s\\nand started in\\nthe wood, coal,\\nand grain busi-\\nness alone. In\\nApril, 1892, Mr.\\nRoberts, w i t h\\nA. I )unn, and\\nfrank M. San-\\nborn, formed\\ntheLaconia lie.\\nCoal, and Wood\\nCo., and contin-\\nued until Octo-\\nber 22, 1896,\\nwhen Mr. Rob-\\nerts bought the\\nentile business,\\nwhich he still\\ncontinues.\\nMr. Roberts\\nmarried Ada 1\\nRandlett of Belmont, Oct. 3, 1880, and\\nthey have one son, aged fourteen years.\\nHe is a member of the Free baptist\\nchurch, and in secret orders is connected\\nwith the Ancient trder of United Work-\\nmen.\\nThe traditional jokes regarding the\\nshort weights of the average coal dealer,\\nand the small cakes of the ordinary ice-\\nman, which melt before they can be\\nstored in the housewife s refrigerator.\\ndo not apply to Mr. Roberts, for he is\\nsquare and upright in all his trans. 1,\\nL.ofC.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "ICO\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ntions, honest to the last cent, and gives\\ngood weight and measure every time.\\nThese principles have been recognized\\nby the public and have resulted in a\\nsuccessful and steadilv-increasing busi-\\nGeorge B. Munsey.\\nGeorge B. Munsey, of the Depot\\nsquare clothing and furnishing goods\\nstore, was born in Gilford, N T H Oct. o.\\n1861, and resid-\\ned there until\\nabout seven\\nyears of age,\\nwhen his par-\\nents, the Rev.\\nand Mrs. J. G.\\nMunsey, remov-\\ned to the town\\nof Gilmanton,\\nand lived there\\nfour years.\\nThey then re-\\nmoved to East\\nTilton, where\\nthey remained\\nfive years, and\\nduring a portion\\nof this time the\\nsubject of this\\nsketch attended\\nthe Tilton sem-\\ninary. His pa-\\nrents then went\\nto West Leba-\\nnon Maine,\\nand from there\\nto A ndover,\\nN. H., and while residing in the latter\\ntown, Mr. Munsey completed his educa-\\ntion at New Hampton Literary Institu-\\ntion.\\nAfter completing his education he\\nfirst engaged in the printing business at\\nTilton, which he conducted successfully\\nfor some time. Later he sold out the\\nprinting business and came to Lakeport,\\nwhere he took up the photographer s\\nprofession, some twelve years ago, in\\ncompany with Edwin D. Ward, forming\\nthe partnership of Ward Munsey.\\nGeorare B. Munsey\\nMr. Munsey was also senior member of\\nthe firm of Munsey Heath, the well-\\nknown bicycle dealers.\\nAbout a year ago Mr. Munsey dis-\\nposed of his interest in both the photo-\\ngraph and bicycle business, and at that\\ntime purchased the clothing and gen-\\ntlemen s furnishing store, previously\\nconducted by R. P. Babbitt Co., in\\nDepot square. Mr. Munsey has built\\nup a good trade at this stand, and car-\\nries a large stock of reliable goods, in-\\ncluding; all the latest novelties and pop-\\nular styles in\\ngentlemen s\\nclothing a n d\\nfurnishings of\\nall kinds.\\nThe great\\nadvance made\\nin the manufac-\\nture of ready-\\nm a d e clothing\\nduring the past\\nfew years, ena-\\nbles Mr. Mun-\\nsey to carry a\\nline of goods\\nwhich will com-\\npare favorably\\nwith custom-\\nmade goods,\\nboth as to style,\\nquality, and per-\\nfection of fit\\nwhile in the\\nmatter of price.\\nof course the\\nready-t o w e a r\\nsuits are much\\nm ore popular\\nwith all classes of customers. He has\\na line of goods which cannot be excel-\\nled by any similar establishment out-\\nside of the largest cities, and his busi-\\nness is very prosperous and steadily\\nincreasing.\\nMr. Munsey is an attendant at the\\nPark Street Free Baptist church, and in\\nsecret societies is connected with the\\norder of Pilgrim Fathers.\\nHe was married in 18S3 to Miss Mary\\nA. Rollins, and they reside in a hand-\\nsome home on Union avenue.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nGeorge B. Cox. a member of the executive committee\\nof the Law and Order league of New\\nGeorge B. Cox was born in Ashland, Hampshire, a strong temperance organ\\nGrafton county, X. H., July 16, i860, son ization, supported by many of the most\\nof Benjamin Franklin and Ann (Currier) influential citizens of the state. In\\nCox. His paternal ancestors were 1895 he was retained as counsel for the\\nleague, but in 1897 he severed his con-\\nnection with that organization that he\\nmight devote his entire time to his pri-\\nvate law piactice.\\nMr. Cox was married February 10,\\n1897, to Nellie M. Hoyt of Laconia.\\nThe Bristol Weekly Enterprise of\\nJan. 30, [896,\\namong the first settlers of Holderness\\n(now Ashland), X. H., and his mother s\\nfamily was of Scotch descent.\\nHe was educated in the public\\nschools of Ashland, a private school at\\nPlymouth, the Xew Hampton Literary\\nInstitution, and YYesleyan university.\\nPrevious to be-\\nginning his pro-\\nfessional stud-\\nies he taught\\nschool at Can-\\ndia, N. H., dur-\\ning one year,\\nand was twice\\nchosen as su-\\nperintendent of\\nschools in the\\ntown of Ash-\\nland. In 1S85\\nhe began the\\nstudy of law\\nwith Judge E.\\nA.Hibbard. and\\ntwo years later\\nentered the Bos-\\nton University\\nLaw school,\\nwhere h e w a s\\ng r a d u a ted in\\n1 888, with the\\ndegree of bach-\\nelor of law. He\\nwas admitted\\nto the New\\nHampshire bar in July of the same year\\nand has since practised law in Laconia\\nmakes the fol-\\nlowing analysis\\nof Mr. Cox s\\nability as an\\norator Mr.\\nCox is a young\\nman who uses\\nsense, reason,\\nand treats fairly\\nand squarely\\nf r o m e v e r y\\nstandpoint his\\nsubject. He is\\nlogical, clear,\\nand emphatic\\ntakes his points\\nwell, and argues\\nhis case in a\\nmanner that\\ncarries convic-\\ntion to his lis-\\nteners. He dues\\nnot rant, but\\nputs cold facts\\nin pointed sen-\\ntences with\\npractical illus-\\ntrations and a generous spirit that rec-\\nommends him to the consideration of\\nIn politics Mr. Cox is a Democrat, those who do not endorse his theories\\nand has in several campaigns stumped or accept his doctrines. lie indulges\\nGe 1 ge B. Cox.\\nthe state in the interests of his party.\\nFor three consecutive years he served\\nas a member of the board of education\\nof Laconia, being chairman of the\\nboard during the last year.\\nIn 1S90 the Citizens Temperance\\nunion was formed in Laconia, and for\\nfour years he was retained as its coun-\\nln sarcasm only when necessary t ex-\\npose the fallacy of some of his opposed\\nclaims, and bombards men and matters\\nonly when he deems it necessary for\\nthe welfare of the public.\\nThe Laconia Democrat of March 19,\\n1899. says: Mr. Cox fully maintained\\nhis invincible position as one of the best\\nsel. In January. 1894, he was elected public speakers among the lawyers.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "I j^ s^l\\n^C\\\\ z:^\\nC\\nod;\\nJ\u00c2\u00bbaraB\\n1 .TS^p\\na\\ni!^j\\nu2\\n1 CL.\\nv l o\\n\\\\s..y\\nI\\n1 Q\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED EACONIAN.\\n103\\nLaconia Savings Bank.\\nThe handsome engraving of the\\nLaconia Savings Bank accompanying\\nthis sketch of its history shows that it\\nis not behind in progress of financial\\nstability.\\nThis bank has been in existence since\\n1831. It was organized under the name\\nof the Meredith Bridge Savings Bank,\\nby John T. Coffin, Daniel Tucker, John\\nSanborn, George L. Sibley, George 1\\nAvery, James Molineux, and Benjamin\\nJewett, 3d, the original incorporarors.\\nIts charter was signed by Samuel Dins-\\nmoor, governor Samuel Cartland, pres-\\nident of the senate Franklin Pierce,\\nspeaker of the house of representatives\\nand approved July 2, 1831.\\nThe original list of officers was as\\nfollows: George L. Sibley, president\\nStephen C. Lyford, treasurer George\\nL. Sibley, John T. Coffin, Woodbury\\nMelcher, Daniel Tucker, James Moli-\\nneux, E. W. Boynton, John L. Perley,\\nJohn Sanborn, and Stephen L. Greeley,\\ntrustees.\\nThe first deposit was received in\\nMarch, 1832, and since that time it has\\npaid 134 consecutive semi-annual divi-\\ndends, amounting to about one million\\nthree hundred and fifty thousand dollars.\\nNone of the original incorporators\\nor officers is now living, and since its\\nfoundation nearly seventy years ago it\\nhas had five presidents and five treas-\\nurers, an average term of service of\\nnearly fourteen years each.\\nIn 1869 its name was changed to the\\nLaconia Savings Bank, and its financial\\nsoundness has been maintained through\\nall these years.\\nIn 1884 its quarters were remodeled\\nand a new vault put in which sufficed\\nfor the needs of the institution until\\n1895, when the banking rooms were en-\\nlarged to twice their former size, a new\\nsafety deposit vault and bankers sale\\nadded, till now it has fine and conven-\\niently-appointed banking rooms.\\nThe present officers of the institution\\nare A. G. Eolsom, president, and Ed-\\nmund Little, treasurer. The board of\\ntrustees is composed of the following\\nwell-known men Albert G. Folsom,\\nEllery A. Hibbard, Almon C. Leavitt,\\nSamuel B. Smith, W. E. Melcher, Gard-\\nner Cook, Frank II. Lougee, George A.\\nHatch, Alburtis S. Gordon, Alfred W.\\nAbbott.\\nThe appended statement of the con-\\ndition of the bank s affairs speaks for\\nitself:\\nASSETS.\\nLoans, $425,257.15\\nState, county,\\nci\\nty, and\\ndistrict bone\\nIs,\\n521,450.00\\nBank stock,\\n34,95\u00c2\u00b0- 00\\nRailroad bond.\\nand\\nstock,\\n101,425 00\\nMiscellaneous\\nbonds,\\n[60, ;;;-co\\nReal estate,\\n83,642.00\\nHank fixtures,\\n1 1 ,000.00\\nDeposits in\\nnational\\nbanks,\\n40,215.76\\nCash on hand,\\n7,067 64\\n$i,385.364-SS\\nLIABILITIES.\\nDeposits,\\n$1\\n-77.937- -0\\nGuaranty fun\\nd\\nand\\nsurplus,\\n107,427.35\\no oo M 55\\nThis old reliable savings bank has al-\\nways been noted for its conservative\\ninvestments, preferring security of prin-\\ncipal and moderate rate of interest\\nrather than large interest return with\\nproportionate risk.\\nIts present list of assets is composed\\nof first-class securities consisting of\\nhome investments and gilt-edge bonds.\\nPeople s National Bank.\\nThis bank, which occupies rooms with\\nthe Laconia Savings bank, as shown on\\nopposite page, was organized in 1889,\\nand has already passed its tenth mile-\\nstone.\\nIt has enjoyed a liberal patronage\\nand a prosperous and increasing busi-\\nness from its organization to the pres-\\nent time it aims especially to accom-\\nmodate its patrons, furnishing unex-\\ncelled facilities for the transaction of\\nevery branch of the banking business.\\nThe People s National bank quarters\\nare very handsomely fitted with tile\\nfloors, elegant directors room, and mod-\\nern safety deposit vaults, and in all its", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "104\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nappointments and business transactions\\nthe establishment is a model of the\\nkind.\\nThe officers are Albert G. Folsom,\\npresident John T. Busiel, vice-presi-\\ndent; Edmund Little, cashier; Albert\\nG. Folsom, Gardner Cook, John T. Bus-\\niel, Samuel B. Smith, Edwin F. Burleigh,\\nFrank H. Lougee, Frank E. Busiel, di-\\nrectors, and the following report of its\\ncondition at the present time indicates\\na well managed and successful institu-\\ntion\\nStory s Drug: Store.\\nStory s drug store, established in 1880,\\nis recognized as one of the most relia-\\nble and best conducted establishments\\nin the pharmacy line in Laconia. Mr.\\nJ. Henry Story, the proprietor, is him-\\nself a skilful pharmacist, and he em-\\nploys thoroughly competent assistants\\nin his establishment. The Story drug\\nstore carries a large and complete stock\\nof the purest and freshest drugs which\\nthe market affords, supplemented by\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ms?\\nStory s Drug Store.\\nRESOURCES.\\nLoans and discounts, $111,750.07\\nOverdrafts, 109.69\\nU. S. bonds, 25,000.00\\nPremiums, 1,50000\\nStocks and bonds, 5,672 o\\nReal estate and mortgages, 5,745.76\\nDue from National bank re-\\ndemption, 25, 143.49\\nRedemption fund with U. S.\\ntreasurer, 1,12500\\nCash, 9,702.83\\n$185,749.34\\nLI A]\\nILITIES.\\nCapital stock\\n$50,000 00\\nSurplus,\\n6,000.00\\nUndivided pi\\nofits,\\n2,610.49\\nNational bank notes\\nout\\nstanding,\\n22,500.00\\nDeposits,\\n104,638.85\\nN s 5 749-34\\npatent medicines of almost every kind\\nand nature, including, of course, all of\\nthe standard prepared remedies.\\nIn addition to the compounding of\\nphysicians prescriptions and the sale\\nof drugs, herbs, and barks, the Story\\ndrug store always carries a well-selected\\nline of toilet articles, surgical appli-\\nances, and, in fact, all of the small\\nwares which are usually found in a well-\\nequipped and properly-conducted met-\\nropolitan drug store. A choice line of\\ncigars and the usual line of summer\\ndrinks from a soda fountain are features\\nof the business at this establishment\\nwhich receive proper attention from the\\nproprietor and a liberal appreciation\\nfrom the public.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nio 5\\nMr. J. Henry Story, the proprietor of\\nthe Story drug store, was born in Hop-\\nkinton, N. H., Nov. 8, 1857. He was\\neducated in the public schools, and\\nlearned the druggists business at the\\nestablishment of George F. Mallard,\\nentering this store in 1S76. In 1880 he\\nestablished himself in business, and has\\nbeen very successful in building up a\\nfirst-class trade in his line. Mr. Story\\nwas married in 18S4. to Miss Idella J.\\nBean, of Laconia.\\nIn politics Mr. Story affiliates with\\nthe Democrats,\\nand he served\\nas deputy sher-\\niff of Belknap\\ncounty from the\\nyear 18S6 until\\n1890. He is a\\nmember of the\\nKnights of Py-\\nthias, the Ma-\\nsonic bodies,\\nand Pilgrim\\ncomma n d e ry\\nKnights Temp-\\nlar. In re 1 ig-\\nious affairs Mr.\\nStory is inclined\\nto liberal views,\\nand is an at-\\ntendant at the\\nFirst Unitarian\\nchurch.\\nWffl, Wallace.\\nbusiness. Since coming to Laconia he\\nhas handled numerous large contracts,\\nincluding most of the new brick build-\\nings and the immense brick chimneys\\nat the Laconia car works, the magnif-\\nicent Gordon-Nash library at New\\n1 [ampton, etc.\\nIn politics Mr. Wallace is a Republi-\\ncan, and while at New Hampton re-\\nceived many political honors from the\\nhands of his fellow-townsmen. He served\\nas tax collector, was selectman for two\\nyears and also represented the town in\\nthe New 1 [amp-\\nshire legis-\\nlature. He mar-\\nried F a n n i e\\nG. Huckins of\\nNew Hampton\\na n d has o n e\\ndaughter. Miss\\nClara Bessie\\nWallace.\\nMr. Wallace\\ntakes consider-\\nable interest in\\nsecret fraternal\\norganizati on s\\nHe is a member\\nof the Odd Fel-\\nlows, Knights of\\nPyth i as. Uni-\\nform Rank, and\\nthe Patrons of\\nHusbandry.\\nCottreirs.\\nWilliam Wal-\\nlace, the brick-\\nmason and con-\\ntractor, came to Laconia from New\\nHampton about five years ago and by\\nsquare dealing, faithful work, and atten-\\ntion to business, has built up a profit-\\nable and steadily-increasing patronage.\\nHe was born in Epsom, New Hamp-\\nshire, August 1, 1858. When four years\\nof age he went to New Hampton with\\nhis parents, and was educated at the\\nNew Hampton Literary Institution.\\nIn New Hampton he followed the\\noccupation of a farmer in connection\\nwith the brick-mason and contracting\\nWilliam Wallace\\nLaconia has\\none establish-\\nin e n t which\\nactually runs full time the year\\naround, twenty-four hours in the clay,\\nfrom one end of the year to the other.\\nCottreirs lunch-room, on Bank square,\\nMain street, is always open, day and\\nnight; it is, perhaps, the handsomest-\\nfitted establishment in the city on the\\nlakes, and is as neat and clean as my\\nlady s parlor. Cottrell s lunchroom is\\nso up-to-date and inviting that people\\ngo there and eat who are not even hun-\\ngry, and whether the patron invests in\\nmerely a sandwich, a cup of coffee or", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "io6\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ntea, the food served is wholesome and\\nappetizing, and the prices are all right.\\nCottrell s is comparatively a new insti-\\ntution in Laconia, but its genuine merit\\nmade the establishment a success from\\nthe start, and the place is patronized by\\nour best business men and a host of\\nstrangers within our gates.\\nIrving M. Cottrell is a native of Bel-\\nfast, Me., and was born April 8, 1864,\\nbut is wide-awake and enterprising\\nenough to be easily mistaken for a\\ngenuine Laconian. He was educated\\nin the public schools of Belfast, is mar-\\nefforts in this line also have met with\\nthe hearty approval of the public in\\nLaconia.\\nAs a rule, it is said that a jack at\\nall trades is master of none, but there\\nare exceptions to all rules, and Mr.\\nCottrell has not yet made a failure of\\nanything he has undertaken in Laco-\\nnia.\\nHe finds time to enjoy membership in\\nthe fraternal orders, and is a Mason,\\nOdd Fellow, Knight of Pythias, Red\\nMan, and a member of the Ancient\\nOrder of United Workmen.\\nInterior of Cottrell s Lunch Room.\\nried and has one child, a daughter of\\nabout three and one half years. Mr.\\nCottrell is manager of the Moulton\\nopera house, proprietor of Cottrell s\\nlunch-room, manager of the ice skating\\nrink, and for the past two seasons\\nhas managed the Pearl Street baseball\\ngrounds, besides running a night-lunch\\ncart, erecting a neat little business\\nblock on Main street for rental pur-\\nposes, and officiating as bill-poster. Inci-\\ndentally, when Mr. Cottrell is n t doing\\nanything else he caters for public and\\nprivate parties, excursions, etc., and his\\nJohn B. Moore.\\nThe old established firm of J. L.\\nMoore Son, at 532 Main street, is\\none of the stand-bys in Laconia, for the\\nundertaking and wall paper business of\\nthis concern was founded many years\\nago. The establishment is now con-\\nducted by Mr. John B. Moore, and in\\naddition to the undertaking business\\nand stock of caskets and burial supplies,\\nwall papers, picture mouldings, etc.,\\nthe store now handles the complete line\\nof bicycles manufactured by the Pope", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACOXIAX.\\n107\\nManufacturing Co. of Boston and Hart- was married to Julia M. Redington at\\nford, and also has the agency of the Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 12, 1882, and they\\nhave three children, two\\ndaughters aged fifteen and\\nten years, and a son of four\\nyears. Mr. Moore is a\\nmember of Mt. Lebanon\\nlodge of Masons, Granite\\nlodge, A. O. U.W., and Cy-\\nprus council, Royal Arca-\\nnum. He is a Republican\\nin politics, and was the first\\ncity clerk of Laconia.\\nThe late Maj. N. B. Gale.\\nJohn B. Moore.\\nStandard Rotary Sewing machine, both\\nbicycles and sewing machines being\\ngenerally admitted the best\\nin the world.\\nMr. John Brackett Moore,\\nthe manager of the business,\\nwas born in Laconia on the\\nGilford side of the river, July\\n27, 1853. His parents were\\nJonathan L. and Lucy San-\\nborn Moore of Sanbornton.\\nHe received his education\\nin our public schools and at\\nNew Hampton Institution.\\nMr. Moore was engaged in\\nthe hotel business for twelve\\nyears in his early manhood,\\nserving as clerk and cashier\\nin hotels in New York city\\nand other places. He was\\nalso a traveling salesman for\\na Chicago firm for seven\\nyears, previous to his return to Laconia\\nto engage in his present business. He\\nThe late Maj. Napoleon\\nBonaparte Gale will be re-\\nmembered and honored for\\nyears to come in Laconia,\\nnot only from the fact that\\nthe Gale family have al-\\nways been strong men and\\nprominent citizens, almost\\nfrom the first settlement of\\nthis region, but because the\\nlate Major (iale made pro-\\nvision in his last will and\\ntestament for a permanent\\nmonument to his memory,\\nin the shape of a memorial building and\\npublic park. Major Gale left the bulk\\nResidence of John II. Moore,\\nof his large estate, estimated at S150,-\\n000, to the city of Laconia, for the pur-", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "io8\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nposes indicated, and this magnificent be-\\nquest will provide this city with a hand-\\nsome and substantial memorial building,\\nwhich will be utilized as public library\\nand as a historical museum. The large\\nproperty of the late Hon. John C. Moul-\\nton, located at the corner of Main and\\nChurch streets, has already been pur-\\nchased as a site for both the park and\\nmemorial structure, and in the near\\nfuture the trustees and building com-\\nmittee will be ready to procure plans\\nand go ahead with the beautifying of\\nthe grounds and\\nthe erection of\\nthe bu i 1 d i n g,\\nwhich will un-\\ndoubtedly be\\none of the\\nhandsomest\\nand most suit-\\nable structures\\nof the kind in\\nNew Ham p-\\nshire. The Gale\\nbequest will not\\nonly complete\\nthe work of\\nerection, but\\nwill provide a\\nfund for its\\ncare and main-\\ntenance. T h e\\nwhole matter\\nis in the hands\\nof Messrs. John\\nT. Busiel, Ed-\\nwin F. Burleigh,\\nand Charles F.\\nPitman, who are\\nexecutors and\\ntrustees under the Gale will, and also\\ntrustees and building committee for the\\ncity.\\nNapoleon Bonaparte Gale was born\\nin Gilmanton (now Belmont), March 3\\n1815, son of Daniel and Abigail (Page)\\nGale. His grandfather was Stephen\\nGale, who was born in Exeter, in 1739,\\nwho figured prominently in the French\\nand Indian wars, and who settled in\\nGilmanton in 17S0. Both Stephen and\\nDaniel Gale were influential men in the\\ncolonial days, the latter being a select-\\nI lie late Maj. Napoleon B. Gale\\nman for twenty years, justice of the\\npeace, representative, and an associate\\njudge of the Court of Sessions.\\nNapoleon Gale passed his early years\\non the Gale farm, attended the common\\nschools and also the Sanbornton and\\nGilmanton academies. When eighteen\\nyears of age, he became a clerk in the\\nstore of his brother, Daniel M. Gale, at\\nLakeport, where he remained for a short\\ntime. In August, 1835, he went to\\nBoston and was a clerk in a grocery\\nstore there for four years, then went to\\nMeredith and\\nengaged in bus-\\niness with Josh-\\nua R. Smith,\\nbut in 1840 he\\nremoved to his\\nfather s h o m e\\non account of\\nill health, and\\nafter the death\\n3 I of his father, in\\n1S45, he carried\\non the h o m e\\nfarm. In Au-\\ngust, 1S52, his\\nhealth was re-\\nestablished,\\nand he entered\\nthe Belknap\\ncounty bank,\\nas a substitute\\ncashier for his\\nbrother, Daniel\\nM., who was ill.\\nFrom that date\\nMajor Gale was\\never afterwards\\nconnected with\\nthe bank, being elected cashier in 1853,\\nand holding the position when the char-\\nter expired, in 1866.\\nIn 186S Major Gale was one of the\\nincorporators of the Belknap Savings\\nbank, and was one of its trustees. He\\nwas elected president of the bank, at\\nthe retirement of Dr. Perley, and held\\nthe presidency until his decease, Dec.\\n21, 1894. Politically, Major Gale was\\na Democrat, and he represented both\\nBelmont and Laconia in the legislature.\\nHe was a man of unblemished integrity", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n109\\nand conscientious uprightness. He was\\na man of great strength of character,\\nkind-hearted and generous, public-spir-\\nited and enterprising, in short, one\\nof the most honored\\nand respected of La-\\nconia*s citizens.\\nDr. J. N. Letourneau.\\nDr. J. X. Letour-\\nneau, physician and\\nsurgeon, is the pro-\\nprietor of the Phar-\\nmacie Cannadien, and\\nalso has an extensive\\npractice of his pro-\\nfession in this city.\\nHe was born in St.\\nDominique. C a n a d a,\\nMay 12, 1 S 6 1, and\\nw as educated at\\nJacques Cartier Nor-\\nmal school of Mon-\\ntreal, and Laval uni-\\nversity of the same\\ncity.\\nDr. Letourneau left\\nCanada in 1867, and went to the state\\nof Maine, where he resided until 18S0,\\nthen returned to Canada and remained\\nDr. J. X. Letourneau.\\ncounty physician, and is a Knight of\\nPythias, a member of the Foresters\\nof America, Catholic Foresters, Elks,\\nRed Men and the Amoskeag Veterans.\\nIn religion he is a\\natholic.\\n1 le married C lar-\\nisse Valois, A ugu s t\\n28, 1893, and they\\nhave one child.\\n1 r. Letourneau is\\nnot only a successful\\nand skilful physician,\\nbut he conducts the\\nI harmacie Can n a-\\ndien, a popular drug\\nstore. where [Hire drugs\\nand all the standard\\npatent medicines and\\nremedies are on sale.\\nPhysicians prescrip-\\ntions are carefully and\\ncorrectly compound-\\ned, and a full line of\\ntoilet articles, cigars,\\netc., are always in\\nstock.\\nDr. Letourneau\\nfirst opened his establishment on Mill\\nstreet, but his business increased rapid-\\nlv and he soon found it necessarv to\\nIntL-ri.ii of Dr. J. X. Letourneau s Drug\\nthere until he came to Laconia and procure the more convenient and corn-\\nopened his drug-store in July, 1893. modious store in his present location at\\nDr. Letourneau has held the office of No. 549 Main street.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nDaniel Kellogg.\\nProbably many Laconia people who\\nnever visited the carriage shops of\\nDaniel Kellogg on Union avenue have\\nbut a faint idea of the size and import-\\nance of this business, which has been\\nbuilt up by Mr. Kellogg during the past\\nten years. He carries one of the largest\\nstocks of carriages and sleighs to be\\nfound in New Hampshire, and can sup-\\nply almost any variety of vehicle called\\nfor, from a costly turn-out, with all the\\nmodern conveniences and improvements,\\ndown to a cheap road-wagon or a dump-\\ncart.\\nuntil he now has a mammoth establish-\\nment, well filled at all times with a well\\nselected and thoroughly reliable stock.\\nMr. Kellogg was born in Westville,\\nConn., in 1S51, but removed to New\\nHaven, Conn., when very young. He\\nlearned the trade of carriage painting,\\nand went to Vermont in 1872, and\\nwhile a resident of that state was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Mary T.\\nDealing, at West Randolph. In 1883,\\nMr. Kellogg came to this city, first\\nlocating at Lakeport, but he soon de-\\ncided there was an opening here for a\\nfirst-class carriage shop, and he has since\\nproved that his conclusions were correct.\\nKellogg s Carriage Manufactory.\\nMr. Kellogg located at 269 Union\\navenue, on Casino square, in 1889, and\\nis not only a dealer in carriages and\\nsleighs, but also manufactures these\\nvehicles to order. Of course, repairing\\nand repainting is a special feature of\\nthis business, and Mr. Kellogg also\\ndeals in harnesses, robes, whips, hal-\\nters, and, in fact, in supplies of all\\nkinds in this line. The original build-\\ning in which Mr. Kellogg embarked in\\nbusiness proved inadequate for his\\nrapidly increased trade, and he has\\nerected additions and other buildings\\nIn secret orders, Mr. Kellogg is a\\nmember of the Masonic fraternity, and\\nin politics he is a Republican. He\\nwas elected to the Laconia city council\\nfrom ward two in 1884, and also repre-\\nsented his ward in the last session of\\nthe New Hampshire legislature.\\nMr. Kellogg has just completed a\\nhandsome new residence on Gilford\\navenue, and he deserves the success\\nwith which he has met in Laconia, for\\nhe is honorable and upright in all his\\ntransactions, and enterprising and ener-\\ngetic in his business methods.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nEx-Mayor Charles L. Pulsifer.\\nEx-Mayor Charles Leroy Pulsifer, at\\nthe present time a member of the Board\\nof Assessors, is a native of Lakeport,\\nand has been constantly in public life\\nfor the past twenty years. He was\\nborn Jan. i, 1849, son Lyman B. and\\nSarah (Sawyer) Pulsifer. His father\\nwas for many years a manufacturer of\\nyarns at Lakeport, and was a native of\\nGilmanton, whither his grandfather\\nremoved from Brentwood in March,\\n1795. The Pulsifers are of Scotch-\\nIrish descent, and\\ncame to this coun-\\ntry in 1766.\\nMr. Pulsifer at-\\ntended the public\\nschools of Lake-\\nport, and the Til-\\nton seminary, and\\nwas grad uated\\nfrom Colby acad-\\nemy, New Lon-\\ndon, in 1S74. He\\ngraduat ed from\\nBrown university\\nin 1 S 7 8. From\\n1879 to 1894 he\\nw a s principal o f\\nthe Lakeport High\\nschool and super-\\nintendent of the\\ngraded schools of\\nLakeport. In 1895\\nhe resigned this\\nposition and en-\\ntered the Lakeport\\nSavings bank as assistant treasurer, and\\nwas recently chosen treasurer. He has\\nbeen a member of the Board of Educa-\\ntion for Laconia and Lakeport almost\\nconstantly since 1879, his present term\\nrunning to 1901. From 1886 to 1892\\nhe was a selectman of Gilford, which\\nthen included Lakeport. He was a\\nrepresentative in the New Hampshire\\nlegislature in iSgo- gi. He is a director\\nin the Lakeport National bank, Lake-\\nport Savings bank, Mutual Building and\\nLoan association, and Winnipesaukee\\nGas and Electric Co.\\nWhen the citv of Laconia was inau-\\nEx-Mayor Charles L. Pulsifer.\\ngurated, Mr. Pulsifer was elected a\\nmember of the first city council and\\nserved until March 9, 1897, when he\\nwas elected mayor unanimously, having\\nbeen nominated by the Republicans\\nand endorsed by the Democrats. He\\nwas re-elected the following March by\\na heavy majority, and served the city\\nso faithfully and conscientiously that he\\nwon the approval of all classes of citi-\\nzens in both parties. Upon retiring\\nfrom the mayorship in March, 1899,\\nMr. Pulsifer was elected a member of\\nthe Board of Assessors, which position\\nhe now holds.\\nFraternally, Mr.\\nPulsifer is a past\\nofficer in Chocorua\\nlodge, No. 51, I. O.\\nO. F., and of Laco-\\nn i a encampment,\\nalso a member of\\nCanton sgoo d\\nPatriarc h s M i 1 i\\ntant. He is a mem-\\nber of the several\\nbranches of the\\nMasonic fraternity\\nin this city, includ-\\ning Pilgrim com-\\nmandery, Knights\\nTemplar, and Mt.\\nWashington chap-\\nter, rder of East-\\nern Star, and he is\\nalso a thirty-sec-\\nond degree Mason,\\na member of Ed-\\nward A. Raymond\\nConsistory at Nashua. He is an attend-\\nant at the Union Avenue Baptist church,\\nLakeport. He was married July 30, 1 S S\\nto Susan E. Smiley, daughter of Dr.\\nJ. R. Smile) of Sutton. N. H.. who died\\nApril 2, 1S90.\\nEx-Mayor Pulsifer is probably more\\nfamiliar with Laconia s financial and\\nother municipal affairs than any Other\\ncitizen in the city. He is a man of the\\nstrictest integrity, fair-minded, and pro-\\ngressive, and has the good-will and\\nesteem of the entire community, a fact\\nwhich perhaps his long-continued pub-\\nlic service fully demonstrates.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nKnight Huntress.\\nThe dry goods establishment now\\nconducted by Messrs. Knight Hunt-\\nress (William F. Knight and Hamlin\\nHuntress) is one of the oldest mercan-\\ntile establishments in Laconia. In the\\nold Meredith Bridge days this store was\\nconducted as a general store, handling\\ndry goods, groceries, etc., by Messrs.\\nRufus K. and Charles Parker, both now\\ndeceased. William F. Knight, the sen-\\nior member of the present firm, entered\\nthe store as a clerk for Parker Bros, in\\nJune, 1864, and in 1S67 he was practi-\\nIn 1873 Mr. Knight was a member of\\nthe firm of Mansur Knight, one of the\\noldest concerns in the furniture trade in\\nthis place. In 1S87 the furniture firm\\nwas changed to Knight cS: Robinson\\n(William F. Knight and Mark M. Rob-\\ninson).\\nLocated at the corner of Main and\\nMill streets, one of the busiest spots in\\nthe city, the establishment of Mr.\\nKnight has always been a thriving and\\nprosperous concern. Strictly reliable\\ngoods and moderate profits has always\\nbeen the motto at this store, and has\\nresulted in a constantly increasing trade\\nKnight Huntress s Dry-Goods Store.\\ncally in control of the business. He\\neventually bought out the original firm\\nand in company with the late Mrs. Mary\\nT. Hull, under the firm name of W. F.\\nKnight Co., conducted a flourishing\\ntrade for ten years. During the follow-\\ning ten years Mr. Knight was sole pro-\\nprietor, and then Mr. George Tetreau\\nbecame his associate, the firm name be-\\ncoming W. F. Knight Tetreau. Mr.\\nTetreau was succeeded by Mr. Hamlin\\nHuntress, and the style of the firm was\\nchanged to Knight Huntress, the\\npresent firm.\\nIn addition to the dry goods business,\\nMr. Knight is also interested in the\\nfurniture business in the same block.\\nduring the last half century. The\\nKnight Huntress establishment to-\\nday carries a larger stock and does a\\nlarger business than at any time in its\\nhistory.\\nWilliam Franklin Knight, the senior\\nmember of the firm, was born in Hano-\\nver, N. H., Oct. 13, 1847, son \u00c2\u00b0f Edwin\\nPerry and Elizabeth W. T. (Vaughan)\\nKnight. Mr. Knight comes of patri-\\notic stock, and numbers among his an-\\ncestors several of the early colonists\\nof New Hampshire. His great-grand-\\nfather. William Knight, and a brother\\nwere Revolutionary soldiers, and the lat-\\nter received a captain s commission for\\nconspicuous gallantry on the bloody field", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nJI 3\\nWilliam F. Knight.\\nof Bennington Capt. Jabez Vaughan,\\nthe great-grandfather on the mother s\\nside, was also a Revolutionary sol-\\ndier, and promoted from the ranks\\nfor long and meritoiious service.\\nMr. Knight was educated in the\\ncommon schools of Hanover and at\\nWest Randolph academy He came\\nto Laconia in 1864, and has been\\nprominent since that time in mercan-\\ntile, financial, political, and social\\nlife. He is a director in the Laco-\\nnia National bank, a director in the\\nLaconia Building and Loan Associa-\\ntion, and a trustee of the Belknap\\nSavings bank. He is a member of\\nthe Laconia Board of Trade, and has\\nbeen secretary and treasurer of the\\ntrustees of the Laconia public libra-\\nry for the past fifteen years.\\nMr. Knight has been a stanch\\nRepublican all his life, casting his\\nfirst presidential ballot for the late\\nU. S. Grant in 1868. He was elect-\\ned town clerk of Laconia in 1875,\\nand served two years. He was elect-\\ned treasurer of Belknap county in\\n8\\n1883, and reelected in 1885. He was\\nin the New Hampshire legislature in\\n1889, serving on the railroad commit-\\ntee, and also the committee on na-\\ntional affairs. He was Hected state\\nsenator from district No. 6, in 1894,\\nfor the term of two years, and in 1896\\nwas quartermaster-general on the staff\\nof Governor C. A. Busiel.\\nHe is a thirty-second degree Ma-\\nson, and a member of all the various\\nbranches of the order in this city, as\\nwell as the Scottish Rite at Concord,\\nand the Consistory at Nashua. He\\nattends the Unitarian church and is\\nactive in the management of this so-\\nciety and advancement of liberal reli-\\ngion.\\nMr. Knight was married in 1872\\nto Fannie E., daughter of James Tay-\\nlor, ot Franklin, X. H. They have no\\nchildren.\\nHamlin Huntress, of the firm of\\nKnight Huntress, is a native of\\nSandwich, New Hampshire, born Au-\\ngust 19, i86i He was educated in\\nthe town schools of Moulton borough,\\nHamlin Huntress.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "H4\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nand when he first embarked in business lican. He served as town clerk of\\nconducted a general store at Moulton- Moultonborough from 1883 to 1890,\\nborough for eight years. He came to was postmaster of the town for eight\\nLaconia in 1893, and two years later years, and represented Moultonborough\\nCourt Hi\\nhe formed the partnership with William in the legislature of 1893. Mr. Hunt-\\nF. Knight in the dry goods business. ress married Amy L. Rollins of Moul-\\nMr. Huntress is a member of Cho- tonborough, and they have one son,\\ncorua lodge, No. 51. I. O. O. F.. at Ernest Hamlin Huntress.\\nBelknap County Farm.\\nLakeport, and in religious affairs is a\\nMethodist, being quite active and much\\ninterested in church work.\\nPolitically Mr. Huntress is a Repub-\\nEdwin P. Thompson.\\nWilliam Thompson, great-grandfather\\nof Edwin P. Thompson, clerk of the", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONJAN.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a25\\nsupreme court for Belknap county, came\\nto Gilmanton among the early settlers\\nand located on a farm near the centre\\nof the present town. He died in 1827,\\nleaving a family of eight children, one\\nof whom, William Thompson, was the\\ngrandfather of the subject of this sketch.\\nHe settled in Gilmanton, where he de-\\nvoted his life to fanning, at one time\\nhaving the care and management of\\nCaptain Salter s farm in Barnstead. In\\n1836 he purchased the farm adjoining\\nthe homestead\\nwhere his boy-\\nhood had been\\nspent, where he\\nlived until his\\ndeath, Dec. 6.\\n1855. He mar-\\nried, first, Ly-\\ndia Sanborn of\\nGilford, a sister\\nof the late Dea.\\nLevi Sanborn\\nof Laconia, by\\nwhom he had\\nten children,\\namong them be-\\ning Albert G.,\\nat one time\\nlandlord of the\\nWillard Hotel\\nin Laconia, for\\nabout three\\nyears, and later\\nsteward of the\\nFifth A v enue\\nHotel in New\\nYork city, from\\nits opening July\\n15, 1859, to his death August 12, 1889.\\nAnother son was John S. Thompson, at\\none time connected with the Cerro Gor-\\ndo and the Willard hotels in Laconia,\\nthe Pemigewasset Hotel at Plymouth, the\\nProctor House at Andover, and the Phe-\\nnix at Concord he was also a deputy un-\\nder Sheriff Hanson Bedee from May 31,\\n1862, to the end of the term, January,\\n1866. Asa T., another son, was a mem-\\nber of Co. A, Twelfth regiment, X. II.\\nVolunteers in the Civil War, and station-\\nagent at Alton from the time of his\\nreturn from the array in 1 86 to the\\nEdwin P. Thompson.\\nspring of 1S72. Another son, William\\nI!. Thompson, was the father of the sub-\\nject of this sketch, who was born in Gil-\\nmanton. July 28, [852, his mother being\\nLuezer J. Thompson. Edwin I was\\nthe eldest child and has one brother,\\nAlbert W. Thompson of Concord.\\nHe spent his early years on the farm\\nin Gilmanton and attended the district\\nschools near his home, and later Gil-\\nmanton academy. At the age of twenty,\\nin September, 1S72, he commenced the\\nstudy of la w\\nwith I lon.Thos.\\nCogswell of Gil-\\nin a n ton. with\\nwhom he stud-\\nied three years,\\nand in Novem-\\nber, 1875, came\\nto Laconia and\\nstudied with E.\\nP. Jewell until\\nhis admissio n\\nto the Belknap\\nCount y b a r\\nApril 1 1876,\\nwhen he imme-\\ndiately returned\\nto Gilmanton\\nIron Works and\\ncommenced the\\npractice of his\\nprofession in\\ncompany w i t h\\nColonel Cogs-\\nwell, with whom\\nhe remained for\\na year and then\\npractised alone\\nuntil the fall of 1879, at which time he\\nremoved to Belmont where he has since\\nclaimed a legal residence.\\nHe has served as treasurer of the\\ntown, and in March. [884, lie was elect-\\ned moderator of Belmont and has since\\nserved the town in that capacity except\\nwhen prevented by sickness, a part of\\nthe time being the choice of both par-\\nties.\\nIn January, 1SS5. he was appointed\\nclerk of the supreme court for Belknap\\ncounty, which office he still holds.\\nUpon the organization of the City", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "u6\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nSavings bank in Laconia, in the spring family of Somersworth, N. H. Imme-\\nof 1897, he was elected one of the trus- diately after ending his school days he\\ntees and has been re-elected since. He engaged in teaching suburban schools\\nis also secretary of the Belknap County for four years, for which the trend of\\nBar association. In politics he is a his efforts was always in the direction\\nRepublican. of that to impart knowledge most likely\\nDecember 9th, 1896, he married to be the most practical in future years.\\nMinnie E. James, daughter of Orrin F. In this he was successful. He was a\\nand Dora James of Campton.\\nhave no children.\\nThey\\nJudge True W. Thompson.\\nmember of the board of education in\\nhis native town in 1868 and 69 for a\\nterm of two years. In March, 1872, he\\nbecame a student at law in the office of\\nCharles H. Smith at Newmarket, where\\nhe remained for\\nThe subject\\nof this sketch,\\nTrue William\\nThompson, was\\nborn in the\\ntown o f Dur-\\nh a m N e w\\nHampshire, on\\nAug. 15, 1841,\\nin that part of\\nthe town known\\nas Loving-\\nland. His\\nparents were\\nJacob Burleigh\\nand Ann Carr\\nStilson Thomp-\\nson, natives\\nand lif el o n g\\nresidents of\\nthat town. His\\nparents are now\\ndeceased. Judge\\nThompson was\\nreared on a\\nfarm. He was\\neducated in the\\npublic schools\\nof his native town and at Newmarket, possessed of a son and two daughters,\\nN. H., closing his school days at the all of whom are married. He came to\\nCartland academy, Lee, N. H., under this city from Newmarket in May, 1882,\\nthe tutorship of that well-known, practi- having secured a situation as city editor\\ncal educator, Moses A. Cartland. on the Belknap Daily Tocsin, the first\\nBoth on the paternal and maternal daily newspaper to be established in\\nsides Judge Thompson s ancestry were Laconia. Since, from time to time, he\\nRevolutionary stock, both of his great has been employed in every newspaper\\ngrandfathers serving side by side in the office in the city. During the past\\nWar of the Revolution at Bunker Hill, dozen years he has also acted as local\\nHis paternal ancestry were Scotch-Irish, correspondent for the Boston Globe,\\nwhile those of his mother were English, and Manchester Union for several\\nHer less remote ancestry were the Lord years. May n, 1897, he was ap-\\nJudge True W. Thompson.\\nnearly three\\nand a half\\nyears. He nev-\\ner made appli-\\ncation to be ad-\\nmitted to the\\nbar, preferring\\nto take journal-\\nism as a profes-\\nsion, he having\\nbeen engaged\\nin that calling\\nto some extent\\nfor about fifteen\\nyears previous,\\nand for which\\nhe still retained\\na great liking.\\nHe is one of\\na family of two\\nsons and a\\ndaughter the\\nlatter resides at\\nConcord, N. H.\\nJudge Thomp-\\nson is not mar-\\nried, although", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "TIIK ILLUSTRATED LACOMAN.\\n117\\npointed associate justice of the Laconia\\npolice court by Governor Ramsdell. At\\nthe biennial election in [898, he was\\nelected register of probate for Belknap\\ncounty for a term of two years. In\\npolitics he is an ardent Republican,\\nhaving held the position of president of\\nthe Republican club in Ward 4 since\\nthe city was incorporated in 1893.\\nJudge Thompson is widely and favor-\\nably known as a newspaper man. Dur-\\ning all the years of his extensive literary\\nwork he has served the public with con-\\nscientious fidel-\\nity. No jour-\\nnalist ever had\\ngreater respect\\nfor private right\\nthan has Judge\\nThompson. He\\nhas never rude-\\nly tresp a s s e d\\nupon p u r e 1 y\\npersonal mat-\\nters to gratify\\na depraved ap-\\npetite for scan-\\ndal or sensa-\\ntion, always\\nworking alo n g\\na line of legit-\\nimate journal-\\nism, incurring\\nthe respect and\\ncon fidence of\\nthe people.\\nNot h i n g was\\never contribut-\\ned by his pen\\nto poison and Herman C\\ni n fl a m e the\\npublic mind on the contrary his news-\\npaper work has ever been clean and\\npraiseworthy. Judge Thompson is lib-\\neral, fair-minded, companionable, and\\nunselfish. His purpose as a man and\\nas a judge is to do right. While his\\njudgments are all tempered with mercy,\\nno real offender can hope to escape.\\nHerman C. Weymouth.\\nHerman C. Weymouth, superintend-\\nent of the Belknap county farm and\\njailer of the county jail, is a native of\\nthat part of old Gilmanton which is\\nnow Belmont, and was born Feb. 9,\\n1S46. He attended the district schools\\nand also the academies at Gilmanton\\nand New Hampton. When at the age\\nof twenty years he engaged in the meat\\nand provision business at boston, where\\nhe remained about three years and then\\nreturnedto Belmont. In 1S71 he married\\nMiss Abbie L. Smith, youngest daughter\\nof Mr. Daniel P. Smith of Meredith.\\nHis family consists of two daughters,\\nMisses Maude\\nand blanche\\nWe y m o uth of\\nthis city. When\\nin Belmont Mr.\\nWeymouth was\\ninter ested in\\nthe Fre e-w i 1 1\\nbaptist church\\nand worked\\nhard for the\\nsupport of mu-\\nsic, which was\\nhighly appreci-\\nated. In 1880\\nhe removed to\\nMeredith where\\nhe engaged in\\nthe s u m m e r\\nboarding-house\\nbusiness. H e\\nlater en g a g ed\\nwith Prof. G.\\n1 1, brown i n\\nextensive farm-\\ning and s u 111\\nmer boarding.\\nIn [885 he pur-\\nchased a large place in Andover, N. H,\\nwhere he carried on a prosperous\\ndairy business in connection with a large\\nboarding-house for summer guests.\\nIn 1896 he bought and built a resi-\\ndence in Laconia, where he has since\\nlived. In 1898 he was appointed super-\\nintendent of the Belknap count}- farm.\\nWhile residing in Belmont he was elect-\\ned superintendent of schools and also\\nfilled the offices of selectman and road\\nagent in Andover. He is a member of\\nthe Knights of Honor, Aurora lodge, No.\\nWeymouth.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n708, of this city, and was a prominent\\nmember of Highland Lake grange at\\nEast Andover. He has never aspired to\\npolitical fame, but has rather preferred to\\nattend to his own business which he\\nbelieves to be more profitable. He has\\na large circle of friends in Belknap and\\nMerrimack counties whom he has won\\nby fair and honest dealing and attend-\\ning strictly to his own business. As\\nsuperintendent of the Belknap farm he is\\nnot only well liked by the inmates of the\\nestablishment but is efficient and faith-\\nful as a public servant in the rather try-\\ning duties of this position.\\nhe left Laconia and went West, where he\\nenlisted in the First Illinois Light Ar-\\ntillery, Jan. 4, 1862. He was discharged\\nin April, 1864, but re-enlisted March,\\n1865, in A Co. of the Seventh Illi-\\nnois Cavalry, and was mustered out\\nNov. 20, 1865, at Springfield, 111., and\\nimmediately took the train for Laconia,\\nwhere his family had preceded him. He\\narrived here Nov. 23, and has been a\\nresident of Laconia since that date.\\nMr. Baldwin was engaged in but two\\nbattles during his service in the army,\\nbut they were both engagements of con-\\nsiderable importance, Donaldson and\\nShiloh. He is a charter member of\\nJohn L. Perley, Jr., Post, G. A. R., and\\nalso a charter member of Pontauhum\\nTribe, No. 18, Improved Order of Red\\nMen.\\nMr. Baldwin married Mary E. Bent-\\nley, of Mt. Vernon, 111., and has three\\nchildren, Charles G., Media B., and\\nJames S., the two former born in Mt.\\nVernon, and the latter first saw the light\\nof day in Laconia.\\nMr. Baldwin has always been a strong\\nRepublican, and has been honored by\\nhis party by election as supervisor of\\ncheck-lists under the old town govern-\\nment, chairman of supervisors for two\\nyears under the city government, select-\\nman of Ward three for three years, and\\nin 1898 was elected sheriff of Belknap\\ncounty, which office he assumed April 1,\\n1S99.\\nMr. Baldwin is not a member of any\\nchurch, but believes with the Unitarians,\\nin one God.\\nSheriff Charles W. Baldwin.\\nSheriff Charles W. Baldwin.\\nMartin B. Plummer.\\nCharles W. Baldwin, sheriff of Bel-\\nknap county, and more familiarly known\\nas Warren Baldwin, is a native of\\nHillsboro, born April 3, 183S. He came\\nto Meredith Bridge, now Laconia, when\\na mere boy. and was educated in our\\npublic schools. Mr. Baldwin is a joiner\\nby trade, and was for nearly thirty years\\nemployed by the Laconia Car company\\nin this city.\\nWhen less than seventeen years old\\nMartin Bartlett Plummer, register of\\ndeeds for Belknap county since 1892,\\nwas born at Meredith on the nth day\\nof October, 1844, and was educated in\\nthe public schools of that town. In 1863\\nhe came to Lakeport to learn the ma-\\nchinist trade in the shops of B. J. Cole,\\nand worked thereuntil April 14th, 1864,\\nwhen he went to Concord and enlisted\\nin Co. A, First New Hampshire cavalry\\nfor three vears. Mr. Plummer went to", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nE19\\nthe front with his regiment and first the Belknap County Fish and Game\\nserved under Gen. Wilson. The regiment League.\\nwent on the Wilson raid, and was Mr. Plummer married Ellen L. Cook,\\nthen sent into the Shenandoah valley daughter of Danford Cook of Gilman-\\nunder Gen. Sheridan and served until ton Iron Works. Nov. 29, 1866. Four\\nthe close of the war. children have been born to Mr. and\\nAfter being mustered out of the Mrs. Plummer, two of whom died while\\nUnited States service, Mr. Plummer quite young; Mabel E. married Amber\\nlived in Gilmanton Iron Works until the R. Connor, and is now clerk in the\\nfall of 186S, when he removed to Mere-\\ndith where he remained with the excep-\\ntion of one year in Waterville until 1872,\\nat which time he came to Laconia and\\nhas resided here since that date.\\nMr. Plummer\\nwas empl oy e d\\nfor some years\\nat the shops of\\nGardner Cook\\nSon, also at\\nthe Laconia car\\nshops and the\\nshops of George\\nW. Riley. In\\nMay, 1S92, he\\nwas appointed\\nclerk of the La-\\nconia police\\ncourt, which\\noffice he holds\\nat the present\\ntime. In the\\nNovember elec-\\ntion of 1892,\\nMr. PI u m m er\\nwas elected reg-\\nister of deeds\\nfor the county\\nof Belknap and\\nhe has been re-\\nelected to the\\nsame office by\\nlarge majorities at every election since\\n1892. Mr. Plummer is a Republican in\\npolitics.\\nMr. Plummer is a member of John L.\\nPerley, Jr.. Post, G. A. R., having served\\nas its commander, and also served in Judge Frank ML Beckford, one of the\\nthe department on the council of ad- best-known members of Laconia s legal\\nministration, and was in 1895 elected fraternity, is a native of Salem, New\\nby the department a delegate to the Hampshire, born Oct. [3, 1851. He\\nNational Encampment which was held was educated at Tilton seminary and\\nat Louisville, Kentucky. He is also a New Hampton Literary [nstitution, and\\nmember of the Pilgrim Fathers and before he engaged in the practice of the\\n.Martin S. Plummer.\\nregister of deeds office of Belknap\\ncounty, and Fred D. is a student in the\\nPernin Shorthand school in Boston,\\nMass.\\nBelknap county has been remark-\\nably fortunate\\nin having care-\\nful and popu-\\nlar officials in\\nthe register of\\ndeeds office, and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Mart Plum-\\nmer is surely no\\nexception to\\nthis rule. He\\nreceives m a n y\\nvotes from the\\nopposition po-\\nlitical party and\\nalways leads all\\nother candi-\\ndates on his\\nparty ticket.\\nBelknap county\\npeople are evi-\\ndently satisfied\\nto retain Mr.\\nPlu m m er as\\ntheir register of\\ndeeds and he\\ncan undoubted-\\nly hold the po-\\nsition as long\\nas he desires to retain it.\\nJudge Frank M. Beckford,", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nlegal profession, was connected with\\nvarious mercantile pursuits and the\\nhotel business. He first entered the\\ndry goods house of Brooks Bros., at\\nHaverhill, Mass., where he remained\\nsix years, and then went to Boston,\\nwhere he was head salesman in the\\nlarge carpet house of Judkins Muc-\\ncullough, afterwards with the well-known\\nfirm of Jordan Marsh. Later he went\\nto the town\\nof Bristol,\\nNew Hamp-\\nshire, and\\nengaged in\\nthe manufac-\\nture of wool-\\nen goods. It\\nwas here that\\nhe began the\\nstudy of law\\nin the office\\nof George A.\\nEmerson,\\nEsq.\\nJudge Beck-\\nford came to\\nLaconia in\\nthe year\\ni S 8 4, a n d\\npur chased\\nthe Laconia\\nhotel busi-\\nness, as it\\nwas then\\ncalled. He\\nchanged the\\nname of the\\nhouse, Hotel\\nWonolancet\\nand conduct-\\ned the establishment successfully for a\\nfew years.\\nHe resumed the study of law in the of-\\nfice of the late Col. Thomas J. Whipple,\\nand after being admitted to practice,\\nbecame the partner of this widely-known\\nattorney, and upon Colonel Whipple s\\ndecease in 1SS9, Judge Beckford suc-\\nceeded to the large practice.\\nJudge Beckford has always been an\\nactive Republican, and has generally\\nbeen upon the stump during most of\\nJudge Frank M. Beckford.\\nthe political campaigns since attaining\\nhis majority.\\nHe represented Laconia as a member\\nof the last constitutional convention for\\nthe state of New Hampshire, was ap-\\npointed justice of the Laconia police\\ncourt in 1892, and held the position\\nuntil 1895, when he resigned; elected\\nsolicitor of Belknap county in 1896, and\\nre-elected in the fall of 1S98, which\\noffice he now\\nholds.\\nJudge Beck-\\nford is prom-\\ninent and\\ntakes gr e a t\\ninterest in\\nthe vari o u s\\nfraternal so-\\ncieties. He\\nis a member\\nof Mt. Bel-\\nknap lodge,\\nK n ights of\\nPythias of\\nLaconia, and\\nis also a\\nm e m b er of\\nthe Supreme\\nlodge, and\\nholds the\\nposition of\\nsupreme rep-\\nresenta t i v e\\nfor this state\\nin that or-\\nder he is a\\nm e m ber of\\nC h ocorua\\nlodge, I. O.\\nO. F., of La-\\nconia, and Pontahaum Tribe of Red\\nMen, being a member of the Great\\nCouncil for New Hampshire, and is a\\nmember of Laconia Commandery, U. O.\\nG. C, Laconia grange, Patrons of Hus-\\nbandry, and a member of the State and\\nNational Grange. He is also an active\\nmember of the military branch in the\\nKnights of Pythias, and to his efforts\\nis largely due the fact that New Hamp-\\nshire has a brigade formation of the\\nUniform Rank. He holds the position", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nof assistant judge advocate-general upon\\nGeneral Hoyt s staff also an active\\nmember of the Laconia Board of Trade,\\nand is interested in nearly all the local\\nenterprises of a public nature.\\nJudge Beckford s law practice is a\\nlarge and lucrative one, he being an\\nable pleader, and one of our most suc-\\ncessful lawyers.\\nJudge Beckford is married and has\\none son, Dr. Henry S. Beckford.\\nMark M. Robinson.\\nMark M. Robinson, of the well-known\\nfurniture es-\\ntablishment of\\nKnight Rob-\\ninson, and the\\ntreasurer of\\nBelknap county\\nsince 1892, was\\nborn in Mere-\\ndith, N. H., on\\nAugust 2 2d,\\n1853. He was\\neducated in the\\npublic schools\\nand at Til ton\\nseminary. In\\nhis early man-\\nhood, Mr. Rob-\\ninson learned\\nthe jeweler s\\ntrade with the\\nold firm of S. E.\\nYoung Co.,\\nand he after-\\nwaids car r i e d\\non the jewelry\\nbusiness for\\nhimself, for a\\nperiod of about\\neight years, both at Lakeport and Laco-\\nnia.\\nAbout twelve years ago, Mr. Robin-\\nson bought out the interest of the late\\nFranklin Mansur in the furniture estab-\\nlishment then conducted under the firm\\nname of Mansur lS: Knight, one of the old-\\nest furniture concerns in this section of\\nNew Hampshire. He formed a part-\\nnership with Mr. William F. Knight,\\nMark M.\\nunder the style of Knight Robinson,\\nwhich partnership still continues. Car-\\npetings and upholstery departments\\nhave been added to the business in re-\\ncent years, and the firm carry one of\\nthe largest stocks to be found in their\\nline in this vicinity, and have always\\nenjoyed a most successful and pros-\\nperous business.\\nMr. Robinson was married May [3,\\n1880, to Charlotte L. Moore. They\\nhave no children.\\nHe is a member of the Odd Fellows,\\nMasons, and Royal Arcanum, having\\nheld numerous offices in all of these\\norders, being a\\nPast Master of\\nMt. Lebanon\\nlodge, No. 32,\\nIF. A. M..\\ntk a Past High\\nPriest of Union\\nchapter. No. 7,\\nF, R. A. M., and\\nT. I. Master of\\nPyt h ago re an\\ncouncil, No. 6,\\nR. S. M.\\nIn politics,\\nMr. Robi n son\\nis a Republi-\\ncan. He was\\nelected t r e .1 s\\nurer of Belknap\\ncountv in the\\nyear 1S92. and\\nhas been re-\\nelected to the\\nsame office at\\nevery subse-\\nquent election\\nRobinson. since that cbte\\nCounty Commissioner J, F. Smith.\\nAlthough a legal resident of the\\nneighboring village of Meredith Centre,\\nCounty Commissioner Joseph F. Smith\\nis one of our Belknap county officials\\nwho makes his business headquarters\\nin this city, and lie has been a familiar\\nfigure on our streets for several years\\npast, and will continue to be, since he", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nis again chairman of the board of com-\\nmissioners for 1899 and 1900.\\nJoseph Frank Smith, the youngest\\nson of Daniel P. and Abigail (Dolloff)\\nSmith, was born on the same spot where\\nhis residence now stands, in the year\\n1848, Sept. 12. He was the ninth in a\\nfamily of ten children, five of whom are\\nnow living, one dying in infancy, and\\none brother, Oilman Smith, was killed\\nin the battle of Chancellorsville. The\\nfather, Daniel P. Smith, is still living,\\nat the age of ninety years, and is\\nremarkably well\\npreserved, and\\nappears to en-\\njoy life.\\nJoseph F\\nSmith left home\\nat the age of\\nsixteen years,\\nand attended\\nschool at New\\nHampton, and\\nin 1867 went\\nto work at the\\nNew Hamp-\\nshire Insane\\nAsylum, under\\nthe late Jesse\\nP. Bancroft, to\\nw h o m he is\\nindebted for a\\ngreat deal o f\\ngood advice. In\\n1872, Mr. Smith\\nwent to Nash-\\nua, and was em-\\nployed as a\\nclerk in a store.\\nThe folio wi n g\\nyear he entered the employ of Bridge-\\nman Co., 48 Bedford street, Boston,\\ndealers in woolen goods, and in a few\\nweeks was sent out on the road by the\\nfirm to solicit orders. He remained\\nwith this firm one year, and then con-\\nnected himself with the Franklin Woolen\\nCo., of Franklin Falls, N. H., with head-\\nquarters in Boston, continuing with this\\nconcern until April, 1S93. During the\\ntime he was connected with the Franklin\\nWoolen Co., he had full control of the\\nselling end of their business, and per-\\nJoseph F. Smith.\\nsonally sold nearly all their goods in\\nthe New England states.\\nHe was married in 1881 to C. Isabel\\nRobinson, youngest daughter of Thomas\\nJ. and Eliza (Glidden) Robinson of\\nLaconia. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have\\nbeen the parents of eight children\\nRachel Gertrude, Daniel Thomas (who\\ndied in infancy), Joseph Frank, Jr.,\\nMary Eriline, Barbara Eloise, Robinson\\nWayland, Frederick, and Maurice Pres-\\nton.\\nIn politics, Mr. Smith is a strong\\nRe p u b 1 i c a n\\nand he has re-\\nceived numer-\\nous political\\nhonors. He\\nrepresented the\\ntown of Mere-\\ndith in the legis-\\nlature in 1889,\\nwas selectman\\nof Meredith\\nin 1 S 9 3 and\\n1894, was elect-\\ned a commis-\\nsioner of Bel-\\nknap county in\\nNovember,\\n1894, was re-\\nelected in 1896.\\nand elected for\\nthe third time\\nin 1 8 9 S He\\nhas served as\\nchairman of the\\nboard since\\n1896, and is\\nchairman of the\\npresent board.\\nIn secret societies, Mr. Smith is a\\nmember of Chocorua lodge of Masons\\nat Meredith and Union chapter of\\nLaconia. He is also a Knight of Pyth-\\nias, and a member of the Odd Fellows\\nfraternity. He is a member of Winni-\\npesaukee grange at Meredith and of\\nBelknap County Pomona grange.\\nMr. Smith resides on the Smith farm\\non the shores of Wickwas lake, one of\\nthe most beautiful of the small lakes of\\nNew Hampshire.\\nAs a public official, Mr. Smith has", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n123\\nevidently given satisfaction to the peo-\\nple of Belknap county, as is indicated\\nby his re-election for a third term, an\\nhonor which has been rarely if ever be-\\nstowed upon any candidate. He is a\\nstrong man in all business affairs and\\nan officer of unusual executive ability.\\nCommissioner Oscar Foss.\\nCounty Commissioner Oscar Foss, of\\nBarnstead, one of the most wide-awake\\nand prosperous business men of Bel-\\nknap county,\\nwas born in\\nBarnstead, N.\\nH., Nov. 17,\\n1845, an d was\\na son of Eli H.\\nand Mary A.\\n(Furber) Foss.\\nEli H. Foss,\\nwho was born\\nin Barnstead,\\nJuly 16, 18 19,\\nmarried, in\\n1S43, Mary A.\\nFurber, of Al-\\nton, N. H. She\\nwas the daugh-\\nter of Edmond\\nFurber, a well-\\nknown farmer\\nand bu sin ess\\nm an, a n d a\\nleader in church\\nwork, and w ho\\nlived to be nine-\\nty-five years old.\\nShe died in\\n1888, at the age\\nof seventy. Eli H. Foss, now living in\\nBarnstead, learned the blacksmith trade\\nof Asa Garland, of North Barnstead, and\\nfollowed that business most of the time\\nfor fifty years.\\nOscar Foss was the only son and the\\noldest of four children. He received\\nhis education in the common schools of\\nBarnstead and at Pittstield academy.\\nHe attended the latter institution in the\\nwinter season, spending the remainder\\nof the year in his father s blacksmith\\nshop, learning the trade.\\nOscar Foss\\nn Nov, 5, 187 1, Mr. Foss was joined\\nin marriage with Miss Sarah U. Young,\\na daughter of Oliver H. P. and Emily J.\\n(Tuttle) Young. Mr. Young was a car-\\npenter by trade, and was born on Beauty\\nhill. He afterwards moved to Centre\\nBarnstead. He enlisted in the 12th\\nN. H. regiment, and served three years\\nin the Civil War.\\nAt the age of twenty-one Mr. Foss\\npurchased a half interest in a water-\\npower sawmill at Centre Barnstead,\\nN. H., in company with Nathaniel\\nBlaisdell. At\\nthe end of one\\nyear his partner\\ndied, and Mr.\\nFoss bought the\\nother half, and\\nhas since car-\\nried on the bus-\\niness alone, re-\\nc e i v i n g the\\ngreater part of\\nthe trade from\\nthe locality.\\nNot con fining\\nhis attention to\\nthis particular\\nmill, ho we ve r\\nhe has been\\nquite extensive-\\nly engaged in\\nbuying lots and\\nputting in tem-\\nporary mills.\\nand pre pa r i n g\\nthe lumber for\\nthe market and\\nshipping it to\\ndifferent large\\ncities. His first trial in this direction\\nwas the purchase of a timber lot in\\nNorth wood. Since then the business\\nhas greatly increased.\\nIn 1895, 96, 97, 98 he had live mills\\nin operation most of the time. He\\nhandles large amounts of cord wood,\\nbark, pulp wood, and lumber. When he\\nstalled in the mill business he was\\nobliged to go into debt for the most of\\nhis contracts and real estate purchases.\\nAt the time the barnstead shoe factory\\nwas built, he was one of the leading", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "124\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\npromoters of the enterprise, and he is\\nnow the owner of the plant. When the\\nquestion of bringing new business into\\ntown arises, he is the one chosen to\\nconfer with and to influence desirable\\nparties to locate here. He was one of\\nthe prime movers in getting the railroad\\nand telephone. As an individual he\\nhas done much for the welfare of the\\ntown. He has never forgotten his strug-\\ngle for prosperity, and is ever ready to\\nassist any ambitious young man who is\\ndeserving of help.\\nMr. Foss has\\nfrom the first\\nbeen a staunch\\nRe publican,\\nand a very ac-\\ntive worker for\\nthe princi pies\\nof his party.\\nWhen he be-\\ncame a voter\\nthe vote of the\\ntown was three\\nto one Demo-\\ncratic, and for\\nthe first time,\\nin 1S96, the Re-\\npublicans had a\\nmajority. Mr.\\nFoss has been\\ntown treasurer,\\nand in 1 S 9 6\\nwas elected su-\\npervisor, and in\\n1898 was elect-\\ned one of the\\ncounty commis-\\nsioners of Bel-\\nknap county,\\nhaving the largest vote of the board. As\\na justice of the peace, he writes deeds\\nand mortgages and does other legal\\nduties.\\nJonathan C. Shannon\\nCommissioner Jonathan C. Shannon.\\nJonathan Coffin Shannon, the Demo-\\ncratic member of the Board of Belknap\\nCounty Commissioners, and the only\\nDemocratic official who now holds office\\nin this county, was born in Barn stead,\\nN. H., Nov. 29, 1842, the son of Stephen\\nand Ann P. (Chase) Shannon. He re-\\nmoved to Gilmanton with his parents\\nwhen five years old, and was educated\\nin the public schools of Gilmanton and\\nat Gilmanton academy. When nine-\\nteen years of age, Mr. Shannon came\\nto Laconia and entered the employ of\\nFolsom Smith, general merchants.\\nHe went into business for himself in\\n1865 in the grocery trade, and con-\\ntinued under various partnerships until\\nabout 1S94. For the past few years\\nMr. Sh annon\\nhas devoted\\nhimself to the\\nauctione e r i n g\\nbusiness, with\\nexcellent suc-\\ncess, and has\\nwon a wide rep-\\nutation for his\\nefficiency in this\\nline. He also\\nconducts a sec-\\nond-hand furni-\\nture store and\\nauction rooms,\\nbeing located in\\nMasonic T e m\\npie at the pres-\\nent time.\\nPolit i c a 1 1 y\\nMr. Shannon is\\na Democrat,\\nand he was\\nelected overseer\\nof the poor for\\nseven years. In\\n1890 he was\\nelected to the\\nboard of county commissioners, and\\nserved one term, being reelected in 1898,\\nat which time he was the only success\\nful candidate on his party ticket.\\nHe is a member of the Masonic fra-\\nternity, including Pilgrim commandery,\\nKnights Templar, and is also a member\\nof the Ancient Order of United Work-\\nmen. He is a member of the Congre-\\ngational church. He was married Jan.\\n28, 1866, to Miss Ella A. Jewett of Gil-\\nford, daughter of Samuel S. and Edith A.\\nJewett.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nI2 5\\nAs a county official, Mr. Shannon\\nhas always been popular with all classes\\nof people, and at the same time he has\\nbeen a faithful and conscientious pub-\\nlic servant, always acting as seemed in\\nhis judgment to be for the best inter-\\nests of the taxpayers and community.\\nDr. Henry C Wells.\\nOne of the most public-spirited and\\nbusiest of Laconia s medical profession\\nis Dr. Henry C. Wells, a native of\\nBristol, N. H.,\\nborn Feb. 2 4\\n1856. Dr. Wells\\nobtained his\\npreparatory ed- *_^\\nucation in the V\\npublic schools,\\nand then at-\\ntended New\\nHampton Lit-\\nerary Inst it u-\\ntion,Tilton sem-\\ninary, and Kim-\\nb a 1 1 Union\\nAcademy at .$S\\nMeriden, N. H.,\\ngraduating from\\nM e r i d e n in\\nj S74. He read\\nmedicine with\\nDr. J. M. Bish-\\nop of Bristol\\nand graduated\\nM. D. at St.\\nLouis Hahne-\\nmann Medical\\nCollege, of St.\\nLouis, Mo., in\\n1876. He came to Laconia in 1879,\\nand has been here ever since, enjoying\\na large practice not only in Laconia but\\nin nearly all the surrounding territory.\\nHe is a Republican in politics, and was\\nelected county physician for Belknap\\ncounty in 1890, and has held the posi-\\ntion with the exception of one term\\nsince that time. He was city physician\\nin 1896 and again in 1898. In secret\\norders Dr. Wells is an dd fellow and\\na Red Man, a member of the Patri-\\narchs Militant in connection with his\\nOdd Fellowship, and also a member of\\nRidgely Association, of Worcester,\\nMass., and X. E. P.\\nDuring his twenty years residence in\\nLaconia, Dr. Wells has won a reputa-\\ntion as a skilful physician and surgeon,\\nand has made a special study of chil-\\ndren s cases, which has brought him\\nmuch practice in this line.\\nHe is an active worker in the Repub-\\nlican ranks, taking great interest in all\\npolitical events, both local and national.\\nHe is also interested in all movements\\nof a public na-\\nture f o r the\\ngrowth and de-\\nvelopment of\\nLaconia, and\\ngenerally rinds\\ntime from his\\nprofessional du-\\nties to lend a\\nhelping hand in\\nany enterprise\\nof this nature in\\nwhich he is in-\\nterested.\\nLaconia\\nElectric Light-\\ning; Co.\\nDr. Henry C. Wells.\\nLaconia has\\nalways kept\\npace with the\\noutside world in\\nthe sp e e d v\\nadoption of all\\nthe modem in-\\nven tions and\\nconven iences\\nwhich have been introduced with such\\nrapidity during the past fifty years,\\nincluding the telegraph, telephone, elec-\\ntric cars, gas, and electric lights. The\\nLaconia Electric Lighting Company\\nestablished the first central electric\\nlighting station in the state of New\\nHampshire. This company was or|\\nized December 26, 1884, with Dennis\\nO Shea as president and treasurer;\\nFrank H. Champlin, clerk and general\\nmanager. The capital stock at that\\ntime was but 84,000, and the central", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "126\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nstation was in the basement of the brick\\nBelknap mill. The electric lights were\\nintroduced in this city both for public\\nstreet lighting and for commercial light-\\ning, and proved popular from the very\\nstart. The central station remained in\\nthe Belknap mills until October, 1889,\\nwhen the business increased so as to\\noutgrow the accommodations, and the\\nplant was removed to the lumber works\\nof Gardner Cook Son, where it was\\noperated until January, 1893, at which\\ntime the dynamos and other machinery\\nwere removed to the new power station,\\nfitted up by the corporation at Lakeport.\\nThe power station at Lakeport is one of\\nthe best arranged and most convenient\\nfor the electric lighting business to be\\nfound in New Hampshire. The power\\nHill 1 1 1 r l\\nII\\nLaconia Electric Lighting Station.\\nis obtained by powerful water-wheels\\nwhich are located at the outlet of Lake\\nWinnipesaukee, and which furnishes the\\nmost reliable motive power possible to\\nbe obtained anywhere. The increase of\\nbusiness has, of course, made it neces-\\nsary to invest in new machinery from\\ntime to time, and the corporation has\\nalways responded promptly to all de-\\nmands for increased service. They now\\nfurnish nearly one hundred arc street\\nlights of 2,000 candle-power for light-\\ning the streets of the city of Laconia,\\nbesides many commercial arc lights,\\nand a large number of incandescent\\nlights for the illumination of stores, pub-\\nlic buildings, and private residences.\\nThe corporation has always made a point\\nof furnishing lights of standard quality\\nand it can be truthfully stated that no\\ncity in New England has better electric\\nlights than the city on the lakes.\\nThe corporation has increased its cap-\\nital stock from time to time, until from\\nthe small beginning with only $4,000\\ncapital, it now has a capital of $45,000.\\nThe present officers of the concern\\nare Directors, Dennis O Shea, [ohn\\nF. Merrill, Jefferson Gilbert, Frank P.\\nHolt, Addison G. Cook, Gardner Cook,\\nand Albert G. Folsom; president, Den-\\nnis O Shea clerk and treasurer, Charles\\nW. Tyler general manager, John F.\\nMerrill. The office of the corporation\\nis at No. 523 Main street.\\nAlbert G. Folsom.\\nFor the past fifty years, no citizen\\nof Laconia has been more prominent\\nin financial, real estate, and business\\nenterprises of all kinds than Albert\\nGallatin Folsom, who has been presi-\\ndent of the Laconia Savings bank for\\nover a quarter of a century, and pres-\\nident of the People s National bank\\nsince its incorporation in May, 18S9,\\nand who is, also, the oldest Odd Fel-\\nlow in Laconia. Mr. Folsom was born\\nin Laconia, Oct. 12, 18 16, son of Jon-\\nathan and Sarah (Rowe) Folsom, and\\nhe comes of an old New Hampshire\\nfamily. His father was a native of\\nDover, N. H., and a carpenter by\\ntrade, but he was one of the early set-\\ntlers in Meredith Bridge, and opened a\\nway-side tavern here on Pleasant street\\nas early as 1813, which he conducted\\nsuccesfully for a number of years. This\\nhouse is now known as the Atkinson\\nresidence. He owned the land on\\nMain and Pleasant streets above the\\npresent railroad tracks, and was a\\nprominent and popular citizen. He\\nrepresented the town in the legislature\\nin 1832. He died, in his ninety-fourth\\nyear, in 1872. He and his wife, who\\nwas a native of Gilford, were the pa-\\nrents of eleven children, of whom the\\nsubject of this sketch is the only sur\\nvivor.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n127\\nAlbert G. Folsom was born in the associated with Mr. Smith in erecting\\nPleasant street home, and was edu- the Smith block on the opposite side of\\ncated in the common schools of this the street. lie opened the Folsom\\ntown. He was not robust as a boy, opera house in 1862, and was one of\\nand was unable to attend school regu- the organizers and prime movers of the\\nlarly, and when about eleven years old Laconia street railway corporation. He\\nhis parents sent him to Portsmouth to\\nenter a store kept by an older brother,\\nin the hope that the change would bene-\\nfit his health. Commercial life aroused\\nhis ambitions and improved his health,\\nand his brother eventuallv went West,\\nleaving h i m\\nin charge of\\nthe store. In\\n1836 he re-\\nturned to\\nLaconia, and\\nentered the\\nstore on Mill\\nstreet, kept\\nby J a m e s\\nMoline a ux\\nwhich he pur-\\nchased about\\nthree years\\nlater. He\\naf te r w aids\\ntook in Geo.\\nF. Bosher as\\na partner,\\nand this part-\\nnership con-\\ntinued until\\ni860. In\\n1857 he pur-\\nchased and\\nmoved into\\nthe Gove\\nblock on\\nMain street,\\nand subse-\\nA I In it G. Folsom.\\nhas been identified with the Laconia\\nSavings bank nearly sixty years, being\\na member of the board of trustees\\nabout 1 84 1.\\nMr. Folsom has been twice married.\\nHis first wife was (live 1!. Robinson of\\nGilford, and\\nof four chil-\\nd r e n o n 1 y\\none now sur-\\nvives, Mrs.\\nS a m uel I!.\\nSmith. His\\nsecond wife\\nwas Miss Im-\\nogen e F\\nHarris of\\nFranc n i a\\nand the y\\nhave one\\ndaughter,\\nMiss Alber-\\nta. In secret\\nsocieties,\\nMr. Folsom\\nhas been\\nquite promi-\\nnent, lie is\\na thirty-sec-\\nond degree\\nMason, a\\nm e m b e r of\\nPilgrim com-\\nmandery of\\nKnights\\nT e m p 1 a r\\nquently had a clothing store at Cerro and Edward A. Raymond Consistory,\\nGordo place. In 186 1 ex-Mayor S. 1!.\\nSmith became his partner, and eight\\nyears later Mr. Folsom sold out his in-\\nterest in the business and retired from\\nmercantile life.\\nthe latter at Nashua. He has filled al\\nthe chairs in W innipiseogee lodge of\\nOdd Fellows, and is a member of the\\nLaconia encampment.\\nAlthough in poor health until he was\\nMr. Folsom has a well-earned repu- about twenty years old, Mr. Folsom\\ntation as a sagacious and prudent busi- now enjoys excellent health for a man\\nness man, and a wise financier. He of his years, appearing much younger\\nhas been identified with many of Laco- than he actually is, and attending\\nnia s more important enterprises. He personally to his large busness inter-\\nbuilt Folsom block in 1861, and was ests.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nThe Crane Manufacturing: Co.\\nThe Crane Manufacturing Co., of\\nLakeport, is known in every city and\\ntown in the United States where hosiery,\\nunderwear, and web goods are manu-\\nfactured, and the numerous knitting ma-\\nchines furnished by this concern have\\naided materially in developing and pro-\\nmoting the knit-goods industry in this\\ncountry. The production of nearly every\\none of the most familiar articles of\\neveryday use involves the assistance of\\nmechanical contrivances of which the\\ngrandparents of the present generation\\nmensions are 36 by 80 feet, with two\\nwings, one 22 feet by 26 feet, the other\\n18 feet by 20 feet, of two stories each,\\nwith cemented basement, and operated\\nby a steam engine built by Payne of\\nElmira, N. Y. Everything that skill and\\nattention to detail can devise is to be\\nfound in this machine shop, which has\\na Thomson-Houston electric plant, from\\nwhich all the departments are lighted,\\nthe capacity being one hundred incan-\\ndescent lights.\\nThe concern manufactures circular\\nspring-needle knitting machines for\\nunderwear, jersey cloth, rubber linings,\\nThe Crane Manufacturing Company.\\nwere entirely ignorant, and the manu-\\nfacture of stockinet, eiderdown, jersey\\ncloth, shirts, drawers, or hosiery, affords\\na good illustration of this fact.\\nThe Crane Manufacturing Co. was in-\\ncorporated in 1890, but was originally\\nestablished in 1870, as J. S. Crane\\nCo., and the concern has won a wide-\\nspread reputation in knit-goods circles\\nfor furnishing such machines and im-\\nprovements as would most readily ac-\\ncomplish the desired object in the man-\\nufacture of the goods mentioned.\\nThe commodious and well-arranged\\nfactory of the Crane Manufacturing Co.\\nconsists of a main building: whose di-\\nstockinets, etc., also circular spring\\nneedle knitting machines for hosiery,\\nlatest improved stockinet feeds, of the\\nW. J. H. Osborne patents, which are\\nowned by the Crane Co., also remova-\\nble hardened-blade burr wheels, with\\nself-oiling brackets. The Crane ma-\\nchines are constructed of any gauge\\nand diameter desired, fitted and put to\\nwork in their shops before they are\\ndelivered to customers.\\nTo those interested who may be unac-\\nquainted with the firm it might be said,\\nthat the Crane Manufacturing Co. s\\nbusiness is conducted upon the broad-\\nest basis of fairness and good faith.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n1 29\\nJohn S. Crane.\\nMr. John S. Crane, the head of the\\nconcern, is one of the pioneer man-\\nufacturers of knitting machinery,\\nhaving devoted over thirty-five years\\nto manufacturing and perfecting this\\nclass of machinery, and his experi-\\nence is certainly worthy of consider-\\nation by manufacturers of knit goods\\nand valuable to the establishment.\\nThe officers of the company are\\nPresident, John S. Crane secretary\\nand treasurer, M. L. Crane.\\nJohn Summerfield Crane, the foun-\\nder and president of the Crane Man-\\nufacturing Co., was born in Spring-\\nfield, Mass., Feb. 3, 1S34. son of Lu-\\nther and Rebecca (Manter) Crane.\\nMr. Crane is a direct descendant of\\nGovernor Bradford of the Massachu-\\nsetts colony. He received a common\\nschool education, and attended the\\nBerwick academy, in Maine. As a\\nyoung man he possessed a craving\\nfor a life at sea, and after leaving\\nschool he shipped on a clipper bound\\nfor India. The voyage lasted twen-\\nty-two months, and gave young Crane\\n9\\na trip around the world and at the\\nsame time cured him of any further\\ndesires in this direction. For a year\\nhe was busy learning the machinist s\\ntrade at Salmon Falls, and then re-\\nmoved to Lawrence and afterwards\\nto Lowell, where he had charge of a\\nsewing-machine factory.\\nSubsequently he resided in Man-\\nchester for a time, and then went\\nWest in search of a promising busi-\\nness opening, but returned and finally\\nlocated in Lakeport in 1857, where he\\nwas employed by Thomas Appleton\\nin the hosiery business. In 1862 lie\\nformed a partnership with William\\nPepper to build knitting machines. In\\n1864 he became superintendent of the\\nWinnipesaukee Hosiery Co., in which\\nhe was part owner, and in 1865, hav-\\ning bought out his partners he sold\\nthis business to R. M. Bailey. In [879\\nhe was connected with the late Walter\\nAiken of Franklin in the proprietor-\\nship of the Gilmore revolving diamond\\nstone dressing machine. In 1^7- Mr.\\nCrane engaged in the manufacture of\\nMnzellah L. Crane.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "i3\u00c2\u00b0\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ncircular knitting machines, the firm be-\\ning Crane Peaslee. The following\\nyear he patented a machine for making\\nshirts and underwear, and this industry\\nwas added to the business. In 1878 the\\nfirm became J. S. Crane Company,\\nand in 1890 the Crane Manufacturing\\nCo. of to-day was incorporated.\\nMr. Crane represented Laconia in\\nthe New Hampshire legislature in 1875,\\nand Gilford in the legislature of 1878.\\nHe was one of the incorporators of the\\nLake Village Savings bank, is vice-\\ntution. after which he entered the\\nmachine shops of his father and ac-\\nquired a thorough knowledge of the\\nmachinist s trade and a familiarity with\\nthe business by labor in the various de-\\npartments. In 1885 he became asso-\\nciated in the business of manufacturing\\nknitting machines with his father, under\\nthe firm name of Crane Manufacturing\\nCo. Both John S. Crane and Mazellah\\nL. Crane are men of recognized com-\\nmercial ability, who have built up a\\nlarge industry and are upon a sound\\nm ***g 0 M j W\\nResidence of J. S. Crane.\\npresident and a director in the Lake-\\nport National bank. In politics he is a\\nRepublican. He is a thirty-second\\ndegree Mason. Mr. Crane married in\\n1856, Clara J. Smith of Nashua. He\\nhas one son, Mazellah L. Crane, who is\\nassociated with him in business.\\nMazellah L. Crane, secretary and\\ntreasurer of the Crane Manufacturing\\nCo., was born in Lakeport, April 27,\\n1858, son of John S. and Clara (Smith)\\nCrane, the only child of his parents.\\nHe attended the public schools of Lake-\\nport and New Hampton Literary Insti-\\nand successful financial basis. On Feb-\\nruary 5, 1S96, Mr. Crane was united in\\nmarriage with Fannie E. Taylor of La-\\nconia. There are two daughters by a\\nprevious marriage. Mr. Crane is a mem-\\nber of PIndicott Rock lodge, No. 20,\\nKnights of Pythias, of Lakeport.\\nThe Melcher Prescott Insurance\\nAgency.\\nThe Melcher Prescott Insurance\\nAgency of Laconia, with offices at\\nSmith block, rooms 6 and 7, Main", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n3i\\nstreet, and Morgan block, 766 Union\\navenue, is one of the largest and oldest\\nestablished insurance agencies in this\\nsection of New Hampshire. This\\nagency was founded in 1S62 by Hon.\\nWoodbury L. Melcher, who at that time\\nrepresented the Phoenix Fire Insurance\\ncompany of Hartford, Conn. The in-\\nsurance business rapidly increased, and\\nin 1SS6 Mr. True E. Prescott was taken\\ninto the concern as a partner, since\\nwhich time it has been known as the\\nMelcher Prescott Agency. In 189 1\\nMr. Melcher s private business inter-\\nfollowing list of well-known insurance\\ncompanies\\nAachen Munich Fire Ins. Co. of Germany.\\n.l.tna Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn.\\nAgricultural Ins. Co. of Watertown, X. V.\\nCommercial Union Assurance Co. of London,\\nEngland.\\nContinental Insurance Co. of New York.\\nInsurance Co. of North America of Philadel-\\nphia.\\nLancashire Insurance Co. of Manchester, Eng-\\nland.\\nMagdeburg Fire Insurance Co. of Germany.\\nNational Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn.\\nNiagara Fire Ins. Co. of New York.\\nPalatine Ins. Co. of Manchester. England.\\nPhcenix Assurance Co. of London, England.\\nResidence of M. L. Crane.\\nests became so great that it was neces-\\nsary for him to be away most of the\\ntime, and consequently the entire busi-\\nness and management of the insurance\\nagency was turned over to Mr. Prescott\\nwho has since conducted the affairs of\\nthe concern. This agency does not mix\\nany other line of business with insur-\\nance, but devotes entire attention to\\nthis branch alone.\\nFrom the one insurance company\\nwith which Mr. Melcher started in 1862\\nthe agency has gradually and carefully\\nincreased its facilities until the Melcher\\nPrescott Agency now represents the\\nPhoenix Ins. c of Hartford, Conn.\\nPhenix Insurance Co. of Brooklyn, X. V.\\nQueen Insurance Co. of New York.\\nSpringfield Fire Marine Ins. Co. of Spring-\\nfield, Mass.\\nWilliamsburg City Fire Ins. Co. of New York.\\nBoston Insurance Co. of Boston, Mass.\\nGreenwich Ins. Co. of New m k\\nTraders and Mechanics of Powell, Mass.\\nMerchants and Fanners Ins. Co. of Worcester,\\nMass.\\nConcord Mutual Insurance of Concord, V II.\\nManufacturers and Merchants Mutual Ins. Co.\\nof Concord, N. II.\\nCapital Fire Insurance Co. of Concord. N. II.\\nFire Underwriters Association of Concord,\\nX. II.\\nrranite State Fire Insurance )o. of Poi tsmouth,\\nN. II.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "132\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nNew Hampshire Fire Ins. Co. of Manchester,\\nN. H.\\nLloyd s Plate Glass Ins. Co. of New York.\\nFidelity and Deposit Co. of Baltimore, Md.\\nMaryland Casualty Co. of Baltimore, Md.\\nEmployers Liability Assurance Corporation of\\nLondon, England.\\nNorthwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. of\\nMilwaukee, Wis.\\nThis long list of strong companies\\nenables the agency to place $200,000 or\\nmore insurance on any one risk, facili-\\nties which are unsurpassed by any other\\nagency in New Hampshire. Their\\nvative methods of the Northwestern\\nMutual have won the admiration of\\neveryone seeking this line of insurance,\\nand has enabled the Melcher Prescott\\nAgency to establish a very good busi-\\nness in this line.\\nThe accident and liability depart-\\nment, which was hardly known a few\\nyears ago, is now one of the leading\\nfeatures of this agency, which represents\\nthe Employers Liability Assurance\\ncompany of London, and the Maryland\\nCasualty Co. of Baltimore, Md., which\\nMelcher Prescott s Insurance Office.\\nbusiness is not confined to Laconia and\\nvicinity, as their arrangements with\\ntheir companies allow them the entire\\nstate, and their largest lines of insur-\\nance are carried outside of Belknap\\ncounty.\\nThe business of the Melcher Pres-\\ncott Agency is divided into five depart-\\nments, viz. Fire, life, accident and\\nliability, plate glass, fidelity and bond.\\nIn the life insurance department, the\\nNorthwestern Mutual Life Insurance\\ncompany of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is\\nthe company represented. The conser-\\nissued policies for employers, public\\nlandlords, elevator, horse, and vehicle\\nliability, and individual accident. The\\nagency has paid many losses, and re-\\nlieved some of our citizens from law-\\nsuits which they would have had forced\\nupon them if it had not been for this\\nline of insurance.\\nIn the plate glass insurance depart-\\nment the Melcher Prescott Agency\\nrepresents the Lloyd s Plate Glass In-\\nsurance company of New York, the old-\\nest institution in America doing this line\\nof insurance. This company has ad-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nL33\\njusted every loss sustained since its or-\\nganization, without a single lawsuit.\\nIn the fidelity insurance line this\\nagency represents the Fidelity and De-\\nposit Co. of Baltimore, Md., and this\\nbranch of their business includes the fur-\\nnishing of bonds for salesmen, agents,\\nsecretaries, treasurers, officers of bene-\\nficial and building and loan associations,\\nappointees and employees of the United\\nStates government, contractors for\\nbuilding or other operations, clerks of\\ncourts, sheriffs, cashiers, administrators,\\nguardians, in\\nfact every posi-\\ntion of trust.\\nThe Melcher\\nP r e s c o 1 1\\nagency repre-\\nsents besides\\ntheir other fire\\ninsurance com-\\npanies many of\\nthe leading mu-\\ntual fire insur-\\nance concerns,\\nthus giving\\ntheir patrons\\nwho are partial\\nto this kind of\\ninsurance an\\nopportunity to\\nselect from the\\nbest, which is a\\nvery important\\nconsider at i o n\\nin a mutual in-\\nsurance com-\\npany.\\nThe Melcher\\nPrescott\\nagency is not only one of the oldest in-\\nsurance agencies in this part of the state,\\nbut it has a well-deserved reputation for\\nsettling losses, which reflects unlimited\\ncredit upon its management. During\\nall its years of business the agency has\\nnever been known to falter not a sin-\\ngle loss has ever occurred but the com-\\npany insuring has been able to pay one\\nhundred cents on the dollar. No\\nagency can have a better record for fair\\nand honorable dealing than the Mel-\\ncher Prescott concern.\\nCol. S. S. Jewett.\\nCol. Stephen S. Jewett, of the law\\nfirm of Jewett Plummer, has not only\\nwon a reputation throughout New\\nHampshire as a successful lawyer but\\nprobably no man of his age is better\\nor more widely known in Republican\\npolitical circles. He is the son of John\\nG. and Carrie E. (Shannon) Jewett,\\nborn in that part of Gilford which is\\nnow included in the city of Laconia,\\nSeptember i8 5 1858. He comes of\\nEnglish stock,\\nand his great-\\ngra ndfather,\\nSamuel Jewett,\\nwho was one of\\nthe Revolution-\\nary patriots at\\nBunker Hill,\\nresided fur\\nsome time in\\nHollis, N. H.,\\nwhence he re-\\nmoved to Laco-\\nnia, he and his\\nbrother being\\npractically the\\nfirst settlers of\\nthis place.\\nStephen Shan-\\nnon Jewett ac-\\nquired his early\\neducation in the\\npublic school s\\nof Laconia and\\nunder p r i vat e\\ntuition by his\\nfather, who was\\nfor some years\\na schoolmaster. At the age of seventeen\\nyears, Mr. Jewett entered the law office\\nof Hon. Charles F. Stone and was pre-\\npared for examination to practice law in\\n1S79. but being under age was com-\\npelled to wait a year. I [e was admitted\\nto practice in March, 1880. and at once\\ncommenced to practice his profession in\\nLaconia. conducting an independent\\nbusiness until L889, when Lawyer Wil-\\nliam A. Plummer became his partner.\\nDuring his twenty years of legal prac-\\ntice, but few important cases have ap-\\nTrue E. Prescott.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "J 34\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\npeared on the Belknap court docket\\nwithout his name in connection, either\\nfor plaintiff or defendant. In 1884, he\\naccepted the position of clerk of the\\nsupreme court for Belknap county, as\\nan accommodation for the convenience\\nof the court, and served for a short\\ntime. He drafted and secured the\\npassage of Laconia s city charter, was\\nMr. Jewett has a wide reputation as\\na successful manager and leader in po-\\nlitical campaigns. He first actively en-\\ngaged in politics in 1876, when a youth\\nof seventeen, and was soon recognized\\nas a leader in political matters. He\\nconducted the affairs of the Republican\\ntown committee from 1880 to 1890, and\\nbecoming a member of the Republican\\nCol. Stephen S. Jewett.\\nthe first city solicitor and has held the\\nposition ever since.\\nColonel Jewett is actively interested\\nin numerous local enterprises outside of\\nhis professional duties. He is a direc-\\ntor in the Laconia National bank, in the\\nLaconia Building and Loan Association,\\nin the Laconia Land and Improvement\\ncompany, the Standard Electric Time\\ncompany, the Masonic Temple associa-\\ntion, etc.\\nstate committee in 1884 was elected\\nsecretary of that body in 1890. His\\ncapacity has been tried in several hard-\\nfought campaigns, and he served as\\nchairman and manager of the Republi-\\ncan canvass in 1892 and 1894, winning\\nsignal victories in both instances.\\nIn the New Hampshire house of rep-\\nresentatives he has served as clerk, as-\\nsistant clerk, and engrossing clerk. In\\n1894 he was elected as a representative", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n*35\\nfrom Ward 2, and served as speaker of\\nthe house, in which capacity his long\\npublic service in political matters and\\nextensive acquaintance peculiarly fitted\\nhim.\\nColonel Jewett was a member of the\\nstaff of Governor Goodell in 1889, and\\nhe was a member and chairman of\\nthe New Hampshire delegation to the\\nand was the leading member of that\\nbody during the session, directing,\\nto a large extent, the action upon most\\nof the important measures.\\nColonel Jewett was married June 30,\\n1SS0, to Annie L. Bray of Bradford,\\nEngland, and he insists that most of his\\nsuccess in life is due to his wife. They\\nhave one son, Theo S.\\nWilliam A. Hummer.\\nRepublican national convention which\\nnominated President McKinley at St.\\nLouis in 1896. He is still a member of\\nthe executive committee, of the state\\ncommittee, and the executive commit-\\ntee of the Republican national league.\\nAt the last state election Colonel\\nJewett was elected to the New Hamp-\\nshire senate from the sixth district,\\nColonel Jewett is a thirty-second de-\\ngree Mason, has been an officer in all\\nof the local Masonic bodies and -rand\\nmaster of the Grand council of New\\nI [ampshire.\\nHe served as a member of old Com-\\npany K. New Hampshire National\\nGuard, and is connected with several\\nother social and fraternal organizations.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "136\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nWilliam A. Plummer.\\none of whom is the subject of this\\nsketch.\\nWilliam A. Plummer of the well- William Alberto Plummer was born in\\nknown law firm of Jewett Plummer, Gilmanton, Dec. 2, 1865. His father,\\nand a prominent member of the Belknap Charles E. Plummer, was born in Gil-\\nCounty bar, is a native of Gilmanton manton and still resides there, a large\\nand can trace his family back to the landowner, his property covering over\\nvery first settlers of New England, a thousand acres, and he is extensively\\nThe Plummers were among the early engaged in farming, stock-raising, and\\nsettlers in Newburyport, Mass., in 1635, lumbering. William A. Plummer was\\nand Governor Plummer of New Hamp- educated at Gilmanton academy, Dart-\\nshire was of the same stock. On the mouth college, and Boston University\\nmaternal side, William Moody came School of Law. He was admitted to\\nfrom England to Ipswich, Mass., in\\n1633, and settled in Newbury, Massa-\\nchusetts, in 1635. John Moody of\\nKingston is\\na collateral\\nline from\\nWilliam, and\\nwas the fath-\\ner of Capt.\\nJohn Moody\\nwho lived in\\nGi 1 m an ton.\\nHe m o v e d\\nto Gilman-\\nton from\\nKingston.\\nNov e m b e r\\n15,1764. He\\nsettled on\\nNo. 5 of the\\nu p per one\\nh u n d r e d\\nacres in the first parish. At that time\\nhe had no neighbors within four miles\\non the south and none nearer than the\\nCanada line on the north.\\nIn 1776, Capt. John Moody enlisted\\ntwenty men, joined the army, and\\nmarched under Washington as a cap-\\ntain to New York. They were out\\nthree months and eight days. He had\\nseven children one son, Elisha Moody,\\nwas born Sept. 28, 1773, and died Sept.\\n21, 1833. He had twelve children;\\none son, Stephen S. Moody, was born\\nin Gilmanton, June 25, 1S06, and died\\nApril 27, 1893 he had six children.\\nMary H. Moody, a daughter, was born\\nin Gilmanton, Dec. 5, 1830, and now\\nlives in Gilmanton. She married Chas.\\nE. Plummer. They had three children,\\nResidence of William A. Plummer.\\nthe bar, July 26, 1889, and previous to\\nthis date he read law with J. C. Story\\nat Plymouth, G. W. Murray at Canaan,\\nand was also\\nin the office\\nof C. T.\\nT. H. Rus-\\nsell of Bos-\\nton. Sept.\\n2, 18S9, he\\nbecame the\\npartner of\\nCol. S. S.\\nJewett, and\\nthe law firm\\nof Jewett iSc\\nPlummer i s\\none of the\\nbest known\\nin the state,\\nand it has\\ngained much\\nlegal prestige from the ability of both\\nmembers of the firm.\\nIn politics, Mr. Plummer is a Demo-\\ncrat, but not what is known as a Silver\\nDemocrat. He was a representative in\\nthe legislature in 1893, has been a\\nmember of the Laconia board of educa-\\ntion since 1893, and president of the\\nboard for the past three years. He\\nwas a delegate to the Democratic na-\\ntional convention at Chicago in 1S96.\\nHe is a director of the Laconia\\nboard of trade, a director of the La-\\nconia National bank, a trustee of the\\nCity Savings bank, and a director of\\nthe Laconia Building and Loan Asso-\\nciation.\\nMr. Plummer is a Mason, a Knight\\nof Pythias, and a member of the An-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "TH E ILLUSTRATED LAC X I A N\\n137\\ncient Order of United Workmen. He\\nwas master of Mt. Lebanon lodge,\\ni8g5- 96, and is an officer in Union\\nchapter, Royal Arch Masons, and in\\nPilgrim commandery, Knights Templar.\\nMr. Plummer mar-\\nried Ellen F. Murray,\\ndaughter of George\\nW. Murray, Esq., of\\nCanaan, N. H., a well-\\nknown and able law-\\nyer, who has achieved\\ngreat success in his\\nchosen prof e s s i o n\\nand during the active\\nyears of his profes-\\nsional life enjoyed as\\nextensive a law prac-\\ntice as any lawyer in\\nthe state. Mr. and\\nMrs. Plummer have\\none son, Wayne Mur-\\nray Plummer, and\\ntheir residence on\\nPleasant street is one\\nof the most beautiful\\nDr. William A. King.\\nand elegant homes in the city of Laconia.\\nDr. William A. King.\\nAlthough a resident of Laconia for\\nco m para-\\ntively a few\\nyears, D r\\nWilliam A.\\nKing h a s\\npractised his\\nprof e s s i o n\\nh e r e long\\nenough to be\\nreco g n i z e d\\nas a skilful\\nand profi-\\ncient dentist,\\nand to ac-\\nquire a wide\\nre pu t a t i o n\\nfor scientific\\nwork in his\\nline, w h i c h\\nResidem 1 FDr.\\nhas resulted\\nin building up a large and prosperous\\npractice.\\nDr. Kin\u00c2\u00b0: was born in Leeds, P. Q.,\\nAug. 6, 1863, son of Henry and Mary\\nAnn (Kirtland) King. He went to\\nLittleton, N. H., in 18S1, and thence\\ncame to Laconia in iSSS, where he\\nstudied dentistry in a local office, then\\ntook a course at the\\nBoston Dental col-\\nlege, and afterwards\\nattended the Balti-\\nmore Dental college,\\ngraduating from the\\nlatter institution in\\n1890.\\nUpon completing\\nhis professional stud-\\nies, Doctor King re-\\nturn ed to Laconia,\\nand has been in suc-\\ncessful practice here\\nsince that time. He\\nis located at No. 79\\nMain street, where he\\nhas handsomely fitted\\napartments for his\\noffice, while his resi-\\ndence on Lincoln\\nstreet is generally admitted to be one of\\nthe most beautiful and comfortable\\nhomes in the city.\\nHe was married in 1S93 to Miss\\nHelen Abbott Martin, daughter of the\\nlate H enry\\nMartin and\\nMrs. Lucy J.\\nMartin of\\nCanaan, N.\\nH They\\nhave one son,\\nMartin Ro-\\nnald K ing,\\nwho is four\\nvears old.\\nThe Laconia\\nGrist-mill.\\nOne of the\\nvery first in-\\n^\u00c2\u00a3m dust r ies in\\nLaconia was\\n/Mian. A. King. g gr i st m i 1 1\\nwhich was established very soon after\\nthe Province road was built, about\\n1770. The grist-mill was first erected", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\non the Meredith side of the river, but\\nwas swept away by a freshet in 1779,\\nand then rebuilt on the Gilford side. In\\n1775, the grist-mill was conducted by\\nStephen Gale, and afterwards by Col.\\nSamuel Ladd, and from him handed\\ndown to one person and another until\\nthe present day.\\nThe mill building has been several\\ntimes destroyed by fire, but always im-\\nmediately rebuilt, and the location of\\nthe Laconia Grist-mill to-day, conducted\\nby Miller J. S. Morrill is not very far\\nfrom the first location on that side of\\npassed away, and Miller Morrill still\\nmakes a special feature of custom\\ngrinding, although this is now a small\\npart of the grist-mill business. The\\nLaconia Grist-mill carries a large stock\\nof all kinds of grain, feed, hay, straw,\\netc., and handles a larger quantity of\\nHour than any other concern in this\\nsection of New Hampshire. Mr. Mor-\\nrill is agent for the well-known Pills-\\nbury mills, which are the largest flour\\nmills in the world, and produce the\\nstandard bread flour. During the past\\nfew years, the Laconia Grist-mill has\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094I _2 r_ rr\\nl EH Li L sn HI\\nThe Laconia Grist-Mill.\\nthe river, the grist-mill which was\\nerected in 1780 being built a trifle nearer\\nthe Mill street bridge.\\nA century and a quarter of time has\\nmade considerable change in the grist-\\nmill industry, but the Laconia Grist-\\nmill has always managed to be classed\\nas an up-to-date establishment, and is,\\nto-day, equipped with modern machin-\\nery and conducted on modern princi-\\nples. In the olden times, the principal\\nbranch of this business was the grind-\\ning of corn and grain for the farmers,\\nand this feature has not yet entirely\\nbuilt up a good trade in entire wheat\\nflour, graham, bolted meal for cooking\\npurposes, etc.\\nJoseph S. Morrill, the present pro-\\nprietor of this long-established industry,\\nis a native of Canterbury, N. H., born\\nApril 22, 1S69. He completed his edu-\\ncation at New Hampshire Conference\\nSeminary, from which institution he\\ngraduated in 1SS9, and soon after com-\\nmenced learning the grain business and\\nmiller s trade. Mr. Morrill came to\\nLaconia in April, 1890, and formed a\\npartnership with Mr. W. L. Melcher", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONTAN.\\nL39\\nand G. G. Brown, and engaged in busi-\\nness at the Laconia Grist-mill. Mr.\\nMelcher retired from the concern in\\n[892, and three years later, in 1895, Mr.\\nlirown sold out his interest in the busi-\\nJuseph S. Morrill.\\nness to Mr. Morrill, who has since con-\\nducted the mill alone. Mr. Morrill\\nmarried Tna M. Stone of Webster,\\nN. H., September 7, 1S92. He has\\nbeen quite successful in the manage-\\nment of the grist-mill business, and has\\nbuilt up a large trade in all depart-\\nments of the business. Grist-mills in\\nmany parts of New Hampshire have\\nbeen abandoned and rendered almost\\nuseless by the march of progress, but\\nthe Laconia mill has always kept up\\nwith the procession, and under the\\nenterprising management of Mr. Mor-\\nrill bids fair to be a necessary and prof-\\nitable industry for a century or two\\nlonger at least.\\nThe Late John O Loughlin.\\nThe late John O Loughlin, who died\\nin lioston, October 26. 1 S96, was a young\\nLaconian who rose by his own enter-\\nprise and ability, from a poor boy, start-\\ning in life without a penny, to be post-\\nmaster of Laconia, and recognized as\\ncity. He was the son of Martin and\\nNora O Loughlin. who were industrious\\nand excellent people, but very poor. At\\nan early age, John O Loughlin found\\nemployment in the Pitman mills, and\\nlater on was a clerk in the Pitman gro-\\ncery and hardware store. He then en-\\ntered the store of Lougee Brothers, and\\nafter several years was with the O Shea\\nBrothers for some time, until he at-\\ntracted the attention of the late Hon.\\nJohn C. Moulton, who made him mana-\\nger of the Moulton opera house, and\\nfinally employed him nearly all the time\\nin looking after the Moulton real es-\\ntate and other interests. It was largely\\nthrough Mr. O Loughlin s efforts that\\nthe old gas company was merged into\\nthe present YVinnipesaukee Gas com-\\npany, and the new modern gas plant\\nconstructed. In March, 1895. Mr.\\nO Loughlin was appointed postmaster\\nof Laconia, after one of the hardest\\nThe late John O Loughlin.\\ncontests in the history of Laconia. He\\nwent into the fight with almost no\\nprospects of success, and but very\\nlittle influential backing, and that he\\none of the active business men of the was successful was due almost entirely", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "140\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nto his own energy and persistency.\\nHe took much pride in moving the\\npost-office from its old quarters to the\\nhandsome quarters in Masonic temple,\\nand in having the establishment fitted\\nin metropolitan style. Mr. O Loughlin\\nworked hard with the department at\\nWashington for the free delivery sys-\\ntem, and was finally successful in\\nsecuring this service for Laconia.\\nLight-hearted, jovial, loyal to his\\nfriends and generous to a fault, ten-\\ndenly caring for his widowed mother\\nand trying to keep\\nthe family togeth-\\ner after the death\\nof his parents,\\nJohnny O Lough-\\nlin was a young\\nman with many\\ncommendable\\nt r a its of charac-\\nter. He was but\\ntwenty-eight years\\nold at the time of\\nhis death, but had\\nace o m p 1 i s h e d\\nmore in his brief\\nbusiness career\\nthan most m e n\\nsimilarly situat-\\ned would have\\nachieved in a\\nwhole lifetime.\\nDr. Alfred W.\\nAbbott.\\nDr. Alfred Wells\\nAbbott has prac- Dr Alfred W. Abbott.\\ntised his profes-\\nsion in Laconia for nearly twenty years,\\nand has won a wide reputation as an\\nable physician.\\nHe was born in Concord, N. H., May\\n7, 1842, son of Alfred C. and Judith\\n(Farnham) Abbott. He studied medi-\\ncine with Dr. S. S. Emery at Fisherville\\n(now Penacookj, and graduated with\\nhonor at Dartmouth Medical college in\\n1868. He commenced the practice of\\nhis profession at Lawrence, Kansas, but\\nsoon returned to New Hampshire, locat-\\ning at Suncook, where he remained un-\\ntil July, 1870, and then removed to San-\\nbornton, where he remained ten years,\\nacquiring a large and lucrative practice,\\nand gaining a host of friends. Runnells s\\nhistory of Sanbornton, published while\\nDr. Abbott was a resident of that town,\\nsays of him: He has won much es-\\nteem for his social qualities, and as a\\nwell-read, scientific physician, enjoying\\nan extensive practice in this and ad-\\njoining towns.\\nIn 1S80 he came to Laconia, and\\nhere, preceded by his reputation for\\nskill and knowl-\\nedge, he made\\nrapid strides in\\nhis prof ess io n\\nand to-day he oc-\\ncupies an assured\\nposition among\\nthe leading practi-\\ntioners of New\\nHampshire. His\\npractice i s large\\nand lucrative, he\\nhas acquired a\\ncompetency, and\\nis considered one\\nof Laconia s best\\nfinanciers. He\\nhas long been a\\ntrustee of the La-\\nconia Savings\\nbank, and has\\nbeen president of\\nthe Citizens Tel\\nephone company\\nsince its organiz-\\nation in 1896.\\nHe was the first\\nvi ce -president of\\nWinnipesaukee Academy of Medicine,\\nand its second president. In his politi\\ncal affiliations Dr. Abbott is a staunch\\nRepublican, but has never sought poli-\\ntical preferment, and has steadfastly re-\\nfused official positions, although often\\nurged by his political friends to accept\\npositions of honor and trust. He is\\ndistinctively a professional man, and\\ndevotes his whole time and attention to\\nthe calling which he loves so well and\\nin which he has been so successful.\\nHe was married December 30, 1869,", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nMi\\nto Julia Ann Clay of Manchester, N. H.,\\nby whom he has had three children\\nClifton Smith, born Jan. 16. 187 1, a\\ngraduate of the Dartmouth Medical col-\\nlege in the class of 1893. Dr. Clifton\\nAbbott is now in partnership with his\\nfather and has a well-deserved reputa-\\ntion as a learned and skilful physician.\\nBlanche Newall Abbott was born April\\n10, 1872, is a young lady of many ac-\\ncomplishments, and a teacher in our\\nLaconia public schools. Carl Benning\\nAbbott was born August 29, 1877, and\\ndied M arch,\\n18SS.\\ncine, Winnipesaukee lodge, 1. F.,\\nand is also a member of the Order\\nof Golden Cross. He is unmarried,\\nand an attendant at the Congregational\\nchurch.\\nThe Laconia Democrat.\\nDr. Clifton S.\\nAbbott.\\nDr. Clifton\\nS Abbott i s\\none of the\\nyoungest, but\\nby n o means\\nthe least, of\\nLaconia s phy-\\nsicians. He\\nwas born in\\nSanbornton,\\nJan. 16, 187 1.\\nthe son of Dr.\\nA. W. and Julia\\nAbbott, and is\\none of a family\\nof physicians.\\nHe was educat-\\ned in the public\\nschools of La-\\nconia, and stud-\\nied the medical\\np r o f e s sion at\\nI artmouth Medical college, where he\\ngraduated in 1894, afterwards taking a\\npost-graduate course at Harvard Medi-\\ncal school. Dr. Clifton Abbott com-\\nmenced practice in this city in the office\\nof his father, witli whom he is still asso-\\nciated.\\nHe was elected a member of the\\nboard of education in March, 1S99, and\\nis county physician for Laconia and\\nSanbornton, also surgeon at the Laconia\\nCottage hospital. He is a member of\\nthe Winnipesaukee Academy of Medi-\\nDr. Clifton S. Abbutt\\nLaconia has had numerous news-\\npapers during the last sixty years, but\\nwith the exception of the Laconia\\nDemocrat at this end of the city, and\\nthe Belknap Re-\\npublican at\\nLakeport, none\\nof them h a s\\nsurv i v e d the\\njournalistic\\nstorms for more\\nthan a dozen\\nor fifteen years.\\nThe Demo crat\\nwas founded in\\n1 S 49 and is\\nconse q u e n 1 1 y\\nhalf a century\\nold, and it has\\nalways been a\\nthriving and\\nprogressive\\nnewspaper.\\nThe paper was\\nstarted by\\nKeach Seav-\\ner, and among\\nits editors and\\nproprietors\\nhave been the\\nlate S. C. Bald-\\nwin, the late\\nJoseph Batchelder, the late O. A. J.\\nVaughan, William M. Kendall, and Col.\\nEdwin C. Lewis, with his partners. Col.\\nLewis was connected with the Laconia\\nDemocrat for about eighteen years, and\\nunder his editorship the paper was ex-\\nceedingly prosperous.\\nIn the year 1 S97 Colonel Lewis sold\\nhis interest in the concern, and the\\nLaconia Press Association was organ-\\nized, with Ex-Gov. Charles A. Busiel as\\npresident and a frequent contributor to\\nthe editorial columns, and Charles W.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "14:\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nVaughan as general manager. As an\\nadvocate of state reform and the devel-\\nopment of New Hampshire, during the\\npast two years,\\nthe circ u 1 a t i o n\\nand influence of\\nthe Laconia Dem-\\nocrat have largely\\nincreased, and\\nfrom a merely lo-\\ncal paper cover-\\ning only Belknap\\ncounty the paper\\nnow enjoys an\\nextensive circula-\\ntion in all parts\\nof the Granite\\nState.\\nE. P. Jewell\\nErastus P\\nJewell was born\\nin the town of\\nSandwich, N. H.,\\nMarch 16, 1837.\\nHe Came to La- Erastus P. Jewell\\nconia in 1859 and\\nstudied law with the late Col. Thos. J.\\nWhipple. The law firms of Whipple\\nJewell, Jewell Smith, Jewell Stone,\\nThe foregoing is the full extent of the\\ninformation which Lawyer Jewell was\\nwilling to furnish to the Illustrated La-\\nconian, for a\\nsketch of himself,\\nbut the publishers\\ntake the liberty to\\nadd that Mr. Jew-\\nell has a wide rep-\\nutation as a safe\\nand careful coun-\\nselor and has won\\nespecial fame in\\nargument and\\npleading before\\nthe jurymen of\\nBelknap county\\nand in fact in all\\nthe courts of New\\nHampshire. He\\nhas always been\\nintensely interest-\\ned in matters of\\nhistory, especially\\npertaining to the\\nearly settlement\\nof this section of\\nNew Hampshire,\\nand probably but few men in New Eng-\\nland can talk so intelligently and in-\\nterestingly of the Indians of the Granite\\nResidence of Erastus P. Jewell.\\nJewell, Stone, Owen Martin, have been state as Perry Jewell. In this con-\\nwell and widely known. Mr. Jewell s law nection, he has made a large and valu-\\nfirm is now Jewell, Owen Veasey. able collection of Indian relics, stone", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nM3\\nimplements, arrow-heads, hatchets,\\nknives, etc.. which he treasures highly,\\nbut which will probably some clay be\\nturned over to the custody of the city\\nfor preservation for future generations.\\nThe Late Nathaniel Edgerly.\\nNathaniel Edgerly was born in the\\nIron Works village in Gilmanton, Sept.\\n22, 1802, and died in Laconia, Sept. 26,\\n1874. He was one of a family of ten\\nchildren of Da-\\nMr. Edgerly was married, Nov. 9,\\n1830, to Lucy Thurston of Gilmanton,\\nwho died in 1858. Eight children were\\nborn to them, of whom four survive.\\nIn religion. Mr, Edgerly was a Uni-\\nversalist: in politics, a Democrat.\\nLaconia Water Company.\\nNo city or town in the United States\\ncan boast of a better, purer, or more\\ninexhaustible water supply than the city\\non the lakes.\\nvid and A n n a X e w Ha m p\\n(Lougee) Ed- shire is noted\\ngerly. for its clear\\nAfter receiv- lakes, ponds,\\ning such educa- and the largest\\ntion as could lake in the\\nbe obtained at state, and one\\nthe com m on of the purest\\nschools and df fc 1jF\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3: and clearest is\\nat Gilmanton Lake Winnipe-\\nacademy, and saukee, from\\nserving for a whence the city\\ntime as a book- of Laconia\\nkeeper in Bos- draws its entire\\nton, he learned *v water supply,\\nthe clothier s The ma tter of\\ntrade, at which ^W a city water sup-\\nhe worked in ^k ply had been\\nhis father s mill f agitated for sev-\\nin Gilmanton. I f eral years, and\\nand later car- J a survey was\\nried on the made as f a r\\nsame business j. back as [869,\\non his own ac- M but largely\\ncount. He also, IB JIHMMMHHHi through\\nfor a time, kept The late Nathaniel Edgerly. J 01 1 P\u00c2\u00b0 n\\na general store W. L. Melcher\\nin Gilmanton. Subsequently, he was em- and Col. B. F. Drake, a charter was\\nployed in the Strafford county registry obtained in 1883, and a company organ-\\nof deeds at Dover, X. H.\\nHe served two terms as one of the\\nselectmen of Gilmanton, and in 1S40 was\\nelected to the legislature from that town.\\nIn 1841, the county of Belknap hav-\\ning been recently organized, he was\\nappointed register of deeds, to which\\noffice he was annually re-elected until\\n1859. Eor a short time after his retire-\\nment from the register s office, he was\\nengaged in the boot and shoe trade.\\nized in August. 1884. as the Laconia\\nand Lake Village Water-Works, with\\na capital of S6o,ooo.\\nThe plant was constructed in [885,\\nand water was first let on in December\\nof that year. The pumping-station is\\nlocated on Union avenue, at Lakeport,\\nand the reservi ii is upon the high hill\\noverlooking Lake Paugus, on the eas-\\nterly side of Union avenue. The sys-\\ntem has, of course, been extended from", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "M\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nyear to year, and the capital stock has\\nbeen increased to $100,000. The total\\ncost of the plant, up to date, is about\\n$175,000. The name of the corpora-\\ntion was changed to Laconia Water\\nCompany, by the legislature, in 1897.\\nThe original officers of the corpora-\\ntion were President, Hon. John C.\\nMoulton treasurer, Hon. W. L. Melch-\\ner clerk, John W. Ashman superin-\\ntendent, Benj. F. Drake directors,\\nJohn C. Moulton, Woodbury L. Melch-\\ner, Benj. J. Cole, Ellery A. Hibbard,\\ntion are: President, Hon. Woodbury L.\\nMelcher clerk and treasurer, Edmund\\nLittle superintendent, Frank P. Web-\\nster directors, Woodbury L. Melcher,\\nEllery A. Hibbard, Benjamin F. Drake,\\nGardner Cook. John S. Crane, William\\nB. Fellows, Geo. H. Roby, Frank E.\\nBusiel, Wm, H. Pepper.\\nThe Late Samuel H. Martin.\\nThe untimely death of the late Sam-\\nuel H. Martin, on April 26, 1S98, re-\\nLaconia Pumping Station.\\nBenj. F. Drake, Gardner Cook, Henry\\nB. Quinby.\\nThe total amount of pipe laid at the\\npresent time is twenty-three and one\\nfourth miles, and there are now 1,489\\nconsumers taking water from this sys-\\ntem. The corporation can supply\\n3,000,000 gallons of water per day if\\nnecessary. There are about ninety-two\\nhydrants for fire purposes attached to\\nthe system. The capacity of the reser-\\nvoir is 2,750,000 gallons.\\nThe present officers of the corpora-\\nmoved from the Belknap Bar associa-\\ntion one of the brightest and most\\npromising young lawyers of Laconia.\\nMr. Martin was a native of Bangor,\\nP. Q., and the son of Mr. and Mrs.\\nGeorge A. Martin. His age at the time\\nof his death was thirty-one years and\\nnine months. He came to Laconia\\nwith his parents when a mere boy, and\\nobtained his education in our public\\nschools. He studied law with Jewell\\nStone, and was admitted to the bar in\\nJuly, 1S92, entering the office of Stan-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nJ 45\\nton Owen, the firm being known as\\nOwen Martin. About a year later,\\nthe partnership of Jewell, Stone, hven\\nMartin was formed, and continued\\nuntil broken by Mr. Martin s decease.\\nMr. Martin never enjoyed robust\\nhealth, and on several occasions during\\nthe few years previous to his death his\\nlife was despaired of, but he was ambi-\\ntious and possessed of great will power,\\nwhich enabled him to fight against dis-\\nease, and he persisted in attending to Charles William McDaniel was born\\nhis professional duties long after most in South Berwick, Maine, May 5, 1 8 5 _r\\nfather\\nwas always cheerful and hopeful regard-\\ning his physical condition, and per-\\nsisted in going to his office and devol\\ning himself to his professional work\\njust as long as he had the physical\\nstrength to get out of doors.\\nIn 1892 he married Miss Nellie A.\\nSchoffe, who survives him.\\nCharles W. McDaniel.\\nmen would have\\ngiven up t h e\\nfight and mere-\\n1 v waited for\\ndeath.\\nMr. Martin\\nwas admitted to\\nbe one of the\\nmost studious,\\nlogical, and elo-\\nqu en t young\\nlawyers w h i c h\\nthe city on the\\nlakes ever pro-\\nduced. He was\\npopular with\\nhis associate\\nmembers of the\\nbar and highly\\nrespected by\\nthe entire com-\\nmunity. Strict-\\nly honorable\\nand upright in\\nall his dealings\\nwith clients and\\nopponents, his\\nconduct of le-\\ngal affairs was a model of professional\\netiquette. He was easy and convincing the machinist trade in North Andover,\\nin his address, and at times rose to gen- Mass., where he worked about one\\nuine eloquence. He was a self-made year, completing the trade of tool mak-\\nman, for he carried himself along to ing two years later at the shop of Frank\\nsuccess by his own unaided efforts, by Perkins in Lowell. In 1 S7 7, he went\\npluck and ambition, in spite of the dis- with a large prospecting party from\\nThe late Samuel II. Martin\\nHis\\nwas Charles S.\\nMcDaniel, who\\nwas a descend-\\nant fro m t h e\\nScotch McDan-\\niel brothers\\nwho we re among\\nthe first settlers\\nof Maine. His\\nmother, Sarah\\nMinerva Frost,\\nwas closely re-\\nlated to the In-\\ndian fighter\\nCharles Frost,\\nand Prophet\\nFrost, whose\\nnames w e r e\\nhousehold\\nwords in Elliott\\nand other parts\\nof M aine, in\\ntheir day. I le\\nwas ed u c a t e d\\nin the schools\\nof his native\\ntown. At the\\nage of eighteen years he began to learn\\nease which fastened itself upon him in\\nhis early manhood and hampered him\\nfrom pursuing his studies and in his\\nprofessional life.\\nWith a full knowledge that he was to\\nbe an early victim of consumption, he\\nFranklin, N. II.. to the Black Hills.\\nThis was before the railroad went into\\nthe hills, and Mr. McDaniel covered the\\nentire distance from Cheyenne to Dead-\\nwood City, about 350 miles, on foot,\\nand was the only one of the party that", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "146\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nheld out to walk the entire distance.\\nHe remained in this section about a\\nyear and then he and three others went\\ndown the Missouri river from Fort\\nPierre to Sioux City in a flat-bottomed\\nboat of their own manufacture. Re-\\nturning east he resumed his trade as a\\nmachinist in Franklin Falls.\\nJune 26, 1879, he married Ida Frances\\nSanders of Bristol, N. H., daughter of\\nBenjamin and Priscilla (Blake) Sanders.\\nHer father, Benjamin Sanders, was a\\nmember of the Twelfth New Hampshire\\nregiment, and\\nwas in the battle\\nof Fr e d e r i c k s\\nb u rg, December,\\n1862 battle of\\n(Jhancellorsvill e\\nMay 2, 1863. He\\nwas wounded in\\nthe right arm at\\nthis battle and\\nwas captured by\\nthe C o n f e d er-\\nates, and held\\neleven days and\\nthen exchanged.\\nAfter being con-\\nfined in the hos-\\np i t a 1 several\\nweeks he was\\ndischarged in Oc-\\ntober, 1863, for\\nd i s a b ility. He\\nenlisted again on\\nMarch 16, 1864,\\nin Company A,\\nFirst New Hamp-\\nshire Cavalry, was\\ntaken prisoner,\\nand died at Andersonville. Her moth-\\ner, Priscilla Rundlett Blake, was great-\\ngranddaughter of Maj. Joseph Prescott\\nof Bunker Hill fame.\\nThis union has been blessed with\\nthree children Harry Sewal, who is\\na clerk in Plummer Thompson s drug\\nstore in Laconia Jessa Saunders, who\\nis a student at the Laconia High\\nschool, and Charles Stanley, a bright\\nlittle fellow of nine years.\\nMr. McDaniel resided in Bristol from\\n1879 to 1887, where he was engaged in\\nthe paper mills of Mason, Perkins\\nCo., and as assistant superintendent of\\nof the Train, Smith Co. paper mills.\\nIn 1887, after the death of Mrs. McDan-\\niel s mother, they removed to Lakeport,\\nwhere they now reside. Mr. McDaniel\\nwas made a Master Mason at Franklin,\\nand is now a member of Mt. Lebanon\\nlodge, Union chapter, and Pilgrim\\ncommandery of Laconia, and also a\\nmember of Chocorua lodge, I. O. O. F.\\nHe was appointed by Gov. C. A.\\nBusiel, in 1S96, as inspector of steam-\\nboats for the state\\nof New H a m p\\nshire, which posi-\\ntion he still holds.\\nAlthough not\\nan aspirant for\\npolitical honors\\nhe is in principles\\na staunch Repub-\\nlican. In religious\\nfaith, Mr. McDan-\\n^Fiftl iel is a Baptist,\\nand the family at-\\ntend the Union\\nAvenue Baptist\\nchurch at Lake-\\nport.\\nGordon Booth,\\nJewelers,\\nCharles W. McDaniel\\nGordon Booth,\\njewelers, are pro-\\nprietors of the\\noldest jewelry es-\\ntablishment in the\\ncity of Laconia,\\nthe business hav-\\ning been started by the late Richard\\nGove, who came here from Boston in\\n1833, and opened a store in this line\\nin a little one-story wooden building,\\nwhich stood just below the Main street\\nbridge, on a portion of the site now oc-\\ncupied by the Smith brick block.\\nMr. Gove built up a very prosperous\\ntrade and erected several large business\\nblocks on Main street, one on the pres-\\nent site of Folsom block, and another\\nfine fire-proof building near the location\\nof the present Gordon Booth store", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nM7\\nThe building did not prove to be fire-\\nproof, however, and was destroyed in\\nthe great conflagration of i860. Mr.\\nGove was one of the most public-\\nspirited and enterprising citizens of Ids\\nday, and lie fitted up Gove Point, which\\nprojects into Lake Winnesquam, at his\\nown expense and at great cost, for the\\nbenefit of the public, as a common pleas-\\nure resort free to all.\\nUnder Mr. Gove s management and\\nunder its present management by\\nMessrs. Gordon Booth, the jewelry\\nestablishment has always been one of\\nthe leading stores in this line in this\\nRiver and Bradford, Vt. He came to\\nLaconia in 1874 and was with Mr.\\nGove (his uncle) in the store from that\\ntime until Mr. Cove s death in April,\\n1883. Since that date he has con-\\ntinued the business himself. Mr. booth\\nentering the partnership in the summer\\nof 189S. Mr. Gordon is a Democrat in\\npolitics and served as selectman three\\nyears under the old town government.\\nHe is a director of the Laconia build-\\ning and Loan Association, a trustee of\\nthe Laconia Savings bank, and presi-\\ndent of the Laconia Land and Improve-\\nment company. In fraternal orders\\nGordon Booth s Jewelry Store\\nsection of New Hampshire. It carries\\na large stock of gold and silver jewelry,\\nwatches, clocks, optical goods, silver\\nand plated ware, china, and, in fact,\\neverything which can be found in an\\nup-to-date metropolitan jewelry estab-\\nlishment.\\nMr. Alburtis S. Gordon, the senior\\nmember of the firm, is a native of\\nHebron. X. H., the son of Levi S. and\\nMary (Gove) Gordon, born May 17,\\n1848. He was educated in the public\\nschools, and then learned the tinsmith s\\ntrade when eighteen years of age, and\\nworked at this trade five years in Wells\\nMr. Gordon is a member of the Knights\\nof Pythias, Knights of Honor, and a\\nthirty-second degree Mason, being a\\nmember of the local branches of Ma-\\nsonry, including Pilgrim Commandery\\nKnights Templar, and Raymond Con-\\nsistory of Nashua.\\nJohn booth, the junior member of\\nthe firm, was born Sept. ii [871, in\\nAberdeenshire, Scotland, his parents\\nbeing George ami Annia (Mellis) booth.\\nHe has been employed at Danville,\\nP. Q.. and St. Johnsbury. t., and was\\nin business at Windsor Mills, I Q.\\nlie came to Laconia in June, 1898.", "height": "3695", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n149\\nPease s City Band.\\nPease s City Band of Laconia was\\nreorganized in the spring of 1893, with\\nCharles R. Pease as leader and direc-\\ntor. This organization was composed\\nof some of the best musicians in the\\ncity, and at once sprang into popular\\nfavor. It has progressed rapidly, and\\nto-day ranks with the best bands in the\\nstate. It is in a very prosperous condi-\\ntion, having two sets of uniforms, and\\nhas had a new band-room built for its\\nespecial con-\\nveni ence, and\\nf urn ish ed in\\nmodern style\\nthroughout. It\\nalso has a large\\nlibrary of music.\\nIts present\\nmembership is\\ntwenty-five mu-\\nsicians, with the\\nfollowing in-\\ns t rumentation\\nDirector and\\nleader, Charles\\nR. Pease cor-\\nnets, Ernest\\nRinger. William\\nF. Sanborn,\\nHarry W.Smith,\\nHenryTurcotte,\\nAlbert B. Ladd\\nflute and picco-\\nlo, Robert S.\\nFoss; clarinets,\\nClarence R.\\nDavis, William\\nH. H a wk i ns,\\nGeo. Ringer, John Webber, Leon Ladd\\naltos, Sidney H. Smith. Ceo. R. bow-\\nman. Austin Folsom baritone, Archie\\nL. Bean; trombones, has. H. Hoyt,\\nJohn H. Swain. James Harder; bassos,\\nfas. Ringer, F. A. Clement. J. B. Morrill\\ndrums, Leon Hale, H. P. Dimond, I A.\\nCarleton drum-major, I. M. Cottrell.\\nAlbert S. Glidden.\\nAlbert S. Glidden, manager and pro-\\nprietor of the concern known as A. S.\\nGlidden \u00c2\u00abN: Co., brass founders, is a\\nnative of Lynn, Mass.. born Sept. 26,\\n[859, the son of Levi and Emily (Cole-\\nman) Glidden, both of whom are now\\ndeceased. He removed to New Hamp-\\nshire with his parents when only two\\nyears old. and was educated in the\\npublic schools of Laconia. Mr. (Hid-\\nden learned the foundry business at the\\nshops of the late George Rollins, which\\nwere located on Gove Point in this city.\\nAfter learning his trade. Mr. Glidden\\nremoved to Manchester and remained\\nthere about\\nt h r e e y r a r s\\nthen returned\\nto Laconia. and\\nhas been con-\\nnected with the\\nvarious foun-\\ndries in this\\ncity. He went\\ninto b u s i n e s s\\nfor himself in\\nBoston, in part-\\nnership with\\nW. H. Wilkin-\\nson, under the\\nfirm name of\\nW. H. Wilkin-\\nson Co.. but\\nretired from this\\nbusiness to re\\nturn to Laconia,\\nwhere he start-\\ned a brass foun-\\ndry of his own.\\nlocated o n\\nSomes court, in\\na new building\\nwhich was erect-\\ned especially for this purpose.\\nThe concern does business under the\\nlinn name of A. S. Glidden Co.. and\\nmanufactures all kinds of brass and\\ncomposition castings. It is the only\\nconcern in this line in this city and the\\nwork turned out is considered of high\\nquality. The business has been very\\nprosperous and is constantly increasing,\\nMr. Glidden is an Odd bellow, and a\\nKnight of Pythias. He was married\\nin [882 to Miss Ida J. Davis .,1 L.u o-\\nnia. Thev have no children.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "!5\u00c2\u00b0\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nLaconia National Bank.\\nThe Laconia National bank, with a\\ncapital of $150,000, is the largest and\\neasily the most important banking in-\\nstitution in this section of New Hamp-\\nshire. The bank was organized Decem-\\nber 28, 1865, and commenced business\\nMay 1, 1866, with the following board\\nof officers President, John C. Moulton\\ncashier, Daniel S. Dinsmoor directors,\\nJohn C. Moulton, Ellery A. Hibbard,\\nSamuel T. Thomas, William N. Blair,\\nBenjamin J. Cole, Samuel C. Clarke,\\nHanson Beede. The bank hired vault\\nbuilding. The explosion alarmed the\\ncitizens in the vicinity, but the robbers\\nboldly reentered the bank, hastily gath-\\nered up the booty and escaped. The\\nwindows in the entire block were shiv-\\nered, the plastering torn off, and one\\nside of the entire building started from\\nits fastenings. The securities were\\nafterwards recovered, being found\\nwhere the burglars discarded them as\\nof no value, and the loss of the cash\\nand bonds did not of course cripple the\\nbank.\\nIn 1889 tne bank was moved to its\\npresent location at Bank square, where\\nInterior of Laconia National Bank.\\nroom of the old Belknap County bank,\\nand occupied rooms in the same build-\\ning. This bank has always transacted\\na large and profitable business, and has\\nalways been regarded as one of the\\nmost reliable and soundest financial es-\\ntablishments in this vicinity.\\nApril 25, 1879, the bank was burglar-\\nized, the safe blown open, and $3,500\\nin cash, and $2,600 in bonds, besides\\nsecurities to the amount of nearly $145,-\\n000. were taken. The burglars forced\\nthe front door, drilled into the safe, and\\nopened the steel chest with an explo-\\nsion which almost wrecked the entire\\nit owns and occupies a handsome, three-\\nstory, brick block, handsomely and ele-\\ngantly equipped, and furnished in mod-\\nern style, with tile flooring, mahogany\\nfinish, steel ceilings, fire and burglar-\\nproof vault, etc.\\nThe present officers of the establish-\\nment are President, Charles A. Busiel\\nvice-president, Henry B. Quinby cash-\\nier, Orran W. Tibbetts; assistant cash-\\nier, Charles W. Tyler directors, George\\nH. Clark, Meredhh Ellery A. Hibbard,\\nCharles A, Busiel, Charles F. Pitman,\\nHenry B. Quinby, Dennis O Shea, Wil-\\nliam F, Knight, Stephen S. Jewett, all", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACOMA.V\\nJS 1\\nof Laconia J. Alonzo Greene, Moul-\\ntonborough; Orran W. Tibbetts, Wil-\\nliam A. Plummer, Laconia.\\nCity Savings Bank.\\nThe City Savings bank, which occu-\\npies rooms with the Laconia National\\nbank, is the youngest banking establish-\\nmentin the _\\ncity, being char-\\ntered in 1895.\\nAn organ i z a-\\ntion was effect-\\ned, and the\\nbank commenc-\\ned business\\nApril 1, 1897,\\nand from the\\ndate of opening\\nthe increase of\\ndeposits has\\nbeen rapid and\\nsteady. The\\nbank has been\\nenabled to in-\\nvest its depos-\\nits in first-class,\\ngilt- edged se-\\ncurities, nearly\\nall its money\\nbeing loaned\\nupon valuable\\nreal estate in\\nLaconia and\\nvicinity. The\\naim of this\\nbank is to in-\\nvest the money\\nof its deposit- |fr^^^\\nors carefully\\nand conserva-\\ntively, pa y i n g N\\nas high a rate\\nof interest as can be earned from strict-\\nly safe investments. Local real estate\\nis given the preference in all cases over\\nWestern or Southern securities.\\nJudging from the increase of bus-\\niness during its two years of exist-\\nence, the City Savings bank bids fair\\nto soon become one of the strongest\\nand most popular savings banks in the\\nstate.\\n!T33H{B\\nThe present officers of the City Sav-\\nings bank are President, Charles A.\\nBusiel vice-president, Henry B. Quin-\\nby treasurer, Orran W. Tibbetts sec-\\nretary, Charles W. Tyler; investment\\ncommittee, Charles A. Busiel, William\\nA. Plummer, John F. Merrill, Julius E.\\nWilson trustees, Charles A. Busiel,\\nThomas Cogswell, Henry B. Quinby,\\nStephen S.\\nJewett, William\\nA. Plummer,\\nJohn F. Mer-\\nrill, Dennis\\nO Shea, Julius\\nE.Wilson, Chas.\\nF. Stone, Addi-\\nson G. Cook,\\nEdw. P.Thomp-\\nson, Charles W.\\nVaughan; mem-\\nbers of the cor-\\npora ti on and\\nassociate trus-\\ntees: Willi am\\nF. Knight, La-\\nconia Joseph\\nW. Pitman, La-\\nconia Horace\\nH.Wood, Lake-\\nport Henry F.\\nDorr, Centre\\nSandwich Oli-\\nver J. M. Gil-\\nm an, Alton;\\nWilliam B. Fel-\\nlows, Til ton\\nHerbertJ. Jones,\\nAlton Edwin\\nC. Be a n Bel-\\nmont Chas W.\\nTyler, Laconia;\\nOrran W. Tib-\\nbetts, Laconia.\\nCity Clerk Simeon C. Frye.\\nSimeon Cheney Frye was born in\\nSanbornton, II.. April 26, 1865, son\\nof Jonathan J. Frye of Grantham, and\\nRuth II. Leavitl (Frye) of Sanbornton.\\nHe is a descendant of some of the oldest\\nfamilies in New England, and is a lineal\\ndescendant of Thomas 1 Hidley, second", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "I 5 2\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ngovernor of the Massachusetts bay col- Mr. Frye is connected with several\\nony. His great-grandfather was a sol- of the secret and fraternal orders. He\\ndier in the Revolutionary War and was is a member of Mt. Lebanon lodge,\\nengaged in the battle of Bennington. No. 32, A. F. A. M., of which at\\nthe present time he is junior warden.\\nHe is also a member of Chocorua lodge,\\nNo. 51, I. O. O. F., and of Granite\\nlodge, No. 3, Ancient Order of United\\nWorkmen, of which latter organization\\nhe has been recorder since 1892.\\nStreet Commissioner William Nelson.\\nSimeon C. Frye.\\nAnother great-grandfather, George Av-\\nery, also served in the same war.\\nMr. Frye was educated at the New\\nHampton Institution, and came to La-\\nconia in January, 1SS7, as bookkeeper\\nfor O Shea Bros. store and hosiery mill.\\nHe left this firm in March, JS90, to\\nengage in the ice harvest, caused by\\na famine of frozen water down country,\\nwhich resulted in a boom in this indus-\\ntry in Laconia and vicinity. From Jan.\\n1, 1S91, he was with Coburn cS: Leavitt\\nas bookkeeper until the firm went out of\\nbusiness, and then entered the office of\\nthe Crane Manufacturing Co., Septem-\\nber, 1893, as bookkeeper, and remained\\nwith them until elected city clerk March\\n29, 1894. Mr. Frye has been re-elected\\ncity clerk at each subsequent election\\nannually and still holds the position,\\nfor which it is but justice to say he is\\nadmirably equipped and thoroughly effi-\\ncient. His books and records are mod-\\nels of neatness and correctness, and in\\nthe discharge of his official duties he\\nhas no superior in this line in New\\nHampshire. He was auditor of the\\nstate treasurer s accounts in 1897, ap-\\npointed by Governor Busiel.\\nWilliam Nelson, street commissioner\\nof the city of Laconia, and also super-\\nintendent of the sewer department and\\ncity engineer, is a native Laconian, born\\nWilliam Nelson.\\nApril 20, 187 1, his parents being Dr.\\nDavid B. and Susan E. Nelson. He\\nwas educated in our public schools and\\ngraduated from the Laconia High\\nschool in the Class of 87. The fol-\\nlowing year, Mr. Nelson commenced\\nthe study of civil engineering, and he\\nis generally admitted to have acquired\\na very proficient education in this pro-\\nfession. He was appointed superin-\\ntendent of the Laconia sewer depart-\\nment in 1892, city engineer in 1894,\\nand street commissioner in 1897, and\\nstill holds all three positions, managing\\nthese three important departments of\\nmunicipal work very acceptably. In ad-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n*53\\ndition to these official positions, Mr.\\nNelson has served several times as\\nmoderator of Ward 4, is sealer of\\nweights and measures for the county of\\nBelknap and city of Laconia, and a\\njustice of the peace.\\nHe is an attendant at the Congrega-\\ntional church, and member of Golden\\nRule lodge, I. O. G. T., Granite lodge,\\nA. O. U. W., Senior Warden of Mt.\\nLebanon lodge, A. F. A. M., and\\na member of the Boston Society of\\nCivil Engineers.\\nMr. Nelson was married to Mina L.\\nFlint of Danville, F. Q., May 17, 1S92.\\nThey have three children: Thomas L.,\\nArthur R., and Marion Ruth.\\nCity Treasurer Arthur W. Dinsmoor.\\nArthur W. Dinsmoor, city treasurer\\nof Laconia, is a native Laconian, the\\nson of the late Hon. Daniel Stark Dins-\\nmoor and Amelia M. (Whittemore)\\nArthur \\\\V. Dinsmoor.\\nDinsmoor, born Jan. 1 r, 1870. Mr.\\nDinsmoor is a descendant of the famous\\nGen. John Stark, the Revolutionary\\nhero, while the Dinsmoors are descend-\\nants of John Dinsmoor, one of the\\nearly settlers of New Hampshire, who\\nwas noted for his honesty and upright-\\nness both by white men and Indians in\\nthe old colonial days.\\nMr. Dinsmoor was educated in our\\npublic schools and at New Hampshire\\nConference seminary at Tilton. For\\nten years he has been a faithful and\\ntrusted attache of the Laconia National\\nbank, and he also holds several other\\npositions of trust and honor. He was\\nelected city treasurer in March, 1894,\\nand has held the office ever since that\\ntime, being reelected at each subse-\\nquent annual election. He was one of\\nthe New Hampshire state auditors in\\n1895, is treasurer of the Belknap County\\nFish and Game League and also treas-\\nurer of the Laconia Fress Association.\\nHe is an attendant at the Congrega-\\ntional church, and is a member of the\\nMasonic fraternity, holding the office of\\njunior deacon in Mt. Lebanon lodge\\nat the present time. He is also a mem-\\nber of the Ancient Order of United\\nWorkmen.\\nMr. Dinsmoor married Amy W.\\nHatch, June 21, 1893, and they have two\\nsons, Daniel S. and Theodore Weston.\\nFrank S. Peaslee.\\nFrank S. Peaslee, dealer in fruit, con-\\nfectionery, tobacco, cigars, and periodi\\nFrank S. l easlee.\\ncals, is a native of this city, born at\\nLake Village, April i 1S71. Mr.\\nPeaslee received a common school edu-", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "54\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ncation, and is a knitter by trade, being\\nemployed in our local hosiery mills in\\nhis boyhood. He started in business\\nin March, 1888, with a small stock of\\ngoods, in the room occupied by the\\nLakeport post-office. He met with fair\\nsuccess, but sold out the business in\\nDecember, 1S92, and then worked in\\nthe hosiery mills three years, as a knitter.\\nIn July, 1895, he again embarked in\\ntrade, at No. 47 Elm street, where he is\\nMr. Peaslee is married, and resides at\\nNo. 60 School street. He has two little\\ndaughters, aged three and five years.\\nThe Late Hon. John W. Busiel.\\nThe late Hon. John W. Busiel was\\nthe founder of the hosiery establishment\\nin Laconia, which still bears his name,\\nand one of the pioneers in this industry\\nThe late Hon. John W. Busiel.\\nstill located, and has built up a succes-\\nful and prosperous business.\\nHe carries a large stock of all the\\npopular cigars and tobacco, supple-\\nmented by a choice line of pipes and\\nother smokers goods. Fresh fruits at\\nall seasons of the year are a specialty\\nwith Mr. Peaslee, and he handles large\\nshipments in this line. In periodicals,\\nMr. Peaslee sells the daily and weekly\\nnewspapers, all the popular magazines,\\nand literature usually found at a first-\\nclass newsstand.\\nin the United States. He was born in\\nMoultonboro N. H., March 28, 18 15.\\nHis parents were Moses F. and Relief\\nBusiel, and he was the eldest of a fam-\\nily of seven sons and one daughter.\\nOnly three of his brothers are now liv-\\ning, Albert H., of Laconia Harrison\\nM., of East Andover, N. H., and George\\nH., of Providence, R. I.\\nMr. Busiel s education was obtained\\nin the country district schools, at a\\ntime when schooling was limited to a\\nfew weeks per year, but he was quick", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nl SS\\nto learn and made the most of his lim-\\nited opportunities. In his early youth\\nhe determined to be a woolen manufac-\\nturer, and started out at the age of only\\ntwelve years, with his scanty wardrobe\\ntied up in a handkerchief, to walk to\\nLoudon, N. LL, where he entered the\\nmill of his great-uncle, Lewis Flanders,\\nwho carded rolls and made flannels and\\ncloths used at that period. A boy of\\nunusual energy and determination, he\\nremained with his uncle until he was\\nnineteen years old, improving every op-\\nportunity to learn the business, and at\\nthe same time proceeding methodically\\nwith his studies while his companions\\nwere at play. At nineteen years of age,\\nwith a new\\nsuit of clothes,\\nand one hun-\\ndred dollars\\nin his pocket,\\nyoung Busiel\\nleft his uncle s\\nroof and went\\nto Amesbury,\\nMass., where\\nh e w a s em-\\nployed in a\\nwoolen mill\\nand complet-\\ned his trade.\\nMany times\\nduring his stay\\nin Amesbury,\\nhe walked\\nhome, and out of his scanty earnings\\nassisted in maintaining the family.\\nFrom Amesbury, Mr. Busiel returned\\nto New Hampshire and located at\\nMeredith where he remained ten years\\nin business for himself, as a manu-\\nfacturer of satinet cloth, knitting yarns.\\netc. In 1846 he came to Laconia and\\nfounded the J. W. Busiel mills, which\\nhe continued very successfully until his\\ndeath which occurred July 26, [872.\\nOn December 23, 1841, he married\\nJulia M., daughter of Stephen and\\nJulia Tilton, of Meredith. Of this\\nunion were born three sons and one\\ndaughter. The daughter died in in-\\nfancy, but the sons have lived to be an\\nhonor to their father s name. The\\nResidence of Mrs. J. W. Busiel.\\neldest is Hon. Charles A. Busiel, ex-\\ngovernor of New Hampshire. The\\nother sons, John T. and Frank E., now\\ncarry on the hosiery business founded\\nby their father.\\nMr. Busiel was a strong Democrat in\\npolitics, and represented Laconia in the\\nlegislature in iSyo- yi. He was a man\\nof public spirit, enterprise, and pro-\\ngress. He manufactured the first gas\\nburned in Laconia, and laid the first\\nslate used here for roofing purposes.\\nHe also put in the first boiler and\\nsteam heat in the town. He took great\\ninterest in the welfare of Laconia, and\\ngave generously to public buildings and\\nall plans for the advancement of Laco-\\nnia s prosper-\\nity. Me was\\na liberal sup-\\nporter of the\\nC ongregation-\\nal church, of\\nw h i C h M r s.\\nBusiel is a\\nmember, and\\nassisted mate-\\nrially in re-\\nmodeling the\\nchurch edifice.\\nHe w a s kind-\\nhearted, gen-\\nerous, and de-\\nvoted to the\\ninter ests of\\ntown.\\nEx-Governor Charles A. Busiel.\\nProbably no man has been more\\nprominently and actively identified with\\nthe manufacturing, business, financial,\\nand social life of Laconia, during the\\npast thirty years, than Ex-Governor\\nCharles A. Busiel. In the construc-\\ntion of the Lake Shore railroad, the\\nerection of the new passenger station,\\nthe establishment of a city hospital, the\\ninauguration of the city government,\\nand in a thousand and one other enter-\\nprises, all in the direction of progress\\nand advancement, Mr. Busiel lias made\\nhis mark and built for himself a monu-\\nment as a public-spirited, broad-minded,", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "i56\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nprogressive Laconian, which will do\\nhonor to him for centuries to come.\\nCharles Albert Busiel was born in\\nMeredith, N. H., Nov. 24, 1842. He\\nwas the eldest son of the late John W.\\nand Julia (Tilton) Busiel. He received\\nhis education in the public schools of\\nLaconia and at old Gilford academy,\\nhis attention has been given to electric\\nroads which he believes are destined to\\nsupersede less advanced means of trans-\\nportation, and to greatly assist in the\\nprogress and development of New\\nHampshire.\\nIn politics Ex-Governor Busiel is an\\nIndependent, but has always supported\\nand after graduating he entered his the party which he believed represented\\nfather s hosiery\\nmill and ac-\\nquired a prac-\\ntical knowledge\\nof the entire\\nbusiness by\\nactual labor in\\neach depart-\\nment. In 1863\\nhe engaged in\\nbusiness on his\\nown account,\\nbut within a\\nfew years sold\\nhis interest in\\nthe establ ish-\\nment which h e\\nhad put i n t o\\noperation, and\\nwith a brother,\\nin 1 8 6 9 he\\nentered into\\npartnership and\\nengaged in the\\nmanufacture of\\nhosiery. Anoth-\\ner brother joined\\nthe firm in 1872,\\nand the n a m e\\nbecame J. W.\\nBusiel Co.\\nThis business\\nis still contin-\\nued and ranks as one of the most im\\nportant industries in Laconia.\\nEx-Governor Charles A. Busie\\nthe best inter-\\nests of the peo-\\nple upon local,\\nstate, and na-\\ntional issues.\\nHe represented\\nLaconia in the\\nlegi slatures of\\n1878 and 1879\\nhe was a dele-\\ngate to the\\nDemocratic na-\\ntional conven-\\ntion in Cincin-\\nnati in 1880 as\\na Rep u b 1 i c a n\\ncandidate he be-\\ncame the first\\nmayor of the\\nnew city of La-\\nconia, although\\nat that time the\\ncity was strong-\\n1 y Democratic.\\nHe was reelect-\\ned mayor for a\\nsecond term by\\na largely in-\\ncreased major-\\nity. In 1895 he\\nwas the Repub-\\nlican candidate\\nfor governor of\\nNew Hampshire, and was elected by\\none of the largest majorities ever re-\\nEx-Governor Busiel is president of ceived by any candidate in this state,\\nthe Laconia National bank and also\\npresident of the City Savings bank.\\nHe has attained much prominence in\\nrailroad circles by his investments in\\nthis kind of property, by his success in\\norganizing and constructing the Lake\\nShore railroad, and as one of the\\nmanaging directors of the old Concord\\nMontreal railroad. In later vears\\nabout 10,000 majority and 13,000 plur-\\nality. For the first time in history, every\\ncounty in New Hampshire returned a\\nRepublican majority at this election.\\nAs governor of the state he advocated\\nand even compelled retrenchments and\\nreforms, which saved the treasury hun-\\ndreds of thousands of dollars, and it\\nwas universally admitted by opponents", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "the illustrated laconian.\\n!57\\nas well as friends, that Governor Busiel\\nwas one of the best governors who\\never held the position of chief execu-\\ntive in this state. He was prominent\\nas a candidate for United States sena-\\ntor in 1896, and was undoubtedly the\\nchoice of his state for a secretary s\\nportfolio in President McKinley s\\ncabinet.\\nEx-Governor Busiel attends the Con-\\ngregational church. He is very promi-\\nnent in Masonic circles, as well as in\\nthe Knights of Pvthias and other bene-\\nPreston, daughter of Worcester Pres-\\nton. They have one daughter, Frances\\nE. Busiel, who is the wife of Wilson\\nLongstreth Smith of Germantown. Pa.,\\nand they have one son, Charles Albert\\nBusiel Smith, born March 1. 1895.\\nJohn T. Busiel.\\nJohn T. busiel, of the firm of J. W.\\nBusiel Co., woolen hosiery manufac-\\nturers, was the second son of John W.\\nand Julia M. (Tilton) busiel, born Oct.\\nResidence of Hon. Charles A. Busiel.\\nfacial, social, and charitable organiza-\\ntions.\\nDuring his administration as gov-\\nernor he paid $200,000 of the state\\ndebt, and $75,000 to defray expenses\\nleft due by previous administrations,\\nby his vetoes of the unnecessary meas-\\nures passed by the legislature, Governor\\nBusiel practically saved the state a mil-\\nlion dollars, and when he retired from\\noffice he left in the state treasury,\\n$590,706.07 according to the report of\\nthe state auditing committee.\\nIn 1S64 he married Eunice Elizabeth\\n12, 1847, i 1 that part of the old\\ntown of Gilford which was afterwards\\nannexed to the town of Laconia, and\\nnow forms a part of the city. He was\\neducated in the public schools, gradu-\\nated at Phillips Exeter academy, class\\nof 64, and at Harvard university, class\\nof 68. Since completing his educa-\\ntion, Mr. Busiel has been engaged in\\nthe hosiery industry in Laconia, as a\\nmember of the firm of J. W. busiel\\nCo.\\nMr. busiel was a member of the New\\nHampshire legislature in 1SS3. He is", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "i 5 8\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\npresident of the board of trustees of the\\nLaconia public library; vice-president\\nFrank E. Busiel.\\nJohn J Busiel.\\nof the People s National bank trustee\\nof the Belknap Savings bank; and a\\ndirector in the Win-\\nnipesaukee Gas\\nElectric Co.\\nHe is active and\\naggressive in public\\nmatters pertaining\\nto the welfare of\\nLaconia, and he is\\none of the trustees\\nand building com-\\nmittee under the\\nwill of the late X. B.\\nGale, to lay out pub-\\nlic grounds for a\\npark, and erect the\\nGale Memorial\\nbuilding for a pub-\\nlic library and his-\\ntorical museum.\\nHe married Nel- ^to^*\\nlie M., daughter of\\nJames E. and Sarah\\n(Brock) Pinkham,\\nJuly 6, 1S70, and has one daughter,\\nHelen J. Busiel.\\nFrank E. Busiel, of the well-known\\nconcern of J. W. Busiel Co., woolen\\nhosiery manufacturers, is a native Laco-\\nnian, born Oct. 31, 1852. the youngest\\nson of the late John W. and Julia (Til-\\nton) Busiel.\\nFrank E. Busiel was educated in the\\npublic schools of Laconia and at Gilford\\nacademy. His father was one of the\\npioneer hosiery manufacturers of this\\ncountry, and after completing his edu-\\ncation, Frank E. entered his father s\\nfactory to thoroughly learn the details of\\nthe industry. He worked several years\\nas a second hand, and was then given\\ncharge of the knitting department of\\nthe factory, a position which he filled at\\nthe time of his father s death, in 1S72.\\nHe was then admitted to partnership in\\nthe concern, which still continues in\\nbusiness under the firm name of J. W.\\nBusiel Co. Mr. Busiel is a natural\\nmechanic, and assumes the oversight of\\nthe entire mechanical department of the\\nbusiness. In politics Mr. Busiel is a\\nRepublican, and while he has no ambi-\\nResidence of John T. Busiel.\\ntion for political honors, he consented to\\nserve as a member of the Laconia police", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nJ 59\\ncommission, and has been chairman since\\nits organization, in April. 1895. Under\\nhis direction the police department of\\nLaconia has been thoroughly reorgan-\\nFrank E. Busiel.\\nized and put upon a model metropolitan\\nbasis, and it is generally admitted that\\nthe police department of the city is\\nto-day one of the best, most efficient,\\nand most economically sustained\\nof any in New Hampshire. On\\n.Nov. 19, 1874, .Mr. Busiel mar-\\nried Hattie A. Sanborn, and he\\nhas two children. Grace and\\nEdith, both residing at home.\\nsatinet cloth and knitting yarn. When\\nhe first came to Laconia, he continued\\nthis business in the old Bean mill, which\\nthen stood upon the site of the present\\ndye-house of the J. W. liusiel Co. Dur-\\ning the great fire of the Strafford mill\\nthis old one-story wooden structure was\\npartially burned, and in 1853 Mr. lius-\\niel purchased the land and water-power\\nformerly used by the Strafford com-\\npany. On this site he erected the first\\nof the buildings now used by \\\\Y.\\nliusiel Co. He here added to his\\nlist of manufactures, Saxony and Ger-\\nmantown yarns. At the Crystal Palace\\nexhibition in London. Mr. liusiel re-\\nceived a gold medal for the best mix-\\nture of cotton and woolen varus.\\nThe invention of the circular ribbed\\nknitting machine by Jonas and Walter\\nAiken in 1856 led Mr. liusiel to intro-\\nduce the manufacture of Shaker socks\\nand underwear. At the beginning of\\nthe Civil War, the mill started upon the\\nproduction of army socks, and after the\\nclose of the war, the manufacture of the\\ndifferent varieties of hosiery became\\nthe sole product of the mill, and in this\\nline the J. W. Busiel hosiery mills have\\nachieved a national reputation in knit\\ngoods circles. Since the death of John\\nW. liusiel in 1S72 the business has\\nThe Busiel Co. Hosiery Mill.\\nThe J. W. liusiel Co. hosiery\\nmill is the largest industry in this\\nline in the city of Laconia, and\\nwas founded by the late John W.\\nBusiel in 1846. Previous to com-\\ning to Laconia, then Meredith\\nBridge, Mr. Busiel was engaged\\nin business as a woolen manu-\\nfacturer at Meredith Village, card-\\ning woolen rolls for hand-spinning, and been continued and enlarged by the\\nfinishing the cloths which it was then three sons, Charles A., John T., and\\nthe custom for farmers wives to weave. Frank E. The Busiel mills are the\\nHe also began there the manufacture of most substantial and modern structures\\nKesidi ace 1 il Prank E. Busiel.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "i6o\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nof the kind in this vicinity, are equipped\\nwith all the modern improvements and\\nlabor-saving devices, and employ the\\nlargest number of operatives when run-\\nning at their full capacity. The firm\\nhas a long-established reputation with\\nthe trade throughout the country for\\nmanufacturing a superior quality of\\nhosiery, and some of the specialties of\\nthis concern have been very popular\\nwith the public and profitable to the\\nmanufacturers.\\nMass., to wind up the financial affairs\\nof a dry goods house, and after remain-\\ning there one year came to Laconia in\\n1862, and became associated with Al-\\nbert G. Folsom in the clothing and dry\\ngoods and millinery trade, carrying on\\ntwo stores, under the firm name of Fol-\\nsom Smith. When the Folsom brick\\nblock was completed in February, 1863,\\nthe firm moved into the store now occu-\\npied by Patsey O Shea and continued\\nuntil 1S69, when Mr. P olsom sold out\\nThe Busiel Hosiery Mili.\\nEx-Mayor Samuel B. Smith.\\nAlthough now retired from mercan-\\ntile pursuits, in which he was active for\\nmany years, ex-Mayor Samuel B. Smith\\nis still prominent in financial, political,\\nand real estate circles in Laconia, and is\\none of the largest owners of rental prop-\\nerty in the city.\\nHe was born in West Newbury,\\nMass., May n, 1837, and was educated\\nin the public schools of that town and\\nat Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass.\\nAfter completing his education in 1855\\nhe started to learn shoe manufacturing\\nand worked five years as a cutter in this\\nindustry. He then went to Lawrence,\\nhis interest to Mr. Smith, who continued\\nthe business alone. In 1875 he took\\nMessrs. Frank and Oscar Lougee into\\npartnership, and soon afterwards the\\nfirm occupied the entire first floor of the\\nwhole block, carrying clothing, dry\\ngoods, carpets, boots and shoes, millin-\\nery and custom tailoring. In 1884 Mr.\\nSmith commenced to withdraw from\\nmercantile business, selling a part of\\nthe establishment to Lougee Bros., and\\nlater other departments to W. D. Micl-\\ndleton, retaining the boot and shoe bus-\\niness for several years, but finally sell-\\ning this branch to Messrs. Donovan\\nStoughton.\\nMr. Smith is a large real estate own-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n161\\ner. Besides his handsome residence on\\nHarvard street, he together with Mr.\\nFolsom erected the substantial Smith\\nblock on Main street, built the rive\\ntenement block on Beacon street, re-\\nmodeled the seven-tenement building\\non Hanover street, erected another\\nlarge block for stores and tenements on\\nMill street, besides other work in the\\nsame line on a smaller scale.\\nMr. Smith is a director in the Peo-\\nple s National\\nbank and a trus-\\ntee in the La-\\nconia Savings\\nbank, being\\nquite prominent\\nin the manage-\\nment of both\\nthese i n s t i t u\\ntions. He has\\nbeen a large\\nstockholder and\\na leader in the\\nmanagement of\\nthe L ac o n i a\\nStreet railway\\nmost of the time\\nsince the road\\nw a s construct-\\ne d It was\\nlargelv through\\nMr. Smith s\\nefforts that La-\\nconia s ad mi r-\\nable system of\\nsewerage w a s\\ncon structed\\nand he served\\nas chair m a n\\nof the construction committee in this\\ngreat public improvement. He is a di-\\nrector of the Winnipesaukee Gas and\\nElectric Co., has been president of the\\nBoard of Trade, which was organized\\nlargely through his efforts, and he is\\nalso interested and active in numerous\\nother local enterprises of a public na-\\nture.\\nOne of the recent public improve-\\nments which ex-Mayor Smith has taken\\na leading part in promoting, is the lay-\\ning-out and construction of the new\\nboulevard from Lakeport to The Weirs,\\nii\\nLargely through his efforts the city of\\nLaconia was induced to build the high-\\nway and he also arranged the deal by\\nwhich the electric road was extended\\nover this boulevard, which will be the\\npride of the city for many years to come.\\nMr. Smith has always been an active\\nRepublican, and represented Laconia in\\nthe legislature of iSSS- Sq. He was\\nelected the second mayor of the city of\\nLaconia, in 1895, and was re-elected in\\n1S96, devoting\\nh i s v a 1 u a b 1 e\\nk n o w 1 e d ge of\\nfinancial matters\\nto public affairs\\nduring his two\\nyears of service,\\nwith good re-\\nsults. Mr. Smith\\nmarried A d a\\nd a ug h t e r of\\nHon. A. G. Fol-\\nsom, and they\\nhave three chil-\\ndren Katherine\\nHive, wife o f\\nHarry S. Chase.\\nJames S., con-\\nnected with the\\nPeople s Nation-\\nal bank, and\\nLouise C, who\\nresides with her\\nparents on Har-\\nvard street.\\nEx-Mayor Samuel B. Smith.\\nThe Late\\nStephen Perley.\\nThe city of Laconia owes to the\\nPerley family many of its important\\nenterprises, and the late Stephen Perley\\nwas the father of the industrial life in\\nthis place. He was born in Ipswich,\\nMass., Oct. 7, 1770, a son of Allen\\nPerley. The Perley family is said to\\nhave had its origin in Wales, and Allen\\nPerley (first) came to Massachusetts\\nfrom England in 1630, and settled in\\nIpswich.\\nStephen Perley obtained his educa-\\ntion in the public schools of Ipswich,\\nand then worked for a time in a store", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "62\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nin Salem, Mass. He came to Laconia\\nwhen still a young man, and was one of\\nthe first settlers, and for many years\\nwas, perhaps, the most important citi-\\nzen in town. At one time he owned\\nmost of the land on which the city\\nstands to-day. He was a large farmer,\\nraising some years six hundred bushels\\nof corn. He managed a general store,\\nwhich was the centre of trade, not only\\nfor the village, but for those in the\\nshops, and which furnishes power,\\nto-day, for a portion of the car indus-\\ntry. He was a man of great enterprise\\nand foresight, and many of his plans\\nhave been adopted and carried out by\\nthe wise men of to-day.\\nMr. Perley was a Jeffersonian Demo-\\ncrat, and quite active in politics. He\\nwas one of the electors for Van Buren,\\na representative in the state legislature,\\nand was postmaster here for thirty years.\\ny^V\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fte***\\n1\\n_\\nHft\\nJ^M,\\ni\\nH v?\\nA\\nBKtf^jfl\\njal\\nA\\nM\\nThe late Stephen Perley.\\nentire farming country around. He\\nhad a number of sawmills, where he\\nconverted the lumber into marketable\\nshape from the lands which he cleared.\\nAs the town increased, he established a\\nnail factory, a starch factory, a cotton\\nfactory, and a linseed oil mill. The\\ncotton mill was subsequently sold to\\nDaniel Avery. Mr. Perley dug the\\npresent Perley canal, which connects\\nthe Winnipesaukee river, near Church\\nstreet, with the same river near the car\\nHe was a strong Universalist, and\\nhis house was always a home for minis-\\nters of his faith. He invited such men\\nas Rev. Father Ballou of Boston, Rev.\\nMessrs. Sebastian and Russel Streeter,\\nto come to this place and preach, and\\nin this way he was instrumental in\\nforming what was for many years a\\nstrong and zealous Universalist society,\\nwhich erected the church building on\\nUnion avenue now occupied by the\\nMethodists.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n163\\nMr. Perley married twice. His first\\nwife, Abigail, died young, leaving one\\ndaughter. Sarah, who married Dr. John\\nDurkee of this place, a prominent phy-\\nsician at that time. His second mar-\\nriage was with Mehitable, daughter of\\nColonel Samuel Ladd, who was one of\\nmonths. Mr. Perley died April 13,\\n1 S 5 5 at the ripe old age of eighty-four\\nyears and six months, leaving four chil-\\ndren John Langdon, Louisa, Abigail,\\nand Martha Maria. A resident of the\\ntown for sixty years, he was a most essen-\\ntial factor in its growth and prosperity.\\ns\\nThe late John L. Perley.\\nthe first settlers, and a prominent citi-\\nzen of Gilmanton, now Belmont. He\\nwas a large landowner, and Ladd Hill\\nwas named for his family. Mrs. Me-\\nhitable Perley was a most worthy, chari-\\ntable woman, and an exemplary wife\\nand mother. She died October 25,\\n1834, aged fifty-one years and six\\nThe Late John L. Perley.\\nOne of the most prominent and best\\nknown men of Meredith Bridge and\\nLaconia in its early days was Dr. John\\nLangdon Perley, who was, in fact, one\\nof the leading men in this part of New\\nHampshire in financial and political", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "164\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nmatters, in the early years of the present\\ncentury.\\nHe was born in Laconia, then Mere-\\ndith Bridge, June 10, 1805, the son of\\nStephen and Mehitable (Ladd) Perley.\\nHis father was a very prominent man\\nin the early history of this community,\\nand the Ladd family, of which his\\nmother was a member, figured exten-\\nsively in the settlement and develop-\\nment of Laconia.\\nunsettled country, returned to Laconia\\nwith renewed interest in its welfare.\\nHe was for many years extensively\\nengaged in farming and the manufac-\\nture of lumber, owning a large extent of\\nwoodland in this section. At East Til-\\nton he owned a sawmill, grist-mill, and\\nvaluable water privilege, but this prop-\\nerty he finally sold.\\nDr. Perley was much interested in\\nbanking, and was one of the incorpo-\\nThe late Lieut. John L. Perley, Jr.\\nJohn L. Perley studied medicine with\\nDr. Durkee, one of the first practitioners\\nat Meredith Bridge, and graduated\\nM. D. from Bowdoin college, Bruns-\\nwick, Me., in 1829. He engaged in\\nthe practice of his profession until\\nabout forty years of age, and then\\nretired to give more attention to other\\nmatters in which he became interested.\\nHe went West in 1837, but after spend-\\ning some time in that then lawless and\\nrators of the Meredith Bridge Savings\\nbank, a member of its board of trustees,\\nand its president for some time. He\\nwas also one of the incorporators of\\nthe Belknap Savings bank, and its\\npresident until about ten years pre-\\nvious to his death, when he resigned.\\nHe was a member of the old Whig\\nparty, and was appointed postmaster of\\nMeredith Bridge during President John\\nQuincy Adams s administration in 1S29.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n165\\nHe was appointed by Gov. Benjamin\\nPierce, surgeon of the Twenty-ninth\\nregiment of New Hampshire militia, in\\n1S29. In 1834 he was elected to the\\nstate legislature, and distinguished him-\\nself as a champion of the people s\\nrights. He introduced and secured the\\npassage of the bill reducing the salary\\nof the governor of New Hampshire\\nfrom two thousand to one thousand\\ndollars, on the ground that the honor of\\ngusta Perley, wife of Jacob Sanborn\\nMary A. Perley, who married Josiah T.\\nSturtevant; Lewis S. Perley, who re-\\nsides upon the ancestral farm to-day\\nand Clara E. Perley. who married I r.\\nA. L. Norris, and resides at Cambridge-\\nport, Mass.\\nI r. Perley was one of the strong men\\nof early Laconia, a man of excellent\\njudgment, strict integrity, and much\\nfinancial sagacity.\\nLewis 5 I trlt\\nbeing governor of the state should sat-\\nisfy the chief executive, and that the\\nsalary should be merely nominal.\\nHe was twice married, first to Mary\\nA. Eastman, of Eranklin, N. H. His\\nsecond wife was Dora P. Kandlett. of\\nGilmanton, N. H., and this union was\\nblessed with five children John L.\\nPerley, Jr.. who died from the exposure\\nof his military service in [862 I). Au-\\nThe Late Lieut. John L. Perley, J\\nThe late Lieutenant John L. Perley,\\n|r.. in whose honor the Laconia Post of\\nthe Grand Army of the Republic is\\nnamed, was a native of Laconia, bom\\nat Meredith Bridge, Dec. 10. 1859, the\\neldest son of John L. and Dora (Rand-\\nlett) Perley. He was educated in the\\npublic schools of this town, and com.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "i66\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\npleted his education at Gilford academy,\\nNew Hampton Institution and the Law-\\nrence Scientific school, Cambridge, Mass.\\nAfter completing his education, he\\ncommenced to study\\nlaw, with the intention\\nof adopting this pro-\\nfession in life, but on\\nthe breaking out of\\nthe Civil War, he laid\\naside his books and\\nenlisted, August, 1S61,\\nin Troop M, New Eng-\\nland cavalry, and the\\nfollowing No vember\\nwas promoted to the\\nrank of second lieuten-\\nant. He was taken ill\\nin May, 1862, and re-\\nturned home, and died\\nshortly after from the\\neffects of exposure\\nduring his mil i tar}\\nservice, at the age of\\ntwenty-two years.\\nalso engages quite extensively in lum-\\nbering and clearing wood lots. He is\\na Republican in politics, and a liberal\\nin religion. He is a member of Winni-\\npiseogee lodge, No. 7,\\nL O. O. F. At the\\npresent time, Mr. Per-\\nley is a member of the\\nLaconia board of city\\nassessors, elected by\\nthe city council in\\nMarch of the present\\nyear.\\nIn t888 he was unit-\\ned in marriage with\\nClara L. Knowlton of\\nMeredith. They have\\ntwo children, Lew K.,\\nand Marion Louise.\\nCharles F. Richards.\\nCharles F. Richard\\nLewis S, Perley.\\nLewis S. Perley, son of the late John\\nL. Perley and Dora (Randlett) Perley,\\nwas born in Laconia, August 22, 1845.\\nHe was edu-\\nCharles Francis Rich-\\nards, member of the\\nLaconia city c o u n c i 1\\nfrom Ward 2, was born\\nin Lebanon, Me., Nov. 11, 1S50. He\\nwas educated in his native town, and in\\nRochester, N. H. In 1S79, he started\\nin the planing mill and box business\\nwith his brother, Geo. O. Richards, at\\nEast Roches-\\ncated in the ter. Mr. Rich-\\npublic schools A ards came to\\nin this town, a Laconia in\\nand then at- April, 1883,\\ntended Gilford ,.r* and has been\\nacademy, af- e m p 1 oyed in\\nterwards tak- ^J i WT^k 4 the several\\ning a course of P# B j\u00c2\u00a3 v A wood-work-\\nspecial study ^r^^^P^^^ 1 ing establish-\\nin Boston, and ~f r PL L3 ^T r ments, and\\ncompleted his j| H jJJ 1 1 -i also as a con-\\neducational HBglL^^r^. t\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ~l I tractor and\\ntraining at fef; Wil I* jZl J5l i^^ builder\\nProfessor Hy- II A I J JUW M, He held the\\natt s academy ~^|L _\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .^_ f 1 1 WMJ1IU ffice of tr al\\nVI 1 Pei ***^Bn HS county,Maine,\\nley is a civil IBM*** ^^^^^\u00e2\u0084\u00a2^^^S! HB from 1S79 to\\nengineer bv v c /-n. 1 u i.\u00e2\u0080\u009e a 1883. He\\nv, v. uj Residence of Charles F. Richards.\\nprofession, served as se-\\nbut has devoted much of his time to lectman in Ward 2 of Laconia, and was\\nmanaging the large Perley farm, and elected to the city council in 1896, and", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n167\\nreeelected in 1898, being a member of\\nthe present city government.\\nMr. Richards is a member of C o-\\ncheco lodge, Independent Order of\\nOdd Fellows, and also of Laconia\\nencampment, I. F. He is also a\\nmember of the Ancient Order of United\\nWorkmen, and a director of the Laconia\\nBuilding and Loan Association.\\nMr. Richards married Etta Maria\\nMorton, of South Xorridgewock, Me.,\\nJune 1, 1 88 1, and they reside in their\\ncomfortable and handsome home on\\nGilford avenue.\\nMr. Richards is\\nan attendant at\\nthe Congrega-\\ntional church,\\nand one of the\\nreliable citizens\\nof his adopted\\ncity.\\npublished poems have been widely\\ncopied and circulated. He is a good\\nFrench scholar, and speaks, reads, and\\nwrites that language with ease and flu-\\nency. He is a Democrat in politics, was\\ncounty solicitor from 189] to [893, and\\nwas chairman of the Democratic city\\ncommittee, this city, in 1896 97. He\\nis a charter member of Winnesquam\\ncolony, No. 14. U. 0. P. I and a mem-\\nber of Pontahum tribe. No. 18, Red\\nMen. of Laconia. Resides a father and\\nbrother already mentioned, Mr. Peaslee\\nhas one sister.\\nMrs. Jennie\\nJohnson, form-\\nerly of Lake-\\nport, who now\\nresides in Low-\\nell. Mass.\\nW. S. Peaslee.\\nThe\\nLate Joseph S.\\nTilton.\\nW a 1 1 e r S\\nPeaslee was\\nborn inWilmot,\\nN. H.,Nov. 14.\\n1854. His pa-\\nrents were Geo.\\nYY. and Caro-\\nline T. (Bur-\\nbank) Peaslee.\\nHe received\\nhis education\\nin the p ubl i c\\nschools of this\\nstate a n d a t\\nColby acade-\\nmy. New Lon-\\ndon, and at the Symonds High school,\\nYVolfeborough, where his father and one\\nbrother. Eugene L. Peaslee. now reside.\\nHe taught in the public schools of this\\ncounty for five years, and was for two\\nyears teacher of the old South Grammar\\nschool, in this city. He studied law\\nwith Col. Thomas J. Whipple, was ad-\\nmitted to the bar at the July law term,\\n1885, and has since practised his pro-\\nfession in Laconia. He has found time\\nto cultivate the literary side of his pro-\\nfession to some extent, and many of his\\nWalter S. Peaslee.\\nThe late Jo-\\nseph Sullivan\\nTilton. one of\\nthe pioneers of\\nthe hosiery in-\\ndustry in this\\ncity, was a na-\\ntive of Loudon,\\nX. H.. born on\\nJune 13. 1S18,\\nthe son of Ste-\\nphen and Julia\\nB a c h e 1 d e r\\nTilton. His pa-\\nrents removed\\nto Mere dith,\\nwhere the early years of his life were\\npassed, mostly on the farm. His edu-\\ncation was acquired in the public\\nschools, and was very thorough. Mr.\\nTiltOI) was one of the early pioneers ol\\nCalifornia, moving there with his family\\nsoon after the discovery iA gold. He\\nlocated in San Francisco, and followed\\nthe business of a dairyman, also taking\\nan active part in the politics of the rap-\\nidly-growing city. During the troubles\\nwith the turbulent and law-breaking ele-\\nment. Mr. Tilton was an officer of the", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "i68\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nfamous Vigilants, and saw much service\\nin those clays of riot and trouble. In\\n1857 he returned to New Hampshire,\\nand, locating in Laconia, commenced\\nthe manufacture of hosiery in 1859, in\\na mill which stood where now stands\\nthe dye-house of J. W. Busiel Co.\\nIn 1862 Mr. Tilton suspended business\\nat his mill to assist in raising the\\nTwelfth regiment of New Hampshire\\nVolunteers for the Civil War, and he\\nwent into the service as first lieutenant\\nrisen to high command, for he had, in\\nan eminent degree, the dash and cour-\\nage which go far to make the success-\\nful soldier. His record in the army\\nwas above reproach, courageous, and\\nunflinching to a fault. In camp, or on\\nthe battlefield, he was ever the same\\nbright, active, intelligent soldier, one\\nto whom his men could always look\\nwith strong confidence, and from whom\\nthey always received kind and just\\ntreatment. Lieutenant Tilton was one\\nThe late Joseph S. Tilton.\\nof the Laconia company. At the battle\\nof Chancellorsville, while in command\\nof his company, he was badly wounded.\\nFor some time after receiving his\\nwound he remained with his command,\\nbut loss of blood finally obliged him to\\nleave the field. After a season in the\\nhospital, he was returned to New\\nHampshire, and finally was obliged to\\nresign on account of disability. But\\nfor the unfortunate wound at Chancel-\\nlorsville, Lieutenant Tilton must have\\nof the original members of John L. Per-\\nley, Jr., post, G. A. R., of this city.\\nWhen his health was sufficiently re-\\ncovered, Mr. Tilton again resumed the\\nhosiery business, retiring in 1877. and\\nhe died, Nov. G, 1879, at tne a e\\nsixty-one years. He was of a warm-\\nhearted and kind, though impulsive and\\nimpetuous, nature, and was a man of\\nmost profound and sincere convictions.\\nHe was frank and outspoken in his\\nopinions on all subjects, and when once", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n169\\nhis mind was made up was never slow\\nto act.\\nMr. Tilton married Betsey Ham. Feb.\\n5, 1S42, and they had four children\\nGeorge Henry. Frank S., Emma Susan,\\nwho married Horace W. Gorrell, and\\ndied, April 20. 1890, and Nancy A., who\\nmarried C. W.Gilman, of Emporia. Kan.\\nGeorge Henry Tilton.\\nGeor re Henry Tilton, the well-known\\nof Volunteers, and served for three\\nyears.\\nIn the employ of his father, he\\nlearned the details of the hosiery manu-\\nfacturing industry, which business he.\\nfor many years, carried on in Laconia.\\nIn [89] he purchased the mills known\\nas the Jeremiah Tilton mills at Tilton.\\nwhich he with his son, Elmer S. Tilton.\\nare running at the present time very\\nsuccessful!} producing hosiery in large\\nquantities, and employing several hun-\\nGeorge Henry Tilton.\\nhosiery manufacturer of Laconia, was\\nborn in Dorchester, N. II., May 13.\\n1845, son of Joseph Sullivan and Betsey\\n(Ham) Tilton. His early life was passed\\nin California, returning with his parents\\nto New Hampshire in 1857. Mr. Til-\\nton was educated in the public schools\\nand at Gilford academy.\\nWhen the Civil War broke out, in\\n1861, young Tilton enlisted Sept. 14,\\nin the Laconia company (Company D),\\nof the Fourth New Hampshire Regiment\\ndred hands. Mr. Tilton also has large\\nmanufacturing interests in the South.\\nWithin a few weeks Mr. Tilton has\\nleased the large brick mill on Mill street\\nin Laconia. owned by the Belknap Mills\\ncorporation, and has purchased most oi\\nthe hosiery machinery formerly owned\\nand operated by the Hodgson Holt\\nManufacturing Co. This industry was\\noriginally equipped at an expense of\\nabout #75,000, and the mill has a capa-\\ncity of six hundred do/en hosier} per", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "170\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nday, employing nearly two hundred\\noperatives. When purchased by Mr.\\nTilton this industry had been suspended\\nfor several months, but under his man-\\nagement operations were at once re-\\nsumed, and the mill is now run in con-\\nnection with the mills at Tilton and in\\nthe South. As this hosiery industry is\\none of the largest in the city, the re-\\nsumption of business under Mr. Tilton s\\nmanagement is a matter of no little\\nimportance to the welfare of Laconia.\\nAlthough of late years, until recently,\\ndevoting most\\nof his time to\\nthe hosiery\\nbusiness at Til-\\nton and in the\\nSouth, Mr. Til-\\nton has retained\\nhis residence in\\nLaconia.\\nHe is still a\\nresident of La-\\nconia, never\\nhaving lost his\\ninterest in this\\ntown, which has\\nbeen his home\\nfor more than\\nforty years, and\\nwhich he repre-\\nsented in the\\nlegislature in\\n1891 and 1892.\\nMr. Tilton is\\na member of\\nthe New Hamp-\\nshire Society of\\nColonial Wars,\\nof John L. Per-\\nley, Jr., post, No. 37, G. A. R., of the\\nNew England Society of California Pio-\\nneers, and of the Masonic fraternities,\\nas follows Mt. Lebanon lodge, A. F.\\nA. M., Union chapter, Pythagorean\\ncouncil, and Pilgrim Commandery, K.\\nT., also a thirty-second degree Mason,\\nbeing a member of Edward A. Raymond\\nConsistory of Nashua, N. H.\\nHe was married at Laconia, June 19,\\n1866, to Marietta, daughter of Osgood\\nand Mary (Lamprey) Randlett of Upper\\nGilmanton, now Belmont, who died Au-\\ngust 15, 1874, leaving one son, Elmer\\nS. Tilton. He married the second time,\\nApril 11, 1883, in Columbia, S. C, Ca-\\nlista E. Brown, daughter of David and\\nHannah (Fox) Brown of Sanbornton.\\nElmer S. Tilton.\\nElmer 15. Tilton.\\nElmer Stephen Tilton, who is asso-\\nciated with his father in the manufac-\\nture of hosiery in Tilton, is a native\\nLaconian, born Oct. n, 1869, the son\\nof George Henry and Marietta (Rand-\\nlett)Tilton. He\\nwas educated\\nin the public\\nschools of this\\ncity, and grad-\\nuated from the\\nLaconia High\\nschool in the\\nclass of 87.\\nA 1 1 h o u gh en-\\ngaged in the\\nmanagement of\\nthe hosiery in-\\ndustry in Til-\\nton, he resides\\nin Laconia. In\\npolitics Mr.\\nTilton a f f i li-\\nates with the\\nRepub 1 i c a n s\\nand he repre-\\nsented Ward 3\\nin the New\\nHampshire leg-\\nislature during\\n1897-98.\\nIn 1892 he\\nwas united in\\nG.j daughter of\\nMr. and\\nCharles\\nmarriage with Lillian\\nE. B. Harrington of Laconia.\\nMrs. Tilton have two sons\\nHenry and Elmer Harrington.\\nFraternally, Mr. Tilton is a member\\nof the various Masonic fraternities, and\\nof Mt. Belknap lodge, No. 20, Knights\\nof Pythias. He is a past master of\\nMt. Lebanon lodge, No. 32, A. F. and\\nA. M., and eminent commander of Pil-\\ngrim commandery, Knights Templar.\\nMr. Tilton is a thirty-second degree\\nMason, being a member of Edward A.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "TH E ILLUSTRATED LACON I A N\\n171\\nRaymond Consistory of Nashua. X. H., then entered his\\nand also a member of Aleppo Temple, traveling salesman\\nMystic Shrine, of\\nBoston, Mass.\\nHarry S. Chase.\\nHarry S u m n e r\\nChase was born in\\nNew Hampton,N.H.,\\nJuly 17, 1S59, son of\\nJohn B. and Sarah\\nA. (Marston) Chase.\\nHe received his edu-\\ncation in the public\\nschools and at New\\nHampton Lit er ar y\\nInstitution, where he\\ngraduated in the com-\\nmercial course in the\\nclass of 82.\\nMr. Chase came\\nto Laconia when\\nabout twenty-f our\\nyears old, and en-\\ntered the employ of\\nO Shea Brothers, as clerk, remaining with\\nthis firm about three years. He then\\nHarry S. Chase.\\nHe is a Democrat,\\nhe is a member of\\npresent position as\\nfor Wise 1 oper,\\nof Auburn, Me.,\\nshoe manufacturers,\\ncovering the princi-\\npal cities in New\\nEngland for this con-\\ncern.\\nM r Chase w a s\\nmarried in 1895 to\\nMiss Katherine Olive\\nS m it h, daughter of\\nSamuel B. and Ada\\n(Folsom Smith.\\nThey have a little\\ndaughter, Olive Lou-\\nise, born April 22,\\n1899. Mr. Chase\\nlocated here for a\\npermanent residence\\nin 1895, and resides\\nin an elegant home\\non Harvard street.\\nMr. Chase is an\\nattendant at the Con-\\ngregational church,\\nand in secret orders\\nMt. Lebanon lodge.\\nResidence of Harry S. Chase\\nwent to Boston, where he had charge of A. I A. M.. Union chapter, and of\\na shoe store for about three years, and Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "it\\n/rrr\\nt\\nM\\nr\\nr\\nr\\nl\\nEl\\nm\\\\\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ESL J\\nm i\\nV", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n*73\\nLougee Brothers.\\nAlmost from the date of the building\\nof the old Province road from Ports-\\nmouth to Canada over a century ago,\\nfirst Meredith Bridge and then Laconia\\nhas been recognized as a trading centre\\nfor nearly all the necessities of life.\\nThat the city on the lakes is an impor-\\ntant trade centre to-day is amply dem-\\nonstrated by the fact that it boasts of\\nseveral mercantile establishments which\\nare among the largest in their line in\\nNew Hampshire. During the past twenty\\nyears no retail establishment in the\\nGranite state has had a wider reputation\\nthan the dry goods, clothing, carpet, and\\nfurniture store of Lougee Bros., of La-\\nconia. Although a comparatively young\\nconcern, the firm of Lougee Bros, has\\nalways done an immense amount of\\nbusiness, and has handled many thou-\\nsands of dollars worth of goods every\\nyear.\\nThe firm started in the store in Fol-\\nsom block, now occupied by Baker\\nShannon, in 1S77. This store was per-\\nhaps one-tenth the size of their present\\nestablishment in Smith block. Frank H.\\nand Oscar A. Lougee were at that time\\nthe junior members of the firm of Smith.\\nLougee Bros. Co. This firm was dis-\\nsolved in 1885.\\nTaking in Orman T. Lougee as a\\npartner at this time, the firm of Lougee\\nBros, was formed, and they at first con-\\nfined their business to their original\\nquarters, where the bakery now is. Their\\nbusiness increased very rapidly, and the\\nnecessity of larger and more convenient\\nquarters was soon apparent. In 1886\\nthe Smith brick block was built, and\\nLougee Bros, moved into what is now\\ntheir dry goods department. The rapid\\nincrease of their business and enlarging\\nof their stock in trade is shown by the\\nfact that they now occupy the entire\\nfirst floor and basement of the Smith\\nblock, besides a large two-story wooden\\naddition in the rear of the Smith block\\nand connected therewith, giving them\\nnearly thirty thousand square feet of\\nfloor space, or about ten times the space\\nrequired in 1886.\\nAt first the linn carried only dry\\ngoods and carpets, but from time to\\ntime other departments have been added\\nto meet the public demands, and to-day\\nthe concern handles dry and fancy\\ngoods, garments, ready-made clothing,\\ncarpets, furniture, stoves, bicycles, cur-\\ntains and window shades, hoots and\\nshoes, men s furnishings, underwear oi\\nall kinds, and, in fact, everything which\\ncan be found in a large department store\\nin any of the large cities of the United\\nStates.\\nThe firm of Lougee Bros, is a pro-\\ngressive one. as their success indicates.\\nThey were the first to put in a pneu-\\nmatic cash carrier, and they have always\\nbeen liberal advertisers, not only in this\\ncity but throughout the entire northern\\nportion of New Hampshire, in their\\nefforts to draw trade to Laconia.\\nThe Lougee Bros, personally are in-\\nfluential and public-spirited citizens.\\nThey are not only promptly interested,\\nbut always ready to assisl by contrib-\\nuting their time and money to any at-\\ntempt to locate new industries, or to\\ninaugurate any movement to help build\\nup Laconia. They are shrewd buyers,\\nupright and honorable merchants, and\\nthey hold the strict confidence of the\\nentire community. Their establishment\\nfurnishes employment to a large num-\\nber of clerks, and by purchasing their\\ngoods in large quantities they are en-\\nabled to retail their stock at lower prii es\\nthan can be obtained in many of the\\nlarger cities of New England, a fact\\nwhich is generally admitted by those\\nin a position to know, and a fact which\\nfrequently causes surprise to summer\\nvisitors who come here from Boston and\\nNew York, and are astonished to find\\nthat they can purchase dry goods and\\nother wares in this line fully as cheaply\\nhere in the country as they can at\\nhome.\\nFrank H. Lougee, the senior member\\nof Lougee Bros., was educated in the\\npublic schools, supplemented by a leu\\nterms at Gilford academy and one term\\nat Tilton seminary. He was employed\\nfor a year with White Mountain b\\nCream Freezer Co., but in 1870 he en-", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "J 74\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ntered the employ of S. B. Smith to learn\\nthe dry goods, clothing, and carpet busi-\\nness, and has continued successfully in\\nthis line from that date, with the excep-\\ntion of about two\\nyears, when he took\\na commercial course\\nat Comer s Commer-\\ncial college, at Los-\\nton, and was sales-\\nm an at J o r d a n\\nMarsh Co. s for\\nabout a year and a\\nhalf.\\nSince 1S90 Mr.\\nLougee has given\\nmuch attention not\\nonly to the Laconia\\nstore but to the Lou-\\ngee Bros. Smythe\\nstore, which was\\nopened at St. Johns-\\nbury. Vt., and has\\nalso proved very suc-\\ncessful.\\nIn public life Mr.\\nLougee has served\\nas president of the\\nLaconia board of trade for one or two\\nyears, and was also a member of the\\nbut found time to serve a term as a\\nmember of the Laconia city council,\\nwhere he proved himself a valuable\\nmember, and just the kind of citizen\\nwho is needed in\\nsuch a body.\\nHotel Picard.\\nFrank H. Lougee.\\nHotel Picard is the\\nnew name of the well\\nknown hostelry on\\nPleasant street, for\\nmany years known\\nas the Kirtland\\nHouse, and more re-\\ncently as the Victo-\\nria Hotel. The en-\\ntire estab 1 i s h m e n t\\nhas been thoroughly\\nrepaired, remodeled,\\nand newly furnished\\nby the new proprie-\\ntor, Mr. George Pi-\\ncard, and is now as\\nneat, clean, hand-\\nsome, a n d comfort-\\nable as could be de-\\nsired. The location of Hotel Picard, at\\n28 Pleasant street, makes this hotel very\\nboard of education for two years. He is desirable, as it is convenient to the bus-\\na director in\\nt h e People s\\nNational bank,\\nand a trustee\\nin the Laco-\\nnia S a v i n g s\\nbank. He has\\nalways been\\nespecially\\nprominent i n\\nthe board of\\ntrade, and has\\nta ke n an ac-\\ntive p art i n\\nevery effort of\\nthis organiza-\\ntion to pro\\nmote the wel-\\nfare of the\\ncity.\\nOscar A.\\nmess portion\\nof the city,\\nand close by\\nthe rai 1 r o a d\\nstation, the\\ntelegraph and\\nthe telephone\\noffices, electric\\ncars, etc. Un-\\nder the man-\\nagement of\\nLandlord Pic-\\nard the guests\\nwill be sure\\nof exc e 1 1 e n t\\nfood, comfort-\\nable beds, and\\nall the conve-\\nniences of a\\nfirst-class\\nhotel.\\nLougee has devoted himself more close- George Picard, the landlord and pro-\\nly to the business of the establishment, prietor of Hotel Picard, was born at\\nResidence of Frank H. Lougee.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n*75\\nSt. Charles, P. Q., Aug. 20, i860. He\\nwas educated in the common schools,\\nand was in Quebec for five years. Ik-\\ncame to Laconia in 1880, and was cm-\\nployed in some of our hosiery mills for\\nthree years, and thru engaged in the\\nconfectionery and cigar business on\\nMill street. Later he added dining-\\nrooms to the business, and has been\\nvery successful as caterer. In 1897\\nMr. Picard removed his business to 159\\nMain street.\\nHe was married in 1883 to Miss\\nplace in his early manhood in 1830,\\nentering into the employ of the Gilford\\nManufacturing and Mechanic Com-\\npany, at their store, then known as the\\nCompany Store. but now called the\\nOld Corner Store, situated on the\\ncorner of Main and Court streets.\\nThe Gilford Manufacturing and Me-\\nchanic Co., chartered in 1828, owned\\nall of the water power on the south, or\\nGilford, side of the river, and were then\\noperating a sawmill and a grist-mill,\\nlocated near the dam. about where the\\nHotel Picard.\\nEmma Morin, and they have three chil-\\ndren. In secret fraternities Mr. Picard\\nis a member of the Catholic Order of\\nForesters, and also of the Foresters of\\nAmerica and the Improved Order of\\nRed Men. He is an attendant at Church\\nof the Sacred Heart, and a member of\\nthe Society St. Jean the Baptiste.\\nThe Late Woodbury Melcher.\\nThe history of Meredith Bridge\\nwould be incomplete without mention of\\nWoodbury Melcher. He came to the\\nHodgson machine shop now stands.\\nThey afterwards built a new grist-mill\\nand a machine shop further down the\\nriver. They contemplated the erection\\nof a mill for the manufacture of cloth,\\nand recognizing in Mr. Melcher business\\nqualifications which they believed would\\nbe of advantage to them in their future\\noperations, the proprietors proposed to\\nhim to take an interest with them, and\\nbecome their managing agent. He ac-\\ncepted the proposition, and thus became\\nassociated with some of the leading men\\nof the growing village. Amos Smith.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "176\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nCharles Morgan, Alvah Tucker, Thomas\\nBabb, James Mollineaux, Stephen K.\\nBaldwin, and John T. Coffin, his asso-\\nciates, are names which are still familiar\\nto the older citizens of Laconia. The\\nmill was built, and is the same now\\nowned and operated by the Pitman\\nManufacturing Co. The company en-\\ngaged in the manufacture of tickings,\\nmaking a superior grade of goods,\\nwhich became almost world-renowned,\\na considerable part of the production\\nbeing exported. This company had a\\nlong, honorable,\\na n d successful\\ncareer. As one\\nand another of\\nthe owners, for\\nvarious reasons,\\ndisposed of\\ntheir stock, Mr.\\nMelcher was\\nalways ready to\\nbuy, until at last\\nhe became own-\\ner of the entire\\nproperty. H e\\nbuilt the brick\\nbuildi ng now\\nknown as the\\nGilford Hosiery\\nCo. mill. It be-\\ning comple ted\\nabout the time\\nthe Civil War\\nbroke out, with\\ncharacte r i s t i c\\nforesight he de-\\ntermined to go\\ninto the manu-\\nfacture of army\\nfor a while connected with its manage-\\nment. He was always adverse to hold-\\ning public office, and save the represent-\\ning of his town in the legislature for\\ntwo years and the accepting of an\\nappointment as a trustee of the asylum\\nfor the insane, he declined to contest\\nfor political honors. He died Nov. 10,\\n1870, lamented by the entire community.\\nWoodbury L. Melcher.\\nThe late Woodbury Melcher.\\nWoodbury L. Melcher was born Oct.\\n7, 1 S3 2, in the\\nhouse on Main\\nstreet next be-\\nlow the old\\ncorner store,\\nand has always\\nresided wi thin\\nalmost a stone s\\nthrow of the\\nplace of his\\nbirth. He was\\nfitted for c o 1\\nlege at Gilford\\nacademy, which\\nwas then in a\\nvery flourishing\\ncondition under\\nthe instruction\\nof Prof. Ben j\\nF. Stanton, and\\nw a s graduated\\nfrom Bowdoin\\ncollege in 1856.\\nAfter teaching\\nelsewhere a\\nshort time, he\\nwas elected the\\nprincipal of Gil-\\ngoods. The mill was speedily equipped ford academy, where he taught for two\\nwith hosiery machinery, and during the years. But not intending to make\\nwhole war it was run almost constantly, teaching a profession, he entered as a\\nday and night, in the manufacture of hos- student the law-office of Hon. E. A.\\niery for the soldiers. This was the begin- Hibbard, and was admitted to the bar\\nning of the hosiery industry in Laconia.\\nHe was for many years a trustee of\\nthe Meredith Bridge Savings bank, now\\nthe Laconia Savings bank, and at the\\ntime of his death was its president. He\\nin 1S62. Mr. Melcher still retains his\\nconnection with the Belknap County\\nbar, although not now in active prac-\\ntice. In 186 1 he was appointed register\\nof probate and held the office for ten\\nwas an earnest advocate and worker in years, when he felt compelled to resign\\nconnection with the building of the Bos- on account of the pressure of other\\nton, Concord Montreal railroad, and business. In 1864 he was elected treas-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n77\\nurer of the Laconia Savings bank, which\\nposition he held for twenty-one years,\\nwhen, feeling the necessity for a more\\nactive, outdoor life, he resigned. He\\nthen engaged extensively in the insur-\\nance business and was the founder of\\nthe Melcher Prescott Agency, now\\none of the largest insurance agencies in\\nthe state. He did not, however, give\\nup his interest in the savings bank.\\nBeing elected one of its trustees, he has\\nbeen intimately connected with its man-\\nagement ever since. For a few years\\nhe was a direct-\\nor and vice-\\npresident of the\\nLaconia N a-\\ntional bank. He\\nwas a member\\nof the constitu-\\nt i o n a 1 con-\\nvention of 1889.\\nMr. Melcher\\nhas always been\\ni n t e r e sted in\\npromoting the\\nmaterial inter-\\nests of Laconia.\\nHe drew the\\noriginal charter\\nfor the street\\nrailway and as-\\nsisted in procur-\\ning its passage\\nthrough the leg-\\ni slat ure. He\\naided material-\\nly in procuring\\nsubscription s\\nfor stock, and\\nwas the first\\ntreasurer of the corporation. In these\\ndays of electrics it is interesting to\\nnote some of the rebuffs he met with,\\nbeing laughed at for being so sanguine,\\nand told that the income would not\\npay for the oats which the horses would\\neat. the rails would rust out before\\nthey would wear out, and many other\\nsimilar remarks. He was also largely\\ninterested in establishing the Laconia\\nwater-works, another enterprise which\\nwas looked upon by many as a doubt-\\nful investment. He, however, showed\\nWuodburv L. Melcher\\nhis faith in it by a larger subscription\\nto its stock than that of any other indi-\\nvidual. He became one of the first\\nboard of directors, and since the death\\nof the Hon. John C. Moulton has been\\nits president. He was interested in\\norganizing the Laconia Hospital Asso-\\nciation, and was elected its first presi-\\ndent, which position he still holds. For\\na long series of years Mr. Melcher was\\nconnected in an official capacity with\\nthe public schools, being a member of\\nthe school committee when his district\\nwas annexed to\\nLaconia. and a\\nmember of its\\nboard of edu-\\ncation a f ter-\\nwards. until.\\nfeeling that he\\nhad done h i s\\nwhole duty in\\nthis respect, he\\ndeclined further\\nservice. For\\neleven years he\\nwas pres i d e n t\\nof the board of\\neducation.\\nAlthough re-\\ncently circ u m\\nstances have\\ncompelled h i 111\\nto be away from\\nhome during a\\ncons iderab 1 e\\nportion of each\\nyear, he is still\\nproud of his\\nbirthplace and\\ndeeply interest-\\ned in everything tending to its progress.\\nThe Late Rev. A. D. Smith.\\nThe late Rev. Alpheus I). Smith,\\nwho died at Canterbury, N. H., Feb.\\n9, 1886, was pastor of the Free Baptist\\nchurch in Laconia from July, 1857. to\\nthe spring of 1873, and was one of the\\nmost forcible preachers and strongest\\nChristian characters who ever officiated\\nin this city.\\nHe was born in Lebanon, N. H.,", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "i 7 8\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nAug. 25, 1813, but was brought up in\\nVermont, where he was bound out\\nuntil he was twenty-one. He became\\nconverted at the age of seventeen, and\\nfelt called to hold meetings and preach.\\nbury. He is survived by one daughter,\\nMrs. Josie Sanders of Laconia.\\nThe late Rev. A. D. Smith.\\nAs soon as he was of legal age to act\\nfor himself he became an itinerant\\npreacher, and traveled nearly all over\\nthe state of Vermont, visited various\\ntowns in Maine and New Hampshire,\\nholding revival services and meeting\\nwith great success. On the second\\nSunday in July, 1857, he commenced\\nhis labors in Laconia at the Free Bap-\\ntist church, and remained here four\\nyears, gathered a large congregation,\\nand saw a glorious work of grace. He\\nthen went to East Tilton and did excel-\\nlent work there, and came back to\\nLaconia at the end of three years, re-\\nmaining here until 1873. He died at\\nCanterbury, Feb. 9, 1886, in the\\nseventy-third year of his life.\\nRev. Mr. Smith s preaching was\\nlargely emotional, intensely interesting\\nand convicting, thoroughly evangelical.\\nFew men saw so great immediate\\nresults of labor as he did, and many\\nwill rise up and call him blessed.\\nHe was twice married, his first wife\\nwho died Oct. 10, 1872, being Emily\\nB. True of Corinth, Vt. Jan. 14, 1874,\\nhe married Mary E. Clough of Canter-\\nThe Late Samuel W. Sanders.\\nThe late Samuel W. Sanders was one\\nof the marked characters of Laconia,\\nso few of whom now remain, one of\\nthe sturdy, wide-awake, pushing citi-\\nzens of the old times, who believed in\\nLaconia and worked for the advance-\\nment and prosperity of the town in\\nevery way.\\nHe was a native of Mason, N. H.,\\nand learned the tinsmith trade. He\\ncame here in 1841 and embarked in\\nbusiness with no capital, but built up a\\nsuccessful business, and at the time of\\nhis retirement from trade, about six\\nyears before his death, was one of the\\noldest merchants on the street. His\\nestablishment was burned in 1846, and\\nagain in the big fire of i860, and the\\npresent Sanders brick block on Main\\nstreet was erected by the subject of\\nthis sketch after the last conflagration.\\nThe late Samuel W. Sanders.\\nHe was an ardent Republican, took an\\nactive part in the setting off of Laconia\\nfrom Meredith, and was one of the first\\nselectmen of the new town. He was\\ntwice married. His first wife was\\nSerena Ranlet, who died in 1871.\\nHis second wife, Mrs. Josephine E.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n179\\nPrescott, daughter of the late Rev.\\nA. 1). Smith, survives, together with\\ntwo sons, J. Warren, of St. Louis, and\\nCharles F., of San Francisco. Another\\nson, the late Col. George A. Sanders,\\ndied in 1898.\\nMr. Sanders died Jan. 16, 1S92, and\\nhis death removed a good and valuable\\ncitizen, one of the solid, substantial\\nmen of the town.\\nHampshire. Mr. Tilton was a leader\\nin financial circles in Laconia, was vice-\\npresident of the People s National bank,\\nand a trustee of the Belknap Savings\\nbank, besides holding numerous other\\npositions of trust and taking an active\\ninterest in nearly all the public enter-\\nprises which tended to improve and\\nbuild up Laconia. In secret orders he\\nwas a Mason, and he was also a mem-\\nThe late James H. Tilton.\\nThe Late James H. Tilton.\\nThe late James H. Tilton was for\\nhalf a century engaged in mercantile\\nlife in Laconia, first as a clerk, and\\nthen for many years as proprietor of the\\nOld Corner Store on Main street. Mr.\\nTilton entered this store as clerk for\\nH. J. French, and from a boy he\\nworked up to clerk and assumed con-\\ntrol of the business in 1859. He\\nlargely increased the business and was\\nfor many years one of the most success-\\nful merchants in this section of New\\nber of the board of trade. Mr. Tilton\\ndid considerable to beautify Laconia\\nby improving his real estate and erect-\\ning one of the finest residences in the\\ncity. Mr. Tilton was a native of San-\\nbornton Bridge, N. 1 1., born April 1, 1828,\\nand died in Laconia, March 15. 1894.\\nRebecca Weeks Wiley, M. D.\\nIt was in the dreamy old town of\\nGilford, in a large two-story house, a\\ntypical New Hampshire home of the\\nbetter sort, that she of whom we write", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "i8o\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nfirst opened her eyes upon the light of\\nthis world. The ancestral lines through\\nwhich she is able to trace her kindred\\nstretch back through families distin-\\nguished for education, patriotism, and\\nstatesmanship. These include Horace\\nGreeley and Daniel Webster. She was\\nnamed for her great-grandmother, Re-\\nbecca Webster, who was a cousin of\\nDaniel Webster. For the sake of brevity\\nand euphony, at marriage, she dropped\\nthe Webster, and has since been known\\nas Rebecca Weeks Wiley.\\nHer immedi-\\nate relations\\nwere character-\\nized for quick\\ndisce rnment,\\nexecutive abil-\\nity, and sterling\\nintegrity. Her\\nfather, John\\nGaleWeeks,was\\na successful\\nmanufacturer of\\nhats and caps at\\nthe time of her\\nbirth. She was\\neducated at La-\\nconia academy,\\nNew Hamp-\\nshire Female\\ncollege, and\\nBoston Univer-\\nsity School of\\nMedicine, grad-\\nuating from the\\nlatter with the\\nclass of 82.\\nDr. Wiley at\\nonce began the\\npractice of her profession at Laconia,\\nbeing the first woman physician in the\\nstate north of Concord. Her reception\\nby the people of Laconia was most cor-\\ndial, and the circle of her friends and\\npatrons has steadily widened. She has\\na large office and correspondence prac-\\ntice, in addition to regular outside\\nwork; all of which perfect health ena-\\nbles her to heartily enjoy.\\nSeveral of Dr. Wiley s ancestors and\\nan older sister were successful physi-\\ncians, and she has marked hereditary\\ntendencies towards the profession. The\\ndream of her youth was a prophecy of\\nwhich the practice of medicine is a ful-\\nfilment, and she is an enthusiast in her\\nprofession. She has from the first been\\na close student, and is up to date in all\\nthat pertains to both medical science\\nand practice.\\nDr. Wiley is a member of the New\\nHampshire Homeopathic Medical soci-\\nety and the American Institute of Home-\\nopathy. In church relations she is a\\nFree Baptist. She is sympathetic and\\ncooperative\\nwith her hus-\\nband, the Rev.\\nF r e d e r i ck L.\\nWiley, in his\\nliterary and\\nphilanth r o p i c\\npursuits. Their\\nonly son, Mau-\\nrice G. Wiley,\\nafter a four\\nyears course,\\nwas graduated\\nfrom a medical\\ncollege in 94,\\nand is practis-\\ning his profes-\\nsion in Boston.\\nDr. Rebecca Weekb Wiley\\nH. D. Glley.\\nHarry D. Cil-\\nley, carbonater\\nand wholes al e\\ndealer in malt\\nliquors, is a na-\\ntive of that part\\nof Gil manton\\nwhich is now Belmont, and was born on\\nOct. 7, 1857, the son of Joseph Plum-\\nmer Cilley, a prominent citizen of that\\ntown. He was educated in the public\\nschools of Concord, N. H., and came to\\nLaconia about twenty years ago. He\\nis a carbonater and manufacturer of\\nlight summer drinks, such as bottled\\nsoda, ginger ale, pear cider, and other\\nliquid refreshments in this line, and is\\nalso a wholesale dealer in malt liquors.\\nMr. Cilley manufactures his beverages\\nat No. 489 Main street, and has a well-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIA X.\\nestablished reputation for using the\\npurest syrups and flavors, and manu-\\nfacturing wholesome, healthful, and de-\\nlicious summer drinks. He has built\\nup an excellent bus-\\niness in this line,\\nand there is a con-\\nstant demand for\\nhis goods at all sea-\\nsons of the year,\\nand especially in\\nthe summer, during\\nthe hot weather, his\\ne sta bli shment is\\ndriven to its full\\ncapacity.\\nIn politics, Mr.\\nCilley affiliates with\\nthe Republican s,\\nbut should perhaps\\nbe classed as an in-\\nde pen dent, as he\\nalways acts and\\nvotes with that par-\\nty which he consid-\\ners to be advocat-\\ning the best inter-\\nests of the people.\\nHe served as a deputy sheriff of Bel-\\nknap county in 1891 and 1892, under\\nSheriff William P. Lang of Tilton.\\nIn fraternal\\nsocieties Mr.\\nCilley is a\\nmember of the\\nOrder of Elks\\nat Man Ches-\\nter, N. H., and\\nhe is also a\\nmember of\\nNew Hamp-\\nshire s historic\\nmilitary organ-\\ni z a t i o n the\\nAmoskeag\\nVeterans, the\\nheadquarters\\nof which are\\natManchester.\\nMr. Cilley is\\nan active mem- Residence of\\nber of the Bel-\\nknap County Fish and Game league,\\nand takes great interest in all matters\\npertaining to fishing and hunting. He\\nhas a comfortable and convenient sum-\\nmer home on the shores near the head-\\nwaters of Lake Winnesquam, and de-\\nvotes most of his\\nspare time to en-\\njoyment out of\\ndoors with gun and\\nrod.\\nLaconia Board of\\nTrade.\\nHarry D. Cilley.\\nDuring the past\\nten years the Laco-\\nnia Board of Trade\\nhas been an impor-\\ntant factor in deal-\\ning with many ques-\\ntions of town and\\nmunicipal gove r n\\nment, railroad mat\\nters, and the loca-\\ntion of new indus-\\ntries. The board\\nwa s first per ma\\nnently organized\\nMay 27, 18S9. as the Laconia and Lake\\nVillage Board of Trade. The first offi-\\ncers were President, John C. Moulton;\\nvice-presi-\\ndents, Henry\\nJ. Odell and\\nJames H. Til-\\nton; s e c i e\\ntary and treas-\\nu re 1 Samuel\\n1!. Smith di-\\nre* i irs, J oh n\\nT. Busiel, E.(\\nLewis, 1 ennis\\nO Shea, H. l\\\\.\\nQuinby, 1 F.\\nDrake. Dr.\\nHenry Tuck-\\ner, and H. H.\\nWood.\\nThe present\\nofficers of the\\narry D. Cilley. board are:\\nPresident, D.\\nO Shea; vice-president, W. K. KLnight;\\nsecretary. S. C. Five treasurer. Fd-", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "l82\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nmund Little directors, Oscar A. Lou-\\ngee, Frank P. Holt, S. B. Smith, James\\nMcGloughlin, and W. A. Plummer.\\nEdwin F. Burleigh,\\nEdwin F. Burleigh, chairman of the\\nboard of assessors of the city of La-\\nconia, has been a prominent figure in\\nmercantile and financial circles here\\nfor the past thirty years. He is a na-\\ntive of Sanbornton, N. H., born Jan.\\n24, 1 84 1, son of James M. and Harriet\\nG. (Kentfield)\\nBurleigh. H e\\nwas educ a t e d\\nin the common\\nschools, and at\\nthe old Wood-\\nman and San-\\nborn academy\\nat Sanbornton\\nsquare, and also\\nattended the\\nNew Hamp-\\nshire Confer-\\nence Seminary\\nat Sanbornton\\nBridge, now Til-\\nton, N. H.\\nAfter comple-\\nting his educa-\\ntion, he remain-\\ned on the home\\nfarm in San-\\nbornton for a\\nfew years, and\\ncame to Laco-\\nnia in March,\\n1864. In 1865,\\nhe engaged in\\nthe boot and shoe business in the store\\nin Burleigh s block, now occupied by\\nMcCarthy Bros.\\nHe continued in business very suc-\\ncessfully for about thirty years, always\\nremaining at the same stand, where he\\nretailed boots, shoes, hats, caps, and\\nmen s furnishing goods. He was a\\nshrewd buyer, and handled reliable\\ngoods, which, perhaps, accounts for his\\nsuccess, and it is a fact, that, when he\\nretired from the shoe business in 1892,\\nhe was the oldest merchant in the town\\nEdwin F. Burleieh.\\nin point of service, and had continued\\nhis trade without any change of firm or\\nlocation for almost thirty years.\\nIn 1894 Mr. Burleigh was elected a\\nmember of the board of city tax asses-\\nsors, a position for which his excellent\\njudgment and knowledge of business\\naffairs and real estate admirably fitted\\nhim. He has served as chairman of\\nthe assessors since that time, and still\\nholds the position. Since the retire-\\nment of the late Major N. B. Gale, Mr.\\nBurleigh has served as president and\\ntrustee of the\\nBelknap Sav-\\nings bank, and\\nhe is a director\\nin the People s\\nNational bank.\\nHe is also one\\nof the execu-\\ntors of the will\\nof the late Mai.\\nGale, and a\\ntrustee of the\\nestate unde r\\nthe will also a\\ntrustee and a\\nmember of the\\nbuilding com-\\nmittee for the\\ncity of Laconia\\nto manage the\\nGale bequest,\\nand erect the\\nforthcoming\\nGale memorial\\nbuilding. He\\nwas one of the\\ncommittee that\\nerected the\\nHigh school building in 18S7.\\nMr. Burleigh married Clara Richard-\\nson of Reading, Mass., Dec. 23, 1867,\\nand they have one son, Harry T. Bur-\\nleigh, a law student in this city.\\nVtie De l Eau Hotel.\\nThe Vue De l Eau Hotel, under the\\nefficient management of H. H. Caldon,\\nproprietor, is one of the ideal summer\\nresorts in New Hampshire. The hotel\\nis located on an eminence on the shores", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n183\\nof Lake Winnesquam, is only three\\nhours ride from Boston, and is but a\\nshort distance from the end of the elec-\\ntric railroad system of Laconia, connect-\\ning with The Weirs and Lake Winnipe-\\nsaukee. The Vue De l Eau is most\\nbeautifully situated, commanding a mag-\\nnificent view of Lake Winnesquam and\\nthe city of Laconia, with the Sandwich,\\nOssipee, and White Mountain ranges in\\nthe distance, and the Belknap moun-\\ntains only a few miles away on the east.\\nThe hotel is connected with the outside\\nworld by long-distance telephone, and\\noffers all the charm of country life, to-\\ncurves, and all the scenes are of natural loveli-\\nness not to be described. This tortuous coast-\\nline multiplies little bays and inlets throughout\\nthe basin occupied by these waters, and affords\\na succession of scenes not often surpassed in\\nbeauty in any section in New England.\\nCentral House.\\nThe Central House, at No. 603 Main\\nstreet, Laconia, is a first-class hotel,\\nopen all the year, and under the man-\\nagement of H. H. Caldon, proprietor.\\nIt is centrally located, near the railroad\\nstation, electric cars, and business por-\\ntion of the city, and the hotel is\\nVue De l Eau Hotel.\\ngether with the facilities and conven-\\niences of the city close at hand. Lake\\nWinnesquam is a widely-known sports-\\nmen s resort, these waters abounding\\nwith lake trout, salmon, bass, pickerel,\\nand smaller fish. The lake is nine\\nmiles long, and from half a mile to two\\nmiles in width. A prominent writer\\nand admirer of New England scenery\\nsays\\nThe scenery of which it is a part is primitive\\nand wonderfully attractive. Its shores rise\\nabruptly in many parts to hills often of consid-\\nerable height, these being usually well wooded,\\nthe forest growth coming down often to the\\nwater s edge. The shore winds inward and out-\\nward among these hills in graceful lines and\\nequipped with every convenience, such\\nas steam heat, electric lights, baths, etc.\\nRates are from Si to S2 per clay, and\\nthis hotel is very popular with commer-\\ncial travelers, on account of its good\\nservice and excellent location.\\nJudge John G. Jewett.\\nFor nearly half a century, Judge John\\nG. Jewett has served the public in vari-\\nous positions of trust and honor, and he\\nhas been for many years one of the best\\nknown citizens in this section of Bel-\\nknap count} He was a son of Smith\\nand Statira ((dines) Jewett. born Sept.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "i8 4\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n4, 1829, in Laconia, then, of course,\\nknown as Meredith Bridge.\\nHis grandfather, Samuel Jewett, was\\nthe first permanent settler in Laconia on\\nthe east side of the Winnipesaukee\\nriver, coming here in 1782, when the\\nland was covered with heavy timber.\\nHe owned more than half of the land\\nwhich now comprises Ward 5, and sold\\nthe water privilege and seven acres of\\nland on the east side of the river for\\nseven dollars. His first dwelling was\\nnear the present site of Judge Jewett s\\nresidence, a nd\\na part of the\\nestate is still\\nowned by the\\nJewett fami 1 y\\nHe was in the\\nBattle of Bunk-\\ner Hill, and\\nserved through\\nthe war.\\nJohn G. Jew-\\nett was the sixth\\nchild of his pa- I\\nrents. He at-\\ntended the\\npublic schools\\nof Meredith\\nBridge and the\\nGilford acade-\\nmy, and a f te r\\ncompleting his\\neducation he\\ntaught school\\nin this vicinity\\nfor ten years.\\nIn 1855 he went\\nto South Amer-\\nica as a gold-\\nhunter, returning in March, 1857.\\nHe was employed for eight years in\\nthe Laconia car shops, and in 1876 was\\nappointed judge of the Laconia police\\ncourt, a position which he filled with\\ndignity and justice for sixteen years.\\nIn 1 89 1 he resigned, and was appointed\\npostmaster by President Harrison. He\\nresigned the postmastership in May,\\n1895, and since that time has been re-\\ntired from public life. Besides these\\ntwo positions mentioned, Judge Jewett\\nhas held numerous other offices, both\\nJudge John G. Jewett\\ntown and county. He was register of\\nprobate for two years, was collector of\\ntaxes in 1859, was a selectman of Gil-\\nford for three years, and in 1863 was\\nrecruiting officer for that town. He was\\nin the New Hampshire legislature in\\n1867 and 1868, was a member of the\\nLaconia board of education for twelve\\nyears, and was superintendent of the\\nschool committee in Gilford back in\\n1858.\\nIn December, 1855, he married Caro-\\nline E. Shannon, a native of Barnstead.\\nThey have three\\nchildren Ste-\\nphen S t h e\\nwell-known law-\\nyer, John B\\nand Katie B.\\nall married.\\nJudge Jewett\\nhas been a Free\\nMason for over\\nthirty years,\\nhaving joined\\nMt. Lebanon\\nlodge in 1864,\\nand he is past\\nmaster of the\\nlodge. H e i s\\nalso a member\\nand past officer\\nof Union chap-\\nter, and be-\\nlongs to Pilgrim\\nC o m m andery,\\nKnights Tem-\\nplar. In relig-\\nious affairs he\\naffiliates w i t h\\nthe Congreg a\\ntionalists, and in politics he is a staunch\\nRepublican.\\nCol. Edwin C. Lewis.\\nAs editor of the Laconia Democrat\\nfrom June, 1878, to January, 1897, Col.\\nEdwin C. Lewis has been an important\\nfactor in all phases of Laconia life. He\\ncame here from New Hampton, with no\\njournalistic training and no knowledge\\nof the newspaper business, but with an", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED BACONIAN.\\ni\u00c2\u00bb5\\nabundance of horse sense, a good\\neducation, and the ability to write\\ntersely and interestingly of current\\nevents and to indite editorials which\\ncompared favorably with those in news-\\npapers of much greater pretensions.\\nIn fact, it has been frequently and truth-\\nfully said that for good English, good\\ncommon sense, and good judgment, the\\neditorials of Colonel Lewis were not ex-\\ncelled by any newspaper published in\\nNew Hampshire.\\nEdwin C. Lewis was born in New\\nHam pt on N.\\nH., Nov. 28,\\n1836, the son\\nof Col. Rufus\\nG and Sally\\nSmith) Lewis.\\nHis father was\\nfor many years\\nthe prominent\\nman of New\\nHampton, a\\nlarge property\\nowner and in-\\nfluential citizen,\\na n d w a s a\\nleader in ob-\\ntain i n g t h e\\ncharter for and\\nesta blishing\\nNew Hampton\\nLiterary Ins t i\\ntution.\\nEdwin C. Lew-\\nis fitted for col-\\n1 e g e at New\\nHampton Insti-\\ntution, and grad-\\nuated at Har-\\nvard in the class of 59. He read law for\\na time in Lowell, Mass., but the sickness\\nof his father called him home and caused\\nhim to abandon this profession. In 1878\\nhe came to Laconia with Fred W. San-\\nborn and purchased the Laconia Demo-\\ncrat. The Arm of Lewis Sanborn was\\nchanged at the end of two years by the\\nretirement of Mr. Sanborn, and the con-\\ncern continued as Lewis, Yaughan\\nCo., with Charles W. Yaughan and\\nAlbert P. Brown as the junior partners,\\nuntil Colonel Lewis disposed of his\\ninterest to Gov. C. A. Busiel in January,\\n1897.\\nPolitically Colonel Lewis is a Demo-\\ncrat. He served two terms as treasurer\\nof Belknap county, was in Governor\\nTuttle s executive council in 1890 and\\n1 89 1, was a member of the Laconia\\nschool board for some time, and was\\nfor many years a trustee and member of\\nthe executive committee of New Hamp-\\nton Institution. Colonel Lewis is a\\nmember of the several Masonic frater-\\nnities in this city, including Pilgrim\\nCommand e ry\\nKnights T em\\nplar. In 1890\\nColonel Lewis\\nmarried E 1 i z a\\n1!., daughter of\\nDavid and Sally\\n(Wallace) Hil-\\nton of Sand-\\nwich, who died\\nApril 15, 1899.\\nPostmaster\\nF. L. Gilman.\\nPostmas t er\\nFrank L. Gil-\\nman is a Laco-\\nnia boy, though\\nborn on the Gil-\\nford side of the\\nriver, and he\\nhas perhaps\\nserved the pub-\\nlic in one ca-\\npacity or anoth-\\ner more than\\nany other man\\nof his years in the city. He was born\\nSept. 29, 1858, his parents being\\nLyman \\\\V. and Dorothy E. Gilman.\\nHis education was obtained in the\\npublic schools of Laconia, and he then\\nentered the Laconia passenger depot as\\ntelegraph operator and ticket seller,\\nholding these positions from 1S76 to\\n1SS0. He went to Old Orchard beach\\nin the summer of 1S81, where he held a\\nposition as telegraph operator, and in\\nOctober of the same year went to\\nBoston, where he was employed in the\\nEdwin C. Lewis", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "i86\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nWestern Union Telegraph company s\\noffice on State street, until July, 1882,\\nwhen he resigned his position to return\\nto Laconia and accept the assistant\\nFrank L. Gilman.\\npostmastership under Postmaster Per\\nley Putnam. Mr. Gilman held the assis\\ntant postmastership during Mr.\\nPutnam s term, and when Post-\\nmaster Nath l Edgerly took the\\noffice in March, 1887, he contin-\\nued as assistant until October of\\nthe same year. During the next\\nyear or two Mr. Gilman was col-\\nlector for the Laconia Democrat,\\nclerk for Geo. R. Leavitt in the\\nwood and coal business, and\\nagent for the Singer Manufactur-\\ning Co.\\nIn the fall of 1S88, Mr. Gil-\\nman was elected register of prob-\\nate for Belknap county, which\\noffice he filled for two years, from\\nJuly, 1889. In 1891, he was ap-\\npointed assistant postmaster by\\nPostmaster John G. Jewett, and\\nheld the place until Postmaster\\nJohn O Loughlin came into office in\\nMay, 1895, remaining with the latter\\nuntil October, 1895.\\nHe was elected tax collector of the\\ncity of Laconia in 1895 and again in\\n1896, acting as agent for the New York\\nLife Insurance company at the same\\ntime. Mr. Gilman was appointed post-\\nmaster of Laconia by President Mc-\\nkinley, July 2, 1897, a position which\\nhe still holds to the general satisfaction\\nof the patrons of the office, for in his\\nlong service of the public in the various\\npositions he has held, Mr. Gilman has\\nalways been a popular official, courte-\\nous to all, and in short, an ideal public\\nservant.\\nMr. Gilman married Miss Ruth Bar-\\nber of Lewiston, Maine, Dec. 31, 1881.\\nShe died April, 1883, leaving one son,\\nR. Frank Gilman, a member of the\\nLaconia High school, class of 1900.\\nMr. Gilman married Miss Emma Jones,\\nof this city, June 16, 1896.\\nHe is a member of Winnipiseogee\\nlodge, a past chief patriarch of Laconia\\nencampment, is at the present time\\nlieutenant of Canton Osgood, No. 5,\\nPatriarchs Militant, I. O. O. F. Mr.\\nGilman is also connected with the\\nLaconia Lodge and Chapter of Masons.\\nHe has served as president and mem-\\nber of the board of managers of the\\nFirst Free Baptist church of this city.\\nResidence of Frank L. Gilman.\\nLaconia Post-office,\\nThe Laconia post-office is in every\\nrespect a model institution, and is the\\nlargest and best-equipped office in New\\nHampshire north of Concord. For many\\nyears the post-office was kept in drug", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n187\\nstores, bookstores, etc., and then for\\nabout twenty years in old Post-office\\nblock, so called, near the river, in quar-\\nters which answered well enough for the\\ntimes, but which finally proved inade-\\nquate. When the handsome Masonic\\ntemple was erected, in 1895, the most\\ndesirable quarters in the building were\\nleased and fitted up in elegant and con-\\nvenient shape for the handling of the\\nUnited States mails, and for the accom-\\nmodation of patrons of the office. It is\\nequipped with all modern improvements,\\nincluding a Bundy time recorder, fire\\nand burglar proof safe, and stamping\\n1889; a native of Laconia, born March\\n31, 1867. Mrs. E. Gertrude Sanborn,\\nappointed May, 1894; a native of La-\\nconia, born July 16, 1870. Charles F.\\nShastany, appointed September, 1895\\na native of Laconia, born Nov. 1^.\\n1877.\\nThe regular letter-carriers are John\\nM. Guay, appointed April 1, 1896; a\\nnative of Canada, born Sept. jo, 1861.\\nEben P. Merrill, appointed April 1 1896\\na native of Laconia, born July 10, 1863.\\nOliver F. Griffin, appointed Aug. 9,\\n1898; a native of Attleboro, Mass.,\\nborn Dec. 12, 1858. Arthur F. Turner,\\nmachine. Frank L. Gilman, the present\\npostmaster, was appointed by President\\nMcKinley, July 2, 1897, and was already\\nadmirably fitted by several years of sub-\\nordinate service in this office for the\\nmore responsible position of postmaster.\\nThe office was removed to the Ma-\\nsonic temple in September, 1895. The\\nfree delivery service was established\\nApril 1, 1896.\\nThe present force of clerks in the\\npost-office are as follows Edward S.\\nCook, chief, appointed July, 1897 a\\nnative of Laconia, born May 6, 1864.\\nMiss Belle V. Dixon, appointed March,\\nappointed April 1, 1896; a native of\\nChelsea. Mass., born Sept. 28, 1869.\\nThe employe s of the post-office are\\nin the classified service, and the mem-\\nbers of the Civil Service Examining\\nBoard (local) are Edward S. Cook,\\nchairman; Belle V. Dixon, secretary;\\nand Arthur F. Turner.\\nThe Late Col. Thomas J. Whipple.\\nThe late Col. Thomas J. Whipple,\\nwho died Dec. 21, 1889, was perhaps\\nthe most noted citizen who has ever\\nresided in Laconia. having a national", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "i88\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nreputation as a brave soldier the hero\\nof two wars a brilliant lawyer, and a\\nstrong character, whose like we shall\\nnot look upon again.\\nColonel Whipple was born in Went-\\nworth, N. H., Jan. 30, 18 16. His\\nfather was one of the noted men of\\nhis time. Young Whipple was educa-\\nted at the academies in New Hampton,\\nBradford, Vt., and at the Norwich uni-\\nversity, where he developed his early\\ntaste for military affairs. At the age\\nmade adjutant-general on the staff of\\nGeneral Lewis. Returning from Mex-\\nico he opened an office in Laconia in\\n1849, and was until his death one of\\nthe most prominent figures among the\\nlawyers of New Hampshire. At the\\nbreaking out of the War of the Rebel-\\nlion he served as lieutenant-colonel of\\nthe First New Hampshire regiment and\\nas colonel of the Fourth regiment, re-\\nsigning the latter March 18, 1862.\\nLater he was prominent in raising the\\nThe Late Col. Thomas J. Whipple.\\nof seventeen he had been aide-de-camp\\non the staff of General Cook of the\\nNew Hampshire militia, and he organ-\\nized a company known as the Went-\\nworth Phalanx, which had quite a bril-\\nliant reputation. He read law with\\nHon. Josiah Quincy of Rumney and\\nSalmon Wires of Johnson, Vt., and\\ncommenced practice in his native town.\\nHe was one of the first to enlist in the\\nMexican War, was taken prisoner at\\nVera Cruz, afterwards exchanged, and\\nfamous Twelfth regiment, and was\\nelected its colonel, but did not serve.\\nAlthough for years recognized as\\none of the trusted and foremost leaders\\nof the Democratic party in New Hamp-\\nshire, he filled but comparatively few\\noffices. Almost any place in the gift\\nof the party could have been his, but\\nhe steadily refused them all. He was\\nassistant clerk and clerk of the house\\nof representatives, secretary of the\\nconstitutional convention of 1850, and", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n189\\na member of the convention of 1876.\\nHe was once moderator of the old town\\nof Laconia.\\nColonel Whipple married Belinda\\nHadley of Wentworth, and he is sur-\\nvived by one granddaughter, Mrs. C. O.\\nDowning of Laconia.\\nColonel Whipple was a man of re-\\nmarkable ability, a profound and origi-\\nnal thinker, and a most effective orator.\\nHis manner and bearing, the erect form,\\nthe flashing eye, the resolute tones of\\nhis voice, and his personal magnetism,\\nseemed like\\nspecial gifts\\nof his own. The\\nplace of this\\nbrilliant man is\\nlikely to remain\\nforever unfilled.\\ning surgeons at Laconia, and a member\\nof Laconia board of education.\\nHe is a member of the New Hamp-\\nshire Medical society, and Winnipesau-\\nkee Academy of Medicine; a Knight\\nof Pythias, past chancellor of Endicott\\nRock lodge, and member of grand lodge\\nof New Hampshire; a member of J. A.\\nGreene company, U. R. K. of P. a\\nmember of Mount Lebanon lodge,\\nA. F. A. M of Pilgrim commandery,\\nand a thirty-second degree Mason.\\nIn politics he is a Republican.\\nHe married\\nMay I. Davis\\non June 28,\\n1888. The y\\nhave one child,\\nHavene M a y\\nQuimby.\\nDr. John G.\\nQuimby.\\nLaconia Street\\nRailway.\\nJohn Grant\\nQuimby, physi-\\ncian at Lake-\\nport, was born\\nat San d w i c h\\nN. H., April 8,\\n1862, son of\\nJoseph H. and\\nNancy J. (Fogg)\\nQuimby. H e\\nwas educated\\nat New Hamp-\\nton Literary\\nInstitution, and\\nNichols Latin\\nschool, Lewis-\\nton, Me., from\\nwhich he was graduated at the head of\\nhis class in June, 1S85. He then be-\\ncame a student of Bowdoin university,\\nmedical department, and obtained the\\ndegree of M. D. on June 27, 1888.\\nHe began the practice of his profes-\\nsion in July, 1 888, at Lakeport, and has\\nsince been a resident of Ward 6, except\\nthe years i892- 93 when he was at\\nNew Hampton, N. H. For several\\nyears he has been city physician, and\\nholds that position at present. He is a\\nmember of the U. S. board of examin-\\nDr. John G. Quimby\\nThe Laconia\\nStreet Railway,\\nw h i c h n o w\\nsends its hand-\\nsome and com-\\nfortable electric-\\nstreet cars from\\nthe lower end\\nof Laconia, al-\\nmost at the\\nBelmont line.\\nthrou g h the\\nheart of Laco-\\nnia and Lake-\\nport s business\\nand residential\\nstreets, and\\nthence along the shores of Lake Paugus\\nover the magnificent boulevard just com-\\npleted from Lakeport to The Weirs, was\\nchartered in 1881 by the New Hamp-\\nshire legislature as the Laconia and\\nLake Village Horse Railroad.\\nThe grantees were Albert G. Fol-\\nsom, J. P. Hutchinson, James II. Til-\\nton, and Richard Gove. The capital\\nstock was only 5.15,000, and the first\\ncar was run over the road August 18.\\n1882. Bela S. Keniston was the first\\nsuperintendent, and the tracks extended", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "190\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nonly from the Willard hotel in Laconia\\nto the steamboat wharves in Lakeport.\\nThe road was always a successful\\ninstitution, but for the past ten years\\nthere has been a public demand for\\nPresident H. L. Pierce.\\nelectricity to replace the old-fashioned\\nmethod of horses for motive power.\\nDr. Joseph C. Moore obtained control\\nof the road in 1889, and planned to\\nintroduce electricity, but in 1896 the\\ncontrol came back into the hands of\\nA. G. Folsom and his associates, who\\nbuilt and operated the road at first.\\nIn the summer of 1898, a controlling\\ninterest in the corporation was pur-\\nchased by Messrs. Harry L. Pierce and\\nCharles T. Foster, of Leominster, and\\nGeorge H. Cook of Athol. These gen-\\ntlemen at once proceeded to equip the\\nsystem with electricity, and in Septem-\\nber, 1898, the electric cars were run-\\nning over the road, and the system was\\nkept open for traffic during the winter,\\nwhile in previous years, with the horse-\\nmotors, the track was usually aban-\\ndoned at the first heavy fall of snow,\\nand transportation furnished during the\\nwinter in cumbersome and inconvenient\\nsleigh-barges.\\nIn the spring of 1899, Messrs. Pierce,\\nFoster, and Cook extended their tracks\\nfrom Lakeport to The Weirs, a distance\\nof about five miles, over one of the most\\nbeautiful routes for an electric ride to\\nbe found in New England. The tracks\\nfollow the shore of Lake Paugus very\\nclosely, and command a most beautiful\\nview of water and mountain scenery\\nover the entire route, while at The\\nWeirs, the summer resort of central and\\nnorthern New Hampshire, the system\\ncrosses the outlet of the famous Lake\\nWinnipesaukee, and has its terminus\\nnear the camp-grounds of the New\\nHampshire Veterans Association, and\\nthe Winnipesaukee Campmeeting Asso-\\nciation (Methodists), where musical fes-\\ntivals, religious and social gatherings\\nand reunions are held every week dur-\\ning; the summer season.\\nTreasurer C. T. Foster.\\nThus the little horse railroad has\\ngrown from a small system, merely con-\\nnecting the business centres of two ends\\nof the city, to an electric system which\\nruns practically from Belmont on the\\nsouth to Meredith on the north, through\\none of the most enterprising cities of\\nNew Hampshire, while the new exten-\\nsion affords an opportunity for a ride\\nthrough the world-famous lake region of\\nNew Hampshire.\\nThe motive power is supplied by an\\nequipment of the latest pattern of gaso-\\nlene engines, located at the car stables\\non Union avenue, and the road is sup-\\nplied with modern and elegant cars, and", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n191\\neverything to make the service first-class,\\nand just what an electric road should\\nbe. Messrs. Pierce, Foster, and Cook\\nare entitled to much credit for their\\nenterprise in giving Laconia such a\\ndesirable service, and they certainly\\ndeserve the success with which their\\nefforts seem likely to be rewarded.\\nThe present officers of the road are\\nPresident, Harry L. Pierce treasurer.\\nCharles T. Foster; superintendent,\\nLewis S. Pierce directors, H. L.\\nPierce, Charles T. Foster, Geo. H.\\nCook, S. B. Smith, A. G. Folsom, Ed-\\nmund Little, Chas. F. Stone.\\nPresident H. L. Pierce, of the Laconia\\nStreet Railway, was born in Somerville,\\nMass., June 9, 1865, and entered the\\nelectric business in 1889, when he\\nstarted in the manufacture of electric\\nsupplies at Leominster, Mass. In 1890\\nhe formed the Pierce Construction Co.,\\nand has since built about two hundred\\nmiles of electric roads, from Bath, Me.,\\nto Austin, Tex. In 1887 he gave up\\nthe construction business to devote his\\nentire attention to his several railways\\nand his real estate interests, among\\nSuperintendent L. S. Pierce.\\nwhich is the Fitchburg Suburban of\\nLeominster, Mass., and the Laconia\\nStreet Railway, in both of which con-\\ncerns Mr. Pierce is president.\\nCharles T. Foster of Leominster.\\nMass., was born in Canterbury. N. H.,\\nJuly 22, 1869, His father, Moses A.\\nFoster, was a farmer and breeder of hue\\nblooded horses. Mr. Foster s early ed-\\nucation was acquired in the district\\nschools at home. At sixteen years of\\nage he entered Tilton seminary, from\\nwhich he was graduated in 1889.\\nThe following fall he was admitted to\\nthe Bryant Stratton business college\\nin Boston, and at the completion of his\\ncourse he was offered a position in the\\nLeominster National bank at Leomins-\\nter, which position he accepted, and\\nheld for four years, resigning to connect\\nhimself with the Whitney Reed Chair\\nCompany of that place. During the\\npast few years he has been an active\\nreal estate dealer, and has been fortun-\\nate in purchasing unimproved land in\\nadvance of the rapid development of the\\ncity where he lives, and has built a\\ngreat many new streets and houses in\\nconnection with his land improvement.\\nHe was one of the promoters of the\\nFitchburg Suburban Street Railway,\\nand at the present time is one of the\\nmanaging directors and treasurer of that\\nroad. He is also one of the managing\\ndirectors and treasurer of the Laconia\\nStreet Railway of Laconia, and has\\nother railway interests where he is not\\nan active officer.\\nAt the present time he is a member\\nof the Leominster board of selectmen.\\nand previously one of the town auditors.\\nSuperintendent L. S. Pierce was born\\nAugust 4, 1863, and became connected\\nwith the electric railway business in\\nT887, at which time there were but two\\nroads in operation. He was at that\\ntime electrician on the Belt line, in\\nLynn, Mass. The next year he become\\nsuperintendent of overhead construction\\nand electrician for the Pierce Construc-\\ntion Co. In the past ten years he has\\nsuperintended the setting of poles,\\nstringing of wires, etc., for twenty-two\\ndifferent lines of electric roads, on most\\nof which he has been the first to start a\\ncar. Superintendent Pier e became\\nconnected with the Laconia Street Rail-\\nway on August 1 [898.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nJ 93\\nHun. E. A. Hibbard.\\nHon. Ellery A. Hibbard.\\nHon. Ellery A. Hibbard, senior mem\\nber and president of the Belknap\\nCounty Bar Association, is one of\\nthe most widely known of Laconia s\\nlegal fraternity. He was born in St.\\nJohnsbury, Yt.. July 31, 1826, and\\nwas admitted to the bar in Ply-\\nmouth, N. H., in Jul}-, 1S49. In\\nJanuary, 1853, he came to Laconia,\\nand in course of time won a place-\\nas one of the ablest and most suc-\\ncessful lawyers in New Hampshire.\\nHe was appointed judge of the su-\\npreme court in March, 1 S 7 3 but\\nretired after being on the bench a\\nlittle over one year. In politics\\nJudge Hibbard has always been a\\nfirm and consistent Democrat. He\\nserved Laconia as moderator from\\n1862 to 1873 inclusive, has been\\nassistant clerk and clerk of the leg-\\nislature, represented the town twice\\nin the general court, and was a\\nmember of the forty-second United\\nStates house of representatives.\\nJudge Hibbard was a member of\\nthe original board of directors of\\nthe Laconia National bank, and\\nstill retains his connection with that in-\\nstitution lie is a trustee of the Laconia\\nSavings bank, and has been prominent\\nin numerous local enterprises, besides\\nholding man)- other positions of trust\\nand honor.\\nDecember 5, 1 s 3 3 he married Mary,\\ndaughter of Jacob bell of Haverhill,\\nN. 1L. and they have had four children\\nCharles 1!., his father s law partner;\\nJennie Olive, wife of )rman T. Lougee\\nWalter, who died at the age of seven\\nand Laura 1!., who resides with her\\nparents.\\nThe Late Hon. Warren Lovell.\\nQuarter of a century ago the late\\nHon. Warren Lovell was one of the\\nleading citizens of Laconia. and a man\\nwho was largely in public life. He was\\na native of Rockingham, Yt., born Dec.\\n3, 1802, and died Aug. iS, 1875. L\\nread law at bellows Falls, Yt., villi\\nJudge Kellogg, and was a student in\\nthe same office with the late Chief Jus-\\nTin- late Hun. Warren Lovell.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "i94\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ntice Bellows. Admitted to the bar, he\\ncame to Meredith, N. H., in 1825,\\nwhere he remained in practice until\\n1843, at which time he changed his\\nresidence to Laconia. He was several\\ntimes elected representative from Mere-\\ndith, was state senator from this dis-\\ntrict two years, and was solicitor and\\nafterwards judge of probate for Straf-\\nford county. When Belknap county\\nwas set off from Strafford county, Judge\\nLovell was appointed judge of probate\\nand held the office until he attained the\\nage of seventy,\\nand thereby be-\\ncame disquali-\\nfied. He was\\nqu i t e promi-\\nnent in local\\nfinancial circles\\nand was presi-\\ndent of the Bel-\\nknap C ount y\\nbank from its\\norgan i z at ion\\nuntil it closed\\nup its business.\\na two years course of lectures at Hah-\\nnemann college, of Philadelphia, where\\nhe graduated M. D. in 1881. Dr. Wris-\\nley remained in hospital practice in\\nPhiladelphia for one year, and came to\\nLaconia in August, 1894, purchasing\\nthe practice of Dr. Geo. F. Roby.\\nDr. Wrisley is a member of the Ameri-\\ncan Institute of Homeopathy, the New\\nHampshire Homeopathic Medical soci-\\nety, Winnipesaukee Academy of Med-\\nicine, and an honorary member of the\\nHomeopathic Medical society of Phil-\\nadelphia.\\nDr. Wrisl ey\\nhas been very\\nsuccessful in\\nhis practice in\\nLaconia and\\nvicinity, and\\nhas been fav-\\nored with t h e\\nliberal c 1 i e n\\ntage which his\\nsuccess has\\nmerited.\\nDr. John Alson\\nWrisley.\\nThe Late\\nJonathan L.\\nMoore.\\nAmong the\\nskilful physi-\\ncians for which\\nLaconia has al-\\nways been, and\\nstill is, noted, is\\nDr. John Alson\\nWrisley, who at\\nthe present Dr. John A. -y\\ntime is the only\\nhomeopathic physician at the Lakeport\\nend of the city.\\nDr. Wrisley was born in Stafford\\nSprings, Conn., son of John J. and Me-\\nlissa S. (Franklin) Wrisley. He was\\neducated in the common schools, sup-\\nplemented by courses at Tilton semi-\\nnary, and Fort Edward institute, of New\\nYork. His professional studies were\\ncommenced with Dr. W. E. Keith, of\\nFranklin Falls, N. H., after which he\\ntook his first course of lectures at Bos-\\nton University Medical school, and then\\nA 1 1 h ough a\\nnative of San-\\nbor nton, t h e\\nlate Jonathan\\nLove joy Moore\\nwas for almost\\nhalf a century\\na most promi-\\nnent, most reli-\\nable, and es-\\nteemed citizen and business man of\\nLaconia. He was born at Sanbornton\\nSquare, Dec. 13, 1828, and was educat-\\ned at the Sanbornton academy. Mr.\\nMoore was a blacksmith and machin-\\nist by trade in his early days, and first\\nsettled in Wolfeborough, where he en-\\ngaged in business and remained there\\nthree years. He moved to Laconia in\\n1852, and for many years conducted a\\nblacksmith shop on the Gilford side of\\nthe river. He sold out this business in\\n1876, and went into the machinist busi-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n195\\nness. being one of the firm of Moore,\\nDiamond Co., at what is now the\\nHuse machine shops.\\nIn 1SS7, he became the senior mem-\\nber of the firm of J. L. Moore Son.\\nlily known in Belknap county from the\\nfirst settlement of tin s region. At the\\nfirst town-meeting held in Meredith, the\\nname of Ebenezer Pitman appears\\namong the officers elected, and he after-\\nundertakers and dealers in wall papers, wards served the town as representative\\netc., continuing in this business success- and town clerk. His son, Ebenezer\\nfully until his decease. Pitman. Jr.. was also a prominent man\\nMr. Moore was a Republican in poli- in colonial days, serving the town as\\ntics, and was selectman of the town of clerk for many years, and also as repre-\\nGilford from 1871 to 1876, and was sentative to the legislature several terms.\\nchairman of the Laconia board of city He was the legal authority in his section\\nassessors for rive years, from the time of the town and for many years made\\nthe city was in-\\ncorporated until\\nhis death. May\\n27. 1898.\\nIn his leisure\\nhours, the busi-\\nness laws of\\nX e w H a m p\\nshire were his\\ncontinual study\\nand he was an\\nunusually well-\\ninformed m a n\\nupon m atter s\\nin this line, and\\nmany estates\\nwere placed in\\nhis hands for\\nsettlement.\\nH e w a s a\\ncharter member\\nof the [.O.O. F.\\nand was treas-\\nurer of that so-\\nciety for over\\nthirty consecu-\\ntive years.\\nThe late Jonathan L. Moore.\\nThe Late Joseph P. Pitman.\\nThe late Joseph P. Pitman was for\\nmore than half a century an honored,\\nprominent, and influential citizen of La-\\nconia. He was not only a leading figure still later tor more than thirty years,\\nin financial and manufacturing cir- with his intimate friend, the late Daniel\\nout most of the\\nlegal d o c u\\nments for his\\nfellow -t o w n s\\nmen.\\nJose p h P.\\nPitman was the\\nsecond son of\\nEbenezer P it-\\nman, Jr., born\\non the old\\nhomestead in\\nMeredith, Jan.\\n12. 1809. e\\npassed his early\\nyears upon the\\nfarm, attended\\nthe common-\\nschools, and\\nthen entered\\nthe academy at\\nNew Hampton.\\nlie fore he was\\ntwenty years of\\na g e he h a d\\ntaught several\\nterms of school\\nand sen ed two\\nyears as a clerk in Concord. At the\\nage of twenty-one he began business for\\nhimself in Laconia, in connection with\\nthe late Daniel M. Dale, and afterwards\\nwith his bicther. John M. Pitman, and\\ncles, but as one of the managing direc-\\ntors of the old Boston. Concord Moil\\ntreal railroad, he saved the corporation\\nfrom financial ruin and secured its pros-\\nperity.\\nThe Pitman family has been favora-\\nA. Tilton. This business has not vet\\npassed from the Pitman family and is\\nnow conducted by Ins sons. Messrs. Jo-\\nseph W. and Walter II. Pitman.\\nfrom [836 to iSp he was agent and\\ntreasurer of the Winnipesaukee Lake", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "196\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nCotton and Woolen Manufacturing Co.,\\nand during a part of this time was also\\nengaged in business at Lake Village in\\ncompany with the late John V. Barron.\\nMr. Pitman at this time was only\\nabout twenty-five years old, and as agent\\nfor the Lake Co. (a position afterwards\\nheld by the Hon. James Bell), he was\\nsuperintendent and manager of all the\\nmills at Lake Village, and sold all of the\\ngoods manufactured. These mills were\\nAt this time he held the controlling in-\\nterest in the firm of Pitman, Tilton\\nCo., which was in 1S74 incorporated as\\nthe Pitman Manufacturing Co., and in\\nthis corporation Mr. Pitman was presi-\\ndent and principal owner.\\nIn railroad affairs in New Hamp-\\nshire, Mr. Pitman was especially promi-\\nnent. He was a director of the Winni-\\npesaukee Steamboat Co., of the Con-\\ncord railroad, and president of the Pemi-\\nThe late Joseph P. Pitman.\\nowned by Mr. David Pingree, and Mr.\\nPitman was agent for him.\\nHe was a director in the old Winnipe-\\nsaukee bank, and during the twenty\\nyears of its existence a director of\\nthe Belknap County bank, and subse-\\nquently in 1876 he was chosen a trustee\\nof the Belknap Savings bank, an\\noffice which he continued to hold during\\nthe remainder of his life.\\nMr. Pitman was the founder of the\\nPitman Manufacturing Co., commencing\\nthe manufacture of knit goods in 1868.\\ngewasset railroad, and at the time of his\\ndeath was senior director of the Boston,\\nConcord Montreal railroad, having\\nbeen elected in 1858. It was largely\\nthrough Mr. Pitman s financial tact,\\nenergy and foresight that this corpora-\\ntion was restored to prosperity when\\nfailure of the enterprise seemed almost\\nunavoidable.\\nMr. Pitman was a life-long Democrat,\\nbut never cared for political honors, al-\\nthough he represented Meredith in the\\nlegislature in 185 1 and 1852. He was", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n197\\nfor forty-three years an active member\\nof the Congregational church, and prom-\\ninently identified with all its affairs. He\\nwas the principal member of the build-\\ning committee under whose direction the\\nchurch was rebuilt in 1S74, making it at\\nthat time one of the finest church edi-\\nfices in New Hampshire.\\nPerhaps no better estimate of Mr.\\nPitman s character and of his impor-\\ntance to the growth of Laconia can be\\ngiven than to quote the following reso-\\nlutions which were adopted by his towns-\\nand combining energy with prudence to\\na rare degree. No one has contributed\\nmore Largely to give Laconia its envia-\\nble rank as a business center than Mr.\\nPitman, and his loss will be long and\\nseverely felt far beyond the immediate\\ncircle in which he moved.\\nMr. Pitman was married May\\n1841, to Charlotte Abby, daughter of\\nCharles and Abigail Parker. The Par-\\nkers were also prominent people in old\\nLaconia. and Mrs. Pitman as a young\\nlady was noted for her great beauty and\\nCharles F. Pitman.\\nmen who were called together for that\\npurpose immediately after his death.\\nwhich occurred Pel). 16, 1883\\nWe deeply lament the loss which we.\\nin common with others, have sustained\\nby the death of one so intimately con-\\nnected with the substantial history and\\nprosperity of our town. Mr. Pitman\\nwas widely and most favorably known\\nas a strong business man. of undoubted\\nintegrity and great sagacity, always\\npunctual in meeting every engagement,\\nand faithful in performing every duty.\\nshe was a woman of great strength oi\\ncharacter and many estimable qualities.\\nTheir children were Elizabeth W. (now\\nthe wife of Hon. Charles P. Bell of\\nLawrence, Mass., associate justice ot\\nthe superior court of Massachusetts);\\nHelen M.. deceased (the first wile ol\\nMr. Pell); Charles I- the present ni.it.\\nager of the Pitman Manufacturing Co.;\\nJoseph and Walter I P. who continue\\nthe mercantile business of their father\\nunder the established partnership name\\nof P P. Pitman Co.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "igS\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nThe Pitman Manufacturing: Co,\\nThe Pitman Manufacturing Co. was\\nincorporated in 1874. but was estab-\\nlished in 1 868 by the late Joseph P.\\nPitman, and has always been one of the\\nmost important industries of Laconia,\\nfurnishing employment to a large num-\\nber of operatives, and having a wide-\\nspread reputation among the trade for\\nthe manufacture of hue hosiery. Both\\nwoolen and cotton hosiery are produced\\nat the Pitman mills, and their output at\\nthe present time is larger than that of\\nany similar concern in the city. The\\npresent officers of the corporation are\\nPresident and manager, Charles F. Pit-\\nman clerk, Joseph W. Pitman.\\nCharles F. Pitman, the present head\\nof the Pitman Manufacturing Co., is a\\nnative of this city, the son of Joseph P.\\nand Charlotte Abby (Parker) Pitman,\\nborn Oct. 6, 1S47. He was educated\\nat New Hampton academy and Phillips\\nacademy at Andover.\\nUpon leaving school he entered the\\nstore of Pitman Tilton, with which he\\nwas connected from 1865 to 1870. He\\nthen turned his attention to the hosiery\\nmanufacturing business, and was in\\ncompany with his father and Daniel A.\\nTilton from 1870 to 1874, thoroughly\\nmastering the details of the manage-\\nment of the concern. In 1874 the Pit-\\nman Manufacturing Co. was incorpo-\\nrated, and he has been general manager\\nfrom the start, and president of the cor-\\nporation since his father s death in\\n1883. Mr. Pitman applies himself very\\nclosely to the management of the con-\\ncern, is thoroughly familiar with every\\ndetail of the industry, and is considered\\none of the best and most successful\\nhosiery manufacturers in this section of\\nthe country.\\nHe is a director in the Laconia Na-\\ntional bank, trustee of the Belknap Sav-\\nings bank, trustee of the Gale fund for\\na city library and park, one of the man-\\naging trustees of the Laconia hospital,\\npresident of the Congregational society,\\nand a deacon of this church. He is a\\nmember of the New Hampshire Society\\nof Colonial Wars, his ancestors in Essex\\ncounty, Massachusetts, having served\\nwith distinction in the Colonial and\\nRevolutionary Wars.\\nIn politics Mr. Pitman is a Republi-\\ncan, and although never an aspirant for\\nany political honors he takes great in-\\nterest in public affairs, and is recognized\\nas one of the public-spirited citizens of\\nLaconia, always ready to assist in any\\nenterprise or charity for the benefit of\\nthe community.\\nHe married, Oct. 15, 1890, Grace\\nAnna, daughter of the late O. A. J.\\nVaughan. They have had two children\\nRuth Marion, who died in infancy, and\\nCharles Joseph, born Jan. 22, 1895.\\nStation Acrent C. E. Leavitt.\\nCharles E, Frye.\\nCharles E. Frye, general foreman at\\nthe Laconia car shops, is a master car\\nbuilder who has grown up with the car\\nindustry in this city, and has been for\\nmany years an important man in this\\nconcern. He was born in Sandwich,\\nN. H., Oct. 6, 1846, and was educated\\nin the public schools. He came to\\nLaconia in 1S70, and worked at his\\ntrade as carpenter for two years and", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n199\\nthen entered the car shops under the\\nold Ranlet Manufacturing Company.\\nHe has been connected with the car\\nshops ever since that time, and was\\nsuperintendent of the works under the\\nold Laconia Car Co. lie is now gen-\\neral foreman under the present man-\\nagement, the Laconia Car Company\\nWorks.\\nHe is not only a skilful workman\\nand thoroughly efficient car builder, but\\nhe is a man of much executive ability,\\nand understands the business of con-\\nstructing cars in all its branches and\\nvarious departments. In politics Mr.\\nFrye is a Democrat and represented\\nLaconia in the legislature in 1S92. and\\n;4 ^dP\\n^H^S^\\nw*^^\\nCharles E. Five.\\nalso served one term in the council as a\\nmember of the first city government of\\nLaconia in 1893.\\nIn secret orders Mr. Frye is a thirty\\nsecond degree Mason, a Knight Tem-\\nplar, a member of the Mystic Shrine,\\nand Ancient Order of United Work-\\nmen. He is an attendant at the Con-\\ngregational church.\\nMr. Frye married Olive M. Vittum,\\non June 5, 1870, and they have three\\nsons.\\nAdelbert Clark.\\nAdelbert Clark. New Hampshire s\\nyoung poet, whose verses have at-\\ntracted much attention, both in the\\nGranite state and throughout New Eng-\\nland, and who is also a short story\\nwriter of no mean ability, is a native oi\\nLaconia, born Feb. 27, 1870, and has\\nspent nearly all his life in this city. He\\nacquired his early education in the pub-\\nlic schools at Lakeport, and even at an\\nearl}- age his thirst for books was ap-\\nparent, caring more for his studies and\\nreading than for sports, games, and out-\\nof-door amusements. He left school at\\nthe age of fourteen years, but continued\\nto devote all his spare time to the read-\\ning of standard works, both poetry and\\nprose.\\nHe commenced writing both stories\\nand poems at an early age merely for\\nhis own amusement and gratification,\\nbut some four years ago he submitted\\none of his poems to the Waverley Mag-\\nazine of boston. The poem was ac-\\ncepted, and since then he has written\\nmany verses for that publication. All\\nof his poems are of a serious nature,\\nand are noted not only for the beautiful\\nthoughts expressed in them, but for the\\nway they are handled. He has con-\\ntributed for Godey s Magazine, the Mid-\\nland Mont lily, the Army and Nary\\nJournal, the Philadelphia Times, the\\nSaturday Globe, the. Manchester Union,\\nand nearly all of the local newspapers.\\nHis short stories have also been very\\nfavorably received, possessing good\\nplots, interesting characters, and line\\ndescriptions.\\nMr. Clark is an enthusiastic collector\\nof the autographs of famous men. and\\nhas one of the largest and finest collec-\\ntions in this line to be found in New\\nEngland, comprising the signatures of\\ncelebrated poets, authors, statesmen,\\nmusicians, actors, army and navy 1\\ncers, presidents of the United States,\\netc.\\nWhen the Laconia company went to\\nChickamauga Park with the First New\\nHampshire Regiment during the sum-\\nmer of [898, Mr. Clark took great inter-", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nest in their welfare, and when many of\\nthe company were sick with fever and\\nlacking home comforts and luxuries,\\nMr. Clark worked steadily night and\\nday in their behalf, arranging a booklet\\nAdelbert Clark.\\nof appropriate verses which was placed\\non sale for the benefit of the boys of\\nCompany K, and which netted a snug\\nlittle sum for their relief.\\nMr. Clark is a great lover of nature,\\nvery sympathetic, and his pleasant dis-\\nposition and pleasing manners win him\\na host of friends wherever he is known.\\nHe is acquiring much more than a local\\nreputation as a poet, and his work thus\\nfar gives promise of a brilliant future.\\nGeorge F. Mallard.\\nAlthough comparatively a young man,\\nGeorge E. Mallard can claim to be the\\noldest merchant, in point of service, at\\nthe Laconia end of the city, having\\nestablished his drug business in its pres-\\nent location, No. 537 Main street, in\\n186 1, and he has continued in the same\\nstore and with no change of firm until\\nthe present date.\\nMr. Mallard is a native Laconian,\\nthe son of the late Ephraim and Mercy\\n(Barker) Mallard of this place. He\\nwas educated in our public schools and\\nhas always resided here.\\nMr. Mallard s drug business is not\\nonly the oldest, but the largest, estab-\\nlishment in this line in the city. He\\ncarries everything in the way of drugs,\\nherbs, and barks, and all the standard\\npatent remedies besides cigars, toilet\\narticles, sponges, and, in fact, every-\\nthing usually found in a first-class drug\\nGeorge F. Mallard.\\nstore. Mr. Mallard also carries a large\\nline of trusses of all the different makes.\\nDr. Helen L. Story.\\nDr. Helen Louise Story was born in\\nCampton, N. H., April 16, i860, the\\ndaughter of Hazen D. and Lydia\\n(Walker) Smith. Her parents moved\\nto Plymouth when she was five years of\\nage, where she was educated in the\\ncommon schools and finally graduated\\nin the Belles Lettres course at Tilton\\nFemale college. Fitting for a teacher\\nat the State Normal school at Plymouth,\\nshe continued the work until the fall of", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n1881, when she married Jos. lenient\\nStory, a young lawyer practising at\\nWentworth, who with his family after-\\nwards removed to Plymouth, where he-\\nbecame known as one of the brilliant\\nmen of the Grafton county bar, and con-\\ntinued in active practice until overcome\\nby disease, and died Jan. 27, 1894, after\\na lingering illness, leaving the wife and\\ntwo children, Charlotte Louise and\\nMarion Walker,\\nIt was during her husband s illness\\nthat Mrs. Story conceived the idea of\\nfollowing the medical profession, and\\nshe thus began the study of medicine at\\nthat time with Dr. Haven Palmer of\\nPlymouth. In the fall of 1894 she\\nentered the Woman s Medical college of\\nPennsylvania at Philadelphia, remaining\\ntwo years, when she went to Boston to\\naccept a position as assistant surgeon in\\nthe Boston Dispensary, and continued\\nher studies at Tufts Medical college,\\nfrom which she took her degree of Doc-\\ntor of Medicine in June, 1897. She\\npassed the Massachusetts State Board\\nthe following July, and commenced\\npractice at 23 Dartmouth St., Boston,\\nR. Peabody. Dr. Story continued in\\nthese several capacities until May. 1898,\\nwhen on account of failing health she\\nwas forced to seek rest and change,\\njoining her family at Laconia, and\\nwith a position of assistant physician at\\nTrinity Dispensary. She also opened\\nan office in Lowell for a few days in\\neach week, in company with Dr. Sophia\\nDr. Helen L. Story.\\nopened an office for practice in Masonic\\nTemple on July 1, 1898, having passed\\nour own State Board of Examiners the\\nprevious year with the highest record of\\nany candidate during 1897.\\nDr. Story s present place of business\\nand residence is at 395 Main St.. where\\nshe resides with her two daughters.\\nDr. Story makes no specialty in her\\nprofession, but is of the regular school\\nof practice and has had large experi-\\nence and opportunities in the diseases\\nof women and children, while she has\\ndone some creditable work in general\\nsurgery.\\nMiss Marion Walker Story, youngest\\ndaughter of Dr. Story, has won a wide\\nreputation as the smallest lady cornetist\\nbefore the public, having made her fust\\nappearance in Montreal three years ago\\nat the age of seven. She has appeared\\nin Boston and many of the large cities\\nof New England, and her ability, execu-\\ntion, tone, and expression have received\\nthe warmest praise from the press and\\nmusical criti s wherevei she has been\\nheard.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "T. H. Worrall s summer residence, Lake Shore Park, Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H. This property includes\\nsixtv acres of land and live buildings.\\nT. H. Worrall s steam yacht Grade. Fifty feet long, ten feet wide.\\nT. H. Worrall s winter residence, Laconia, N. H.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n2 \u00c2\u00b0i\\nShannon s Bakery.\\nDuring the past half a century, Laco-\\nnia has had bakers and bake shops\\ngalore, some good, some bad, and some\\nindifferent, but none of the bakers ever\\nappeared to make a financial success of\\ntheir industry, until the advent of the\\nsubject of this sketch, Mr. William P.\\nShannon.\\nMr. Shannon was born in Hamp-\\nstead, N. H., Jan. i, 1862, and he was\\neducated in the public schools of Hav-\\nerhill, Mass. He came to Laconia in\\n18S6, and in 189 1 started a bakery in a\\nsmall way on\\nNorth Main\\nstreet. The fame\\nof Shannon s\\nbakery spread\\nand the bake\\nshop prospered\\nand outgrew its\\noriginal quarters\\nin a very short\\ntime. He then\\nremoved to Mill\\nstreet, where he\\ncontinued very\\nsuccessful 1 y.\\nconstantly in-\\ncreasing his pro-\\nduction and ca-\\npacity for goods\\nin his line, until\\nin 1897 he se-\\ncured still more\\nconvenient quarters at 501 Main street,\\nwhere his establishment is now located.\\nMr. Shannon has always devoted his\\npersonal attention to the supervision of\\nthe business and his baked goods are\\nrecognized as first-class and always re-\\nliable. He has the patronage of the\\nbest people of the city and manufac-\\ntures everything in the line of breads.\\ncakes, pies, and fancy cooking known\\nto the trade.\\nHe married Miss Emma M. Griffin of\\nGilmanton in 18X2, and they have one\\nchild, a son of three years. Mr. Shan-\\nnon is a Republican in politics and is\\nconnected with the Knights of Pythias\\nand Ancient Order of United Workmen.\\nLake City Laundry.\\nWill I Shannon ami sun. Dana P.\\nThe Lake City Laundry, on (anal\\ncourt, is one of Laconia s metropolitan\\nestablishments, conducted by Frank R.\\nFolsom, and equipped with all new and\\nup-to-date machinery. This laundry\\nwas established by Mr. Folsom about\\nfour years ago. Previous to this time\\nnumerous attempts had been made to\\nestablish and maintain a first-class laun-\\ndry in Laconia, under various manage-\\nments, but until Mr. Folsom s advent\\nin the business none of the ventures\\nwas verv successful. Mr. Folsom,\\nhowever, w i t h\\nmodern m e t h\\nods, hard work,\\nand close atten-\\ntion to the de-\\ntails of the laun-\\ndry business has\\nbuilt up a large\\ntrade and creat-\\ned a successful\\nbusiness in this\\nline.\\nBranch offices\\nhave been estab-\\nlished in the\\nprin c i p al sur-\\nrounding towns\\nin this vicinity,\\na n d 1 a u n d r y\\nwork from all\\nsections of 1 .el-\\nknap count y\\nfrom the Pemigewasset valley and even\\nas far north as Vermont, is now sent to\\nthis establishment. Mr. Folsom has won\\na reputation for turning out first-class\\nwork, and the fame of the Lake City\\nLaundry has spread throughout north-\\nern and central New Hampshire and in\\nmany adjoining towns in Vermont.\\nThe establishment employs only\\nskilled help, and with the improved\\nmachinery of the present day is en-\\nabled to turn out the very finest work.\\nGoods are collected and delivered in\\nall parts of this city by the laundry\\nteams, and out-of-town work is collected\\nby the local agents in each town ami\\nforwarded and returned by express.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "204\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nMr. Folsom, the proprietor and mana- ness, which was then conducted here\\nger of this industry, is a native of Bel- by Mr. J. H. Toof, a Concord laundry-\\nmont, born Oct. 21, 1857. He was man. Since that time Mr. Folsom has\\nThe Lake City Laundry.\\neducated in the public schools of Bel- devoted his entire time and attention\\nmont and Laconia, and started in the to building up a successful business in\\npiano and organ retail business about this line, and his efforts have been re-\\n111\\nr\\n.4 El 111!\\nn I H |p| lafel\\nt ..\u00e2\u0080\u009e_ I\\nMcCarthy Bros. Stores.\\ntwenty years ago, following this line of warded with a liberal patronage and\\nbusiness until about four years ago, the establishment of a prosperous busi-\\nwhen he purchased the laundry busi- ness.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n205\\nMr. Folsom is connected with several\\nsecret societies, being a Mason, Odd\\nFellow, and a member of the Ancient\\nOrder of United Workmen.\\nThe Esty Sprinkling; Company.\\nMcCarthy Bros.\\nAlthough one of the latest established\\nof Laconia s large retail dry goods and\\nclothing firms, McCaithy Bros, are rec-\\nognized as the proprietors and mana-\\ngers of one of our most successful and\\nreliable concerns. The firm of McCar-\\nthy Bros, started in the dry goods busi-\\nness in April, 1S91, with a store eigh-\\nteen feet wide by sixty feet deep. In\\nJune, 1896, owing to the constant and\\nrapid increase of their trade, they were\\nobliged to add a second floor, twenty\\nfeet wide by sixty feet deep. Their\\nbusiness still continued to grow, and it\\nagain became necessary to add more\\nspace to afford facilities for their in-\\ncreasing trade and larger stock of\\ngoods, and in December, 1896, they\\nbought out the Laconia One-Price\\nClothing Co., and added to their busi-\\nness a clothing department, with a floor\\nspace thirty feet wide by ninety feet\\ndeep. But the increase in trade still\\nkept pace with the increase in accom-\\nmodations, and in November, 1898,\\nthey leased the Burleigh shoe store,\\nwhich is twenty-two feet wide and sixty\\nfeet deep. This store they annexed to\\ntheir dry goods department, and the\\nestablishment is now as modern, con-\\nvenient, and well-lighted a store as will\\nbe found in New Hampshire.\\nThe members of the firm are Stephen\\nJ. McCarthy, John E. McCarthy, and\\nDennis W. McCarthy, all of whom are\\nLaconia boys, who were educated in\\nour public schools, and who have\\ngrown up to manhood in the dry goods\\nand clothing trade in this city, thor-\\noughly understanding every detail.\\nBy close and constant attendance to\\ntheir business, and by merchandizing\\nonly strictly first-class goods, they have\\ngained the confidence of the public,\\nand built up a splendid business in\\ntheir dry goods and clothing depart-\\nments.\\nThe protection of property, especially\\nthat consisting of mill, factory, and bus-\\niness buildings, against lire, lias been\\nand is still receiving the closest atten-\\ntion by the most skilful engineers of the\\npresent day. Efforts are being made\\nconstantly to render such buildings\\nmore fireproof, and endless contrivances\\nhave been made and improvements have\\nbeen effected whereby the disastrous\\neffects of fire may be lessened.\\nOne of the best known and most SUC-\\n1 essful of these devices ever placed up-\\nThe Esty Sprinkler, full size.\\non the market is the Ksty automatic\\nsprinkler, a full sized cut of which ap-\\npears above. This sprinkler is univer-\\nsally approved and accepted by insur-\\nance companies, and where installed,\\nlowest rates are secured.\\nThe Esty sprinkler was invented\\nand patented by Mr. William Kstv of\\nLaconia. N. II.. and in 1893 a stock\\ncompany known as the Esty Sprinkler\\ncompany was formed, with Mr. Esty as\\npresident and general manager. This\\ncompany is located in the Esty mill, 59\\nMill St.. Laconia. X. 11.. and its works", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "2o6\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nhave been in constant operation since\\nthe date of its incorporation, and is one\\nof the few concerns in this city not\\nforced to shut down at any period dur-\\ning the recent hard times. Through\\nthis trying period, the company con-\\ntinued doing a good business, and dur-\\ning the few years they have been in\\nbusiness, have manufactured and sold\\nover 300,000 sprinklers, an average of\\nover ^0,000 each year, furnishing steady\\nemployment to its employes.\\nThe Esty sprinkler is well known\\nnot only in this country, but is in use in\\nmany of the most progressive foreign\\ncountries, including England, Australia,\\nJapan, Sweden, France, Belgium, and\\nAustria.\\nThe officers of the Esty Sprinkler\\ncompany are President and general\\nmanager, William Esty secretary and\\ntreasurer, Fred A. Phelps directors,\\nWilliam Esty, Fred A. Phelps, and\\nHenry Richardson.\\nThe company is ever ready to furnish\\nany information at its command relative\\nFred R. Adams.\\nFred Russell Adams, proprietor of\\nthe West End Grocery and Provision\\nWest End Grocery and Provision Store, Lakeport\\nto sprinkler protection, and respectfully\\nsolicits correspondence from all parties\\ncontemplating the installation of a first-\\nclass sprinkler equipment.\\nFred K. Adams.\\nStore at Lakeport, is a native of Gil-\\nman ton Iron Works, born March 24,\\n1859, son of Albert\\nA and Mary A\\n(McNeal) Adams.\\nHe was educated in\\nthe public schools of\\nConcord and Lou-\\ndon, and then at-\\ntended the Til ton\\nseminary. At the\\nage of sixteen he\\ncommenced to serve\\nan apprenticeship at\\nthe carpenter s trade.\\nMr. Adams came\\nto Lake Village May\\n1, 1SS2, and until\\nthe spring of 1887\\nwas employed in the\\nBoston Maine rail-\\nroad shops. He next\\nengaged in the con-\\ntracting and building\\nbusiness and erected\\nseveral fine residences in Lakeport.\\nMr. Adams was employed at his\\ntrade for about two years at differ-\\nent times by Boulia, Gorrell Co., of", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n207\\nLaconia, and afterwards by J. Boulia\\nCo., at Lakeport. In the fall of 1889\\nhe engaged in the grocery business with\\nGeorge P. Colby, and the following year\\nformed a partnership with E. L. Hadley\\nin the grocery and provision trade in the\\nBrawn store. In 1893, Mr. Adams\\nerected his present home and store,\\nknown as the West End Grocery and\\nProvision Store, E. R. Adams, pro-\\nprietor.\\nHe joined Harmony lodge, I. O. O. F.,\\nThey have had two children Bertha\\nBlanche, born August 20, 1S79, who re-\\nsides at home, and Eva May, born\\nAugust 21, 1 88 1, who died April 13,\\n1892.\\nCapt. Stephen B, Cole.\\nOn March 24, 1633, there landed on\\nthese shores, one Thomas Cole who\\ncame in the Mary and John. He was\\nCapt. Stephen B. Cole.\\nat Tilton, in 1882, and is now a mem-\\nber of Chocorua lodge of Lakeport, and\\nhas served as secretary since June,\\n1898. Mr. Adams was elected secre-\\ntary of the Odd Fellows Mutual Relief\\nassociation in March, 1898, and he is\\nalso a member of Hannah Frances Re-\\nbekah lodge, No. 41. Mr. Adams is a\\nspecial officer on the Laconia police\\nforce.\\nMr. Adams married, November 13,\\n1878, Emma E. Abbott, daughter of\\nG W. and Annie (Lorimer) Abbott.\\nan original proprietor of Hampton, and\\nis mentioned as there in 1638. He was\\nat Salem in 1649 50, and is recorded\\nas a husbandman.\\nThe subject of this sketch, Stephen\\nB. Cole, is the eighth generation from\\nthe above-named Thomas Cole. Stephen\\nB. Cole was born in Gilford, or that por-\\ntion of this city now known as Ward 6,\\nApril 30, 1S40. His father was the late\\nJohn A. Cole of Gilford, and his mother,\\nAbigail Davis of Canterbury. X. 11.\\nHis early education was obtained in the", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "2 08\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\npublic schools of Gilford, later, he at-\\ntended the seminaries at Tilton and\\nNew Hampton. Captain Cole has been\\ninterested in numerous business enter-\\nprises from time to time in all of which\\nit is understood he was quite suc-\\ncessful.\\nHe was wedded No-\\nvember 8, 1876, to Miss\\nCaroline A. Sanborn,\\ndaughter of the late John\\nJervis Sanborn, well\\nknown in railroad cir-\\ncles. He has one daugh-\\nter, Miss Virginia L.\\nCole, fifteen years of\\nage, now taking the\\nclassical course in the\\nLaconia High school.\\nCaptain Cole was com-\\nmander of the steamer\\nLady of the Lake, on\\nLake Winnipesaukee, for\\na number of years, was\\nrepresentative from the\\nrua lodge. No. 51, I. O. O. F., and in poli-\\ntics is a Republican.\\nW. D. Heath s Jewelry Store.\\nThe jewelry store of W. D. Heath at\\nLakeport was established in 1S90, at\\nW. D. Heath s Jewelry Store.\\ntown of Gilford in 1869 and 1870, one\\nof the board of selectmen in 1889 and\\n1890, and also county treasurer for two\\nyears. He has been cashier of the\\nLakeport National bank until recently,\\nand is treasurer of the Citizens Tele-\\nphone company.\\nCaptain Cole is a member of Choco-\\nthat time occupying one\\nside of the clothing\\nstore of Waldo H. Jones,\\nin the Osgood block on\\nUnion avenue, then\\nMain street. The jew-\\nelry store was at first\\nsomething in the nature\\nof an experiment, but\\nfinding that a success-\\nful business could be\\ncarried on in this place,\\nMr. Heath added musi-\\ncal instruments to his\\nstock, and then put in\\na line of bicycles. He\\nfinally found his space\\nin the store too small\\nfor his increasing trade\\nand larger stock, and to\\nremedy this lack of room he purchased\\nthe clothing stock of Mr. Jones, and\\nremodeled the entire premises.\\nMr. Heath now occupies the entire\\nstore, which is twenty by fifty-five feet,\\nand equipped with fine modern fixtures.\\nHe carries a large stock of watches, dia-\\nmonds, clocks, silverware, jewelry, musi-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n209\\ncal goods, bicycles, etc. The Heath jew-\\nelry store has won a reputation for\\nreliable goods and square dealing, and\\nthis well-deserved reputation has se-\\ncured for the proprietor a profitable and\\nconstantly-increasing patronage.\\nMr. W. D. Heath was born in Groton,\\nVt., and learned the jewelry and watch\\nbusiness with A. J. Stone of Montpelier,\\nVt., after which he worked as a journey-\\nman in Waltham, Mass., with an Eng-\\nlish watchmaker, and there attended the\\nWaltham Horological school.\\nAfter attending this school, he se-\\ncured a position as watchmaker with\\nJ. R. Murdock of Woodstock, Vt.,\\nwhere he was employed four years, then\\nhe was with E. E. Cheney at Nashua,\\nN. H., until he came to this city and\\nengaged in business for himself.\\nMr. Heath is a member of Chocorua\\nlodge, No. 51, I. O. O. F., of Endicott\\nRock lodge, Knights of Pythias, and\\nHannah Frances lodge, Degree of Re-\\nbekah.\\nHe married Maud Fuller, daughter\\nof A. E. Fuller of Woodstock, Vt., in\\n188S. They have one son, Lewis Heath.\\nJan. 18, 1S42, the son of Major Samuel\\nand Hannah (Wells) Pike. He was\\neducated in the common schools and\\nResidence of Charles J. Pike.\\nCharles J. Pike,\\nCharles J. Pike, foreman of the Crane\\nManufacturing Co. shops at Lakeport,\\nis a native of Franklin, N. H., born\\nCharles J. Pike.\\nremained at home on the farm until\\nAug. 13, 1862, when he enlisted in Co.\\nE, Tenth regiment. New Hampshire\\nVolunteers. This regiment\\nwas assigned to the Army of\\nthe Potomac, and remained\\nin this department of the\\narmy until discharged, June\\n12, 1865.\\nOn returning to New-\\nHampshire, Mr. Pike ob-\\ntained a situation in the ma-\\nchine shop of the late Walter\\nAiken at Franklin, and re-\\nmained there two years. In\\n1867 he came to Lake A il-\\nlage and was employed by\\nthe late B. J. Cole in the\\nmachine shops until the\\nspring of 1S72, when Mr.\\nPike formed a partnership\\nwith the late E. F. Wood-\\nman and removed to New-\\nark, N. J., where they en-\\ngaged in the manufacture of light ma-\\nchinery. Having sold out his interest\\nin this business, Mr. Pike returned to\\nLake Village in the spring of 1SS2. He\\nentered the machine shop of J. S. Crane,\\n14", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nassembling and testing machines. He\\nremained in this position until Jan. i,\\n1898, when he was appointed foreman of\\nthe shops, which position he still holds.\\nDec. 30, 1865, Mr. Pike was united\\nin marriage with Mary, a daughter of\\nHorace Carlisle of Hartford, Vt, and\\nhas one daughter, E. Eva Pike, residing\\nat home. In politics Mr. Pike is a\\nRepublican. Fraternally, he is a char-\\nter member of Chocorua lodge, No. 51,\\nI. O. O. F., and its first presiding officer\\nand representative to the state grand\\nlodge. H e i s\\nalso a member\\nand P. C. P. of\\nLaconia en-\\ncampment, No.\\n9, I. O. O. F.\\nThe Late\\nO. A. J.\\nVaughan.\\nFrom 1 8 5 7\\nuntil his death\\non April 30,\\n1876, the late\\nOrsino A. J.\\nVaughan was\\nan active citi-\\nzen, in many\\nways prominent\\nin Laconia life.\\nHe was born in\\nHanover, N.H.,\\non March 11,\\n1819, son of\\nSilas T. and\\nPolly (Ingalls)\\nVaughan. He\\nstudied law with Judge Kittredge of\\nCanaan. He was admitted to practice\\nand became a member of the Belknap\\ncounty bar in 1846.\\nHe located in Gilmanton, and prac-\\ntised there until 1857, when he came to\\nLaconia and was for a time associated\\nwith the late Col. George W. Stevens,\\nand in 1868 he became editor and pro-\\nprietor of the Laconia Democrat, con-\\ntinuing in this capacity until his death.\\nHe was register of probate from 1S49\\nto 1856 he was clerk of the supreme\\nThe late 0. A. J. Vaughan.\\ncourt for Belknap county at his decease,\\nand also the first justice of the Laconia\\npolice court. He became identified\\nwith the militia system of New Hamp-\\nshire in August, 1S41, was ap-\\npointed adjutant of the Thirty-seventh\\nregiment; and in 1S44 was promoted\\nto lieutenant-colonel. He represented\\nthe town in the legislature, and the\\nsixth district in the state senate in\\ni866- 67. He was for many years a\\nmember of the Democratic state com-\\nmittee. In 1S66 he received the de-\\ngree of A. M.\\nfrom Dart-\\nmouth college.\\nHe was twice\\nmarried, his first\\nwife being Julia\\nCogswell of Gil-\\nmanton, who\\nlived but a few\\nyears after her\\nmarriage. June\\n1 1 1855, he\\nmarried Mary\\nElizabeth Park-\\ner of Laconia,\\nwho died on\\nDecember 1 8\\n1898. The sur-\\nvivors of the\\nfamily are,\\nCharles W.\\nVaughan, man-\\nager of the La-\\nconia Press\\nasso ci a t i o n\\nGrace Anna,\\nwife of Charles\\nF. Pitman, and\\nall of whom yet\\nMary Alice Vaughan,\\nreside in Laconia.\\nLeon J. Merchand.\\nLeon Joseph Merchand, for quite a\\nnumber of years an active young busi-\\nness man of Laconia, but now located\\nin Boston, where he conducts a pros-\\nperous business in the handling of\\npatented machinery, is still a resident\\nof Laconia. He is the son of the late\\nLewis Merchand, born in Champlain", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nP. Q., April 8, 1868. He came to La-\\nconia with his parents when a hoy of\\neight years, and was educated in our\\npublic schools.\\nMr. Merchand started in life as a\\ncash-boy for O Shea Bros., and later\\nwas employed in a similar capacity for\\nSmith Lougee Bros. He then worked\\nas clerk in S. B. Smith s shoe store for\\nseven years, and in 1891 went into\\nbusiness for himself as a boot and shoe\\nmerchant, and conducted one of the\\nfinest equipped shoe stores north of\\nBoston until\\nN o v e m ber,\\n1898, when he\\nsold out to\\nE. L. Hearn.\\nM r Mer-\\nchand then pur-\\nchased the\\nModel M e n u\\nMaker, a new-\\nly-patented\\nprinting device,\\na n d a 1 so sev-\\neral other pa-\\ntents ,and took\\nup head q u a r\\nters in Boston\\nat 220 Devon-\\nshire street,\\nwhere he has\\nfinely-appo i n t\\ned office rooms\\nand is conduc-\\nting a large bus-\\niness in the\\nsale of m e n u\\nmakers. T h i s\\nmachine w a s\\nthe invention of a Laconia boy, and en-\\nables hotels, restaurants, summer board-\\ning-houses, etc., to make their own menu\\ncards in first-class style, handsomely\\nprinted, at comparatively no expense,\\nexcept for the blank cards or paper on\\nwhich the menu is printed.\\nMr. Merchand was married in the\\nyear 1894 to Miss Abbie S. Heywood,\\ndaughter of the late Harrison O. Hey-\\nwood of Lakeport. and they have one\\nchild, a bright little girl of four years of\\nage.\\nMaher s News Stand.\\nLeon J. Merchand.\\nMaher s News Stand is the popular\\nperiodical establishment in Laconia and\\nis located at No. 497 Main street, On\\nthe Bridge. This store handles the\\nNew York, Boston, Manchester, and\\nConcord, daily and weekly newspapers,\\nas well as the local weekly papers, all\\nof the popular magazines, latest novels,\\nsheet music, etc. In the line of reading\\nmatter Maher s stand carries a larger\\nand more complete stock than any other\\nestablish m e n t\\nin this section\\nof the state.\\nIn addition\\nto the periodi-\\ncal business, the\\nMaher store has\\nthe sole agency\\nfor the celebrat-\\nj/~] ed Baker choc-\\nolates and bon-\\nbons, and also\\ncarries a choice\\nline of confec-\\ntionery, cigars,\\nsoda-water, and\\nsummer drinks.\\n*!t Charles Ma-\\nher, the propri-\\netor, is a native\\nof Bos ca wen,\\nN. H.,born July\\n1 7 1850. H e\\nwas educated in\\nthe c o m m n\\nschools, and\\nlearned the ma-\\nchinist s trade,\\nbeing employed in Brown s machine shop\\nat Penacook for about nineteen years.\\nMr. Maher came to Laconia in the\\nyear 1886, and opened a billiard and\\npool room which he conducted success-\\nfully for twelve years. In 1895 he pur-\\nchased the news stand of Hutchinson\\nLord, and last year disposed of the pool\\nand billiard room business to devote his\\nentile attention to the news stand and\\nconfectionery store, this business having\\nbeen very successful and largely in-\\ncreased within the past year or two.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nMr. Maher was married in 1S74 to from printer s devil he became local re-\\nMiss Mary A. Thornton of Penacook, porter. Mr. Browne has been employed\\nand they have two children Mamie E. upon the Laconia Press and Lacofiia\\nMaher and Fred Maher. In secret or- Democrat; was at Dover, N. H., as cor\\nMaher s News Stand.\\nders, Mr. Maher is a member of the\\nlocal lodge of Knights of Pvthias.\\nLewis Allen Browne.\\nwas born in\\nLewis Allen Browne\\nNorth Sandwich, Jan.\\n18, 1875, but came to\\nLaconia w h e n five\\nyears old, in 1880,\\nwhere he has since\\nresided with the ex-\\nception of three years\\nspent in Virginia and\\nthe South. He was\\neducated in the public\\nschools of Laconia\\nand a private school\\nfor boys in YVythe-\\nville, Va. He gradu-\\nated from the Laconia\\nHigh school in 1S93,\\nwith a class of fifteen,\\nthe first class to grad-\\nuate after Laconia\\nwas made a city. Mr.\\nBrowne was president\\nrespondent of the Manchester Mirror\\nand Concord papers, and at the present\\ntime is Laconia correspondent of the\\nManchester Union, and covers the lake\\nregion for the New York J Tor Id. He\\nentered the law office of Judge F. M.\\nBeckford as a law\\nstudent, a short time\\nago, but will continue\\nin the newspaper work\\nalso for a while. Mr.\\nBrowne married Miss\\nMinnie Mae Breck.\\nOct. 8. 189S, and they\\nreside at 123 Church\\nstreet.\\nEagle Hotel.\\nLewis Allen Browne.\\nThe Eagle Hotel,\\nlocated at the junc-\\ntion of Main and\\nPleasant streets, on\\nBank square, is Laco-\\nn i a s most popular\\nhotel for commercial\\ntravelers and others\\nof the class and president of the L. H. S. who desire strictly first-class accomnio-\\nalumni. He first learned photography dations. The Eagle Hotel is under\\nand later entered a printing-office, where the successful management of the two", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n3\\nFranks, Messrs. Farwell Gilman,\\nand accommodates one hundred guests.\\nThe table is superb, the rooms and beds\\nare clean and comfortable, the house is\\nilluminated with\\nelectricity, sup-\\nplied with a pool\\nroom and barber\\nshop, while the\\nlocation, directly\\nin the business\\ncentre of the city,\\nmakes the Eagle a\\nvery convenient\\nand desirable\\nhome for the\\nstranger w i t h i n\\nour gates.\\nFrank E. Far-\\nwell, the senior\\nlandlord, is a na-\\ntive of New Lon-\\ndon, N. H., but\\nresided in Farm-\\nington nearly\\ntwenty-five years,\\ncoming to Laconia about three years\\nago. He is a Red Man, a member of\\nRi sidence of Eugene I Shea.\\nthe Knights of Pythias, and the Elks\\nHe is married and has one child.\\nFrank A. Gilman is a native of Gil-\\nford. He has been connected with various\\nhotels in this\\nvicinity, having\\nbeen connected\\nwith the late Levi\\nB. Brown, a vet-\\neran hotel land-\\nlord, for about\\nsix years.\\nMessrs. Farwell\\nGilman took\\npossession of the\\nEagle Hotel in\\n1897, and as both\\nof them are men\\nof experience in\\nthe business and\\nhave an extensive\\nacquaintance with\\nthe traveling pub-\\nlic, they have al-\\nways enjoyed a\\nvery liberal pat-\\nronage, the Eagle being often tilled with\\nguests to its full capacity.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "LACONIA CHURCHES\\nCongregational Church.\\nThe Laconia Congregational church\\nwas organized June 28, 1824, with a\\nmembership of nine persons, and on the\\nCongregational Church.\\nsame day Mr. Francis Norwood of An-\\ndover seminary preached his first ser-\\nmon. A parish society was organized\\nMay 2, 1825, and united with the\\nchurch in inviting Mr. Norwood to the\\npastorate. Having accepted the call,\\nhe was ordained July 5, 1825, and con-\\ntinued in service until June 8, 1830.\\nOn the 29th of November, 1831, Rev.\\nJohn K. Young, D. D., was installed as\\npastor of the church, and after serving\\nfor thirty-five consecutive years was dis-\\nmissed Feb. 12, 1867. In the earlier\\npart of his ministry the church edifice\\n(the only one in the village) was burned\\nto the ground. But on the 6th of June\\nof the same year (1836), a new house\\nof worship was erected on what is now\\nthe corner of Main and Church streets,\\nand with various modifications has been\\npreserved until the present time. Rev.\\nHarvey M. Stone was pastor from Feb.\\n11, 1868, until Dec. 20, 1870, and was\\nsucceeded by Rev. Win. F. Bacon, who\\nbegan his labor as acting pastor Nov. 1\\n187 1, and resigned Dec. 31, 1876.\\nDuring his ministration the church edi-\\nfice was rededicated after it had been\\ngreatly beautified by essential changes\\nin its structure. At the public service\\nthe building committee received a vote\\nRev. Chas. A. G. Thurston.\\nof thanks from the church for keeping\\nwithin the limits of the appropriation.\\nRev. J. E. Fullerton, the next pastor,\\nwas installed Oct. 17, 1S77, and dis-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n5\\nmissed Feb. 15, 1881. Among other\\ngood works he established a Young Peo-\\nple s meeting, which held its session\\nevery Sunday evening a half hour be-\\nfore the regular service began. Some\\nof the valued results of that organiza-\\ntion are seen at the present day. On\\nthe 1 st of December, 1881, Rev. Chas.\\nA. G. Thurston began his labor as\\nacting pastor. In 1889 the edifice\\nwas again repaired and rededicated,\\nthe people in the meantime worship-\\ning for the most part with the con-\\ngregation of the South church. On\\nthe 28th of June occurred the seventy-\\nfifth anniversary of the formation of the\\nchurch. Its present membership is one\\nhundred and eighty-two.\\nREV. CHAS. A. G. THURSTON.\\nRev. Chas. A. G. Thurston was born\\nin Fall River, Mass., July 23, 1S41, and\\nreceived his earlier education in the\\npublic schools of that city. He was\\nfitted for college by the late Chas. B.\\nGoff, principal of the English and Class-\\nical High school of Providence, R. I.\\nEntering Brown university in Septem-\\nber, 1862, and taking the full classical\\ncourse he graduated in 1866 with the\\nphilosophical oration and the degree of\\nA. B. and in 1S69 received from the\\nsame institution the degree of A. M.\\nThe next week after his graduation\\nfrom college he entered the Theological\\nseminary at Andover, Mass., complet-\\ning the course and receiving the full\\ndiploma in August, 1869. After eight\\nyears of mission work in several places\\nincluding Bradford, N. H., Danbury,\\nConn., and Wakefield, Mass., he was\\nordained and installed Oct. 17, 1877,\\nover a Congregational church which he\\nhad organized in North Raynham,\\nMass., and in a new edifice built during\\nthe same year.\\nIn 1872 he married Miss J. Anna\\nMoore of Barnet, Vt., a graduate oi\\nAbbott academy, Andover, Mass. He\\nhas three sons, Frederick H.. now in\\nBrown university, and Arthur 1 and\\nEverett S., both residents of this city.\\nDuring the last eighteen years Mr.\\nThurston has been the acting pastor of\\nthe Laconia Congregational church.\\nFirst Baptist Church.\\nThe First baptist church was organ-\\nized May 30, 1888. Previous to this\\ntime religious services had been held for\\na few months in Smith s block hall, with\\nRev. D. M. Cleveland, state missionary.\\nas preacher. At the meeting called to\\nform the church, twenty persons pre-\\nsented letters of dismission from their\\nvarious churches. In accordance with\\nthe call of the church, an ecclesiastical\\ncouncil convened in the Y. M. C. A.\\nrooms on June 11, 1888, and it was\\nvoted to recognize the organization as a\\nregular Baptist church, under the name\\nof First Baptist church of Laconia.\\nFirst Baptist Church.\\nThe church thus organized worshiped\\nfor some time in the Y. M. C. A. rooms\\nin Smith block, until their own building\\non Union avenue was completed.\\nThe church has been unusually fortu-\\nnate in its pastors. Rev. Tillman 1!.\\nJohnson was the first regular pastor.\\nfrom December id. [888, to April 5,\\n1 89 1. Rev. Woodman Bradbury was\\npastor from May 3, [891, to April 8.\\n1S97. Rev. Joel B. Slocum was in-\\nstalled pastor June 6. 1897, and re-\\nsigned the pastorate November 27. [898.\\nThe present pastor is Rev. Charles I..\\nPierce, who assumed charge of the\\nchurch May 1 1 899.\\nThrough wise and vigorous leader-\\nship, faithful and unremitting coopera-\\ntion, the present commodious and beau-\\ntiful house of worship was erected, and\\non June 25, [895, dedicated with tier", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "2 l6\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nseats. The celebration of the tenth\\nanniversary on June 3, 5, and 6, 1898,\\nwas an occasion of deep gratitude. At\\nno time had the membership exceeded\\n114, all of whom were working people,\\nand only a small number of whom were\\nmale members or heads of families, yet\\nat an expense of $12,000 a house of\\nworship had been secured, and the last\\ndollar of its indebtedness removed. The\\naverage growth of the church has not\\nbeen rapid, but sure and hopeful. For\\nnine years the average increase was\\neight members per year. During the\\nRev. Charles L. Pierce.\\npast year, twenty-three members have\\nbeen added to the church, fifteen of\\nthem by baptism.\\nREV. CHARLES L. PIERCE.\\nRev. Charles L. Pierce, the present\\npastor, was born in Salem, Mass., Feb-\\nruary 28, 1865. His early education\\nwas received in the public schools, for\\nwhich the old historic city is noted.\\nConverted at the age of seventeen,\\nhe was at once impressed to fit himself\\nfor the Christian ministry to this call\\nhe did not at first respond, but entered\\nbusiness life, going west where a bright\\nbusiness future was before him.\\nWhile absorbed in the desire to make\\nmoney he heard the call, Woe is me if\\nI preach not the Gospel, and returning\\nto New England he served seven years\\nas general secretary of the Young Men s\\nChristian Association in the cities of\\nBrockton, Mass., Philadelphia, Pa., and\\nMiddletown, Conn. During these years\\nhe was burning the midnight oil study-\\ning under competent teachers. Twice\\nhe resigned as secretary, to enter the\\nseminary at Newton, Mass., but each\\ntime his plans were frustrated and the\\npastorate was open for him.\\nHis experience was so peculiar and\\npositive he finally concluded that it was\\nGod s plan for him to accept the call\\nfrom the country parish of Eastor, Conn.,\\nand was ordained November 4, 1891.\\nThe church in Yalesville called him to\\nbe their pastor, and he served there for\\ntwo years, when a unanimous call from\\nthe Kingston church called him to Mas-\\nsachusetts. After a successful pastorate\\nof nearly four years he responded to the\\ncall extended from the church in La-\\nconia, and entered upon his duties as\\nits pastor May 1, 1899.\\nWhile general secretary of the Brock-\\nton, Mass., Y. M. C. A., Mr. Pierce\\nwas married June 15, 1889, to Julia\\nWoodman, daughter of Granville Pack-\\nard of Salem, Mass.\\nFree Baptist Church of Lakeport.\\nThe Free Baptist church at Lakeport\\nwas organized through the influence and\\nlabors of Rev. Nahum Brooks, at that\\ntime pastor of the Free Baptist church\\nat Laconia, on July 13, 1838, at the\\nhouse of Isaac Cole, father of B. J.\\nCole, and consisted of the following\\nnamed persons Isaac Cole, his son,\\nIsaac Cole, Jr., Daniel Davis, Elihu\\nDavis, their father, John Davis, William\\nBrown, Richard Martin, Hannah San-\\nborn, and Arvilla Sanborn. Rev. John\\nPinkham gave the right hand of fellow-\\nship. The new church invited the Rev.\\nNahum Brooks to take pastoral charge\\nof it, and at once applied for admission\\nto the New Durham quarterly meeting,\\nwhich request was granted, and it be-\\ncame a part of that body in August,\\n1838. The meetings of this church\\nwere held in private houses, and in the\\nonly schoolhouse in the village, for\\nnearly two years, when a room was fitted", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n217\\nup in what has been known as the Grif-\\nfin mill. Up to this time no regular\\nFree Baptist Church, Lakeport.\\npreaching services were held. Rev.\\nMr. Brooks came as often as he could\\nbe spared from his work at Laconia,\\nand a supply was occasionally obtained\\nfrom other sources. Several new mem-\\nbers had been received, and the ser-\\nvices of Rev. John Pettingal were se-\\ncured for every other Sabbath. He\\nwas followed by Rev. William Johnson.\\nRev. Uriah Chase became regular pas-\\ntor in 1843, anc l tne church increased\\nin numbers. A new chapel was built\\non Main street by B. J. Cole and John\\nDavis, father of Olin S. Davis,\\nwhere for several years the meetings\\nwere held, or until 1852, when a meet-\\ning-house was erected on Park street.\\nDuring the time the church occupied\\nthe chapel the pulpit was occupied by\\nRevs. W. H. Waldron, Smith Fairfield,\\nKinsman R. Davis, J. L. Sinclair, and\\nK/ekiel True. It was largely through\\nthe instrumentality of Ezekiel True that\\nthe old church edifice on Park street\\nwas built in 1852. He was succeeded\\nby Revs. J. A. Knowles, S. D. Church,\\nHosea Quinby, C. B. Peckham,\\nM. C. Henderson, 1 1. S. Kimball,\\nJ. W. Scribner, Carter E. Cate,\\nE. W. Ricker, E. W. Porter, and\\nthe present pastor. Rev. YV. 11.\\nGetchell. The first church edi-\\nfice was destroyed by tire on the\\nmorning of Dec. 15, 1890, and the\\nday following was a blue day in\\nthe annals of this church. It had\\nbeen burdened by debts which had\\njust been lifted, and was, at the\\ntime of the fire, building an exten-\\nsion to the edifice to enlarge the\\nseating capacity of the auditorium.\\nThere was but very little insur-\\nance, and the people felt rather\\npoor in purse, but they were rich\\nin faith, and with such a leader as\\nthe Rev. William H. Getchell they\\nwere bound to succeed, for it was\\nthrough his earnest efforts largely,\\nbacked up by a faithful church\\nmembership, and attended by the\\nblessing of God, that the present\\nbeautiful and commodious edifice\\nwas erected. Mr. Gurnsey, of\\nMontpelier, Yt., was its architect\\nand builder, and its cost was about $20.-\\nRev. William II. Getchell.\\n000.00, including fixtures. The beauti-\\nful memorial windows on either side", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "2l8\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nwere presented by Mrs. Daniel Davis,\\nOlin S. Davis, and his mother, and the\\nfront windows were given by the Sun-\\nday-school in honor of Joseph L. Odell,\\nwho, for more than thirty years, had\\nbeen the much-loved and highly-es-\\nteemed superintendent of the school.\\nOther beautiful furnishings were do-\\nnated by private individuals. The se-\\nlection of colors, for the interior fur-\\nnishings, was under the direction of\\nPastor Getchell and wife, and the\\nmoney for carpets and cushions was\\nraised by the ladies of the church. All\\nworked together with a will, and in\\nperfect harmony, and felt repaid for\\ntheir labors when the chairman of the\\nbuilding committee, Hon. H. B. Quinby,\\npresented the keys to the executive com-\\nmittee of the church, and declared the\\nsociety to be free from debt. It was a\\nmemorable day when the present church\\nedifice was dedicated. May 27, 1892.\\nMay it stand long to beautify and bless\\nthe city\\nREV. WM. H. GETCHELL.\\nRev. William H. Getchell, present\\npastor of the Park Street Free Baptist\\nchurch, Lakeport, was born in North\\nBerwick, Me., Sept. 6, 1854. He be-\\ncame a Christian at the early age of\\nfifteen, and from that time on was\\nactively engaged in Christian work, and\\na great helper in his home church. From\\ncounter to pulpit has run the line of his\\nlife. His training or education for the\\nministry was obtained in the schools at\\nSaco, Pittsfield, and Lewiston, Me., he\\nbeing a graduate of the Cobb Divinity\\nschool, Lewiston. He was ordained to\\nthe ministry July 15, 1886, but had been\\nlicensed to preach some years previous,\\nand had had a pastorate at Sabattus,\\nMe., three and one half years. After\\nremaining in Sabattus another year after\\nhis ordination, he accepted a call from\\nthe Park Street church, where he has\\nserved as pastor more than eleven and\\none half years, during which time many\\nchanges have taken place. A new\\nchurch edifice and a beautiful parsonage\\nhave been built. In this time Mr.\\nGetchell has married one hundred\\nsixty-nine couples, attended three hun-\\ndred fifty-five funerals, baptized one\\nhundred twenty-four persons, and re-\\nceived one hundred seventy-two to church\\nmembership. Not only his church\\nhas his willing care, but he endeavors\\nto help build up the cause of Christ\\nall about him. He has served as presi-\\ndent of the New Hampshire yearly\\nmeeting of Free Baptists, also as vice-\\npresident, missionary superintendent,\\nand president of the New Hampshire\\nState Christian Endeavor society and,\\nas has been truly said of him, With\\nold and young alike he is a magnet that\\nnever fails to draw, in the pulpit and\\nout of it.\\nFirst Free Baptist Church.\\nThis church was organized March 17,\\n1838, by the Rev. Nahum Brooks, who\\nwas for the six ensuing years its pastor.\\nIt worshiped in the court-house till Jan.\\n6, 1 84 1, when, considerably increased\\nin numbers and material substance, it\\nwas able to dedicate a meeting-house of\\nits own, on Court square. This was a\\nsubstantial structure, with seating ac-\\ncommodations for about three hundred.\\nIt was remodeled and enlarged in 1873,\\nat a cost of nearly $12,000. Four years\\nlater it was reduced to ashes, with no\\nRev. John B. Jordan.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n2 19\\nFreewill Baptist Church.\\ninsurance. But the people had a mind\\nto work, and in just thirteen months\\nNovember, 187S the present edifice\\nwas dedicated, free of debt. It stands\\non the original site, with seating capacity\\nfor seven hundred, has modern furnish-\\nings, and represents $15,000.\\nThe church has encouraged long pas-\\ntorates. That of the Rev. Lewis Mal-\\nvern was in two installments, which\\naggregated about twenty years, during\\nwhich the new sanctuary was built and\\nthe working power of the church greatly\\nincreased. His immediate successor, the\\nRev. John B. Jordan, began his pastor-\\nate with September, 1897. He is not\\nonly sustaining the congregation, which\\nfrequently taxes the full capacity of the\\nauditorium, but is adding families to his\\nparish, members to his church, and effi-\\nciency to all departments of Christian\\nwork. He is also a potent factor of the\\nreligions commonwealth at large.\\nThe church is a fair exponent of what\\na Congregational clergyman once as-\\nserted of the denomination which it\\nrepresents: It is on the right side of\\nall moral questions, and on the evan-\\ngelical side of all contro-\\nverted doctrines.\\nREV. JOHN B. JORDAN.\\nRev. John 1!. Jordan, pas-\\ntor of the first Free Bap\\ntist church, spent his boy-\\nhood and school-days in\\nAuburn. Me. In 1X6S he\\nentered the employment of\\nthe First National hank of\\nAuburn, in which institu-\\ntion he was bookkeeper and\\nteller for six years, when he\\nwas elected cashier. He\\nheld this position for more\\nthan eight years, when he\\nresigned in order to give\\nhis whole time to the min-\\nistry. He was ordained in\\nMay. 1SS2, and has held\\npastorates in Lewiston, Me..\\nMinneapolis. Minn.. Augus-\\nta, Me.. Pawtucket, R. I.,\\nand in this city. For two\\nyears before coming to La-\\nconia he was engaged in evangelistic\\nwork.\\nSt, James Episcopal Church.\\nSt. James Episcopal church on Pleas-\\nant street was built in 1894 by Rev. Dr.\\nLucius Waterman, who came here from\\nLittleton, erected the church building,\\nand organized an Episcopal church.\\nThe building and lot cost between $1 1\\nst. James Epi a I hurch.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "220\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nooo and $12,000. Dr. Waterman re-\\nsigned his pastorate about a year ago,\\nin order to devote more attention to lit-\\nerary work, and the church at the pres-\\nent time is without a regular settled\\npastor.\\nFirst M. E. Church.\\nThe First Methodist Episcopal church\\nis, as an organization, thirty-eight years\\nold. The building occupied by this\\nsociety is older still, having been origin-\\nally the property of a Universalist church.\\nThe Methodists bought the building.\\nOn the 1st of April, 1861, the first\\nquarterly conference of this church was\\nheld, with James Pike, presiding elder,\\nin the chair. The original members of\\nthe church and quarterly conference\\nwere Hiram Gilman, S. C. Gilman, and\\nR. T. Martin. At the annual confer-\\nence, which met a few clays thereafter,\\nRev. G. W. H. Clark was appointed by\\nthe bishop as pastor of the new church\\nat Laconia. Of the persons here named,\\nonly R. T. Martin is now living. At an\\nadvanced aire, he maintains the keenest\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\nRev. A. L. Smith.\\ninterest in all the affairs of the church,\\nof which he is the only surviving char-\\nter member.\\nThis church has been served by\\ntwenty different pastors, whose average\\nterm of service has been about two\\nyears. The present pastor has just\\ncommenced his fourth year.\\nIt may truthfully be said that few\\nchurches have met graver obstacles, or\\npassed through severer reverses than\\nhas the First Methodist church of this\\ncity yet it has maintained an uninter-\\nrupted activity from its birth to the\\npresent time, and is stronger to-day\\nthan for several years past. All its bills\\nare paid up to date, its membership is\\nsteadily increasing, it has a large body\\nof children and youth, its several de-\\npartments of work are well organized\\nand officered, and it feels the pulse-\\nbeat of a true Christian hope and\\npurpose.\\nREV. A. L. SMITH.\\nMr. Smith was born in Salisbury,\\nMass., a town that falls within the\\nlimits of the New Hampshire Con-\\nference of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. His father was a member\\nof that conference for fifty years,\\nand was pastor of the Methodist\\nchurch in Salisbury when the sub-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nject of this sketch was horn. A. L.\\nSmith was educated in the public\\nschools of Concord, N. II. (at a time\\nwhen his father was the chaplain of the\\nNew Hampshire state prison), and later\\nwas graduated from the Wesleyan uni-\\nversity of Middletown, Conn. He taught\\nin Connecticut for three years following\\ngraduation, and then, after brief ser-\\nvice as a local preacher, joined the\\nNew Hampshire conference in 1887,\\nand has been an active member e.,\\nan itinerant preacher in that confer-\\nence ever since. His stations have\\nbeen Rumney, Auburn and Chester,\\nNewfields, and Laconia. Mr. Smith s\\nministry here commenced in April, 1896,\\nand he has just been appointed for the\\nyear ending in April, 1900.\\nChurch of the Sacred Heart,\\nEarly in the history of Laconia many\\nFrench Canadians came here to live,\\nand they formed so large a part of the\\nCatholic population, that in July, 1891,\\nthe bishop organized them into a sepa-\\nrate parish. Rev. John Monge was ap-\\npointed pastor, and services were held\\nfor a short time in Moulton opera house.\\nRev. Father Monge at once began to\\nraise money fur the erection of a church\\nbuilding, and\\nin 1892 the\\npresent paro-\\nchial residence\\nand five acres\\nof land on Un-\\nion a v e n u e\\nwere purchas-\\ned, at a cost of\\n$10,000. In\\n1893 the pres-\\nent church edi-\\nfice, the Sacred\\nHeart, was\\ncompleted at a\\ncost of S30,-\\n000, an Lmposin\\nbrick, and handsomely decorated in the\\ninterior. This parish has a membership\\nof about two hundred families.\\nRev. Father Monge was born in\\nFrance, in 1838. He was educated at\\nNimes and Paris, and ordained to the\\npriesthood in Paris, before coming to\\nLaconia he was curate at St. Augustine s,\\nin Manchester, and also at Salmon Falls.\\nHe was for some time parish\\npriest at Marlborough. N. H.\\nRev. Father Monge.\\nstructure, built of\\nFrench Catholic Church.\\nFirst Unitarian Church.\\nThe First Unitarian church\\nof Laconia is the outgrowth oi\\nthe First Universalist church of\\nMeredith bridge, which was or-\\nganized July 19, 1S38.\\nIn 1 867, after the parish had\\nbeen served l y several Unita-\\nrian ministers, and as Unitari-\\nans constituted the majority of\\nits membership, the corporation\\nname of the parish was changed\\nto that of the First Unitarian\\nChurch of Laconia. The par-\\nish continued to worship in the\\nold Universalist meeting-house\\n(now the Methodist church\\nbuilding) until the completion\\nof the present edifice in Bank\\nSquare, which was dedicated\\nNov. 11. [868. The new church", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nbuilding was completed during the bril-\\nliant ministry of Rev. Thos. B. Gor-\\nman, and among those associated with\\nhim in the work of advancing the inter-\\nests of liberal religion were Woodbury\\nMelcher, Joseph Ranlet, John C. Moul-\\nton, Jos. S. Tilton, Col. T. J. Whipple,\\nWoodbury L. Melcher. E. P. Jewell,\\nGeo. W. Stevens, S. T. Thomas, Benj.\\nP. Gale, Perley Putnam, Harriet Gale,\\nMary T. Hull, G. V. Pickering, Hor-\\nace Whitcher, D. J. Dinsmore, H. E.\\nBrawn, Rev. J. P. Atkinson, Thomas\\nSands.\\nMr. Gorman s successors in the pas-\\ntorate were C. Y. De Normandie in\\n1869, Clarence Fowler in 1873, James\\nCollins in 1874, Enoch Powell in 1878,\\nJohn D. Wells in 1SS1, John N. Pardee\\nin 1884, N. S. Hill in 1888, James B.\\nMorrison in 1890, Geo. Heber Rice in\\n1896.\\nThis church accepts the religion of\\nUnitarian Church.\\nRev. George Heber Rice.\\nJesus, holding in accordance with His\\nteaching that practical religion is\\nsummed up in love to God and love\\nto man. While imposing no credal\\nsubscription, it believes in the father-\\nhood of God, the brotherhood of man,\\nthe leadership of Jesus, the immortal-\\nity of the soul, the progress of man-\\nkind onward and upward forever.\\nIts object is to seek and proclaim\\ntruth along the highest lines of the\\nspiritual consciousness to keep in\\nstep with the advancing hosts of schol-\\nars and scientists and of all gifted,\\nhonest men and women who are striv-\\ning to aid humanity in its efforts to\\ngrow in knowledge to interpret the\\nBible as the supreme literature of the\\nreligious life to emphasize the dig-\\nnity of human nature as the highest\\nmanifestation in this world of the Cre-\\nator s love and wisdom to affirm the\\npriceless worth of the soul and the\\nimpossibility of its ever becoming\\nlost or separated from God. It wel-\\ncomes to its fellowship all who are in\\nsympathy with these high aims, all\\nwho believe in intellectual and spir-\\nitual freedom as the highest outcome\\nof the religious life.\\nThe present officers of this church\\nare Rev. G. H. Rice, minister W. F.\\nKnight, president; John Ashman,\\ntreasurer Miss Carrie B. Cooke, sec-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN\\nretary Geo.\\nGorrell, Chas.\\nH. Everett, Horace H.\\nF. Stone, trustees.\\nREV. CEo. HEBER RICE.\\nRev. Geo. Heber Rice was born in\\nElmira. N. V.. Dec. 28, [858. On the\\npaternal side he is of Welsh-English\\nancestry and on the maternal of Eng-\\nlish.\\nHis father was born at Meriden,\\nConn., in 181 7, and his mother at\\nSpringfield, Mass., in 1S22. Upon\\ntheir marriage they took up their resi-\\ndence in Elmira. N. Y., where the sub-\\nject of this sketch attended the graded\\nschools, preparing for college at the\\nElmira academy. Upon being gradu-\\nated from Hamilton college, N. Y., he\\nentered the Auburn (N. Y. Theological\\nseminary, and upon graduation from\\nthat institution went to Texas and was\\nordained to the ministry in San An-\\ntonio.\\nIn 1 889 he was married to Miss\\nClara Ree Baldwin of Columbus, Ohio.\\nThey have one son, Heber Baldwin\\nRice, born May 5, 1892.\\nIn 1890 Mr. Rice decided to enter\\nthe Unitarian ministry and was received\\ninto its fellowship at Denver, Col. He\\nhas held three Unitarian pastorates, the\\nfirst being at Marietta, Ohio; the sec-\\nond at Stockton, Cal., and the third at\\nLaconia, N. H., to which place he came\\nin 1896.\\nTo be a good teacher and leader of\\nliberal thought means hard work. Mr.\\nRice has a strong and courageous mind\\nand a keen insight into the deep things\\nof life. He is gifted as few men are\\nwith the power of expressing his\\nthoughts upon whatever subject he may\\nbe engaged, and is thoroughly imbued\\nwith the true spirit of Unitarianism.\\nHe has done a great work for the lib-\\neral church in Laconia, especially in re-\\norganizing and placing the society in a\\nstronger and healthier condition. No\\nwork is ever too great for him to under-\\ntake, and no one can fail to find in him\\na true Christian gentleman and a faith-\\nful follower of the master. Whether his\\nstay may be long or short, his ministry\\nhere will live forever in this community,\\nand it is hoped the day is far distant\\nwhen he will be called to other fields of\\nlabor.\\nBaptist Church in Lakeport.\\nThis was the first religious organiza-\\ntion in this community. The organi-\\nzation was effected in 181 1. The first\\nmeeting-house of the\\nbody, of a simple, barn-\\nframe construction, was\\nerected in 1833, on the\\nsite occupied by the\\npresent edi-\\nfice. In [850\\na vestibule and\\nBaptist Church.\\ntower were added to the primitive struc-\\nture. Between the years of 1868 and\\n187 1 the present edifice, with its archi-\\ntecturally beautiful front and tower, re-\\nplaced the old house of worship.\\nAmong the members of this body well\\ndeserving of honorable mention, there is\\none who, on account of her timely and\\nmunificent gifts, may not be omitted\\nfrom an historical sketch of the organi-\\nzation. We refer to Mrs. Emeline S.\\nTaylor, recently deceased. Of the sev-\\nenteen pastorates within its history, the", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ntwo of K. S. Hall are most notable. The\\npresent incumbent, the Rev. Geo. F.\\nBabbitt, is the sixteenth who has served\\nthis body, he being its acting pastor\\nsince September, 1897.\\nSt. Joseph s Church.\\nAmong the first Catholic residents of\\nLaconia and Lakeport were John O Shea\\nwho came here in 1858, and\\nMichael Scott, also a family by\\nthe name of O Neil. At Lake-\\nport at that time there were sev-\\neral Catholic families, among\\nwhom were the Dunlaveys, Mur-\\nphys, Harringtons, and the Leav-\\nitts. Ever faithful to their relig-\\nion, these Catholic settlers held\\nmeetings whenever possible. At\\nfirst the services were held at\\nthe home of some of these famil-\\nies, the first meetings being held\\nat the residence of John O Shea,\\nwho at that time resided on Water\\nstreet. Rev. Father Daley was\\nthe first priest who visited here,\\nand after 185S meetings were\\nheld in Folsom hall until a church\\nwas built. In 1866 land was purchased\\non Messer street, and in 1867 work was\\ncommenced on the building, which was\\ndedicated by the Right Rev. D. W. Ba-\\ncon, as St. Joseph s\\nchurch. This was\\nduring the pastorate\\nof Rev. Isadore Noi-\\nseux. In the sum-\\nmer of 1S77, during\\na terrific thunder-\\nstorm, the spire of\\nthe church was struck\\nby liirhtnincr. and the\\nKev. Charles R. Hennon.\\nSt. Joseph s Catholic Church.\\nentire edifice destroyed by fire. Rev. J.\\nL. Schakers was pastor at that time, and\\nby his energy and the loyal assistance\\nof the members of the parish, a new\\nbuilding was erected upon the founda-\\ntions of the old one, at an expense of\\n$10,000. The following pastors have\\nofficiated at St. Joseph s church Rev.\\nIsadore Noiseux, who was the first resi-\\ndent priest. He was followed in 1871\\nby Rev. John W. Murphy. In April,\\n1872, Rev. M. J. Goodwin was appointed\\nto Laconia, and he served until October,\\n1S77. In December, 1877, Rev. J. L.\\nSchakers, or Father Lambert as he was\\ncalled, came here and served until his\\ndeath, March, 1895. He was followed\\nby Rev. John R. Power, who took\\ncharge in April, 1895, and remained\\nhere until his death, April 16, 1898.\\nThe present pastor of St. Joseph s is\\nRev. Charles R. Hennon, who came\\nhere January 20, 1899.\\nThe church now has a membership\\nof about 150 families, and besides the", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nchurch edifice also owns a parochial\\nresidence and lot on Messer street, as\\nwell as the convent and school property\\non Beacon street.\\nPeople s Christian Church.\\nThe People s church was formally\\norganized July 3, [892, with seventy-\\nfive members, and the court-house was\\nobtained for the place of worship. After\\nmaintaining a successful existence in-\\ndependent of all ecclesiastical bodies\\nuntil it was no longer considered an\\nexperiment, in October, [893, it united\\nwith the Christian denomination and\\nbecame the People s Christian church.\\nA large majority of the original mem-\\nbers had formerly been Methodist Epis-\\ncopal, but among those who soon joined\\nby letter were representatives of eight\\ndistinct denominations, with creeds\\nsomewhat dissimilar, hence it seemed\\nvery appropriate to belong to a religious\\nbody discarding all creeds and accept-\\ning the Bible as its only standard.\\nIn the spring of 1894, the society\\npurchased from the county the court-\\nhouse, and moved it to the present site,\\nwhere it was dedicated to the service of\\nGod; thus the old temple, where justice\\nwas so long dispensed, is rounding out\\nRev. (ohn E. Eveiingham.\\nits years with the vibrations ol the gos-\\npel within its sacred walls.\\nRev. J. 11. Haines was the lust pas-\\ntor, and remained in that capacity until\\nhis death; Rev. 1 K. Colburn main-\\ntained a pastorate for a little more than\\na year; and Rev. J. E. Everingham, the\\npresent pastor, is the third shepherd of\\nthe Mock. The church has a present\\nmembership of 150. maintains three\\nChristian Endeavor societies, senior,\\nintermediate, and junior and has an\\nl ople s Church.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "22b\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\naverage attendance in the Sabbath-\\nschool of about eighty-five.\\nThe Christians, as a denomination,\\nhad their origin about a century ago.\\nThree little companies of ministers, far\\nremote and unknown to each other,\\nseparated from their respective and dis-\\ntinct denominations for conscience sake,\\nand finally came together in one body,\\norganized upon the broadest principles,\\nhaving no creed save the holy Bible, no\\nqualifications for membership save faith\\nin the vicarious atonement and a con-\\nsistent Christian life, and no name save\\nthat authorized by Scripture Christian.\\nIts motto is In essential things, unity\\nin non-essential things, liberty and in\\nall things, charity.\\nREV. JOHN E. EVERINGHAM.\\nRev. John E. Everingham, pastor of\\nthe People s Christian church since Sep-\\ntember, 1896, has been in active minis-\\ntry for fourteen years, and was settled\\nover the Christian Church of the Evan-\\ngel, Brooklyn, N. Y., before coming to\\nLaconia. He was born in Kiswick,\\nOntario, Oct. 7. 1861, educated in the\\nschools of his native town, and after-\\nwards spent nearly four years in the\\nChristian Biblical institute, Sanfordville.\\nN. Y., the principal theological school\\nof his denomination. Mr. Everingham\\nmarried Miss Florence M. Coleman of\\nPortsmouth, nine years ago, and two\\nchildren bless their union. Since com-\\ning to Laconia, twenty-eight have united\\nwith the church. As a preacher, he is\\nearnest, faithful, and fearless, preferring\\nto please God rather than man. In\\npolitics he is a Prohibitionist, and in all\\nthings Christian.\\nTrinity M. E. Church, Lakeport.\\nThe M. E. church of Lake Village\\nwas organized June 15,1872. On this\\ndate, Rev. B. W. Chase, pastor of the\\nLaconia M. E. church, granted church\\nletters to the following persons, in order\\nthat they might be organized into a\\nMethodist Episcopal church at Lake\\nVillage Henry H. Buzzell, Mary A.\\nBuzzell, Almira P. Homan, Lizzie Ho-\\nRev. Jonathan R. Dinsmore.\\nman, Lorenzo W. Downing, Martha\\nDowning, Lizzie Dame, Sarah Gaskill,\\nJeremiah Homan, Abigail Kimball,\\nSarah Palmer. Albeit Whitten, Elmira\\nWhitten, Ebenezer Woodman, Harriet\\nWoodman.\\nThese persons were formed into a\\nchurch and the quarterly conference or-\\nganized on the above date at the house\\nof Albert Whitten by Rev. S. G. Kel-\\nlogg, presiding elder.\\nThis organization continued with\\nvarying fortunes until March 7, 1S77,\\nwhen, for the time being, the last quar-\\nterly conference was held.\\nThe pastors for this period were\\n1872, W. C. Bartlett i873- 74, C. W.\\nTebbetts 1S75. T. Lovejoy.\\nIn response to an invitation by the\\nMethodists of Lake Village, they were\\nreorganized into a church, March 31,\\n188 1, by Rev. J. W. Adams, presiding\\nelder.\\nThe church re-cords show a contin-\\nued growth in numbers and financial\\nstrength until 1896, when the member-\\nship is reported as 112, and the Sunday-\\nschool, 1 10.\\nSince that time until the present, the\\nmembership and financial strength have\\ndecreased, resulting chiefly from the\\ncontinued financial depression which\\nhas been felt with great severity in Lake-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACOXIAX.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07\\nport, making it necessary for many of our\\npeople to seek employment elsewhere.\\nPrior to May 17-. 1891, the meetings\\nwere held in what had been the Advent\\nchapel on Cold street. In 18S9 the\\npeople said. The place is too strait for\\nus, let ns arise and build. According-\\nly, in the quarterly conference held\\n.March 15 of that year, the pastor,\\n1 W. Downs, reported that a lot of\\nland upon which to build a church had\\nbeen secured. After more than two\\nyears of heroic struggle, a church build-\\ning, which is a credit to Methodism.\\nwas completed and ready for occupancy.\\nThe first service in the new house of\\nworship was held Sunday. May 24.\\n1 89 1. The dedicatory service was held\\non February 16, 1892.\\nThe following have been the pastors\\nduring this period: t88i- 82, N.\\nAlger; 1883, A. C. Hardy; 1884. J. H.\\nTrow; 1885-87, William Woods; 1888-\\n90, D. W. Downs: 1891 92, L. R.\\nDanforth; i893-*9v W. J. VVilkins;\\n1896, G. W. Farmer; 1897 98, C. E.\\nEaton; 1S99, J. R. Dinsmore.\\nREV. JONATHAN RO\\\\ DINSMORE.\\nRev. Jonathan Roy Dinsmore was\\nborn in New Haven,\\nConn., Oct. 20. 1870. His\\nfather. Charles C. Dins-\\nmore, and his mother. Vi-\\nola Hanscomb, were na-\\ntives of New Hampshire.\\nHe was the youngest of\\nfour children, two of whom\\ndied in infancy. The old-\\nest is now living in Hare-\\ntffS A\\nllliillllllllll\\nmont. N. H. Mr. Dinsmore took his\\nacademic training in the Claremont\\n(X. I l.i High school, at the Pittsfield\\nMass. High school, at Dow academy,\\nFranconia, and in the N. H. Conference\\nseminary at Tilton.\\nIn the fall of 1890 he began preach-\\ning as a supply al West Stew artstow n.\\nN. H.. and continued in ministerial\\nwork in connection with his schooling.\\nIn [895 he joined the X. H. confer-\\nence, having served four years prior to\\nthat as a local preacher. His appoint-\\nments have been Swiftwater and ben-\\nton, 1 895 96 North Haverhill. 1897\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n98 Trinity church, Laconia, 1899.\\nIn June. 1894, he united in marriage\\nwith Man- A., youngest daughter of\\nRev. and Mrs. D. C. Babcock, now of\\nI )over.\\nThe Laconia Y. M. C. A.\\nMethodist Church, Lakeporl\\nThe Association was organized in the\\nparlors of the Free Will Baptist church.\\nFeb. 26. 1886. Its first quarters were\\non the second floor in Smith s blink.\\nIn several years it took rooms on the\\nthird floor in the first National Bank\\nbuilding.\\nTwo years ago the needs of the\\nwork led the board of directors to en-\\ngage the Inst and second floors in\\nEdwards block on Mill St.\\nA gymnasium and reading-room\\nare on the first floor. I n the second\\nfloor you will find a library and so-\\ncial rooms with a kitchen for use at\\nsuppers.\\nThe presidents who have served\\nthe Association in tlie order of their\\nelection are Dr. A. II. fewett, G.\\nII. Mitchell. A. Dunn. H. W. Ca-\\nrey, and R. 1 lickey.\\nThe general secretaries were Thom-\\nas Johnson, I I. W. a rev. M. Ropes,\\nW. R. Goddard, A. Hunt.\\nThe Woman s Auxiliary have per-\\nformed able sen ii e in the Associa-\\ntion.\\nThey have purchased an excellent\\npiano, furniture, crockery, silverware,", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nand other useful and ornamental arti-\\ncles.\\nThe membership of the Association\\nhas averaged some over a hundred.\\nSeventy boys were at one time mem-\\nbers of the boys branch.\\nRev. Frederick L. Wiley.\\nBy so much as pure Scotch and\\nEnglish ancestry are of worth, the subject\\nRev. Frederick L. \\\\Yilev.\\nof this sketch entered at birth upon a\\ngoodly heritage. He was born in New\\nYork, spent a portion of his youth in\\nBoston, and was educated at New\\nHampton Institution, Hillsdale college,\\nand what is now Cobb Divinity school.\\nHe has held important Free Baptist pas-\\ntorates in Vermont, Maine, and New\\nHampshire. As a pastor, Mr. Wiley\\nhas been specially successful in the or-\\nganization of church forces, the pay-\\nment of church debts, the improvement\\nof church property, and the increase of\\nchurch membership. He has retained\\nhis studious habits and his pulpit efforts\\nhave been well sustained.\\nSince failing health incapacitated him\\nfor general parish work he has been a\\npermanent resident of Laconia. No-\\nticing that the young men of the city\\nhad no common place where they might\\nspend a bit of spare time except in re-\\nsorts of lewd fellows of the baser sort,\\nhe suggested, and helped organize, the\\nYoung Men s Christian Association of\\nLaconia. He was for a term its treas-\\nurer and has always given it practical\\nsupport. For the last ten years Mr.\\nWiley has been secretary of the Evan-\\ngelical Ministers Conference of this\\ncity. He has conducted religious ser-\\nvices as a pulpit supply, as health would\\nallow, and has spent most of his secular\\ntime in literary and benevolent work.\\nFor years he has held important eccle-\\nsiastical secretaryships and is now de-\\nveloping biographical and historical work\\nin the interests of his denomination.\\nProfile Rock, The Weirs.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "THE WEIRS-\\nThe Weirs and vicinity, which is\\nwithin the city limits of Laconia, at the\\noutlet of Lake Winnipesaukee, has been\\nfamous as a summer resort, further hack.\\nundoubtedly, than any historical or trad-\\nitional records exist. Long before the\\nMassachusetts colonists sent the first par-\\nty of white men to the\\nshores of the lake, the\\nW i n n i p e s a u k e es,\\na branch of the Pen-\\nacook tribe of Indians,\\nbuilt and maintained a\\npermanent fish-weir in\\nthe channel at the out-\\nlet of the lake, and\\nhere in the spring and\\nfall of each year, all\\nthe red men in this\\nsection of the state\\nwould gather to par-\\ntake of the shad which\\nran up the river from\\nthe ocean into the lake\\nin the spring and re-\\nturned to salt water in\\nthe fall. Large num-\\nbers of these fish were\\ntaken in the rude weir,\\nand dried and smoked\\nfor winter use. The\\nweir was maintained\\nfor many years after\\nthe white men came\\nhere, and large loads\\nof these fish were used\\nto enrich the land of\\nthe early farmers. The numerous dams\\non the Merrimack river\\nthe annual run of sha(\\nmenced holding summer camp-meetings\\nat The Weirs, and in 1879 the New\\nHampshire Veterans Association held\\ntheir first annual reunion here. The\\nfirst hotel, or rather boarding-house,\\nwas erected on the Methodist grounds,\\non the present location of the Lakeside\\nHouse. It was prin-\\ncipally for the accom-\\nmodation of the Meth-\\nodist people and there\\nwere but eight sleep-\\ning rooms at fust.\\nT h e establishment\\nwas inadequate to meet\\nthe constantly increas-\\ning demands, and fi-\\nnal 1 y the Lakeside\\nHouse was erected by\\nL. R. W. Weeks.\\nThen the late apt.\\nW. A. Sanborn pulled\\ndown the old hotel at\\n1 )iamond island, f a r\\ndown the lake, and\\nused a portion of the\\nmaterial to construct\\nHotel Weirs, which\\nhostelry has g r o w n\\ninto the magnificent\\nnew Hotel Weirs of\\nto-day, one of the larg-\\nest and most elegant\\nhotels in the entire\\nlake region.\\nThe progress of The\\nWeirs during the past\\nSoldiers Monum nt,\\nPresented to the city by Mis. F. Zebley.\\nv.\\nten or fifteen years has been exceed-\\ninally stopped ingly steady and substantial. The state\\nand then for of New Hampshire and the railroad cor-\\ny ears The Weirs was merely a stopping poration have assisted the Veterans As-\\nplace for the steamer. Lady of the Lake, so iation in fitting up their grounds and\\nwhich connected at this point with the erected suitable structures for then-\\nold Boston, Concord Montreal Rail- annual gatherings in August. Many of\\nroad. the regimental associations have large\\nSoon after 1S70. the Methodists com- and handsome buildings for the use oi", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n23\\ntheir members. Over in the Methodist\\ngrove, on the shore of the lake, there\\nare hundreds of handsome cottages\\nwhich are occupied during the summer\\nby their owners, while the Winnipesau-\\nkee Camp-Meeting Association has laid\\nout streets and avenues, provided a sys-\\ntem of water works, etc. The Metho-\\ndist grove and the\\nVeterans grove are\\noccupied nearly all\\nthe time in the sum-\\nmer season by vari-\\nous religions associ-\\nations. while the New\\nHampshire Musi c\\nTeachers Assoc i a\\ntion have a tine large\\npavilion for their\\nannual musical festival, which is one of\\nthe summer attractions at The Weirs.\\nAn electric railroad now connects The\\nWeirs with Lakeport and Laconia, while\\nthe place boasts of numerous other ad-\\nvantages and attractions .such as tele-\\ngraph and telephone facilities, hundreds\\nSteamer Mt. I ashington\\nand numerous boarding-houses, where\\ngood accommodations can he obtained.\\nA lew words on beautiful Lake Win-\\nnipesaukee may not he out of place in\\nconnection with The Weirs. The lake\\nlies in the counties of Belknap and\\nCarroll, and is about twenty-five miles\\nlong, and varies from one to seven\\nmiles in width. Its\\na r e a exclusive oi\\ntwo hundred a n d\\nseventy-four islands,\\nis upwards of sev-\\nenty- one squ a r e\\nmiles, and the dis-\\nl a n c e around i t s\\nshores is one hun-\\ndred and eighty-two\\nmiles. There are\\nten islands which have an area of more\\nthan one hundred acres each, and Long\\nIsland has an area of one thousand\\nacres. The lake is four hundred and\\nseventy-two feet above the level of the\\nAtlantic ocean. The waters of the lake\\nare very clear and pure, abounding with\\nlb\\nRailroad Station, The Weirs!\\nof row, sail, and steamboats, excursions fish of all kinds, and Winnipesaukee is\\nto all parts of the lake, good train and becoming more noted every year as .1\\nsteamboat service, etc. resort for fishermen from all parts of\\nbesides the two hotels mentioned, the New England.\\nNew Hotel Weirs and the Lakeside, there Nearly all of the islands have one or\\nare half a do/en other smaller hotels more summer cottages. man_\\\\- of them", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "232\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nsubstantial and in some cases elegant\\nstructures, and The Weirs is the centre\\nfor a very large proportion of the sum-\\nmer cottagers, fishermen, and tourists.\\nFor many years the old-fashioned horse-\\nboats were in frequent use on the lake\\nto transport wood, grain, and other\\nmerchandise, the hrst of these curious\\ncraft being constructed in 1838, but\\nthe advent of the steamboat in 1842\\ngradually drove the horse-boat into dis-\\nuse, and to-day transportation is fur-\\nnished by hundreds of beautiful steam\\nand naphtha craft of all sizes.\\nFrom the red man s fishing ground\\nand a mere camp-ground for a week or\\naccount of the beautiful grove of health-\\ngiving pines, its convenience to station,\\nsteamboat landing, etc. Its nearness to\\nthe shore of the lake suggested its name.\\nThe first hotel contained eight sleeping\\napartments as an addition to a rough\\nunfinished Methodist boarding-house,\\nand was built by Levi R Weeks, brother\\nof the present proprietor, and run by\\nhim very successfully for three years.\\nIn 1880 George W. Weeks united\\nwith his brother and the present house\\nwas erected, which, constantly growing\\nin popularity, has each year been en-\\nlarged or improved, until at the present\\ndate it stands one of the most popular\\n^BHHJHBni\\nThe Lakeside House.\\nten daws in the summer, The Weirs has\\ngrown to be one of the most important\\nand widely known summer resorts in\\nNew England. It is constantly increas-\\ning in valuation by the erection of new\\ncottages and other improvements, and\\nthe place is undoubtedly permanently\\nestablished as a summer home for thou-\\nsands of the tired and overworked resi-\\ndents of our larger cities.\\nThe Lakeside House.\\nIn the earliest history of The Weirs as\\na summer resort, the site of the Lakeside\\nHouse was chosen as the most desira-\\nble location for a hotel, principally on\\nsummer homes to be found in New\\nHampshire noted for its cleanliness,\\nexcellent service, and homelike attrac-\\ntiveness, equipped with modern con-\\nveniences, electric bells, bath rooms,\\nperfect sanitary arrangements, and re-\\nfreshing spring water. One remarka-\\nble feature and a delightful wonder to\\nall sojourners is the absence of mosqui-\\ntoes and flies, which so often trouble\\nthe summer guest. One can sit on the\\nbroad verandas of the Lakeside House,\\nday or evening, in perfect tranquility.\\nMalaria is also unknown air, pure and\\ninvigorating.\\nIn the Lakeside pines there lurks no ill,\\nBut fragrant balsam all pain to still.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n233\\nThe house contains seventy-five sleep-\\ning rooms and a spacious dining hall,\\nand with its several adjoining cottages\\ncan easily accommodate two hundred\\nguests. The property accumulated by\\nMr. Weeks in these years of prosperity\\nincludes in addition to the hotel Five\\ncottages, casino, with pool and billiard\\ntables, two restaurants, grocery store,\\nbarber s shop, printing office, meat mar-\\nket, and livery stable.\\nIn 1882, the late L. R. Weeks gave\\nup to the disease which had been prey-\\ning upon his constitution for a number\\nof years, leaving the business in which\\nhe had taken such a deep interest to\\ncontinued in the same business live\\nyears, since which time his summer res-\\nidence has been at The Weirs.\\nAlways prominent as a worker in pol-\\nities and voting in Gilford or Laconia\\nwith the exception of three years, he\\nwas postmaster three terms and repre-\\nsented Ward 1 in the fust city council.\\nHe belongs to the order of Odd Fellows.\\nIn 1867, he was married to Lizzie\\nSinclair, daughter of Jonathan M. Sin-\\nclair of Brentwood, N. H. Mrs. Weeks\\nis by profession an artist, and the work\\nof her brush and her artistic taste have\\ncontributed much to the charm and\\nattractiveness of the hotel, besides the\\nMrs. George \\\\V. We\\nGeorge W. Weeks, Jr., who has since\\nbeen sole manager and proprietor of the\\nLakeside House. This pioneer of The\\nWeirs, son of George William Weeks,\\nwas born in Gilford, removing at twelve-\\nyears of age with his father to Lake-\\nport. Here he received his early edu-\\ncation and also attended Tilton semi-\\nnary. G. W. Weeks, Sr., was an active\\nbusiness man and engaged in various\\npursuits, and here the son acquired his\\nfirst knowledge of hotel keeping; also\\nthe grocery business. Later he was\\nengaged with brothers in the dry goods\\nbusiness at Laconia for twelve years,\\nremoving to Concord in 1875, where he\\n16\\nGeoree W. Weeks\\nmany hundred souvenirs which have\\nbeen taken away into all parts of the\\ncountry in the form of oil and water\\ncolor pictures and decorated china. A\\ndelightful exhibition of ait is constantly\\ngoing on at the Lakeside House, and\\nMrs. Weeks finds there a ready sale for\\nsketches of surrounding landscape and\\nflowers, which are made in the early\\nand later part of the season and per-\\nfected at the winter residence in the\\ncapital city. No one person has con-\\ntributed so much for the building up of\\nThe Weirs as George W. Weeks. Hotel\\nkeeping is his chosen profession, and\\nThe Weirs his Paradise on Earth.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "234\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nThe New Hotel Weirs.\\nSituated upon a commanding emi-\\nnence, overlooking the world-famous\\nLake Winnipesaukee, at the gateway of\\nthe White Mountain region, stands Dr.\\nJ. A. Greene s New Hotel Weirs, the\\nmost commodious and best hotel in the\\nlake region. This hotel has been en-\\nlarged, improved, and entirely reno-\\nvated and refurnished, with eighty new\\nrooms, thirty of which are supplied with\\nbaths. Its sanitary arrangements are\\nperfect. The proprietor. Dr. J. Alonzo\\nis pure and bright, coming directly from\\nthe mountain springs, and a second sup-\\nply, for sprinkling, bathing, and fire\\nprotection, from the lake itself. The\\ntable is supplied daily with fresh vegeta-\\nbles, milk, butter, and eggs from the\\nfamous Roxmont Poultry Farm and\\nfrom the neighboring farmers. Spa-\\ncious piazzas encircle the entire hotel,\\nfrom which views of lake and mountains\\nof unsurpassed magnificence are ob-\\ntained. Electric cars leave the hotel\\ngrounds at frequent intervals for a five-\\nmile ride to the city of Laconia.\\nNew Hotel Weirs.\\nGreene, and the manager, the ever-pop-\\nular and experienced landlord, Col.\\nFreeman C. Willis, spare no pains or\\nexpense to make the New Hotel Weirs\\na model of comfort to its guests. It is\\nfully equipped with electrical appliances\\nand connected by telephone and tele-\\ngraph with the direct lines to various\\npoints. Its cuisine is excellent and up-\\nto-date in every particular. A never-\\nfailing mineral spring is constantly flow-\\ning from a ledge of rocks on the hotel\\ngrounds. The water used in the hotel\\nAll trains and steamboats arrive at\\nand depart from the station and wharves\\ndirectly in front of the hotel grounds.\\nThe New Hotel Weirs has a fine\\nbilliard-room and tennis court con-\\nnected, and an excellent orchestra fur-\\nnishes good music. The climate is\\nconceded by all to be the best, the\\nmountain breezes being tempered by\\nthe moisture from the waters of the\\nlake. Lake Winnipesaukee abounds\\nwith game fish of all kinds, and has\\nbeen very properly christened the fish-", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n2 35\\nermen s paradise, all varieties of fresh-\\nwater fish being taken by anglers, in-\\ncluding landlocked salmon, lake trout,\\nblack bass, pickerel, perch, etc. Steam\\nyachts and row-boats can be engaged at\\nthe hotel office, and the lake affords\\nexcellent and safe bathing. Lake W in-\\nnipesaukee is unmatched in all the\\nmountains for variety and picturesque-\\nness, and the New Hotel Weirs is\\nunparalleled in New England for its\\ncomfort and great variety of attractions.\\nThe view obtained here is pronounced\\nby travelers to be superior to anything\\nof the kind to\\nb e found i n\\nthe world.\\nFour express\\ntrains leave the\\nUnion station\\non Cause w a y\\nstreet, Boston,\\nevery day for\\nThe Weirs, with\\nparlor and buf-\\nfet cars attach-\\ned, thus ensur-\\ning perfect\\ncomfort in trav-\\nel. Steamboats\\nleaveTheWeirs\\nevery few hours\\nfor Centre Har-\\nbor, Wolfebor-\\nough, Alton\\nBay, and all\\npoints on the\\nlake, affording\\nmany delight-\\nful excursions.\\nLake YYinnipesaukee, on whose match-\\nless shores Hotel Weirs is situated, is\\none of the most magnificent lakes in\\nthe world, surpassed by no American\\nwaters and rivaling in scenic beauty the\\nfar-famed Italian, Swiss, and Scottish\\nlakes. Winnipesaukee is the name\\nbestowed by the Indians, whose mean-\\ning, The Smile of the Great Spirit.\\nshows that even the untutored abo-\\nrigines recognized that Omnipotence\\nhad placed the seal of its crowning\\nglory upon this sparkling lake whose\\npelucid waters lave the foothills, an\\nDr. J. A. Greene, Proprietor.\\nadvance -mud of the picturesque White\\nMountains.\\nPerhaps we can give the reader no\\nbetter idea of this summer paradise\\nthan to quote from a letter written by a\\nguest of last season\\nI had taken rooms at the famous Hotel\\nWeirs and descended from the hot and dusty\\ntrain into cool and delicionsly fragrant air. It\\nwas night, and such a night Never through\\nlife will the memory of that wondrous scene\\nfade from my mind. Weir was en file, and the\\nspectacle was transcendent, dazzling, beautiful.\\nIt was as if I had been suddenly translated into\\nfairyland. At the back rose the great hotel, its\\nhundred windows aglow with the cordial light\\nof welcome fes-\\ntoons of myriad\\nflags and stream-\\ners waved in the\\nsoft breeze, while\\nthousands of Chi-\\nnese lanterns\\ngleamed and twin-\\nkled among the\\ntrees and up and\\ndown the long,\\nwide pia/zas, fill-\\ned with bevies of\\nradiantly dressed\\nwomen, groups of\\nmen, and prome-\\nnaders. The soft\\nstrains of aStrauss\\nwaltz floated out\\nupon the air from\\nthe hospit able,\\nwide-open win-\\ndows of the hotel\\nparlors, and the\\nlaughter of merry\\ndancers echoed\\nthe music ol the\\norchestra\\nAll this was\\npleasure in its\\nhighest personifi-\\ncation, but a cool-\\ning zephyr from\\nthe water, upon\\nmy heated brow, caused me to turn toward that\\nfamed lake, the lake of the poet, Whittier, the\\nlake artists rave over, the ideal lake of the\\nsportsman Winnipesaukee which I then saw\\nfor the first time and which was, indeed, the\\nSmile of the Great Spirit. Never shall I for-\\nget the shuddering ecstacy with which I drank\\nin that wondrous scene. The hotel, the music,\\nthe life, the light, and gayety were instantly\\nforgotten lost in that amaze and reverent awe\\ninto which the human atom is plunged when\\nbrought face to face with the stupendous gran-\\ndeur of the Creator s mastei works of nature.\\nWhat pen can describe the sublimity of that\\npicture, what pen portray its ineffable and trans-\\ncendent beauty! For miles upon miles, in all\\ndirections, spread that marvelous sheet of\\nwater, dotted all over by the greenest isles that\\nlfc", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "236\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\never studded a blue sea the moon at her full\\nrode high in a heaven unflecked by cloud or\\nshadow, dropping, as it were, the diamonds of\\nher light in brilliant reflection down upon the\\ndistant bosom of the lake, at first in a narrow\\nstreak of sniveling silver, ever widening, ever\\ngrowing as in broadening band upon the shim-\\nmering waters it approached the beholder in\\ncorruscations of living, liquid light, tossed, glow-\\ning and gleaming and glittering from myriad\\ntiny waves like untold millions of limpid, re-\\nsplendent jewels; the soft air was cool and\\nfragrant with pine and hemlock from every\\nheavily wooded isle, bearing in every deep-\\ndrawn breath the balm of health at my feet the\\ngentle ripples lapped musically upon the shore.\\nFar away, glancing athwart the moonbeams on\\nthe water, were tiny pleasure yachts, their\\nTavern at The Weirs. David B. Story\\nis one of the oldest and best known tav-\\nern-keepers in New Hampshire, and\\nhas also figured prominently in political\\nand other circles of Laconia for many\\nyears.\\nDavid B. Story is a native of Hop-\\nkinton, N. H., born January 19, 1836.\\nHe was educated at Hopkinton acad-\\nemy, and was married in 1857 to Sarah\\nJ. French, and has four children living\\nJ. Henry, Fred W., Charles F., and\\nBenjamin F. A daughter, Ada S., died\\nin 1877.\\nWest End of Dinin?-Room, New Hotel Weirs.\\nlights now showing, now lost to sight. Nearer\\nland some young people in boats were idly\\ndrifting, the faint echoes of their joyous laugh-\\nter floating across the waters, while just off\\nshore a great fish, belated by nightfall, broke\\nwater and disappeared, leaving only the rapidly\\nwidening circle where a moment before he had\\nrisen to some luckless fly. Such a scene! such\\na night! such a place I felt that here at last I\\nhad found the vacationist s paradise.\\nStory s Tavern.\\nEverybody who ever stopped long in\\nLaconia knows Dave Story of Story s\\nMr. Story is a Unitarian, and a mera-\\nof the Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor,\\nand the Amoskeag Veterans of Man-\\nchester, New Hampshire s famous mili-\\ntary organization.\\nHe is a veteran Democrat, and has\\nserved as sheriff of Belknap county,\\ndeputy sheriff, justice of the peace,\\nselectman, member of the city council,\\nand representative in the legislature.\\nMr. Story has been a hotel-keeper for\\nthirty-six years, having been landlord of\\nthe Perkins House, Mt. Belknap House,", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LAC ON IAN.\\n237\\nLaconia House, Hotel Weirs, and at the\\npresent time welcomes his patrons at\\nStory s Tavern, on Lakeside avenue at\\nThe Weirs.\\nStory s Tavern is located on the shore\\nof Lake Winnipesaukee, and situated in\\na grove directly facing the\\nlake, and within two hundred\\nfeet of it, and having one of\\nthe finest views of the lake\\nand mountains to be had at\\nThe Weirs. This hotel, al-\\nthough small, has all the com-\\nforts of a larger house.\\nThe steamboat landings\\nand depot are but one min-\\nute s walk from the hotel and\\nin full view of the same.\\nNice fishing, boating, ex-\\ncursions on the lake every\\nday, and splendid drives.\\nThe motto is: Small but Good.\\nTerms from $7 to $10 per week.\\nTransient $2 per day.\\nMr. Story s long connection with the\\nstantial food and all the comforts whirl\\ncan be desired.\\nLake View House.\\nD. B. Story\\nThe Lake View House at The Weirs\\nis open from June 15 to Sep-\\ntember 15, Robert C. Dickey,\\nproprietor. The Weirs is the\\nprincipal summer resort on\\nthe shores of the beautiful\\nWinnipesaukee lake, thirtv-\\nfive miles north of Concord,\\non the Boston Maine rail-\\nroad. There are seven trains\\ndaily each way from Boston\\nthrough to Plymouth and the\\nWhite Mountains. The Lake\\nView House is pleasantly lo-\\ncated on quite an elevation\\nbut a short distance from the railroad\\nstation and steamboat landing.\\nThe house is neat, clean, and newly\\nfurnished, every room is pleasant, and the\\nhouse accommodates twenty-five guests.\\nStory s Hotel.\\nhotel business has given him an exten- Everything is made homelike and cheer-\\nsive acquaintance with the trawling ful. The location makes it cool and\\npublic, and his honest welcome to the comfortable even in the hottest weather.\\nweary traveler or the sojourner from the There is a fine grove near by, also the\\ncity seeking a quiet rest in the country, G. A. R. grove, speaker s stand, etc.,\\nis a guarantee of good lodgings, sub- where band concerts and many interest-", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "sJBFcM\\nr |:if\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Bff", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "240\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\ning outdoor gatherings are held during\\nthe summer. The spring water with\\nwhich the house is supplied has special\\nmedicinal qualities, as very many have\\ntestified after using it freely for a short\\ntime, when they could not drink ordi-\\nnary city water without injury. Particu-\\nlar pains is taken to have a first-class\\ntable, supplied with fresh milk, fruit,\\nvegetables, etc., from the farm daily.\\nBoating and fishing, with the opportun-\\nity for carriage drives through delightful\\neven by a bush or rock. On either\\nside of this avenue many islands ar-\\nranged themselves, as if to adorn with\\na finish that could be given only by\\ntheir glowing verdure and graceful\\nforms. That the successive beauties of\\nthe Winnipesaukee strongly resemble\\nand equal those of Lake George, I can-\\nnot entertain a doubt, and from various\\nelevations the scene is superior. The\\nWinnipesaukee presents a field of twice\\nthe extent of Lake George. The islands\\nLake View House.\\nscenery, make this one of the most de-\\nsirable places to spend a quiet summer\\nvacation at a small expense. Prices are\\nfrom $7 to $10 per week.\\nDr. Dwight, a noted traveler, has said\\nof this lake From a delightful eleva-\\ntion a short distance from the highway\\ncould be seen the Winnipesaukee lake,\\nan immense field of glass. In the cen-\\ntre, a noble channel spread out twenty-\\ntwo miles before the eye, uninterrupted\\nin view are more numerous, of finer\\nform, and more happily arranged. The\\nshores are not inferior. The expansion\\nis far more magnificent, and the gran-\\ndeur of the mountains can scarcely be\\nrivaled. A few minutes walk from the\\nLake View House the above can be at\\nonce verified, and no finer view of lake\\nand mountain can hardly be conceived.\\nDescriptive circular and other informa-\\ntion sent on application to R. C. Dickey.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "INTERLAKEN PARK\\nInterlaken Park, located on the shore\\nof beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee, just\\nacross the channel from The Weirs, is\\nalready recognized as one of the most\\ncharming and convenient summer-resort\\nlocations in the whole lake region of\\nNew Hampshire.\\nWhite Mountains in the background,\\nwhile the facilities and conveniences for\\nbusiness and professional men who\\nmake this Mecca of tourists a place of\\nsummer resort, give it a special advan-\\ntage over the majority of towns and vil-\\nlages catering for summer patronage.\\nLooking down the Channel from the Park, Endicott Rock in the Distance.\\nLake Winnipesaukee is everywhere\\nacknowledged to be the most magnifi-\\ncent summer resort in the Granite state.\\nIt is the largest lake in the state, contain-\\ning an area of seventy square miles, and\\nits hundreds of islands, natural bays, in-\\nteresting inlets and picturesque shores,\\nare the theme of universal praise by\\nboth press and public. The Weirs is the\\nchief port of the lake and the most im-\\nportant junction of railroad and steam-\\nboat travel. The view from this point\\ncombines the lake scenery with the moun-\\ntain ranges of Ossipee, Sandwich, and the\\nRailroad and steamboat communication\\nis prompt and frequent. The running\\ntime between Boston and The Weirs is\\nonly about three hours, and the Boston\\n.Maine system runs several express\\ntrains each way every day between these\\npoints; the White Mountain region can\\nbe reached in a few hours steamboats\\nrun between all the harbors and towns\\naround the lake; while the conveniences\\nof telegraph and telephone are the same\\nas can be obtained in any of the large\\ncities. Electric street cars make twenty-\\nminute trips between The Weirs and", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n2 43\\nthe thriving city of Laconia, five miles\\ndistant, the electrics running directly by\\nthe entrance of Interlaken Park.\\nInterlaken Park is actually the coolest\\nspot on the shores of the lake. By care-\\nful temperature tests, under like condi-\\ntions, made in\\nAugust by Mayor\\nAdams of Frank-\\nlin, the thermom-\\neter registered\\nfrom 6 to 16 de-\\ngrees cooler at\\nhis cottage at the\\npark than at The\\nWeirs station.\\nFour consecutive\\ndays showed a\\ndifference of 12 degrees on each daw\\nInterlaken Park includes forty acres\\nof shore property which has been sur-\\nveyed and is laid out into lots for sum-\\nmer residences. A substantial driveway\\nor avenue has been made at consider-\\nable expense along the whole lake front-\\nage, and sub-avenues or broad streets\\nintersect at regular and convenient dis-\\ntances. Running water is supplied from\\nThe Weirs water-works, and can be car-\\nried to any portion of the park, thus\\nsecuring a bountiful supply of pure\\ndrinking water.\\nIt is designed to make the park a\\nsummer resort for those who appre-\\nciate the beautiful attractions and the\\nhealth-giving properties in which this\\nregion abounds. The scheme of allot-\\nments secures to each cottager immunity\\nfrom the annoyances of arbitrary privi-\\nleges which are sometimes the bane of\\nallotment summer parks, and everything\\nhas been carefully planned and consid-\\nered so that each purchaser feels that\\nhis personal purchase secures to himself\\ncomfort and security during the months\\nof summer leisure and occupancy.\\nThe park property is on a gradual\\nrise (the back lots being one hundred\\nfeet higher than the lake level), and\\ncommands one of the most extensive and\\nmagnificent views to be obtained any-\\nwhere around this celebrated lake. Some\\nof the best fishing grounds in the lake for\\nlake trout, salmon,\\nbass, and pickerel\\nare within easy dis-\\ntance of the park, a\\nfeature which is ap-\\npreciated by many\\nsummer visitors.\\nCombining as it\\ndoes all the charm\\nof shore and moun-\\nw.c*\\nSummer I tomes at the Park.\\ntain scenery, superbly located, free\\nfrom excursion crowds and picnics, and\\nyet within immediate communication of\\nrailroad, telegraph, and city life. Inter-\\nlaken Park offers attractions which\\ncannot be found elsewhere, and ran\\nhardly fail to rapidly become one of", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "244\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nthe most popular resorts on Lake Win- the Winnipesaukee Lake Company,\\nnipesaukee. at Lakeport, N. H., or at the Hotel\\nFor further particulars inquire of Weirs, The Weirs, during the summer\\nHarry W. Daniell, superintendent of season.\\nPlan of I titer lake n Park.\\nHarry W. Daniell, Agent of the Winnipesaukee Lake Co.", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\n2 45\\nCharles W. Vaughan.\\nCharles W. Vaughan, manager of the\\nLaconia Press Association, and editor of\\nThe Illustrated Laconian, is a na-\\ntive Laconian, born June 30, 1862, in\\nthe old Vaughan homestead, which\\nstood on Main street, just below the\\nrailroad tracks, and which was removed\\nto make room for the new passenger\\ndepot and railroad square. His parents\\nwere the late O. A. J. Vaughan, for\\nmany years a\\nwell-known law-\\nyer, and also\\neditor of the\\nLaconia Demo-\\ncrat, and Mary\\nElizabeth (Par-\\nker) Vaughan.\\nT h e ancestors\\nof these fami-\\nlies were not\\nonly among the\\nearly settlers of\\nAmerica, but if\\nthe family rec-\\nords had been\\nproperly kept\\nthe pedigree\\ncould have been\\ntraced back to\\nthe late M r.\\nNoah, who con-\\nducted a very\\nsuccessful ferry-\\nboat bus i n e s s\\nat Mt. Ararat at\\nthe time of the\\nbig freshet, and\\nwhose menagerie of wild and domestic\\nanimals was at that time universally ad-\\nmitted to be the biggest show on earth.\\nQuite a number of the Vaughan fam-\\nily were among the early colonists of\\nMassachusetts, and while some of them\\nacquired fame in the Erench and Indian\\nwars, and the Revolution, others had\\nfame thrust upon them, one being tried,\\nconvicted, and hung as one of nineteen\\nwitches in Salem, while another served\\na term in jail for speaking very disre-\\npectfully of one of the colonial govern-\\nCharles \\\\V. Vaughan.\\nors of Massachusetts, which might or\\nmight not have been discreditable.\\nThe subject of this sketch distin-\\nguished himself at the tender age of\\nthree years by burning his father s barn,\\nthereby satisfying a vindictive anti-\\npathy towards a certain gentleman\\nsheep with whom he had some previous\\nmisunderstanding. He was educated\\nin the public schools of Laconia, and at\\nthe age of thirteen years entered the\\nPitman mills with the intention of be-\\ncoming a hosiey\\nman uf act u rer.\\nA violent disin-\\nclination for\\nwork, however,\\ninduced him to\\na b a n d o n this\\ne n t e r prise for\\nthe newspaper\\nbusiness after\\none year, and\\nsince 1877 he\\nhas been con-\\nnected with the\\nLaconia Demo-\\ncrat in various\\ncapacities.\\nIn polities he\\nis an Indepen-\\ndent, but always\\nvotes the I )em-\\nocratic ticket.\\nHe was a mem-\\nber of the first\\ncity council of\\nLaconia. In\\nreligious mat-\\nters he is a Con-\\ngregationalist.\\nHe married Florence N. Elliott\\nBradford, Vt., October 16, 1882.\\nof\\nLouis B. Martin.\\nLouis E. Martin, publisher of The\\nIllustrated Laconian, was born in\\nProvidence, R. I.. May 24, 1874, only\\nson of the late Walter A. Martin and\\nIlattie A. (brown) Martin. His father\\ndied March S. 187N, and young Martin\\nwith his mother removed to Laconia.", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "246\\nTHE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN.\\nwhere they have since resided. Mr.\\nMartin attended the public schools, and\\nlearned the printer s trade and has been\\nemployed on the various papers of\\nI aconia He conducted the street car\\nadvertising service in Laconia for four\\nvears has published various advertis-\\ning novelties and illustrated souvenirs\\nin different parts of the state. _ Mr.\\nMartin recently invented a printing\\npress, and was\\nallowed a pat-\\nent on the same\\nlast March,\\nwhich is now\\nbeing success-\\nfully placed on\\nthe market by\\na Boston house.\\nHe was married\\non October 21,\\n1895, to Miss\\nMary L.Twom-\\nbly of Laconia,\\nand they have\\na little daugh-\\nter, Esther.\\nPublisher s\\nNote.\\nThe publisher\\nof The Illus-\\ntrated Laco-\\nnian takes con-\\nsiderable pride\\nin present i ng\\nthis publication\\nto the public, believing the work to be\\nthe most complete and representative\\nsouvenir of the city ever issued. The\\npublisher does not claim that the book\\nfaithfully presents every man and every\\nindustry which has helped to build up\\nLaconia, but it is claimed that in this\\nrespect the publication is complete with\\nbut very few exceptions, and these ex-\\nceptions through no fault of the pub-\\nlisher. The facts and dates in the vari-\\nous articles have been obtained so far\\nas possible by personal interviews and\\nare so far as known absolutely correct.\\nThe publisher is deeply indebted to\\nquite a number of our public-spirited\\ncitizens for valuable assistance in com-\\npiling The Illustrated Laconian and\\nin making the publication a success,\\nand would also\\nexpress his ap-\\npreciation for\\nthe court eous\\ntreatment and\\ngenerous sup-\\nport re c e i v e d\\nfrom the num-\\nerous people\\nand concerns\\nwho appear in\\nthe book.\\nFor the ex-\\ncellence of the\\nengravings and\\nthe fine typo-\\ngraphical ap-\\npearance of this\\npublication,\\ncredit should\\nbe given to the\\nRumford Print-\\ning Co., of Con-\\ncord, N. H.,\\nwhich concern\\nis not only by\\nfar the largest\\nengraving and\\nprinting establishment in New Hamp-\\nshire, but which also stands second to\\nnone in New England for fine work in\\nthis line. The half-tone engravings\\nwere all made by the Rumford Printing\\nCo., and the book was printed and\\nbound complete in their establishment.\\nLOUIS B. MARTIN,\\nPublisher.\\nLouis B. Martin", "height": "3738", "width": "2463", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nAbbott, Dr. Alfred \\\\V 140\\nAbbott, Dr. Clifton S 141\\nAdams, Fred R 206\\nAshman, John W 41\\nBaldwin, Charles W 1 iS\\nBabb, Rev. J. Franklin 39\\nBeckford, Judge Frank M 119\\nBlaisdell, Joseph II 83\\nbooth, John 147\\nBrown, the late Levi B 97\\nBrowne, Lewis A 212\\nBurleigh, Edwin F 1S2\\nBusiel, the late Hon. John \\\\V 154\\nBusiel, Ex-Gov. Charles A 155\\nBusiel, John T 157\\nbusiel, Frank E [58\\nBusiel, J. W. Co 1 59\\narroll Crapo 35\\nCentral House 1S3\\nChase, Harry S 171\\nChase, Ethan A 81\\nhase s Sporting Resort 81\\nChurches\\nbaptist, Lakeport 223\\nChurch of the Sacred Heart 221\\nCongregational 214\\nFirst Free Baptist 21S\\nFree Baptist, Lakeport 216\\nFirst Baptist 215\\nFirst Methodist Episcopal 220\\nFirst Unitarian 221\\nPeoples Christian 225\\nSt. James Episcopal 219\\nSt. Joseph s 224\\nTrinity M. E., Lakeport 226\\nCilley, Harry D 1S0\\nCity Savings Bank 151\\nClark, Adelbert 199\\nClow, the late William 66\\nClow, Henrv 1! 67\\nClow, William Son 67\\nCole Manufacturing Co 47\\nCole, the late Hon. Benjamin J 47\\nCole, Capt. Stephen B 207\\nCottrell s 105\\nCottrell, Irving M 106\\nCox, George B iot\\nCrane Manufacturing Co 1 2S\\nCrane, John S 129\\nCrane, Mazellah L 130\\nDaniell, Harry W 244\\nDavis, the late Francis H So\\nDinsmoor, the late Daniel S 38\\nI tinsmoor, Arthur W 1 53\\nDinsmore, Rev. Jonathan R 227\\nDow Roberts 57\\nDrake, Benjamin F 60\\nEagle Hotel 212\\nEdgerly, the late Nathaniel 143\\nEsty Sprinkler Co 205\\nEveringham, Rev. John E 226\\nFlanders, William H 58\\nFolsom, Albert G 126\\nFolsom, Frank R 204\\nFoss, Oscar 123\\nFoster. Charles T [91\\nFive, harles E 1 .S\\nFrye, Simeon C 151\\nGale, the late Major N. B 107\\nGetchell, Rev. William 11 218\\nGilman, Frank L i.S^\\nGilman, Dr. Charles S. 76\\nGingras, Joseph II 68\\nGlidden, Albert. S 141)\\nGordon Booth 1 46\\nGordon, Alburtis S 1 j-\\nGoss, the late Dr. Oliver 87\\nGoss, the late Elizabeth H. (Flanders) 89\\nGoss, Dr. )ssian W 89\\nGreene, Dr. J. A 235\\nHarriman, Dr. A. II 56\\nHeath, W. D 208\\nHennon, Rev. Fathei 224\\nI libbard, Hon. Ellery A 193\\nHodgdon, Dr. Edwin P 53\\nHotel Picard 174\\nHuntress, 1 lamlin i 1\\nHuse Machine Shops 74\\nII use, Warren D 75\\nInterlaken Park 241\\nJewell, Erastus P 142\\nJewett, Judge John G iN}\\nJewett, Col. Stephen S [33\\nJones, I Ton. Frank 29\\nJordan, Rev. John B 219\\nKellogg, Daniel no\\nRing, Dr. W. A 137\\nKnight Huntress 112\\nKnight, Gen. William F 112\\nLaconia, 1652-1S99\\nLaconia Board of Trade 181\\nLaconia Building and Loan Association. 32\\nLaconia Car Company Works 29\\nLaconia, Census of, in 1S36 27\\nLaconia Electric Lighting Co 125\\nI .aconia Democrat 141\\nLaconia Grist-mill [37\\nLaconia Hardware Company 36\\nLaconia Lumber Works 92\\nLaconia Landmark 50\\nLaconia National Bank 150\\nLaconia Post-office 1S0\\nLaconia Street Railway 189\\nLaconia Savings bank 103\\nI .aconia To-day 21\\nLaconia Water Company 143\\nLakeside I louse 232\\nLakeview I louse 2 ^7\\nLake City Laundry 203\\nLeavitt, Charles E [98\\nLetourneau, Dr. J. X 109\\nI ,ewis, !ol. Edwm C 1S4\\nLougee Pros 1 3\\nLougee, Frank H 173\\nLovell, the late Judge Warren 193", "height": "3726", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "illustratedlacon00vaugh_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "248\\nINDEX.\\nMaher s Newstand 211\\nMaher, Charles 211\\nMallard, George F 200\\nMarshall, Residence of William C 192\\nMartin, the late Samuel H 144\\nMartin, Louis B 245\\nMayor and Council 24\\nMcCarthy Bros 205\\nMcGloughlin, James 3,\\nMcDaniel, Charles W 145\\nMelcher l rescott Insurance Agency 130\\nMelcher, the late Woodbury 175\\nMelcher, Woodbury L 176\\nMeredith Bridge, Map of in 1S53 10\\nMerrill, John F 79\\nMerchand, Leon J 210\\nMoulton, the late Hon. John C 64\\nMorin, Joseph P 68\\nMoore, Albert C. 82\\nMoore, the late Jonathan L 194\\nMoore, John B 106\\nMorrill, Joseph S 13S\\nMonge, Rev. Father 221\\nMunsey, George B 100\\nMutual Building and Loan Association. 45\\nNelson, the late David B 52\\nNelson, William 152\\nNew Hotel Weirs 234\\n.Oberon Ladies Quartette 63\\nOld Corner Store 50\\nOsgood, F. George H 72\\nO Loughlin, the late John 139\\nShea Bros 42\\nShea, Dennis 45\\nO Shea, Residence of Eugene 213\\nPease s City Band 149\\nPeaslee, Walter S 167\\nPeaslee, Frank S 1 53\\nPeoples National Banki 103\\nPepper Manufacturing Company 69\\nPepper, William II 70\\nPerley, the late Stephen 161\\nPerley, the late John L 163\\nPerley, the late John L., I r 165\\nPerley, Lewis S 166\\nPierce, Harry L 191\\nPierce, Lewis S 191\\nPierce, Rev. Charles L 216\\nPike, Charles J 209\\nPitman, the late Joseph P 195\\nPitman, Charles F 198\\nPitman, Walter H 73\\nPitman Manufacturing Company 198\\nPlummer, William A 136\\nPlummer, Martin B 1 iS\\nPost-office 186\\nPrescott, True E 1 33\\nPulsifer, Ex-Mayor Charles L in\\nQuimby, Dr. John G 189\\nQuinby, Col. Henry B 48\\nQuinby, I lenry Cole 49\\nQuinby, Albert T y]\\nQuinby, Edwin N 37\\nRichards, Charles F 166\\nRice, Rev. G. Heber 223\\nRiley, George W\\nRoberts, John L.\\nRobinson, Mark M\\nI Rowe, Fred B\\nSaltmarsh, Dr. George II\\nSanders, the late Samuel W..\\nSanders, the late George A.\\nSanders, George A\\nSanborn, Herbert S\\nScott, City Marshal H. K. W.\\nShannon, Edwin H\\nShannon, Jonathan C\\nShannon, Will P\\nSimpson, Charles L\\nSmith, Ex-Mayor Samuel B..\\nSmith, John Parker\\nSmith, Joseph F\\nSmith, Rev. A. L.\\nSmith, the late Rev. A. D\\nStone, Hon. Charles F\\nStory s Drug Store\\nStory, J. Henry\\nStory s Hotel\\nStory, David B\\nStory, Dr. Helen L\\nStory, Marion W\\nTetley, Mayor Edmund\\nThe Weirs\\nThompson, Edwin P\\nThompson, True W\\nThurston, Rev. Charles A. G.\\nTilton, the late Daniel A\\nTilton, the late James H\\nTilton, the late Joseph S\\nTilton, George Henry\\nTilton, Elmer S\\nTrask, Julian Francis\\nTrue, the late Noah L\\nTrue, Dr. Walter H\\nTucker, Iloyt H\\nTwomblv, the late Orison\\nVaughan, the late O. A. J.\\nVaughan, Charles W\\nVue de L Eau\\nWallace, William\\nWardwell Needle Co\\nWard, Edwin D\\nWaverly Shoe Company\\nWeeks, George W\\nWeeks, Mrs. George W\\nWells, Dr. Henry C\\nWeymouth, Herman C\\nWhipple, the late Col. Thomas J\\nWiley, Dr. Rebecca W\\nWiley, Rev. Frederick L\\nWilson, Julius E\\nWilson, Morgia Porter\\nWinnipesaukee Gas and Electric Co.\\nWoodworth, Wellington L\\nWorrall, T. H\\nWrisley, Dr. J. A\\nYoung, Fred A.\\nY. M. C. 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