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In January, 1881, the council was removed from Littleton to Plymoutlı, and at the same time the following officers were appointed : William H. Raymond, T. I. M .; Elliot B. Hodge, D. M .; Alvin Burleigh, P. C. of W .; Hiram Clark, treasurer ; John U. Farnham, recorder; John F. Maynard, C. of G .; Joseph P. Huckins, C. of C .; Royal A. Chase, steward; James Tom- kinson, sentinel.
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Of this council Elliot Hodge and Benjamin F. St. Clair have served as Most Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of New Hampshire. At the date and in the order named the follow- ing have served as T. I. M., D. M., and P. C. of W .: -
1880 Chauncey H. Greene Benj. F. Wells 1881 Elliot B. Hodge John F. Maynard John F. Maynard
Charles B. Griswold
Alvin Burleigh
1882 Elliot B. Hodge
Alvin Burleigh
1883 John F. Maynard
Joseph P. Huckins Royal A. Chase
1884 John F. Maynard
Joseph P. Huckins
Royal A. Chase
1885 Joseph P. Huckins
Royal A. Chase Horace F. Wyatt Joseph P. Huckins
George II. Adams
1887 Horace F. Wyatt
George H. Adams
1888 Horace F. Wyatt
Fred N. George
George H. Adams George H. Adams George H. Adams
1890 Elliot B. Hodge
1891 Fred N. George
George H. Adams
1892 Elliot B. Hodge
Joseph P. Huckins Hiram B. Farnum C. V. Tomkinson Joseph P. Huckins John F. Maynard
George H. Adams George H. Adams George H. Adams
1894 Benj. F. St. Clair
1895 Benj. F. St. Clair
Frank W. Russell
George H. Adams
1896 Benj. F. St. Clair
George H. Adams
1897 Frank W. Russell
George II. Adams
1898 Frank W. Russell
George H. Adams
1899 Frank W. Russell
1900 Frank W. Russell
1901 Frank W. Russell
Frank W. Russell Joseph P. Huckins Joseph P. Huckins Joseph P. Huckins J. Frank Gould Joseph P. Huckins J. Frank Gould Joseph P. Huckins J. Frank Gould George B. Blood Charles E. Barker
1902 J. Frank Gould
1903 John F. Maynard
George B. Blood Charles E. Barker
1904 George B. Blood
Charles E. Barker
J. Frank Gould
1905 George B. Blood
Charles E. Barker
Frank W. Russell
Edward W. White
1886 Elliot B. Hodge
1889 Elliot B. Hodge
Royal A. Chase
1893 Benj. F. St. Clair
THE BETHLEHEM CHAPTER, NO. 12, ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR. - A preliminary meeting of the signers of the petition for a chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star convened at the resi- dence of Hazen D. Smith, Saturday evening, June 4, 1892. There were present Lydia B. (Walker) Smith, Elvira (Page) Burleigh, Harriet H. (Page) Gore, Grace E. A. (Parker) Walker, Lilla S. (Pressy) Gould, Mary E. (Ross) Rollins, Hazen D. Smith, Alvin Burleigh, Thomas J. Walker, Frank W. Russell, and Frank II. Rollins.
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A dispensation was granted by the Grand Chapter, and the first meeting of the Bethlehem Chapter was held in Masonic Hall, Tuesday evening, June 28, 1892, the Grand Matron, Mary D. M. Quimby of Whitefield presiding. At this meeting the degrees of the order were conferred upon eighteen candidates, the work being performed by the officers of Mt. Hope Chapter, No. 5, of Ashland. At this meeting of organization the following officers of the Beth- lehem Chapter were installed by the Grand Matron, the marshal being Mary A. (Currier) Brown, then the Worthy Matron of the Excelsior Chapter, No. 4, of Whitefield: -
Lydia B. (Walker) Smith, Worthy Matron.
Frank W. Russell, Worthy Patron.
Grace E. A. (Parker) Walker, Associate Matron.
Mary E. (Ross) Rollins, Treasurer. Elvira (Page) Burleigh, Secretary.
Mabel Lillian Greeley, Conductress.
Edith Kimball, Associate Conductress. Lilla S. (Pressy) Gould, Adah. Olive F. Amsden, Ruth.
Helen L. (Smith) Story, Esther.
Ada E. Keniston, Martha. Inez M. Maynard, Electa.
S. Kate (Smith) Adams, Warder. Thomas J. Walker, Sentinel.
The regular meetings of the chapter are held in Masonie Hall each third Tuesday after the full moon. The present membership is one hundred and eighteen. The matrons, patrons, and secre- taries of the chapter in the order named are presented for each year : -
1892 Lydia B. (Walker) Smith 1893 Lydia B. (Walker) Smith 1894 Lydia B. (Walker) Smith 1895 Elvira (Page) Burleigh 1896 Elvira (Page) Burleigh 1897 Elvira (Page) Burleigh 1898 Mabel L. Greeley
1899 Isabella Tomkinson
1900 Isabella Tomkinson
Frank W. Russell Elvira (Page) Burleigh
Joseph C. Story Davis B. Keniston Alvin Burleigh Alvin Burleigh Alvin Burleigh
Rodney E. Smythe Benj. F. St. Clair Alfred H. Campbell
Elvira (Page) Burleigh Elvira (Page) Burleigh
Amelia P. (Handy ) Smythe Amelia P. (Handy) Smythe Arabella L.(Roberts) Mason Arabella L.(Roberts) Mason Marion E.(Blake) Campbell Sadie (Gaskell) Hartwell
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1901 Mira H. (Adams) Wright Fred'k P. Weeks Sadie (Gaskell) Hartwell 1902 Arabella L. (Roberts) Mason Fred'k P. Weeks Blanche M. (l'laisted) Wentworth
1903 Elvira (Page) Burleigh
Charles J. Gould
Alice (Tufts) l'eppard
1904 Lucy S. Brackett
James F. Gould
Alice (Tufts) Peppard
1905 Alice (Robie) Mitchell
James F. Gould
Alice ('Tufts) Peppard
PLYMOUTH LODGE, No. 66, I. O. O. F., was instituted by the Grand Master George A. Robie, May 3, 1881. The charter mem- bers were John U. Farnham, Charles H. Marden, Moses, A. Ferrin, Moses P. Smith, Daniel M. Brown, Brooks M. Mitchell, William H. Raymond, Pulaski W. Tennant, George E. Edmonds, James Currier, Collins M. Buchanan, William C. Sherman, Robert W. Mitchell, Moses G. Tucker, Foster S. Batchelder, Darius K. Morse, Henry N. Smith, Alphonso Clement, Manson S. Brown, John C. Chase.
The lodge in this town has been well sustained, and has happily given a continued expression of the fraternal and benevolent sen- timent of the order. The meetings were held in Mason and Weeks Block until January, 1895, when the lodge removed to Tufts Block, where it has maintained a home until the present time. The present number of members is one hundred and sixty-seven.
The following have been elected to the chair of Noble Grand : John U. Farnham, Collins M. Buchanan, Charles A. Jewell, Brooks M. Mitchell, Daniel M. Brown, Charles W. George, Moses A. Ferrin, Benjamin F. Smith, Rodney E. Smythe, Charles J. Gould, James Currier, Henry W. Rogers, Benjamin F. St. Clair, Charles W. George, second term; Moses A. Ferrin, second term; William H. Adams, Benjamin F. Smith, second term ; Fred S. Rowe, John Mason, Moses A. Batchelder, Thomas Stratton, George W. Wal- lace, Frank P. Woodward, David H. Hallenbeck, Frank A. Fox, Frank E. Batchelder, Frank C. Calley, William F. Adams, Harry S. Heath, Fred S. Wells, Isadore N. Lunderville, Allen E. Hobbs, Edward Harvey Edmonds, George W. Little, Alonzo F. Morse, two terms; James M. Dustin, Alonzo J. Knowlton, Samuel W. Slye, Ward B. Hutchins, Iza J. Smith, Charles C. White, William H. Wells, Thomas A. Love, Heber W. Hull.
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The officers for the term beginning January, 1905, are Frank R. Sawyer, N. G .; Fred Smith, V. G .; Alonzo Morse, R. S. N. G .; George McIntire, L. S. N. G .; William J. Randolph, R. S. V. G .; Luther Williamson, L. S. V. G .; Charles Richards, warden ; James Corliss, conductor; E. Harvey Edmonds, O. G .; Alval Houston, I. G .; Walter Sawyer, R. S. S .; Elmer Huckins, L. S. S .; Henry W. Rogers, secretary ; Samuel W. Slye, financial secretary ; Charles W. George, treasurer; Moses A. Ferrin, trustee.
Charles A. Jewell of this lodge has been elevated to the chair of Grand Master, and eight brethren - John U. Farnham, Charles W. George, Henry W. Rogers, William H. Adams, Daniel M. Brown, Charles J. Gould, Frank A. Fox, and Alonzo J. Knowlton - have filled the appointment of district deputy.
ENTERPRISE LODGE, No. 46, DAUGHTERS OF REBEKAH, was organized by Grand Master Frank A. Davis of Keene, Feb. 25, 1892. The charter members were Charles J. Gould, Henry W. Rogers, Frank A. Corliss, Walter W. Mason, Christina S. (Bur- leigh) Blair, Emma Frances (Flanders) Dearborn, Frances Emma (Marston) Brown, Frank A. Fox, Marietta (Rogers) Wallace, Moses A. Batchelder, Daniel M. Brown, Amelia Phebe (Handy) Smythe, Mary Frances (Webster) Ferrin, Joseph B. Stoughton, Amasa W. Avery, William Frederic Adams.
The lodge is an adjunct to lodge of I. O. O. F., and is in a flourishing condition. The meetings are held in Odd Fellows Hall in Tufts Block. The present membership is one hundred and fifty- nine.
The officers installed in January, 1905, are Addie M. (Bout- well) Sawyer, N. G .; Margaret Brown, V. G .; Clara M. B. (Thompson) Rogers, R. S .; Amelia H. (Hanson) Hobbs, L. S. N. G .; Charles W. George, V. G .; Gertrude Evelyn (Homans) Huckins, L. S. V. G .; Martha S. (French) Woodman, warden; Blanche B. (Eastman) Porter, conductor; Emma Tourtillotte) Wood, chaplain; Sarah Annie Flanders, I. G .; Alvin F. Houston, O. G .; Cora (McDaniel) Currier, secre-
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tary; Stella (Foster) Milligan, treasurer; Edna Williamson, trustee.
BAKER'S RIVER LODGE, No. 47, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, Was instituted in Tufts Block, Feb. 28, 1895. The charter members were William J. Randolph, Iza J. Smith, Frank E. Harran, John A. Smith, Perley C. Kent, W. S. Grassie, F. C. Hall, Edward Cook, C. William Sherwell, Andrew R. Smith, Walter W. Mason, LeRoy S. Eastman, Albert W. Sawyer, Alvah C. Cousins, Myron P. Browley, James M. Robie, P. H. Young, Ward B. Hutchins, Harry McGough, William S. Learned, Frank G. Smith, Alton A. Gile, Enos Huckins, William H. Brown, James H. Williams, William M. Peppard, Frank H. Smith, John E. Davis, Alonzo E. Eastman, Philip D. Hart, Frank P. Sherwell, Austin W. Woodman, George F. Gilpatrick.
The lodge has been prosperous and harmonious, maintaining a lodge room in Sargeant's Block. The present membership is eighty-five, and the officers, 1905, are: -
Howard H. Langhill, Chancellor Commander.
L. Albert Day, Vice Chancellor. John H. Evans, Prelate.
J. Melvin Brown, Master of Work.
William P. Freeman, Keeper of Records and Seals.
William J. Randolph, Master of Finance.
Iza J. Smith, Master of Exchequer.
Alonzo Morse, Master at Arms.
Freeman Hussey, Inner Guard. Frank Hall, Outer Guard.
The officers have been chosen semi-annually, and the Past Chan- cellors are Myron P. Browley, Frank E. Harran, Alvah C. Cousins, William C. Sherwell, George F. Gilpatrick, Frank P. Sherwell, Harry S. Heath, Daniel H. McLinn, Charles L. Tilton, William J. Randolph, Iza J. Smith, E. Harvey Edmonds, William H. Brown, Samuel W. Slye, Charles M. Nelson, William H. Wells, T. Albert Love, William C. Hobart, William P. Freeman.
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THE JUSTUS B. PENNIMAN POST, No. 42, G. A. R. - This post of the Grand Army of the Republic of the department of New Hampshire was instituted by Department Commander George Bowers, April 7, 1879. The name of the post fittingly perpet- uates the memory of a loyal son of Plymouth, a brave soldier of the fifteenth regiment, who died in the service, of wounds, at New Orleans, La., June 16, 1863. The number of charter comrades was thirty-eight. The whole number enrolled is one hundred and sixty-three, and the number of surviving comrades, Jan. 1, 1905, is thirty-three. Time is whitening the locks of the surviving veterans, and age is adding incumbrance to their wounds and infirmities. On each Memorial ceremony new graves receive a crown of blossoms, and the benediction of comrades and friends. The Grand Army of veterans, living and dead, constitute the grandest type of American manhood. No other nation on earth could have dismissed a body of men as numerous as the army of 1865 without internal disturbance. Brave soldiers in war and good citizens in peace, the veterans, untarnished by the vices of the camp, were at once assimilated into the activities of business, and became free participants in public affairs. In many chapters of the History of Plymouth is the evidence that comrades of the Penniman Post have been honorably engaged in every department of business and professional employment. From year to year the Post has conducted the solemn service of Memorial Day and, often assisted by the Relief Corps, has amended the fortunes of a needy comrade. In every work of benevolence and in lessons of patriot- ism the Post has been greeted by the public with the extended hand of fellowship.
John E. Perkins of the 131 Pennsylvania Infantry is the present commander of the Post, having received his first election in 1904. The Post adjutant is Henry Carroll of the 13 New York Infantry. The past commanders and date of installation are: -
Oliver H. P. Craig, captain 6 N. H. Infantry, 1879, 1880, 1881. Elijah L. Smith, 6 N. H. Infantry, 1882, 1883.
Manson S. Brown, 13 N. H. Infantry, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889.
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Alvin Burleigh, 15 N. H. Infantry, 1887, 1888.
John Chandler, 2 N. H. Infantry, 1890, 1891.
Hiram B. Farnum, U. S. Marine Corps, 1892.
Joseph Parker, U. S. Navy ; 9 N. Y. Heavy Artillery, 1893, 1894, 1895.
Curtis L. Parker, 6 N. H. Infantry, 1896.
Frank Morton, 17 Vt. Infantry, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902.
Harris J. Goss, 18 N. H. Infantry, 1901.
Joseph L. Mitchell, 29 Mass. Infantry, 1903.
THE PENNIMAN RELIEF CORPS. - This loyal consort of the G. A. R. is Corps No. 9, and was instituted by Past Deputy Presi- dent Mattie Moulton Buxton, Oct. 16, 1882, with twenty-one charter members. The mission of the organization is to provide, as occasion arises, for the comfort and necessities of a sick or needy veteran, and at all times to stimulate the culture of a sentiment of patriotism. In a chosen field of labor the Penniman corps is not failing in a realization of a charitable and intellectual ideal, and is giving a constant expression of a grand motto,-Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty.
The present officers are Sarah Elizabeth (Cook) Carroll, presi- dent; Emma Estelle (Tourtillotte) Wood, senior vice-president; Emma E. Lambert, junior vice-president; Anna Lougee, secre- tary; Amanda Noyes (George) Farnum, treasurer; Julia (Ryan) Brainerd, chaplain; Mattie Knox, conductor; Winnie Wells, assistant conductor ; Mary Ellen (Flanders) Hutchins, guard.
The past presidents are Emma Kent, Lydia Smith, Ann P. E. (Whitney) Brown, Amy W. (Harvey) Philbrick, Mary Ellen (Lowd) Tupper, Eliza (Haley) Parker, Emily Belle (Farnum) McLinn, Emma Sargent, Francenia White, and Juliaetta (Ryan) Brainerd.
THE GRANGE. - The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry was instituted at Washington, D. C., Dec. 4, 1867. Encouraged by the State Board of Agriculture, subordinate granges have been established in many towns of the State. The Plymouth Grange, No. 239, was organized Jan. 30, 1896, by William D. Baker, district deputy, and early meetings assembled in the Ward
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Hill schoolhouse and in private houses. Since March, 1896, the grange has occupied a hall in Mason and Weeks Block, with the exception of a few months in 1900, when meetings were held in the hall in Kidder Block.
The charter members were Solomon A. Smith, Mary V. H. Smith, Benjamin F. Ellis, Dorothea Ellis, William M. H. Brown, George W. Yeaton, Jennie Frances (Fisher) Yeaton, Mynett J. S. Mitchell, Sarah B. Smith, Woodbury F. Langdon, Donna G. M. Langdon, Rev. Lorin Webster, Edgar Merrill, Abbie Jane (San- born) Merrill, Susan F. (Downing) Hazelton, William Downing, Ralph W. Thomas, Livingston D. Fogg, Clara Ann (Lougee) Fogg, Cyrus Smith, James B. Corliss, Fred Corliss, Carrie Kent, and Lottie Smith.
The worthy masters with the year of election are Edgar Merrill, 1896; Livingston D. Fogg, 1898; Adin H. Philbrick, 1901; William H. Wells, 1903; Iza J. Smith, 1904. The meet- ings have been well attended, and, with one exception, a quorum has been present. The present membership is one hundred and sixty-eight. The Plymouth Grange has recently won five prizes for superior degree and lecture work. The Pemigewasset Valley Pomona Grange maintains a home in Plymouth.
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XXXIV. NEWSPAPERS AND PRINTING.
THE GRAFTON JOURNAL was the first newspaper pub- lished at Plymouth. The editor and proprietor was Henry Eaton Moore, a native of Andover, and a brother of Jacob Bailey Moore of Concord. At the time the newspaper was founded Mr. Moore was twenty-one years of age. The first number was issued Saturday, Jan. 1, 1825, and the publication was continued more than one and less than two years. The office of publication and the printing plant were near the site of the first courthouse. The State Library is the fortunate owner of twenty-six numbers of this paper. The earliest number of the incomplete file is No. 3, dated Jan. 15, 1825, and the latest is No. 64, dated March 18, 1826. The publication was continued several weeks after the last date. The proprietor was taxed in Plymouth in April, and soon after he removed the printing material and other properties to Concord, where he established The New Hampshire Journal, the first number appearing Sept. 11, 1826.
The Grafton Journal was a four-page sheet, each page being thirteen by twenty and a half inches. Compared with the news- papers of the time, in the character of the reading matter and in general appearance, the Grafton Journal was equal to the best. The type was clear and apparently new; the press work was uni- formly good, and the columns of news and miscellany were enter- taining and instructive. There were frequent communications by " Cincinnatus," " Pertinax," "Bono Publico," and others, and many of the contributions were models of diction. The editorial matter was limited; there are very few items of local news in any of the numbers accessible, and even the town meeting is reported in two lines, giving the vote of Plymouth for governor and the name of the representative elect.
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The legal notices and business announcements, which fill the space surrendered to advertising, contain many items of interest. After noting that King George has been appointed administrator of the estate of William George and Charles Farnum of the estate of Haines Farnum, and passing by the notices of stray animals and the public vendue of lands for the non-payment of taxes, the reader is informed that David M. Russell & Co. are prepared to sell an unusual variety of goods, which are enumerated, " at low prices," while Joseph Weld is offering a similar line " at small advance for cash or country produce." Then comes James S. Stanwood, who solemnly avers that " at his store, a short distance west of the Congregational church, he maintains a full assort- ment of various kinds of goods usually kept in a country store." This advertisement appeared only a few times. In June of the same year, and a few months after his arrival in Plymouth, Mr. Stanwood removed from " a short distance west of the meeting- house " to Somersworth. John H. Moore, " late from the city of New York," announces that he has opened a tailor shop over the store of D. M. Russell & Co., and that "he offers the latest fashions." Three months later he was succeeded by George McDonald, who soon removed, paying only one tax in Plymouth. At this time Benjamin Edmonds was a hatter, and his announce- ments to the public were concise and convincing. Later he was a merchant. Very few notices of marriages and deaths were printed in the Journal, and in one number the editor states that a greater number would appear if the friends furnished the copy. Occasionally a marriage notice presents a little information not found in the town records: "Married in this town Tuesday 22 instant by Rev. J. Ward, after a courtship of about eight years, Mr. William George and Miss Mary R. Parker both of this town." In the announcement of the marriage of Moses Hull and Zilpah Ward, Nov. 24, 1825, a courtship of equal duration was asserted.
Connected with the printing plant, Henry E. Moore owned and conducted a bookbindery, a bookstore, and a circulating library. A list of the books on sale, including many ancient titles, and a
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catalogue of the circulating library appear in the advertising columns of the Journal. His removal from this town was a serious loss to the young and to the intelligent of maturer years.
THE WHITE MOUNTAIN BUGLE. - After the suspension of the Grafton Journal, it was nearly twenty years before a second publi- cation was founded in this town. John Robert French was born in Gilmanton, May 24, 1819, and died in Idaho, Oct. 12, 1890. He married the oldest daughter of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, and in 1843 he founded, in Concord, the White Mountain Torrent, a monthly publication, devoted to the cause of temperance. In 1846 this publication was merged in the Massachusetts Temper- ance Standard. In 1844, and while a resident of Concord, Mr. French published, at Plymouth, the White Mountain Bugle. It was a temperance and a political publication, advocating the election of James G. Birney, the candidate of the liberty party, for president. A file of this publication is not accessible, but it is probable that it was published about one year. Nathaniel Pea- body Rogers died at Concord in the autumn of 1846, and a few months later Mr. French and the bereaved family removed to Under Cliff, in Plymouth, and here resided until 1852. The White Mountain Bugle was established and suspended before Mr. French removed to this town.
THE GRAFTON COUNTY JOURNAL. - After the lapse of thirty years, in which a newspaper was not published in Plymouth, the Grafton County Journal was established by John C. Cashman. It was a four-page paper of seven columns. The day of publica- tion was Saturday, and the first number was issued Nov. 14, 1874. After a few weeks the founder sold the paper to John H. Dear- born. From 1872 to 1874 Mr. Cashman was the editor and proprietor of the Weekly Star, published at Pittsfield; and immedi- ately following his brief residence in this town, he was employed on the staff of the New Hampshire Sunday Globe, published at Manchester, to which paper he contributed several articles relating
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to the early history of Plymouth. John H. Dearborn was a native of the part of Gilmanton now Belmont, where he was born April 7, 1834. In May, 1876, Mr. Dearborn sold the paper to Charles Howard Kimball and O. N. Flanders. In a few weeks Mr. Flan- ders sold his interest to Rev. J. H. Temple, and in July, 1878, Mr. Kimball became sole proprietor. Beginning in September, 1880, and in connection with the publication of the Journal, Mr. Kimball established the Republican Star, and in July, 1883, he added the Exchange. In September, 1885, he sold the three papers to W. A. Roberts, who purchased a new press and continued the publication until they were merged in the Plymouth Record in January, 1887. The office of the Journal was in a small building on Main Street, and a short distance south of the store of Charles J. Gould. Later it was removed to Tufts Block, and finally to the railroad office building in Depot Square.
Charles Howard Kimball was born in Amesbury, Mass., May 18, 1857. When he came to Plymouth he was less than twenty years of age. He removed from Plymouth to Manchester, and was employed on the daily papers of that city. He died Aug. 6, 1893.
THE GRAFTON COUNTY DEMOCRAT. - This paper was estab- lished in January, 1878, by William M. Kendall, and during the first two years of its publication it was printed in Laconia. In July, 1878, Mr. Kendall sold the paper to Lewis and Sanborn of Laconia, and in January, 1880, they sold it to Van N. Bass and Edward L. Houghton. Mr. Houghton, now of Warren, soon witlı- drew from the enterprise, and the paper was published by Mr. Bass until 1883, when he sold to the Democratic Publishing Com- pany. Mr. Bass had been the manager previous to 1880. The Democratic Publishing Company continued to publish the paper until it was merged in the Plymouth Record. From 1883 to 1887 Miron W. Haseltine was the manager. The office of the Democrat was on Main Street, and near the store of Charles J. Gould. In the early volumes it was a paper of four pages of eight columns, and subsequently was reduced in size to six columns.
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THE PLYMOUTH RECORD. - Thomas J. Walker removed to Plymouth in the autumn of 1886. The conditions under which the two papers in this town were published invited change and amendment. Having purchased and discontinued both of them, Mr. Walker at the beginning of 1887 established the Plymouth Record. The Record was printed and published a few years in the building in which the railroad offices were formerly maintained, and subsequently the paper was removed to Rollins Block.
Mr. Walker, having been appointed a bank commissioner, re- moved to Concord. He sold the Record and the printing plant to Edward A. Chase and Charles C. Wright, who at that time formed a new partnership and continued the printing business then owned by Mr. Wright. The date of the conveyance was June 1, 1894, and April 1, 1901, Mr. Wright sold his interest to Mr. Chase, who has successfully continued the paper and the business of printing to the present time.
In politics the Journal was independent and the Democrat, as the name implies, was democratic. The Record did not follow the traditions nor inherit the politics of its predecessors. In the early volumes it was a party paper of the republican school of politics. More recently the present management has surrendered less space to editorials and politics, and, following the model of many New Hampshire weeklies, the Record is devoted to the interests of Plymouth and to the publication of local news. It is an eight- page paper of six columns. The type is clear and the press work is good. At the close of the current year and in the enjoyment of its largest circulation the Record completes the nineteenth volume. From the beginning of the preparation of the History of Plymouth, the proprietor has cheerfully published articles of inquiry and information, and has extended many courtesies to the committee and the author.
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