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1890.
Herbert B. Viall, mayor ...... Jan. 1, New England Observer purchased by and consolidated with the New Hampshire Sentinel ...... Free text books furnished for the pupils in the public schools ...... Jan. 6, two freight trains collided on the Cheshire railroad, near the Surry summit; Engineer S. W. Slate and Fireman C. W. Gibson instantly killed ...... Feb. 8, death of George B. Buffum, aged sixty-one years ...... Second steam fire engine purchased ...... Ashuelot Railroad Company consolidated with the Con- necticut River railroad ...... March, Triumph Wringer Company's new man- ufactory on Myrtle street completed ...... Charles Bridgman retired after
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RESIDENCE OF GEN. JUSTUS PERRY. IN WHAT IS NOW COOLIDGE PARK.
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an active and successful business career of fifty years, being the oldest merchant in the city, and was succeeded by his son, Charles H. Bridg- man ...... May 7, Coolidge park and fund presented to the city by Henry 0. Coolidge ...... June 25, old Buffum building taken down, and old military equipments which belonged to the famous Keene Light Infantry found. .... .. Large buttonwood tree on the corner of Main and Winchester streets cut down, ninety years old ...... July 9, death of Seth Wadsworth, aged seventy-nine years ...... Population by census 7,446, being increase of 657 since 1880 ...... July 28, death of Rufus Carter, aged eighty years ...... July 30, death of Charles Batchelder, aged seventy-five years ...... Aug. 11, death of Daniel Buss, aged seventy-five years ...... Sept. 8, last issue of the Keene Daily Tribune ...... Sept. 17, new macadamizing plant erected above Sullivan street ...... Horatian tower erected on Beech hill, by Horace L. Goodnow; altitude 1,084 ...... Sept. 18, stockholders of the Cheshire Rail- road Company voted to ratify agreement for consolidation with the Fitchburg Railroad Company ...... All dogs in the city ordered muzzled ...... Building erected by the state for a fish hatching station, at City park ...... Sept. 29, death of Samuel Woods, aged eighty-three years ...... Oct. 1, Cheshire railroad consolidated with the Fitchburg railroad ....... Rustic portals erected over the drives into the Ladies' Wildwood park, by Frank F. Field, the artist ...... Oct. 3, Abel Blake observed the ninety-fifth anniversary of his birth ...... Oct. 6, death of Moses Ellis, aged fifty-seven years ...... Oct. 8, Amos A. Parker, of Fitzwilliam, aged ninety- nine that day, called upon his friends in Keene ...... Oct. 20, Keene Evening Sentinel established ...... Oct. 22, Monadnock Colony, Pilgrim Fathers, entertained Plymouth Colony of Fitchburg, Mass ...... Oct. 19, death of Mrs. John Symonds, aged sixty-eight years ...... Oct. 29, death of Dea. Daniel Darling, aged eighty-three years ...... November, ground broken for the Keene Granite and Terra Cotta factory, on Water street ...... Nov. 14, George H. McCurdy died from exposure in Tenant swamp, aged thirty- six ...... Nov. 16, death of Col. Nehemiah Hart, aged eighty years ...... Nov. 24, death of Milton Blake, 2d, aged sixty-one years ...... December, pavilion erected in Wheelock park ...... Dec. 2, death of Jason Williams, aged eighty- eight years ...... December, Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Towne celebrated their fiftieth marriage anniversary ...... Dec. 19, Fred E. Barrett appointed postmaster.
1891.
Horatio Kimball, mayor ...... Jan. 22, seventy-second anniversary of the birth of ex-Mayor Reuben Stewart celebrated, and he was presented with a gold watch ...... St. Bernard's Catholic church realized the sum of $3,000 from a fair ...... Incandescent lighting plant installed at the Beaver mills. ...... Jan. 26, death of Joseph Holt, aged sixty-six years ...... Feb. 12, citizens wrote congratulatory letters to Rev. William Orne White, on the seven- tieth anniversary of his birth ...... Feb: 22, death of Horatio Justus Perry, at Lisbon, Portugal; born in Keene, Jan. 23, 1824; son of Justus Perry and Mary Edwards ...... March 12, death of Charles Bridgman, aged sev- enty-five years ...... March 29, death of Joshua D. Colony, aged eighty-six years ...... Store fronts upon the south wing of the Cheshire House extended.
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... .April 6, twenty-fifth anniversary of the Grand Army of the Republic celebrated; address by Gen. John W. Sturtevant ...... April 16, Ladies' Wildwood park accepted by the city ...... April 20, death of William Bas- sett, aged seventy-two years ...... April 22, Nims' block removed ...... May 20, Lane's brick block commenced ...... May 29, earthquake shock felt about 7.00 p. m ...... April 26, death of Lewis J. Colony, aged fifty-eight years. ...... June 4, stone crusher started at quarry plant ...... June 7, vested choir of St. James' church assisted in the services for the first time ...... June 13, first macadam laid, about 1,300 feet on Court street, at an expense of $4,236, or about $1.10 per square yard ...... June 15, Clipper mowing ma- chine works burned at South Keene; loss $20,000 ...... July 15, fiftieth an- niversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Spalter observed ...... C. B. Lancaster Shoe Company organized; capital $30,000; exemption granted and the easterly portion of Dunbar street discontinued; shoe factory enlarged ...... Aug. 10, death of James Boyce, aged sixty-one years. ... .Roxbury street storm water sewer laid at an expense of $3,000, to Beaver brook ...... Aug. 21, death of Sheriff Ralph J. Holt, aged seventy- eight years ...... Oct. 16, death of ex-Gov. S. W. Hale, aged sixty-nine years. ...... Read Manufacturing Company made furniture at South Keene ...... St. Bernard's Roman Catholic church erected on Main street ...... Oct. 21, Beedle's orchestra organized ...... Ten miles of iron water pipe laid to replace cement lined pipes and to extend system in fifty-nine streets, at a cost of $39,494.38 ...... Dec. 12, death of Chief Engineer Henry H. Haines, at the scene of a fire in Elliot's block, his age being forty-seven years ...... D. R. & F. A. Cole began business at their new grist mill in South Keene. .. .. Fred B. Pierce & Co. began to manufacture brush handles at the Beaver mills.
1892.
Frederic A. Faulkner, mayor ...... Jan. 16, death of Joseph B. Abbott, aged fifty-six years ...... Epidemic of grip, a single physician visiting thirty patients in one day ...... Jan. 30, death of Ebenezer S. Stearns, run over by an engine near the Fitchburg freight house ...... Dan and Earl Hill removed their pail ear manufacturing business from Swanzey to the mill at Willson pond, West Keene ...... Feb. 16, new factory of Lancaster Shoe Company dedicated by a dance ...... Feb. 26, installation of Rev. A. W. Hand, at the Baptist church ...... March 17, death of Dauphin W. Wilson, aged eighty-one years ...... March 25, Union school district appropriated $8,000 for the erection of the Tilden schoolhouse on School street ...... Officers of the night watch appeared in uniforms ...... March 29, death of Stephen L. Randall, aged sixty-one years ...... April 7, Elliot manor house presented to the city for a hospital, by John Henry Elliot ...... April 14, the Keene Congregational (Unitarian) Society purchased the Dr. G. H. Bridg- man property, on Washington street ...... April 22, death of Alderman James H. Wilson, aged fifty-four years ...... May 19, management of Elliot City Hospital placed in charge of a board of trustees ...... May 28, special election, Francis A. Perry elected alderman by the voters of ward 1 ...... May 28, Deluge hose house, on Vernon street, sold to Nims, Whitney & Co ...... Fraternal societies and individuals raised money to fit up memorial
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rooms in the city hospital ...... Piles driven to a depth of seventy-five feet on Vernon street and no bottom found, at site of new fire station ...... Aug. 2, Hon. Amos A. Parker, of Fitzwilliam, then in his 101st year, visited friends in Keene ...... Aug. 17, more than $1,000 contributed by cit- izens to open the Elliot City Hospital ...... West street macadamized ...... Sept. 20, Warren W. Stone and wife celebrated their golden wedding ...... New storm water sewer built in Water street, from Main street to Beaver brook ...... Elm street extended from Mechanic street to Vernon street ...... Park street extended through to Ashuelot street and dead end in water main abolished ...... Sept. 21, Elliot City Hospital dedicated with appropri- ate exercises ...... Oct. 17, Union school district appropriated the further sum of $3,600 to finish the Tilden school ...... Oct. 21, 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus celebrated in the public schools, which also contributed an exhibit for the Chicago exposition ...... Oct. 28, death of Daniel Ellis, of Main street, aged seventy-three years ...... Novem- ber, Wilson street opened from Commercial street to Winchester street. ...... Aldermen directed Engineer Wadsworth to set stone bounds at the points where the town line crosses the highways ...... Nov. 20, St. Ber- nard's church dedicated, with impressive services ...... Nov. 29, death of Augustus T. Wilder, aged seventy-four years ...... Police signal light installed at the lower side of Central square, to be operated from the central tele- phone station ...... Dec. 2, death of Hadley P. Muchmore, aged seventy- three years ...... Dec. 12, death of Gen. John W. Sturtevant, aged fifty-two years.
1893.
Frederic A. Faulkner, mayor ...... Jan. 18, fire at Impervious Package Company's works ...... Jan. 18, John W. Doyle, aged twenty-four years, lost his life in Warren's block, by injuries from smoke or fire ...... Jan. 20, death of Oren Woods, aged eighty-four years ...... Jan. 26, death of Caro- line H. Ingersoll, aged sixty-six years ...... March 3, death of Chester L. Kingsbury, aged forty-six years ...... April 11, death of Isaac Stratton, aged eighty-five years ...... May 22, boiler explosion at Beaver mills; Lewis W. Starkey, John F. Drolette and Herbert G. Holton killed and five boilers wrecked ...... June, West street widened fifteen inches on the north side from Central square to Colorado street ...... Aug. 7, severe hail storm, in Keene and vicinity, breaking windows and destroying garden crops ...... Aug. 10, corner stone of the Young Men's Christian Association building laid, ser- vices being held in St. James' church ...... Aug. 21, death of Lewis Holmes, aged seventy years ...... Oct. 11, Sentinel published in its new building on Main street ...... Oct. 11, death of Daniel H. Holbrook, aged eighty-seven years ...... Nov. 19, death of Josiah Kingsbury, aged eighty-six years ...... Nov. 25, Beaver mills pail shop and sawmill burned; loss $15,000 ...... Dec. 7, death of Elias Joslin, aged eighty-five years.
1894.
Frederic A. Faulkner, mayor ...... Jan. 1, death of ex-Mayor Reuben Stewart, in Concord, Mass ...... Jan. 9, death of Obed Dort, aged eighty- nine years ...... Jan. 10, John T. Abbott appointed judge of probate ......
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Jan. 22, Keene Board of Trade organized; Clement J. Woodward, presi- dent ...... Work of taking down the Unitarian church building, on Main street, begun; clock removed ...... Sunday, Jan. 28, the last public services held in the Unitarian church edifice, which had been dedicated April 28, 1830, and had stood on the corner of Main and Church streets for more than sixty-three years ...... Jan. 31, section of Unitarian steeple, bell deck, clock tower, etc., pulled down ...... Feb. 21, first report of the trustees of the Elliot City Hospital appeared ...... March 15, dumping ground for rub- bish established at the lower end of Main street ...... April 18, Rev. Wm. G. Poor installed pastor of the First Congregational church ...... May 7, steam road roller purchased ...... Cheshire Beef Company, Messrs. Coughlin & Hovey, formed and Farnum's mill, on Emerald street, built over for its use ...... Charles H. Fairfield constructed a pond, on Beech hill, for the purposes of his ice business ...... Col. George Hagar, of Colusa, Cal., sent a contribution of $500 toward building the new Unitarian church ...... June 4, new hall of the Y. M. C. A. building, on West street, used for the first time ...... Thaddeus W. Harris, Ph. D., elected superintendent of schools. ...... June 7, councils voted to sell Neptune hose house, situated on St. James street ...... Court street macadamized ...... June 25, Wilkins Toy works sold to Harry T. Kingsbury ...... Standard Oil Company constructed a storage station on Water street ...... Indurated Paper Company incorporated and the works of the New Hampshire Molded Granite and Terra Cotta Com- pany, on Water street, purchased ...... July 11, corner stone of new Unitarian church laid with appropriate ceremonies ...... July 12, impressive services performed by Hugh de Payens Commandery, at the burial of Thomas E. Hatch, its first eminent commander ...... July 19, death of Arad Fletcher, aged seventy-one years ...... Aug. 11, death of Atwell C. Ellis, aged seventy- two years ...... Aug. 22, death of Cyrus Woodward, aged eighty-one years.
... .Aug. 29, G. E. Holbrook & Co. began to erect a large wholesale house on St. James street ...... New highway opened for travel under the railroad tracks at South Keene; grade crossing abolished ...... Sept. 28, Y. M. C. A. building dedicated ...... Nov. 12, death of William Tenney, aged eighty years ...... Goodnow & Whitcomb engaged in the furniture business ...... Nov. 18, death of Charles F. Wilson, aged eighty-two years.
.... .December, Holbrook Grocery Company incorporated; capital stock $40,000 ...... Dec. 12, Red Men took possession of their rooms in the Gurnsey building, the northerly part of which was erected the same year. .Lane's "E. F. L." building erected ...... Dec. 19, death of ex-Mayor ... Horatio Kimball, aged seventy-three years ..... .. Dec. 22, death of Abel Blake, aged ninety-nine years.
1895.
George W. McDuffee, mayor ...... Jan. 1, Charles Brooks, S. Tennis Ber- geron and Alwich Brooks killed by a passenger train on the Fitchburg railroad at the Water street crossing ...... Electric lights of the city operated from the new station of the Keene Gas and Electric Lighting Company, at Spragueville ...... Jan. 7, Charles F. Ballou severely injured by the falling of the elevator thirty feet, at the Keene Furniture Company's brick shop ......
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Jan. 3, Col. Fred A. Barker nominated by President Cleveland to be postmaster at Keene ...... Jan. 6, death of Joseph R. Beals, aged sixty years ...... Jan. 24, new Unitarian church, on the corner of Washington and Taylor streets, dedicated in the presence of more than 800 people ...... Jan. 27, death of Daniel Ellis, aged seventy years ...... Jan. 31, Beaver Brook Lodge of Odd Fellows dedicated their new quarters in Lane's new building ...... Feb. 20, Mr. and Mrs. 'George S. Raymond observed their golden wedding ...... March 4, William Senneff, riding on freight car, struck an arch in the passenger station, was dragged between the station plat- form and rails, escaping death, and dropped unconscious on Main street. ... Henry W. Lane, Amherst '95, became the American college champion, according to the measurements and tests adopted by the American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Physical Education ...... March 4, Keene National bank began business in its new quarters in the "E. F. L." build- ing ...... $2,500 damages awarded Elisha F. Lane for land taken in widen- ing Church street ...... March 19, Mrs. Roena Shelley celebrated her ninety-ninth birthday anniversary ...... April 4, councils accepted from Mrs. Dauphin W. Nims the gift of an oil portrait of David Nims, the first town clerk, to be placed in the library building ...... April 7, death of Benjamin F. Foster, aged eighty-three years ...... April 9, the water in the Fairfield reservoir escaped, doing considerable damage ..... April 9, water rose to an unusual height in the Ashuelot and Beaver brook valleys, old residents agreeing that there had not been such a flood for twenty-four years, and by the night of the 14th, Beaver brook was higher than ever remembered before by almost a foot, and the Ashuelot reached the high water mark. ...... April 13, Keyes' corner sold to Charles L. Russell ...... April 14, Rev. J. R. Power resigned the pastorate over St. Bernard's church ...... May 2, councils provided for writing a history of Keene ...... Municipal street sprinkling adopted ...... May 9, death of Luther Fairbrother, aged seventy- two years ...... May 14, Union school district voted to purchase the Wheeler property, on Washington street, for the Washington school lot ...... June 7, death of Elbridge G. Whitcomb, aged seventy-seven years ...... June 14, death of ex-Postmaster Ormond E. Colony, aged fifty-four years ...... June 16, death of John Henry Elliot, aged eighty-two years ...... June 30, tele- phone exchange moved from the Tierney building (formerly Keene National bank building) to Lane's new block, changing 138 circuits with- out discontinuing the service for more than a few minutes ...... July, water works office enlarged ...... July 4, celebration and first L. A. W. state meet, under the auspices of the Monadnock Cycle Club, took place ...... July 14, Rev. Gabriel DeBevoise resigned a pastorate of nine years over the Second Congregational church ...... July 29, Edward Gustine, Clark F. Rowell and Sheriff Horace Perry went to Albany, N. Y., to identify Mark Shinburn, the notorious bank robber ...... Aug. 14, death of Amos Bancroft, aged seventy-three years ....... Aug. 26, death of Col. George D. Dort, aged eighty- three years ...... Aug. 27, one hundred Sir Knights of Hugh de Payens Com- mandery attended the twenty-sixth triennial conclave of the Grand En- campment of the United States, at Boston ...... Oct. 3, councils abolished the board of hospital trustees ...... Oct. 13, death of Laton Martin, aged
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eighty-six years ...... Oct. 25, death of Joseph M. Hyland, aged sixty-four years ...... Nov. 28, Dr. George B. Twitchell received a loving cup, a bag of gold and a written testimonial from friends ...... Dec. 17, at their first annual meeting, the Ashuelot Congregational Club celebrated Forefathers' Day ...... Cost of macadam laid in 1891, per square yard, $1.09; 1892, 96.25 cents; 1893, 80.6 cents; 1894, 73.75 cents; 1895, 58 cents ...... Gurnsey building completed.
1896.
George W. McDuffee, mayor ...... Jan. 7, Cheshire National bank re- moved to banking rooms of the Cheshire Provident Institution, until repairs upon the Cheshire bank building were completed ...... The national banks of the city asked to assist in replenishing the gold reserve of the United States treasury ...... Jan. 21, ecclesiastical council held for the dis- missal of Rev. Gabriel DeBevoise, and the installation of Rev. Archibald McCord, as pastor of the Second Congregational church ...... Jan. 22, Gov. Busiel entertained at the fourth annual banquet of the Cheshire County Fish and Game League ...... Jan. 24, Ashuelot Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, organized, with twelve charter members, Mrs. Mar- garet L. Griffin, regent ...... Jan. 28, the Methodist society celebrated its release from debt with appropriate exercises ...... Feb. 6, a hurricane lifted roofs, blew down chimneys, trees, etc ...... Feb. 21, death of Julius N. Morse, aged fifty-five years ...... Feb. 29, death of Henry O. Coolidge, aged sixty-six years ...... March 19, Roena Shelley celebrated her 100th anniver- sary ...... March 24, Union School district voted to build a schoolhouse on Greenlawn and Page streets, and appropriated $12,000 ...... April 18, death of James C. Whittle, aged seventy-two years ...... April 16, city councils accepted $1,000 for the erection of the Allen Ingersoll fountain in Central park ...... New office opened near the public library in the city hall build- ing for the tax collector and assessors ...... April, two-thirds of the employ- ees in the woolen mills of the county idle, affected, the manufacturers said, by the Wilson-Gorman tariff law ...... April 24, Union School district voted to enlarge the Washington school lot by the purchase of the Wheeler property on Washington street, at an expense of $3,000 ...... April 23, Keene Military band organized ...... May 10, death of Dr. Henry H. Dar- ling, aged seventy-two years ...... May 11, Cheshire National bank returned to its new banking rooms in the Cheshire bank building ...... The W. L. Mason Company organized, capital $60,000 ...... June 4, councils granted location for the tracks of the Keene Electric Railway Company ...... June 3, Mr. and Mrs. Alba C. Davis celebrated their golden wedding ...... June 12, Mayor McDuffee vetoed the bill providing for the use of the trolley system by the electric road ...... June 10, large fire at Keene Furniture Company's finishing shop; $50,000 worth of property destroyed ...... July 4, souvenir spoon presented to Mrs. Luther Sturtevant, one of the sur- viving daughters of Revolutionary soldiers, by the national society, through the local chapter ...... July 19, Rev. Octavius Applegate, Jr., began his ministry as rector of St. James' Episcopal church ...... Aug. 2, death of John A. Drummer, aged seventy-nine years ...... Elliot City Hospital
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incorporated ...... Aug. 6, city councils relinquished the city's interest in the Elliot City Hospital to the new corporation ...... Aug. 13, death of Sylves- ter Blodgett, aged seventy-four years ...... Aug. 24, death of William G. Hall, aged seventy-six years ...... Oct. 4, death of Edwin M. Bullard, aged forty-seven years ...... Oct. 20, death of Charles H. Perry, aged sixty-six years ...... Nov. 26, death of John W. Howes, aged sixty-two years ...... Dec. 1, Washington schoolhouse completed ...... Dec. 13, Rev. A. W. Hand re- signed pastorate of the Baptist church ...... Bicycle factory to be constructed in Keene and $40,000 subscribed for stock in the new enterprise ...... Dec. 17, the Frank T. Fowler Manufacturing Company organized ...... Dec. 28, death of Nathan G. Woodbury, aged seventy-three years. .. Granite dam at Faulkner & Colony's mill pond constructed.
1897.
Francis A. Perry, mayor ...... The board of railroad commissioners, after a hearing, decided that it had no power to order a union passen- ger station constructed ...... Jan. 14, death of Clark R. Caswell, aged sixty-one years ...... G. E. & A. I. Fuller established a new industry at Beaver mills, for the manufacture of tacks and wire nails ...... Jan. 15, Keene Savings bank established; first deposit book issued March 15 ...... March 1, Keene Electric Railway Company granted the right to use - electricity applied by the overhead trolley system as the motive power of its road ...... March 1, death of Stephen Randall, aged eighty-eight years ...... March 5, Engineer Fred W. Towne presented with a gold watch and chain by the Deluge Hose Company ...... March 15, an elegant sword presented to Captain Paul F. Babbidge, by Company H, Second regiment, N. H. N. G ....... March 24, New Hampshire chiefs of police entertained at the Cheshire House by City Marshal W. H. Philbrick ...... March 30, death of Dr. George B. Twitchell, aged seventy-six years; all bells of the city tolled ...... April 3, death of Azro B. Skinner, in Winchendon, aged fifty- eight years ...... April 6, Union school district voted to purchase a lot on which to place the old Washington street schoolhouse ...... April 13, the A. B. Skinner Company incorporated ...... April 14, Mrs. Daniel Allen cele- brated the ninety-seventh anniversary of her birth, being, next to Mrs. Roena Shelley, then in her 102d year, the oldest person in town ...... April 21, Ashuelot Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, placed a tablet upon the house of Mrs. R. S. Perkins, on Main street, where the soldiers met, April 21, 1775, to start for Lexington ...... April 21, death of Daniel C. Howard, aged sixty-two years ...... May 14, dam at Willson pond, West Keene, goes out, freeing thirty acres of water; bridge and abutments washed away ...... May 19, Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Gurnsey cele- brated their golden wedding ...... May 26, probably 2,000 citizens used the bicycle, and rules for wheelmen were carefully laid down by the local enthusiasts ...... June 2, death of Josiah T. Colony, aged fifty-six years ...... June 10, lowlands overflowed, and business interfered with ...... June 19, councils voted to exempt the proposed Trinity bicycle factory from taxa- tion ...... June 26, Colonial Club's second annual field day, at Wheelock park, address by Gen. S. G. Griffin ...... July 17, freight wreck at West
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Keene, Engineer Milan H. Curtis instantly killed, aged forty-eight ...... From 11 a. m., Monday, July 12, to Wednesday morning at 10.30, five and fifty-six one-hundredths inches of water fell; great damage to hay and other corps, and business interfered with in many ways ...... July 21, Good Roads Association formed by L. A. W. members ...... July 25, George Foster, of Boston, died suddenly while making a call at the house of Dr. Ira J. Prouty ...... July 27, death of George S. Hale, at Schooner Head, Me., aged seventy-one years; remains buried in Keene ...... Aug. 1, national banks of the city received deposits bearing interest at the rate of 215% per annum ...... Aug. 10, cloudburst and violent wind, uprooting large trees; iron rods an inch in diameter fractured; a handsome elm tree seventy-five feet high thrown over upon F. G. Dort's house on Summer street ...... Aug. 11, death of Leonard Wright, aged sixty-five years ...... Portion of town brook which runs through C. A. Jones's land on Church street replaced with a twenty-four inch iron pipe ...... Aug. 18, death of Eli Dort, aged eighty-one years ...... Sept. 9, death of John Lahiff, aged nine- ty-four years ...... Sept. 10, cycle path ordered by the board of mayor and aldermen from Albert Wright's on Court street to the Four Corners ...... Sept. 20, Bliss Business College established, in Cheshire House block, Roxbury street, with forty-four pupils ...... Sept. 21, licenses granted to the Keene Gas Light Company and the Keene Electric Railway Company for mutual rights in a pole line on west side of Main street ...... Octo- ber, Charles Giffin bought all the Washington street mills of the Woodbury estate ...... Oct. 23, death of Joseph G. Warren, aged seventy- seven years ...... Oct. 28, Mr. and Mrs. Seth C. Hall celebrated their golden wedding at their home on Arch street ...... Nov. 6, marriage of Emmons Ball and Miss Emogene Humphrey, at San Jose, Costa Rica; the mar- riage ceremony of the church of England not being recognized, it was performed by the governor of the province ...... Nov. 11, Trinity cycle factory formally dedicated under the auspices of the Monadnock Cycle Club and the Good Roads Association ...... Electric power supplied for manufacturing and other purposes by the Keene Gas Light and Electric Power Company ...... Nov. 16, Mr. and Mrs. Artemas Baker celebrated their golden wedding ...... New hospital ambulance turned over to the trustees ...... December, Rev. George L. Thompson, formerly of Stafford, Conn., accepted a call to become the pastor of the Universalist society and was installed on Dec. 23 ...... Dec. 2, councils accepted eighty acres of land adjoining the Beech hill reservoir and Woodland cemetery, for park purposes, from George A. Wheelock, the donor of Wheelock park and the Children's Wood.
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