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1898.
George H. Eames, mayor ...... Jan. 4, Royal H. Porter elected vice president of the Cheshire National bank, and voluntarily retired from the office of cashier, having held that position since Oct. 1, 1855, when the Cheshire bank, which was organized in 1804, was still a state bank; Walter R. Porter elected cashier ...... Jan. 23, death of Col. Fred A. Barker, postmaster since 1895, aged sixty-two years .. .Jean P. Howes made an
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automatic fire alarm register for the fire station ...... Feb. 14, death of Solomon F. Merrill, aged seventy-seven years ...... Feb. 21, the nomination of Gen. Jerry P. Wellman to be postmaster of Keene sent to the senate by President Mckinley ...... Young Men's Christian Association canvassers secured subscriptions amounting to $20,000, for the purpose of raising its debt ...... Feb. 16, J. Fred Whitcomb, Jr., and Frank N. Barker started for the Klondike; Mr. Whitcomb was accidentally shot, May 25, and buried with full Masonic rites, at Windy Arm, Tagish lake, Alaska, aged twenty- five years ...... March 4, death of John B. Fisher, aged sixty-five ...... March 4, Ladies' Exchange, Colony's block, suffered total destruction by fire, and the stock in trade of other merchants was injured ...... March 17, city councils accepted the resignation of City Clerk Jerry P. Wellman, and Frank H. Whitcomb was elected to fill the vacancy ...... April 1, Postmaster Wellman entered upon his duties, with Walter B. Richardson as head clerk ...... May 3, death of John L. Britton, aged ninety-three years ...... May 5, city councils granted Superintendent Babbidge a leave of absence and elected John A. Denison acting superintendent of water works, sewers and drains ...... May 7, Company L, First New Hampshire Volunteers, 100 men, under Captain Paul F. Babbidge, left for the Spanish-American war ...... May 8, death of Oscar G. Nims, aged fifty-two years ...... June 6, city councils accepted the Henry Colony house on West street, with altera- tions to make it convenient for a library building, from Edward C. Thayer ...... Citizens raised money by subscription for immediate use of the soldiers of Company L, at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Ga ...... June 10, death of John A. Batchelder, aged sixty-seven years ...... South Keene mills leased to William C. H. Badger of Boston ...... June 25, high wind and storm; James S. Taft's house damaged by the breaking off of a big elm tree ...... July 1, Cheshire County Savings bank established ...... July 4, death of Edward C. Thayer, aged seventy years; and death of Edward Gus- tine, aged seventy-eight years ...... The old Beaver street tannery demol- ished to make room for dwelling houses ...... July 31, in Chattanooga, Tenn., death of Sergeant Darwin M. Aldrich, Co. L, First New Hamp- shire Volunteers, aged twenty-six years ...... Aug. 2, first commercial incan- descent lights installed in Nims Brothers' market on West street ...... Aug. 23, death of Charles E. Joslin, aged fifty years ...... A Bundy time recorder placed in the postoffice ...... Sept. 2, large barns on the A. J. Williams place, Winchester street, destroyed during a severe thunder storm ...... Sept. 13, 5,000 people greeted the return of Company L, First New Hampshire Volunteers, with fireworks, bonfires and a hot supper at the K. L. G. armory ...... Sept. 28, east line of Main street, between Church and Roxbury streets, straightened and concrete walks renewed and en- larged ...... Sept. 30, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scripture celebrated their sixty- fifth wedding anniversary, aged ninety-one and eighty-nine years respec- tively ...... Oct. 8, death of William R. Bradbury, of Company L, at the hospital in Concord; aged twenty years ...... Oct. 9, death of Jerry F. Mc- Carthy, struck by an engine, near the Fitchburg repair shops, aged twenty-four ...... Frog pond near the Symonds place, on West street, filled in and drain constructed ...... Oct. 15, death of Chauncey B. Billings, aged
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eighty-nine years ...... Oct. 18, 160th anniversary of the formation of the First Congregational church ...... John P. Rust fitted up the old Indurated Paper Company's factory for a pail shop ...... Nov. 6, body of Ira E. Chase, aged sixty, found on the west bank of the Ashuelot river, near the shooting range, death being the result of exposure ...... Cycle path from Pearl street to Maple avenue was constructed and William H. Woodward deeded to the city the rounding corner at Maple and Park avenues ...... Nov. 14, Ladies' Charitable Society held its eighty-third annual meeting. ...... Nov. 9, death of Rufus L. Parker, aged seventy-three years ...... Nov. 17, city councils voted to purchase a portable stone crusher ...... Nov. 27, extraordinary snow storm rages all day ...... Stone watering trough placed at the foot of Beech hill, on Roxbury street ...... Nov. 28, citizens held a peace jubilee on the acceptance by Spain of the terms of peace laid down by President Mckinley ...... Dec. 5 and 6, great snow storm and hurricane, with much damage to trees and buildings ... .. Dec. 14, death of Mrs. Roe- na Shelley, aged one hundred and two years, eight months and twenty- five days ...... Charles H. Fairfield completed his ice pond, on upper Elm street ...... Dec. 15, curfew petition rejected by the city councils ...... Dec. 15, death of Jotham A. French, aged sixty-four years ...... Dec. 17, Van C. Emerson expired from disease of the heart, at the head of Central square, aged fifty-three years. Dec. 24, death of Hosea Foster, aged eighty-nine years.
1899.
George H. Eames, mayor ...... Jan. 2, severely cold, 42ยบ below zero at West Keene ...... Jan. 5, death of Jonas Parker, aged eighty-three years, and of Jonathan G. Tyler, aged eighty-one years ...... Feb. 4, death of Wil- liam W. Parker, aged seventy-four years ...... Feb. 13, heavy snow storm, blocking railroads throughout New England, worst blizzard in Keene since 1888 ...... Feb. 28, Thayer library building dedicated; a gift of $5,000 received from Mrs. Thayer and Miss Chapin, the income to be used for the purchase of books ...... March 1, death of ex-Mayor George W. McDuf- fee, aged fifty-eight years ...... March 10, Rev. Octavius Applegate, Jr., re- signed as rector of St. James' church ...... Rev. Archibald McCord resigned pastorate of Second Congregational church, to take effect Oct. 1 ...... March 20, Cheshire Chair Company's storehouse burned; loss about $15,000 ...... March 17, Rev. William G. Poor resigned as pastor of the First Congre- gational church ...... March 22, New Hampshire Sentinel appeared as an illus- trated centennial number, and the Sentinel Printing Company issued an exact reproduction of the first paper, issued March 23, 1799 ...... March 26, death of Samuel A. Gerould, Jr., aged seventy-eight years ...... Beedle's Mil- itary band organized ...... March 21, Reuben Hyland completed fifty years of continuous railway service ...... April 6, death of Edwin C. Aldrich, aged seventy-nine years ...... May 7, Rev. Alfred H. Wheeler takes charge of St. James' parish and conducts the services ...... May 12, Sunday street sprink - ling authorized to be done before the hour of morning services ...... May 16, death of Elisha Ayer, aged seventy-eight years ...... May 28, death of Frederick L. Pitcher, aged sixty years ...... Rev. Edward A. Renouf, D. D.,
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presented a large set of coins to the Keene High school ...... Portrait of David Nims turned over to the trustees of the public library by the city ...... May 31, Mrs. Louis Castor (aged thirty-seven) shot down by her husband, the first murder in Keene in over twenty years ...... June 1, coun- cils offered a reward for the apprehension of Louis Castor ...... June 8, Louis Castor surrendered himself voluntarily to Sheriff Tuttle after meeting his brother and Rev. A. H. Wheeler ...... June 15, control of the public library placed in the hands of the trustees ...... June 21, Miss Myra F. Southworth appointed librarian of the Keene Public Library ...... July 3, three incendi- ary fires occurred during the night ...... July 6, corner stone of St. James' parish house laid with an appropriate ceremony ...... July 20, contract ex- ecuted between the city and the Keene Gas Light Company for fifty-two arc and 100 incandescent electric lights, for a term of six years ...... August, underground conduits constructed by the New England Telephone Com- pany ...... Diamond Match shop opened in the Beaver mills ...... Aug. 11, death of Deidamia Allen, aged ninety-nine years, three months and twen- ty-seven days, a pensioner of the war of 1812 ...... Aug. 17, city councils adopted an ordinance under the new plumbing law, and appointed Paul F. Babbidge the first inspector of plumbing ...... Beaver brook cleared out and considerable gain made in grade, at an expense of about $700 ...... Sept. 3, death of Timothy Kelleher, aged sixty-seven years, caused by be- ing overcome by smoke during a fire in his house which occurred on Aug. 31 ...... Dynamo and water motor set up in high school building and con- nected with a complete working model of an electric railway and with incandescent lamps, by Principal Ray ...... Sept. 8, Col. Henry E. Clark's farm buildings destroyed by fire caused by lightning; loss about $10,000. .Sept. 22, Rev. Howard Billman called to the pulpit of the Second Congregational church ...... Sept. 24, Beaver mills dryhouse, with a large quantity of staves and pails, destroyed by fire ...... Sept. 25, Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Hayward celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage ...... Sept. 26, seventeen blasts blown on Beaver mills whistle in honor of the arrival of Admiral Dewey in New York harbor aboard the flagship Olym- pia, followed by the ringing of the courthouse and church bells, etc., which continued one hour ...... Oct. 10, fifty-fifth session of the Grand En- campment and the state Rebekah assembly, and on Oct. 11, the fifty-sixth annual session of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, I. O. O. F., held in Keene ...... Nov. 23, St. James' parish house dedicated with religious and social exercises ...... Hon. John T. Abbott resigned as judge of probate ...... Dec. 5, Rev. Edward Payson Drew installed pastor of the First Congre- gational church ...... Dec. 7, city councils adopted an ordinance providing for a highway commission ...... Dec. 8, John E. Allen nominated by Governor Rollins as judge of probate for Cheshire county ...... Dec. 25, death of Amos B. Heywood, aged seventy-five years.
1900.
Austin A. Ellis, mayor ...... Jan. 10, water supply limited, and Button steam fire engine used to pump water from the Ashuelot river into the Court street main ...... Jan. 24, death of Jehiel Harlow, aged eighty years.
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Mrs. Susan King Perkins presented a memorial altar to St. James' church for the new parish house, and it was consecrated on Feb. 2 ...... Feb. 3, Deluge Hose Company presented First Assistant Engineer Edward P. Carrigan with a gold watch and chain ...... Feb. 13, water ten and one-half inches higher than known since 1869; two inches of rain and melting snow and ice raised the Ashuelot river and tributaries above high water mark, meadows adjacent being overflowed and fences cov- ered, and stages compelled to take roundabout routes ...... Feb. 15, board of mayor and aldermen accepted resignation of Alderman Samuel Patrick and ordered the selectmen of ward 2 to issue a warrant for a meeting of the inhabitants of that ward to fill the vacancy ...... March 20, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Hall celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding ...... March 31, Mr. and Mrs. Willard J. Sawyer celebrated their golden wedding ...... April 18, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Brooks celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage ...... April 19, Dennis Donovan, aged ten years, fell from a frail raft and perished in deep water on the meadows near his home on Butler court ...... May 2, Eric J. Beliveau, aged nine years, drowned in Giffin & Dana's mill pond ...... May 3, Union school district voted to enlarge the Lincoln school lot by the purchase of sixty square rods of land for $600, from Silas Hardy ...... May 10, Union district voted to build a new Lincoln school building at an expense of $13,000 ...... May 13, twenty-fifth anniversary of the dedication of the Baptist church of Keene (the third which the Baptists had occupied) appropriately observed at the morning service ...... May 22, hearing held on the petition for the widening of West street to preserve the Cooke elm; Mrs. Mary Pratt Cooke Nash waived her right to claim land damage ...... May 23, Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Gould celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding ...... May 30, Ashuelot Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, rededicated the second burial place of the early settlers of Keene, a part of the Henry O. Spaulding farm, in West Keene, and erected a boulder, with appropriate ceremonies. ...... June 8, Social Friends Lodge, A. F. & A. M., celebrated its seventy- fifth anniversary, and Rev. Josiah L. Seward, D. D., delivered a brief his- torical address ...... June 27, anxiety felt for Rev. and Mrs. Frank M. Chapin of Keene, for twenty years past missionaries in China, on account of the Boxer uprising ...... Waring system of sewers ordered constructed through several streets to Leverett street, at a cost of about $1,700 ...... June 20, death of Sylvester Spaulding, aged seventy-six years ...... July 1, Boston & Maine railroad assumed the management of the Fitchburg rail- road ...... Trinity Cycle Company commenced the manufacture of automo- biles ...... July 9, city councils appropriated $1,700 for a new boiler and for repairs to renew the disabled Button steam fire engine ...... July 21, Cheshire Chair Company's storehouse again destroyed by fire, loss $10,- 000 ...... Aug. 17, death of Leston E. Mason, aged forty-seven years ...... Sept. 7, death of Charles K. Colony, aged seventy-nine years ...... Sept. 8, Keene Electric railway completed and first car arrived over the road ...... West street bridge built in 1837 by Aaron Wilson and Oren Dickinson for the sum of $1,288, dismantled to give place to an iron structure ......
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Samuel Wadsworth placed the height of Monadnock mountain at an altitude of 3,166 feet ...... October, Joseph Chase presented the city with a quitclaim deed of his interest in that part of his farm called the North cemetery ...... Nov. 21, new iron bridge on West street given a severe test with a loaded electric car and the passage over blocks of wood of the fifteen-ton road roller ...... Dec. 12, Gurnsey Brothers & Co. move into the new bakery building on Church street ...... Dec. 22, death of Asa Cole, aged ninety-six years ...... New mill of the Faulkner & Colony Manufactur- ing Company completed, having a capacity of over 4,000 spindles ...... City paid the Wrought Iron Bridge Company the sum of $9,946.14, for the South Keene and West street bridges ...... Population of Keene: Ward 1, 2,488; ward 2, 1,896; ward 3, 1,926; ward 4, 1,384; ward 5, 1,471; total, 9,165.
1901.
Francis A. Perry, mayor ...... Opening of the twentieth century observed in Keene by appropriate exercises. At midnight a national salute was fired and services held in the several churches and in Masonic hall ...... Harry T. Kingsbury designed and built a new automobile, propelled by a naphtha motor, at the Wilkins Toy Company's works ...... Jan. 2, the South Keene Company sold the Hale mills to the Fred B. Pierce Com- pany ...... Bronze tablet placed in the Unitarian church to accompany the memorial window previously erected, in memory of the seventy-one found- ers of that society ...... Jan. 17, Steamobile Company of America voted an exemption from taxation ...... Patrick Dee resigned his position as road- master in charge of the Ashuelot division of the Boston & Maine railroad after forty-five years of active service ...... A severe epidemic of scarlet fever, which commenced late in January, continued three months, prostrated business, interfered with the work of the schools, necessitated the clos- ing of churches, schools, the library and city hall; one hundred and eighty- one cases were reported to the board of health, of which number twenty- two died; quarantine expenses incurred aggregated about $4,200 ...... Feb. 8, death of Rev. Stephen G. Abbott, aged eighty-one years ...... Feb. 10, death of Simeon Gould, aged seventy-eight years ...... Feb. 11, death of Wil- liam H. Brooks, aged seventy-two years, and of John G. Lesure, aged fifty-five years ...... Feb. 11, small pox appeared in Keene, but was confined by police patrol and rigid quarantine measures to two cases; two cases of small pox and three of varioloid only were reported during the year. .. Feb. 21, death of Gordis D. Harris, aged seventy-six years ...... Feb. 21, Gardner C. Hill, M. D., appointed city agent for vaccination with power to appoint assistants and an order passed by the city government that they proceed in the matter according to law ...... Feb. 27, death of Luther P. Alden, aged seventy-four years ...... Feb. 28, death of Simon Carr, aged eighty-three years ...... March 12, death of Alexander H. Grimes, aged sev- enty-one years ...... March 17, churches reopened for services by permission of the board of health ...... March 21, over 180 signers petitioned for the removal of the Cooke elm standing in West street ...... March 26, $1,600 additional appropriated by Union school district for the purpose of
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completing the Lincoln school building; old Lincoln schoolhouse ordered sold at public auction by a committee ...... March 30, Capt. S. Fletcher Dut- ton of Keene appointed by the president to the office of captain in the regular army as assistant quartermaster of subsistence ...... March 31, city hall lot enclosed by a fence to confirm title to land ...... April 8, high school reopened, and April 15, grammar grades reopened in the high school build- ing ...... April 8, death of Charles Scripture, aged ninety-four years ...... April 11, trustees of Keene Public Library accepted a gift of books from Messrs. Robert S. and Richard W. Hale of Boston, in memory of their father, the late Hon. Geo. S. Hale of Keene and Boston ...... April 14, Rev. M. C. Pen- dexter, of Grace Methodist Episcopal church, closed a pastorate of five years, and Rev. Jesse M. Durrell appointed to the charge ...... Rev. George L. Thompson, for three and one-half years a resident of Keene, resigned as pastor of the Universalist church to take effect May 1 ...... April 22, after a public hearing the mayor and aldermen voted to give the peti- tioners for the removal of the Cooke elm leave to withdraw ...... April 29, death of Dr. George R. Dinsmoor, aged fifty-nine years, eleven months ...... May 1, death of ex-Mayor Asa Smith, aged seventy-seven years ...... May 2, Roller Bearing & Equipment Company granted an exemption from tax- ation ...... May 7, Francis C. Faulkner appointed railroad commissioner by Governor Jordan ...... May 14, sixth annual meeting of the New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs held in the Unitarian church ...... May 16, Fred B. Pierce Company granted an exemption from taxation ...... Stone drinking fountain accepted by the city to be placed on Court street, the gift of Mrs. Edward C. Thayer ...... May 29, funeral of William S. Briggs, at the Unitarian church, his death having occurred at Montpelier, Vt., on May 27, at the age of eighty-three years and eight months ...... June 14, death of Caleb T. Buffum, aged eighty-one years ...... June 15, formal opening of the new Wilkins laundry on Proctor court, attended by over 500 peo- ple ...... June 20, Alderman Daniel C. Cahalane resigns ...... July 3, mayor and alderman allow $1,200 to the board of health for extra services during the scarlet fever epidemic ...... July 4, monument erected by Francis O. Nims, over the grave of Keene's first town clerk, David Nims, in Washing- ton street cemetery ...... July 17, Elvin P. Priest fatally burned by explosion of gasoline at Steamobile works ...... July 23, Alderman Oscar H. Fay elected, and he took his seat on the 29th ...... July 28, Holbrook Grocery Company's wholesale warehouse damaged by fire; loss about $45,000 ...... August, Register of Deeds Buffum began the reindexing of the Cheshire county real estate records ...... Aug. 22, city councils voted to purchase lands in Roxbury of Charles Giffin, Edward Cota, Patrick Donahue, and George A. Hall, adjoining Woodward pond, and a lot on Beech hill of Mrs. Charles H. Fairfield, for the sum of $3,825 ...... Sept. 5, Rev. Edward A. Renouf, D. D., presented to the city the police benevolent fund of $500, which was accepted ...... City councils ordered a new steel bridge to be placed over Beaver brook to connect Woodland and Greenlawn cemeteries ...... Sept. 17, Mayor Perry requested the suspension of business and that ser- vices be held on Thursday, Sept. 19, in memory of the late President William Mckinley ...... Sept. 19, the city councils adjourned till the next
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evening in honor of the memory of President Mckinley ...... Sept. 20, councils voted to purchase an acre and forty-eight rods of land lying between Woodland and Greenlawn cemeteries of the heirs of Pierre Couillard, for $250 ...... Oct. 9, field day of two Vermont and two New Hampshire com- manderies of Knights Templar, in Keene, with Mt. Horeb Commandery of Concord as guests of Hugh de Payens Commandery of Keene ...... Oct. 8, 9, and 10, sixteenth annual convention of the Christian Endeavorers of New Hampshire held in Keene ...... Oct. 22, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Davis celebrated their golden wedding ...... November, Swedish Lutheran church organized ...... Nov. 5, Holbrook Grocery Company presented a set of dishes to the firemen of Keene ...... Nov. 15, Music hall in Lane's new block, corner of Church and Main streets, opened to the public by the Keene Chorus Club, seating capacity of the hall about 500 ...... Nov. 21, death of Edward Joslin, aged ninety-one years, seven months ...... Nov. 25, death of William L. Davis, aged seventy-eight years ...... Nov. 29, Henry R. Parker's mill and wood yard burned, loss about $700 ...... Dec. 3, heaviest snow storm since 1888 ...... Dec. 5, death of Lafayette Weeks, aged seven- ty-seven years ...... Dec. 19, Mrs. Harriet Webster Towne fatally burned at her home, aged ninety-four years ...... Sixty buildings erected in Keene dur- ing the year.
1902.
Francis A. Perry, mayor ...... Jan. 14, death of Gen. Simon G. Griffin, aged seventy-seven years ...... Jan. 23, Rev. John E. Smith resigned pastor- ate of the Baptist church after nearly five years of service ...... Jan. 29, death of Clark F. Rowell, aged sixty-seven years ...... Feb. 10, John P. Rust's pail factory burned; loss $30,000 ...... Feb. 26, after a public hear- ing Union school district lines were defined and additional territory was added on the easterly side ...... March 1, Fairfield dam gave way; loss $500; about ten feet of water stood above the enbankment where Court street crosses the Kate Tyler ravine ...... March 3, culvert at the Kate Tyler ravine was carried away, and afterwards repaired at an expense of $1,069.17 ...... March 24, Baptist society voted to extend a call to Rev. Joseph Walther, of Holden, Mass., to become its pastor; Mr. Walther accepted the call and began his labors on Sunday, May 4 ...... April 10, trustees of the Elliot City Hospital accepted a memorial gift of $12,000 from the heirs of the late Edward Joslin, for the erection of a home for nurses ...... April 21, Ashuelot Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, unveiled a large granite boulder at the corner of Main and Baker streets, to mark the road taken by the patriots on April 21, 1775, in response to the Lexington alarum ...... April 28, death of David Knight, aged eighty-nine years ...... May 1, death of Arba T. Stearns aged seventy- seven years ...... May 6, 7, 8, ninety-third annual meeting of the general association of Congregational and Presbyterian churches of New Hamp- shire held in Keene ...... May 15, Cheshire Tannery property sold to John P. Rust ...... May 18, Young Men's Christian Association observed the eighteenth anniversary of the founding of the local branch ...... New cream- ery built on the Holbrook farm, near the entrance to Goose pond on the
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old Surry road ...... May 26, 27, 28, first convention of the Keene Chorus Club held in city hall ...... June 5, city councils authorized the issue of $25,- 000 in bonds for Echo lake water works extension via South Keene; bonds sold for $25,978; masonry dam built on Munsell lot, 135 feet long and nineteen feet above the bed of Roaring brook to contain 2,500,000 gallons of water ...... June 8, firemen of Keene held appropriate memorial services and decorated the graves of those who died in service since the department was organized on its present basis ...... June 16, fire at Beaver mills, loss on finished pails and packages about $3,000 ...... June 18, ladder truck No. 2 added to the apparatus of the Hook and Ladder Company; cost, $1,250 ...... June 19, city councils voted to print the His- tory of the Town of Keene ...... July 1, free mail delivery service estab- lished for South Keene and Swanzey Factory; house numbering system extended to meet requirements ...... July 12, incendiary fire destroyed Giffin's mills; loss $15,000; George E. Hopkins confessed to setting the fire ...... Sept. 4, city councils accepted the private fire alarm system used by fire- men ...... Sept. 16, death of Leonard J. Tuttle, aged seventy-one years ...... Sept. 19, Daughters of the American Revolution unveiled a bronze tablet at the Thayer Library building to the memory of the soldiers of the American Revolution from Keene; impressive services held and tablet formally accepted by the city ...... Oct. 16, councils voted to grade River street to receive the sewer extension ordered through River and Wood- burn streets ...... Nov. 14, 200 business men and citizens held a banquet at the Cheshire House in honor of the completion of J. P. Rust's new brick pail factory on Water street; business men passed resolutions in the interest of a permanent board of trade ...... H. W. Hubbard removed to his new brick machine shop on Emerald street ...... Nov. 25, Boys' Club of the Methodist Episcopal church formally opened its room in the parson- age on Elm street ...... Nov. 28, water turned into the city mains from the new intercepting reservoir and pipe line via South Keene; new addition to the Echo lake system constructed at a cost of $26,300 ...... Dec. 4, city councils voted to purchase eleven acres of French land and 160. acres of the Cota farm in Roxbury, bordering on Roaring brook, extending a mile down the brook from land already owned by the city, at an expense of $1,620; total land owned by the city in Roxbury about 1,082 acres. .. Public library, city hall and fire station heated with wood from the ... city's lands in Roxbury, on account of the coal strike.
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