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Ebenezer French, res.
Hughenos Tyrrell, res. John Grimes, res.
Other brief tenants.
No house for a century.
No. 1. - Moses Adams, Sr. James Adams. The preceding two, father and son, died the same day, June 4, 1810.
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Gilbert Tuel, married Mrs. James Adams. Jonathan K. Smith.
David Willard and Charles H. Nye, 1865.
Charles H. Nye, 1867.
George W. Seaver, Jr., 1889.
George B. Leighton, owner, 1904.
This is Monadnock Farm, No. 5. The dwelling has been burned.
LOT 17.
Never settled. Long owned by J. K. Smith and Isaiah Adams.
LOT 18.
No. 1. Samuel Adams.
Isaiah Adams, died, 1865.
Emily and Eliza Adams, by will. Reuben C. Philbrick.
George F. Winn, owner, 1878.
Reuben C. Philbrick, 1898, died, 1909. Forrest S. Lowell, 1909. Clarence B. Seaver, 1916.
LOT 19.
No. 4. Site of the old pottery. No. 3. - Site of the house in which Osgood N. Russell lived a few years. No. 2. - Ezra Morse.
Ezra Morse, Jr. John Morse, 2d. John Wight. Miss Susannah Wight.
Rebecca Wight, widow of Jo- siah Wight, 1855. Jonas Wight. G. W. Bemis and S. T. Sym- onds, owners, 1868.
Sylvester T. Symonds, owner, 1884. Non-resident owners.
House is gone.
No. 1. - William Wright. Abel Duncklee.
Ebenezer B. Wallingford. Benjamin Wallingford.
John Morse, 2d.
Ebenezer Russell.
Osgood N. Russell, 1854.
Edwin T. Daniels, 1860.
Royal H. Porter of Keene, owner, 1861. Sewall A. Seaver, 1862.
Widow Maria L. Seaver, 1876.
Sherman Derby, owner, 1879. Cornelius K. Towne, owner, 1880.
Samuel M. Brown, 1889.
LOT 20.
No. 13. Site of the Baptist meetinghouse, prior to 1843. No. 12. Cornelius
'Towne.
Cornelius Towne, Jr.
Elijah W. Towne.
Cornelius K. Towne.
Mrs. Samuel M. Brown, owner.
Occupied by tenants.
No. 11. - James Rollins.
Simeon Stickney. Jeremiah Stickney.
Whitcomb French.
Rev. Henry Tonkin, res.
James A. Farwell.
Jason Phelps. William Preston Phelps, 1889. See No. 7.
No. 10. - Oldham Gates.
John Farnum. Abel Blood.
James Rollins.
Benjamin Wallingford.
Lyman Russell. James L. Russell.
William Knight, 1858. Martin M. Mason, 1866.
Samuel Dana Bemis, 1866.
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David Willard, 1873.
Dana T. Symonds, 1877. A. Clayton Phelps, 1879. Walter S. Parker, 1897. Widow of Walter S. Parker. No. 9. - - Aaron Beals. William Beals. William Haven. Timothy Pratt. James Bemis.
Thomas Bemis. Samuel Dana Bemis, 1873.
Edward M. Towne, 1887. Lewis P. Randolph, 1899. L. Isabelle May of Boston, 1901, sum. res. Site not located on map. Eli Bemis. No. 8. John French, Sr.
Whitcomb French. Abraham Shattuck, res.
John Shattuck, res. C. Lawrence, owner.
No house for many years. No. 7. - Studio of Wil- liam Preston Phelps, an ani- mal and landscape painter widely known, professionally educated in Germany. No. 0 - Saw-mill and wooden-ware shop, built by Bemis and Symonds, later operated by the Seavers. No. 5. - Sylvester T. Sym- onds. Frank P. Symonds, 1903. No. 4. - George W. Bemis. Daniel W. Gould. Carl H. Bemis, 1893.
Lewis P. Randolph.
Frank P. Symonds, owner. No. 3. Elbridge G. Bemis. Thomas Hardy, 1858. Milan M. Derby, 1871. John Stewart.
No. 2. - Frederick C. Far- well, 1894. Arthur F. Seaver, 1909. William McGrath. No. 1. - Frederick A. Searle. George W. and Joel Franklin Mason, 1858.
George W. Mason, 1863. George Grant Mason, 1915.
LOT 21.
No. 17. Mrs. Mary Bush, 1905, sum. res.
Miss Emily Dawes, sum. res. No. 16. - Lyman Russell. William Parker, 1860, died, 1898.
Widow Mary E. Parker. No. 15. - Eli Greenwood. Eli Greenwood, Jr.
Charles Mason.
Edward Hagar. Josiah H. Knight. George W. Worsley.
House burned in 1842.
Joseph Eaves, owner, 1845. George F. Bemis, 1899. Carl H. Bemis, 1902, sum. res. No. 14. - Location of the Baptist meetinghouse on its second site, 1843-1867. No. 13. - A cottage built by Percy W. Russell and rented to various tenants. No. 12. - Schoolhouse No. 7 of the former Dublin schools.
No. 11. - Baptist meet- inghouse in its third and present location, moved here in 1867, remodelled in 1910. No. 10. - Levi Willard, brother of Rev. Elijah. Moses Wark. Franklin Wight. Rev. Warren Cooper.
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Reuben W. Twitchell, res. Amos Sargent, died, 1871.
Widow Lucy Sargent, died, 1885, and willed her house to the Baptist society for a par- sonage. The society then sold one that it already owned at No. 9 on this lot, and all of the Baptist minis- ters of the place, since 1885, have lived here. Their names may be found in the account of that church in this history.
No. 9. - - The Baptist so- ciety built a parsonage here in 1858. Their ministers lived here from 1858 to 1885. Their names may be found in the account of that church in this history.
Elmer J. Starkey, 1886, died, 1904.
Mrs. Fidelia E., widow of Thomas H. White, 1910.
No. 8. - Riverside Ceme- tery. The land was pur- chased, January 7, 1873, of David Willard by the Town of Harrisville.
No. 7. - George F. Bemis, 1875.
A new house immedi- ately south of the preceding. Caspar C. Bemis, 1911.
The Chesham post-office is now located in this house. No. 6. - - Chesham rail- road station. The Manches- ter & Keene R.R. was com- pleted, November 27, 1879. It is now a part of the Nashua & Keene Branch of the Boston & Maine R.R. No. 5. - Mrs. Betsey Wil- lard. Stephen Spaulding Mason.
Cornelius K. Towne. Benjamin A. Sherwin. Oren A. Sherwin.
George F. Bemis.
Caspar C. Bemis, res.
George W. Bemis.
No. 4. - The north part of the preceding building. Store of Bemis Bros.
The post-office was in this store many years. Tenants have lived over the store.
No. 3. - Josiah H. Knight. Merrill Mason.
David Willard.
George W. Bemis.
Charles A. Bemis, 1875.
Mrs. Mary A. Bemis, 1880.
Mrs. Sarahı R. Bemis, 1882.
Samuel Dana Bemis, 1883.
Bernard F. Bemis. No. 2. - Hezekiah Worces- ter, died, 1914.
No. 1. - Stephen Spauld- ing Mason.
Roger S. Derby, 1866.
Frank Shover, 1871.
John Lapoint, 1873.
Forrest T. S. Lapoint, 1902.
LOT 22.
No. 1. Abner Smith. Ira Smith.
Ira P. Smith, 1854. Martin M. Mason, 1867.
Mrs. Sarah W. Coe of New York City, 1904, sum. res.
No. 2. - A cottage of Mrs. Coe.
No. 3. - Mrs. Coe's "Crazy Camp."
RANGE X.
LOT 1.
Not settled.
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LOT 2.
Not settled. Owned for many years by the Warrens and the Eatons.
LOT 3.
No. 1. William Bedlow, 1774. John Warren. Jesse Warren. John F. Warren. Luther P. Eaton, owner. Fred. Carkin, res.
House burned.
No. 2. - Fortune Little, 1784. Daniel Albert. No. 3. - Ebenezer Pratt.
LOT 4.
No. 1. Oliver Pratt. Jesse Pratt. Abel Winship. Joshua Flint.
Purchased by the Town of Dublin for an alms-house, Bela Morse, superintendent. The town retained possession of the farm till 1867. The subsequent occupants were: Lyman Parker. Harvey J. Ware. Milan L. Parker.
LOTS 5, 6, 7.
Not settled.
LOT 8.
No. 1. Site of an old saw-mill.
LOT 9.
No. 1. Lake cottage of George L. Burdett.
LOT 10.
Not settled.
LOT 11.
No. 1. Lake cottage of H. M. Irish.
LOT 12. Not settled.
LOT 13.
Village of Harrisville.
Previous to the incorporation of the new town of Harrisville, in 1870, the occupants of this lot had been the following: Abel Twitchell. Abel Twitchell, Jr. Cyrus Harris, owner. Allen Bancroft. Jason Harris.
Deering Farrar.
Abraham Shattuck.
Milan Harris.
- Lovell Harris. -
- Thomas Taunt. Isaiah Woods. Boarding-house of Milan Harris. Boarding-house of the Cheshire Mills. Amos E. Perry's saw-mill.
Moses K. Perry.
Woollen mill of Milan Harris. Woolen mill of the Colo- nys, called Cheshire Mills. - Samuel Farwell. - Thaddeus O. Wilson. Abijah Wilson.
Henry Colony.
- Alfred T. Colony. - Parsonage. Rev. Otis C. Whiton.
Rev. Jeremiah Pomeroy.
Rev. Daniel H. Babcock. Rev. William G. Tuttle.
Since the new town was sep- arated from Dublin, the character of the population
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has greatly changed. The different houses, with new ones that have been added, have been tenanted largely by mill operatives of various nationalities, many of whom have remained but a short time. Thechanges have been so frequent and the number of tenements so many that it would have been a practical impossibility to have traced them. We were, therefore, compelled to abandon the attempt.
Wadsworth's map of the town locates the following buildings in this lot:
No. 1. - Cheshire Mills. No. 2. - Former Harris Mill, now owned by Cheshire Mills Co.
No. 3. - Stratton's stable, now owned by Dublin Stage Co.
No. 4. - The Samuel Far- well store of 1853.
No. 5. - - The Samuel Far- well house.
No. 6. - The old Abel Twitchell and Allen Ban- croft house.
No. 7. - The store kept by Bradley, later by Winn Bros., also by the Halpins, now by Mcclellan, who is the present postmaster.
No. 8. - Library building. No. 9. --- St. Denis's Ro- man Catholic Church.
No. 10. - Schoolhouse, for- merly No. 8 of the Dublin schools.
No. 11. Boarding-house of the Cheshire Mills.
No. 12. - The former Thad- deus and Abijah Wilson
house, now owned by the Chesshire Mills.
No. 13. - The Lovell Har- ris house.
No. 14. - The Corey house, now owned by Cheshire Mills. No. 16. - - The Thomas Taunt and Judson Blodgett house.
No. 17. - The Perry saw- mill, now owned and en- larged by Winn Bros.
No. 18. - The Amos E.
Perry house. No. 19. - The Harrisville railroad station on the Man- chester & Keene (now a part of the Nashua & Keene) Branch of the Boston & Maine R.R.
LOT 14.
In the north-east corner of this lot are six or seven houses belonging to the village of Harrisville, built, with a single exception, after the lot was severed from Dublin. Tenants have changed so frequently that we cannot. attempt to trace them.
nearly opposite No. 6 is the Yardley house, whose oc- cupants have been the fol- lowing:
Joel Wight. William Yardley. William Yardley, Jr.
Horace Yardley.
Heirs of the Yardleys.
Zophar Willard, owner, 1892. George F. Tufts, 1892.
No. 6. - The Nubanusit
House, Charles A. Blake, proprietor.
No. 5. - Summer cottage
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of Mrs. Zophar Willard and Frank S. Harris.
No. 4. - Richard Raubold.
No. 3. - - Summer cottage of Ella A. Tucker.
No. 2. - Phinehas Stan- ford, 1775.
Daniel Stanford.
James Blodgett.
Jonas Davis.
No house for many years.
No. 1. - Persia Beal.
Edwin P. Hunt, 1889.
Arthur E. Childs, owner, 1905.
Reuben A. Dunn, res. Almon A. Baldwin, res.
LOT 15.
No. 1. Josiah Stanford, 1775. John Mudge. Dr. Benjamin Hills. Daniel Fiske and Moses Eaton, owners. Gershom Morse and Addison Morse, owners. Joseph B. Yardley. Silas P. Frost. No house for many years. No. 2. - Thomas Murray, 1861. Michael Pender, 1864. William W. Heath, 1882. - House in ruinous condition No. 3. - Michael Pender, owner, 1864. E. Jones & Son, 1871. Roger S. Derby. William K. Heath, 1873. House in ruins.
LOTS 16, 17. Not settled.
LOT 18. No. 1. George M. Towne. No. 2. - Cornelius Towne, Jr. Morris M. Heath.
Wellington W. Seaver, 1864. Charles A. Seaver, owner.
No. 3. - - Site of a saw-mill built by Moses Adams, Sr., subsequently owned, or oper- ated, by Samuel Adams, James Derby, Samuel Far- well, George Handy, Lewis Carpenter, Charles C. Seaver, and George W. Seaver.
No. 4. - Samuel Farwell. George W. Seaver.
B. O. Hale, res.
Other tenants.
No house now. No. 5. Site of a house tenanted by the following: A. Mr. Craig.
A Mr. Spencer.
A Mr. Lowe.
Samuel Bryant.
Lewis Carpenter.
Other tenants.
No house now.
No. 6. - - Alfred W. Seaver.
No. 7. - -- Richard C. Smith, 1898. Ella D. Smith, 1900.
Camille Gonyou, 1901, sum- mer cottage. Heirs of C. Gonyou.
LOT 19.
No. 1. Joel Kendall, killed, 1806, by lightning, with a brother and son. Whitcomb French, Jr.
Jesse Lawrence. Charles Corey. Sherman Derby, 1835. Frank H. Parker, 1881. Darius Farwell, 1882. Charles Albert Seaver, 1882.
LOT 20. No. 1. Joseph Mason, killed, 1806, by the fall of a tree.
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Samuel Mason.
Merrill Mason.
Samuel Mason, Jr.
Joel Franklin Mason and James Appleton Mason, 1863.
James Appleton Mason, 1883. Thomas M. Dillingham, M.D., purchased the eastern half of the house and farm, 1895. James B. Bell, M.D., purchased the western half of the house and farm, 1895.
These owners use the place for summer residences, but Dr. Dillingham has purchased a place in Roxbury, in which he lives permanently.
Rev. Pitt Dillingham had a summer cottage a little to the north-west of this house, which was burned, and he now summers in the apart- ments of his brother, Dr. Thomas M. Dillingham, in this house.
LOT 21.
No. 1. Ebenezer Babcock.
Rev. Elijah Willard. Levi Willard.
Heirs of Levi Willard.
Benjamin Willard, 1871.
Frank H. Meloon, 1889.
Wellington Wells, 1900, sum. res. No. 2. - Stephen Spauld- ing Mason.
VanNess Davis.
Josiah H. Knight.
George O. Collester, 1864.
Warren B. Fitch, 1886.
Charles E. Pratt, 1887.
Frank L. Pratt, 1888.
George V. L. Meloon, 1895.
Samuel Griffin Parker, 1900.
Benjamin Willard, owner, 1907.
LOT 22
One early settler. Bela Greenwood.
The lot passed into the pos- session of the Willard family and the house disappeared. This lot was the northwest corner of the original Dublin.
CHAPTER XIX DUBLIN IN THE WORLD WAR
BY HENRY D. ALLISON
W. ELL may the citizens of Dublin look back with pride and satisfaction to the record of their town's participation in the last great war with Germany and the Central Powers.
Having a population of five hundred and seventy-one peo- ple, twenty-six of her boys were enlisted in the service at the time of the signing of the armistice on November 11, 1918. A decided majority of these enlisted men were of native Dublin or New England stock, whose forefathers had strug- gled for freedom in 1776, or, later, had fought in the Civil War; and that the same spirit which summoned their ances- tors to the cause of liberty in the early days still coursed in the blood of these men of the present generation is evidenced from the fact that every native-born Dublin boy was a volun- teer in the service of his country.
On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Ger- many and officially entered hostilities against her. In order to provide an army capable of turning the scales in favor of the Allies, and at the same time deeming it just that all male citizens throughout the country should be made to feel an equal responsibility, Congress, early in its military program, passed the Selective Service Bill requiring the registration of all men between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one years. June 5 was set for the registration day, and on this date forty men were recorded in Dublin.
In the subsequent year, 1918, Congress put through legis- lation calling for two more registrations. On July 5, 1918, all males who had attained their majority during the previous year were required to register. It is a notable fact that, owing to voluntary enlistments, there was no one to record at this date.
In the summer of 1918, the ages of liability to military serv- ice were extended to a minimum of eighteen, and to a maximum of forty-five years. Under this provision sixty- eight new names were recorded on September 12, 1918. Very few of the men in either the first or third registration were
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actually drafted into the Army, for decidedly the major part of Dublin's soldiers were volunteers.
Seventeen of our men served in the Army, eight in the Navy, and one in the Marine Corps. Thirteen of them went overseas, and eight fought at the front. During the terrific battles of the war in which our soldiers were engaged and did their full share, including those of St. Mihiel, Belleau Wood, Château-Thierry, Toul Sector, Second Battle of the Marne, Chemin des Dames, and others, it is an extraordinary fact that none of them were killed, and but three were seriously wounded or gassed. At the time of this writing nineteen have been honorably discharged from the service, four are still in Europe; but with the war ended there is good reason to expect all of them to return in comfortable health. The three who have been gassed have since greatly improved. Three have been made Ensign, three, Corporal, three, Ser- geant. One has won his commission as 2nd Lieutenant, two have been commissioned 1st Lieutenant, and two, Lieuten- ant in the Navy. Both the 2nd and 26th Divisions, to which some of our boys belonged, have been commended for bravery in action by General Pershing.
In the summer of 1917, an almost unanimous response came from the townspeople and summer residents for an in- crease of crops and greater harvests. Many vegetables were raised by people who had never, at least in recent years, culti- vated a garden. The school children competed for prizes and made excellent progress in the raising of vegetables from their "War Gardens." The growing of wheat and other cereals, a much neglected but successful crop in the earlier days of the town's history, was again resumed with good success. Excel- lent crops rewarded the efforts of those who had worked carly and late to assist in increasing the food supply. Henry D. Learned was appointed local Chairman of the Agricultural Committee, and Henry N. Gowing was made Food Adminis- trator.
Canning demonstrations were given in the vestry of the Unitarian Church, and twice weekly during the summer season, when vegetables were being harvested, the Misses Elizabeth Jencks, Janet Elliott, and other young ladies in charge met to assist, or to can the vegetables brought there.
During the summer a lecture on the war was given by Pro- fessor Albert Bushnell Hart, of Harvard University, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lindon Smith spoke on their trip to France
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and to the War Zone. Madame Dupriez, who, with her hus- band Professor Dupriez, Exchange Professor at Harvard, and their children, was living in Belgium at the time of that coun- try's invasion by the German army and suffered the hardships imposed, also gave an account of her experience.
Dublin subscribed more than two hundred and thirty thou- sand dollars toward the first four liberty loans. No fixed amount was apportioned the town in the first two loans, the state being divided into districts, and Dublin was included in the territory with Peterborough as its head. John A. Gleason was made the local Chairman of the third and fourth drives, and Mrs. Ella G. Mason, Ladies' Chairman. As the quota to be raised was based on the town's valuation, Dublin's allot- ment in each instance was higher than that of the majority of places of a similar size, owing to the large amount of sum- mer residential property. Twenty-seven thousand dollars was asked for in the Third Loan and approximately $82,000 raised. Fifty-four thousand and seven hundred dollars was requested in the Fourth Loan and $84,520 subscribed. The Fifth Loan now in progress, is under the direction of Henry D. Allison. Forty-one thousand dollars is Dublin's apportionment and considerably over that sum has been subscribed at the time of this writing.
Contributions were generously made to the Y. M. C. A. and the Red Cross. Clesson E. Gowing was appointed local chairman for these drives. Upwards of twelve thousand dol- lars was subscribed to the latter organization. On June 29, Howard Elliott, Jr., with four of his mates from St. Mark's School, gave a musical entertainment in the town hall for the - aid of the Red Cross.
Rallies for the sales of War Savings and Thrift Stamps were held in the town hall on June 5 and September 13, with addresses at the first meeting by the Rev. Robert Falconer, who had just returned from over-seas work with the Y. M. C. A., Joseph Madden, Esq., of Keene, and the Rev. Albert Lazenby; the latter meeting was presided over by George D. Markham, Esq., of St. Louis, and the speakers were Hon. Allen Hollis, State War Savings Director, and Bishop Edward Parker of Concord.
In his final report to December 31, 1918, the State Director announced that the town's sales of War Savings and Thrift Stamps for the year amounted to $10,086.80, equivalent to $17.67 for each person. Thus Dublin was one of five towns in
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Cheshire County to raise more than its allotted quota. Milton D. Mason was the local Chairman of these sales. The thirteen pupils in the village grammar school purchased dur- ing the year $1,475 worth of War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds.
A Salvage Society, the proceeds from the sales of waste material going to the stricken people of Belgium, was organ- ized by Mrs. Abbott Thayer, with the aid of Miss Janet Elliott, and netted a considerable sum.
Money was also raised for the Italian War Relief Fund, and a campaign was conducted for the Armenian and Near East Relief Fund, with Mrs. Ella G. Mason, Chairman. A sum amounting to about two hundred dollars was yielded from this drive, considerably in excess of the quota asked for.
After the selective draft became effective, regulations for the rationing of food, particularly with reference to the use of wheat flour, the use of sugar cards by the local store- keepers, the daylight saving plan with clocks set ahead one hour through the summer months, the gasless Sundays, a new and real war condition was felt throughout the com- munity. But so willingly and unitedly did people in all walks of life comply with these requests that but little difficulty re- sulted in their enforcement. It was a striking illustration of the unity and efficiency of our democratic form of government that, when a request came from official sources asking auto- mobilists to forego their Sunday pleasure ride in order to help win the war by saving gasoline, nearly everyone complied willingly, and public sentiment alone made it prohibitory for the remainder.
Mrs. William Brooks Cabot presented the town with a beautiful Service Flag, bearing fourteen stars to represent the number of Dublin boys in the service at the timc. The flag was hung from the front window of the town hall. Later in the season Mr. J. L. Mauran, a summer resident and a well- known architect of St. Louis, a former President of the Asso- ciation of American Architects, who designed the Public Library building and the new schoolhouse here, gave a fine large American flag to the town. It floated from the new steel flagstaff in the village oval.
The oval is the result of a plan worked out by Mr. Mauran, and made financially possible through the aid of summer resi- dents, for beautifying the village street, and includes the re- moval of all electric-light and telephone poles, and the placing
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of the wires underground. The display of the Stars and Stripes from this sixty-foot staff in the village center, is particularly beautiful and impressive.
Rev. Albert Lazenby of Cambridge, Mass., acting pastor of the local Unitarian Church, was responsible for the arrange- ment of several very interesting and helpful patriotic meet- ings during the summer. Mr. Lazenby's daughter was serv- ing as a Red Cross nurse with the Harvard Medical Unit; and one of his sons was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian serv- ice of the British Army.
Through his efforts a public meeting in commemoration of the outbreak of the war was held in the town hall, on Sunday evening, August 4, at which George D. Markham, Esq., pre- sided. Addresses were made by Charles MacVeagh, Esq., the Reverends R. Kidner and Robert Falconer, Oliver Prescott, Esq., and Hon. William Roscoe Thayer. A collection was taken amounting to two hundred dollars, and contributed to the War Relief Funds of the French, Italian, and Belgians. A message was sent by the Chairman of the meeting to the boys in the service, who had enlisted from the town, and to those who had been accustomed to make Dublin their summer home, as follows:
"We, the townspeople and cottagers of Dublin, N. H., in public meeting assembled, send affectionate greetings to our 'Boys' in the service, and we beg to assure them of our earnest support in the warfare they have undertaken in behalf of justice and freedom, of civilization and humanity. We pray that God will protect them and prosper their arms and give them a speedy victory."
On August 25, Major George Haven Putnam gave an ad- dress at the town hall on "England in War Times." Major Putnam witnessed the reception given the American troops in Westminster Abbey, and, as a representative of our govern- ment, took part in the Fourth of July celebration in London. Rev. Robert Falconer also spoke at this meeting and Rev. R. Kidner presided. A collection was taken and sent for the benefit of the British War Relief Funds.
An impressive discourse was given in the Trinitarian Church on Sunday evening, September 1, by Sir Raymond Blath- wayte who was visiting friends here; he reviewed the terrible losses of the British in the war. The collection taken was sent to the children of the blinded soldiers.
A meeting of Thanksgiving for the armistice was held in
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the vestry of the First (Unitarian) Church on Sunday evening, November 24, 1918, at which Honorable Franklin MacVeagh, Secretary of the Treasury under President Taft, was the pre- siding officer, he having prolonged his summer's stay here for that purpose. A musical program was rendered and ad- dresses given by Rev. H. Sumner Mitchell, of Keene, and Rev. Albert Lazenby.
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