"The City Beautiful"
CONCORD
THE CAPITAL OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE
City Hall
THE IDEAL HOME CITY OF
NEW ENGLAND
ITS ATTRACTIONS AND ADVANTAGES
Issued by the Concord Commercial Club
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HOME OFFICE
AcQuiLLA Building
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CONCORD, N. H.
OFFICERS
LYMAN .TACKMAN, Pres., CHARLES L. .TACKMAN. Vice-Pres.
RUFUS N. ELWELL, Secretary.
JOSIAH E FERNALD, Treas., FRED W. CHENKY, Asst. Sec.
CONCORD
THE CITY BEAUTIFUL
ITS ATTRACTIONS AND
ADVANTAGES
ISSUED BY THE
Concord Commercial Club
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CONCORD, N. H.
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While there is no city in the state more favorably located
than Concord, N. H., as a seat of industrial activity, if there
is one thing above all others upon which its people may justly
pride themselves it is not simply the political prominence of
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their city, as the capital of the state, but the advantages
which it offers as a place of residence for the intelligent and
aspiring home-seeker. Portsmouth may surpass it in historic
associations, Manchester in the magnitude and Nashua in
the variety of its industries; but when it comes to the com-
bination of facts and cii'cumstances rendering a city attractive
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as an abiding place for the man and woman who have a
family of children to rear and educate amid the best asso-
ciations and under the most favoraable conditions, or who
seek the most desirable location in which to enjoy the well-
earned leisure following years of fruitful activity. Concord
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may properly be ranked in advance of all other New Hamp-
shire cities, comparing favorably, on the whole, with Hart-
ford, Conn., Springfield, Mass., or Burlington, Vt.
LOCATION.
In the first place it may be said that the city is peculiarly
fortunate in the matter of its location, from a physical or
geographical point of view. Situated in the beautiful valley
of the Merrimack, whose waters separate its more than sixty
square miles of territory into two nearly equal sections, it
embraces within its limits a wide variety of soil and surface
— broad and rich intervales, wide-stretching plains, rolling
uplands and rugged hillsides, with the accessories of lake
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and forest to complete the picture; while the fine variety of
scenery within the city limits is supplemented by much that
is attractive, within ready access in the surrounding towns.
But two hours' ride by rail from Boston, the great New Eng-
land metropolis; five hours to the heart of the White Moun-
tains, and three or four to any given point on the Atlantic
beach from Salisbury to Old Orchard; while a single hour
carries one to Winnepesaukee — "The Smile of the Great
Spirit" — at the north, or to beautiful Lake Sunapee at the
west, the advantages of the location are readily discerned.
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whether from a business or health and pleasure-seeking point
of view.
The compact portion of the city is mainly located upon the
plain and adjacent hillside, in the central southern section,
overlooking the river, extending some two miles from north
to south and of varying width. Main Street, for half a mile
on either side of its central section, is lined with substantial
brick blocks, in which the bulk of the city's business is
transacted, and compares favorably in appearance with any
business street in any city of similar size in the country. A
notable group of public buildings, to the west of Main Street,
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in the central section, so placed' as to be visible from a
single point, includes the state house, state library, United
States government building and the city hall; while an ele-
gant new granite, brick and marble building, to be occupied
by the New Hampshire Historical Society, now in process of
construction, which is expected to cost about $200,000, oc-
cupies a commanding position in the group, which also in-
cludes the Unitarian Church, Central Grammar School and
the large and imposing Christian Science Church, the costli-
est in the state. In no other city of its size in the Union can
Central Grammar (Parker) School
SO imposing a display of public buildings be found. Indeed,
within a thirty-rod radius of the postoffice are found buildings,
which, when all are complete, will have cost not less than two
millions of dollars.
STATE HOUSE.
The state house, which was built in the early part of the
century and remodeled at the expense of the people of Con-
cord about fifty years later, when a strong attempt to remove
the capital to Manchester was defeated, although by no
means as large or expensive as many state capitols, has al-
ways been regarded as a handsome building, its stately pil-
lared front portico giving it a fine architectural appearance.
But it has been practically outgi'own by the state, and, at the
last session of the legislature, when another attempt was
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made to remove the seat of government to Manchester, an
appropriation of $400,000 was made to remodel the interior of
the building and erect a large addition in the rear for offices
and committee rooms, work upon which is in progress and
will be completed before the close of 1910. The state house
occupies an entire square on the west side of Main Street,
fronting the Eagle Hotel, the ample surrounding grounds,
adorned by statues of Stark, Webster and Hale, forming a
delightful park, which is appreciated alike by visitor and
resident.
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STATE LIBRARY.
The state library building, which also contains the Supreme
Court chamber and accessory rooms, as well as quarters for
the state board of agriculture and the superintendent of pub-
lic instruction, located at the northeast corner of Park and
State streets, on a fine lot provided by the city, was erected
some eighteen years ago at an expense of about $350,000,
Concord and Conway granite being used in combination in its
construction. Massiveness and strength are the leading ideas
conveyed in its architectural appearance, and it makes a safe
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repository for the 110,000 bound volumes and vast accumula-
tion of pamphlets and papers stored within its walls.
U. S. GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
The United States government building, which occupies a
full square directly west of the state house, between State
and Green streets, also donated by the city, is of graceful de-
sign, constructed entirely of selected Concord granite, and
completed about twenty-five years ago, at a total cost of
nearly a quarter of a million dollars. There are, of course,
many much larger federal buildings scattered through the
country, but men who have traveled extensively and observed
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carefully declare this to be one of the handsomest buildings
owned by the government. In addition to the postoffice it
contains quarters for the United States Pension Agency for
the district of New Hampshire and Vermont, also for the
United States District and Circuit courts, which hold sev-
eral terms per annum in the city.
Christian Science Church
South Cong'reg'ational Church
Curtis Memorial F. B. Church
First Methodist Church
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CITY HALL,
The new city hall building, completed eight years ago, at
an expense, for land and construction, of about $150,000, is
located just across Green Street, to the west of the govern-
ment building. It consists, practically, of two buildings in
connection, that in front being utilized for office purposes and
the meetings of the city government, the aldermanic and
council chambers being separated by a steel curtain, which
can be raised, throwing the two rooms into one whenever the
two bodies meet in joint convention. The office rooms are
spacious, finely furnished and conveniently arranged. All the
city officials, except those connected with the municipal
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court, are here accommodated. The latter have their quarters
in the police station building, erected some twenty years
ago, on Warren Street, at an expense of $20,000 or more.
In connection with, and in the rear of the office building, is
what is known as the "auditorium," designed for the accom-
modation of public gatherings, with seats for about twelve
hundred people and so arranged as to be highly eligible for
theatrical purposes. Indeed, it is at present leased to a
theatrical manager for such purpose, with the reservation to
the city of its use for lecture courses and other public pur-
poses.
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COURT HOUSE.
At the time when the erection of the new city hall was de-
termined upon the city's interest in the building on North
Main Street, about a quarter of a mile above the state house,
generally known as the "court house," and owned jointly by
the city and the county of Merrimack, was disposed of to the
latter, and during the year 1906 the building was thoroughly
reconstructed, everything being torn down but the walls, and
rebuilt in the most substantial and convenient manner, fur-
nishing ample and pleasant quarters for the Superior and
St. Paul's Episcop&l Church
Pleasant St. Baptist Church
Probate courts and the various county offices. The expense
of reconstruction, including furnishing, has been about $45,000,
and it is safe to say that it is the finest, handsomest, most
convenient and most substantial county court house to be
found in the state — both a credit to the county and an orna-
ment to the city, which, by the way, constitutes about one
half of the county, as regards both wealth and population.
SCHOOLS.
The schools of Concord have long been noted for their ex-
cellence, the grade of teachers, the quality of work done, and
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the compensation given, being far superior to that in most
cities of its rank throughout New England, and its equipment
of school buildings is also unsurpassed.
Several spacious and substantial modern buildings for gram-
mar and lower grades have been erected within a compar-
atively recent period, while after the destruction by fire of the
former high school building some twenty years ago, an ele-
gant new structure was erected on its site at a cost of nearly
$100,000, which is by far the handsomest school building in
the state, but which, unfortunately, or fortunately, as may
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ultimately prove to be the case, was practically outgrown in
the first half dozen years, through the unexpectedly rapid
increase in high school attendance, so that it was greatly
overcrowded for several years, until at the annual school
meeting in March, 1904, of Union District, which embraces
the compact portion of the city and the villages of East and
West Concord, it was voted to erect a new high school build-
ing, and a committee was appointed to carry out such purpose,
the sum of $90,000 being appropriated for the work. At the
same time $30,000 was voted for the erection of a new eight-
room building at West Concord, the amount to be raised by
the issue and sale of long-time bonds of the district.
It was determined by the committee that a building should
be constructed which, while thoroughly modern and first class
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in its arrangement and appointments, should be of sufficient
capacity to meet the wants of the district, and such outside
pupils as may be attracted, for many years to come. To this
end it was decided to avoid unnecessary expenditure for a
site, and to indulge in no expense for mere ornamentation.
A site on North Spring Street, near Pleasant, and thus in
ready access by the electric car line, which included the old
manual training school lot, was secured, and a plain, but
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substantial and commodious granite-trimmed brick building,
of three stories and basement, erected thereon and the same
completely equipped in every department, including a large
room for the commercial course, which is now a prominent
feature in the high school work. The building is designed to
accommodate from 500 to 600 pupils, and has a fine assembly
hall in which they can be gathered.
Upon the occupancy of the new building by the high school
the former high school building was taken for a central
grammar school, all the grammar or ninth grade pupils in
the compact portion of the city here attending. This is now
the largest grammar school in the state, and is regarded by
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competent educators as unsurpassed in New England for the
thoroughness of its instruction.
With the construction of the two buildings just referred
to, and a new manual training school provided for in 1906,
at an expense of $30,000, the same being located near the high
school building so that it is heated by the same plant, there
has been expended within about twenty years an amount not
much less than $400,000 in the construction and equipment of
new schoolhouses, putting the city far in advance of most
places of its size in the matter of school accommodations. At
the same time the quality of the instruction furnished, m all
departments and grades, as well as of the supervision, is fully
commensurate with the material equipment, so that no bet-
ter place for the public education of the young can be found
in the entire country, except it be some town where a state
university supplements the ordinary public school system.
Aside from the public schools of the city, it should be
stated, there are the parochial schools, connected with both
the St John's, or Irish-American, and the French Catholic
churches of the city, the accommodations of the former hav-
ing been largely increased during recent years, and the at-
tendance upon all reaching some six or seven hundi-ed. A
fine boarding school for girls (St. Mary's), under Episco-
palian auspices, has been in successful operation m the city
for several years; while St. Paul's, the most noted private
fitting school for boys in the country, established halt a
century ago at MillviUe, two miles to the west of the cit>
proper; but within the corporate limits, is attended regularly
by hundreds of young men from all parts of the country.
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Here there has been expended more than a million dollars
in buildings and equipment, and the architectural display
alone which the buildings present is sufficient to attract hun-
dreds of visitors yearly. To the high character of the in-
struction given, the wide fame and wonderful success of the
school furnish ample testimony.
CHURCHES.
The excellence of the Concord schools is fully paralleled by
the superior character of its church privileges. The pioneers
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in the settlement of the place established Sunday worship
upon their coming, and the same has been continued from
that time to the present. All the leading denominations of
Protestant Christianity, as well as the Roman Catholics, are
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well represented, convened in spacious and well-built houses
of worship and ministered to by some of the ablest clergymen
of their respective denominations. There are in the central
portion of the city one Advent, two Baptist, two Catholic (one
French), two Congregational, three Episcopalian, two Free
Baptist, two Methodist, one Swedish Lutheran, one Unitarian
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and one Universalist church. Most of the edifices are finely-
located and of attractive architectural appearance. Several
have fine vestries or chapels in connection, while St. Paul's
Episcopal Church has a substantial, commodious and finely-
equipped parish or guild house adjacent. The Christian Sci-
entists have here the handsomest and most expensive church
edifice in the state, located at the corner of School and State
streets, in close proximity to the principal public buildings,
erected five years ago at a cost of about $200,000, mainly the
gift of Mary Baker G. Eddy, whom they revere as the dis-
coverer and founder of their faith, and whose home was at
Concord Y. M. C. A. Building
"Pleasant View," near St. Paul's School, for many years pre-
vious to 1907.
There are Congregational churches, also, at East and West
Concord and Penacook, also Baptist, Catholic and Methodist,
and an Episcopalian mission at the latter place, and a similar
mission at East Concord. Supplementing the work of the
Protestant evangelical denominations, so called, there is a
large and prosperous branch of the Young Men's Christian
Association in the city, which recently erected, at a cost
of some $35,000, a handsome and commodious building, which
is finely equipped and occupied for its purposes. Another
branch of the Y. M. C. A. organized in connection with the
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railway service has also erected a fine brick building for its
uses, in the vicinity of the railroad station.
HOSPITALS.
A spacious, substantial, well-arranged and well-furnished
general hospital, located at the south end of the city, erected
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a few years since through the liberality of the late Hon.
George A. Pillsbury of Minneapolis, of the great flour manu-
facturing firm of that city, formerly a prominent resident and
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mayor of Concord, and named the Margaret Pillsbury Hos-
pital in honor of the donors' wife, with the best physicians
and surgeons of the city included in its operating staff and
board of management, is an institution in which citizens gen-
erally take due pride, and which materially enhances the
eligibility of the city from a residential point of view. The
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New Hampshire Memorial Hospital for Women and Children,
which was established here some ten years ago by an asso-
ciation organized largely through the efforts of the late Dr.
Julia Wallace-Russell, who was the physician in charge up lo
the time of her death, four years since, is also a most use-
ful and valuable institution.
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HOME FOR THE AGED.
The Centennial Home for the Aged, more generally known
as the "Old Ladies' Home," from the fact that, up to the pres-
ent time, most of the inmates have been women, occupies
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now a large and imposing brick structure, of fine archi-
tectural anpearance, on Pleasant Street, the building having
been materially enlarged— its capacity practically doubled—
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within the last few years. It is controlled by an association,
organized in 1876 through the efforts of various philanthrop-
ically-disposed citizens of the state, among whom Mrs. Ar-
menia S. White of this city has been prominent from the
National State Capital and Lo&n Ct Trust Saving's Banks
start. It has furnished a comfortable home for many worthy
and some comparatively needy elderly people, upon the pay-
ment of a small sum each, by themselves or their friends,
and is regarded throughout the state as an institution worthy
to be remembered by men and women of means seeking
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proper objects upon which to bestow their benefactions. It
has a very handsome fund already, whose income contributes
materially to its support; but which, of course, may be in-
Mechauicks* National and Merrimack County Savings B«vnk
creased to advantage. Another worthy institution here lo-
cated is the New Hampshire Odd Fellows' Home, located
upon the fine grounds just outside the compact portion of the
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bity to the west, which belonged to the late ex-President
Franklin Pierce, and upon which he once planned the erec-
tion of a fine residence.
STATE PRISON AND STATE HOSPITAL.
The location within the city limits of the New Hampshire
State Prison and the New Hampshire Hospital for the In-
sane, while adding nothing to the attractions of the city as
a place of residence, detracts nothing therefrom, while meas-
urably increasing its importance from the public point of
view. The former, located midway between the city proper
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and West Concord, is a model institution of its kind; while
the latter, whose extensive grounds, embracing nearly one
hundred acres, border the compact portion of the city on the
southwest, is one of the largest, best equipped and best man-
aged hospitals for the insane in the country. Many fine build-
ings have been added from time to time to the original plant,
as the requirements of the institution demanded; and the re-
cently established policy of the state involving the care of
all the dependent insane at this point has necessitated very
large additional accommodations, several hundred thousand
dollars having been expended in the last five years in this
direction.
The asylum grounds, being open to the public under proper
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restrictions, practically constitute a splendid park, and their
well-kept appearance adds largely to the attractiveness of
that section of the city.
PARKS.
The city has two large improved parks adjacent to the com-
pact section, both possessed of fine natural attractions, one
at the south, known as Rollins Park, and one in the northwest
section, known as White Park, the land for the former having
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been given by the late Hon. E. H. Rollins, and that for the
latter by the late Nathaniel White, two public-spirited cit-
izens whose names will be held in perpetual remembrance.
The former was a natural pine grove, with a splendid growth
of that beautiful timber, and is largely preserved in its nat-
ural state, the ground adjacent to the highway only having
been transformed into a handsome lawn, adorned with plants
and shrubbery, rendering it particularly attractive in the sum-
mer season. The center of the grove is cleared of all under-
growth and is extensively utilized by picnic parties and as a
general summer afternoon resort for children and others in
that section of the city. A speaking stand has been pro-
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vided, and, during Sunday afternoons in midsummer religious
services have been holden here under the auspices of the
Concord Young Men's Christian Association. White Park,
which is larger than Rollins, including some twenty-five or
thirty acres, is of uneven surface and was largely covered
with hard wood growth, some of which has been removed and
the ground tastefully laid out and improved, while an original
bog has been transformed into a beautiful artificial lake.
The larger portion, however, still remains wooded, and this,
like Rollins Park, is a very pleasant and much frequented
resort during the summer season. Being larger, and pre-
senting more varied scenic attractions, it is even more ex-
tensively visited.
With these two fine parks, which are being still further im-
proved and beautified from year to year, several smaller ones
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in different locations, and another large one, known as Pena-
cooK Park, on the shore of Penacook Lake, near West Con-
cord, which is capable of being made, and in the course of
time doubtless will be, one of the finest in New England, the
city is certainly well provided with summer "breathing
places" for its population. Aside from these, however, the
Concord Street Railway, which is now operated by the Bos-
ton & Maine, has a splendid resort on the Contoocook River,
about one mile west of Penacook, and seven miles from the
center of the city proper, which has been fitted up with a
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dancing pavilion, summer theater, band stand, restaurants,
seats, swings, and everything requisite to make a resort of
this kind attractive. Steamers and smaller boats also ply
on the river, and during ten or twelve weeks of midsummer,
generally known as the vacation period, the park is thronged
by people nearly every day, including numerous picnic and
excursion parties from points outside the city. The fact that
the street railway's car lines runs directly into the park ren-
ders it particularly accessible and attractive. It should be
mentioned, also, that the electrics likewise run alongside both
White and Rollins parks.
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STREETS.
The entire highway system of Concord, coursing through
its sixty square miles of territory, embraces about 180 miles
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of street and roadway, nearly half of which is included in the
compact portion of the city. These streets are mostly well
graded, many miles macadamized, and those in quite a section
near the center concreted. Good concrete sidewalks are also
provided through the main portion of the city, and nearly
all the streets are beautifully lined with maple, elm and other
shade trees; so that the city is specially noted for its at-
tractiveness in this regard. The Merrimack River "boule-
vard," or state highway, being one of the three highways
from Massachusetts line to the mountain region, provided for
in the $1,000,000 appropriation by the legislature of 1909,
passes through Concord.
WATER SUPPLY.
The city's water supply is unsurpassed, both as to quality
and abundance. Its source is Penacook Lake, a beautiful
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body of the purest water, whose outlet is near West Concord.
It is fed by an abundance of cold springs, and has never yet
failed to meet all requirements, even in seasons of the great-
est drought. The lake lies at a good elevation above Main
Street; but in order to insure a perfect delivery in the higher
points, a high-pressure service has been introduced to sup-
plement the main delivery, a reservoir of 2,000,000 gallons' ca-
pacity having been established upon an elevation 180 feet
above the Main Street level. Through this service alone 600,-
000 gallons per day are delivered. The city owns and con-
trols its water works, the management thereof being in the
hands of a special commission.
LIGHTING.
The street lighting is mainly by electricity, though gas is
used to some extent. The electric lighting is furnished by the
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Concord Electric Company, which has one of the finest plants
in New England, established at Sewall's Falls, some three
miles up the Merrimack, where a large amount of money
has been expended. This company, in addition to public and
private lighting, is prepared to furnish power for manufactur-
ing and mechanical purposes to an unlimited extent, mak-
ing this an admirable location for all lines of light manu-
^3,ct,iiriii£
The long-established Concord Gas Light Company, whose
business is now conducted by the Concord Light and Power
Company, maintains a fine lighting and heating service, thor-
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oiighly covering the city, with a constantly increasing pat-
ronage. Between the two services there is no occasion for
any man to "dwell in darkness" in the Capital City.
RAILROADS.
The railway facilities enjoyed by the city are equal to the
best. The entire system of railroad lines centering here,
including the old Concord, Northern, Boston, Concord & Mon-
treal, Concord & Claremont and Peterborough & Hillsborough,
has been for the last twenty years operated by the Boston
& Maine, the service given being eminently satisfactory, and
improved from year to year as conditions permit. With over
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a dozen passenger trains each way between the city and Bos-
ton, half a dozen to the north over the old Boston, Concord &
Montreal; five each way over the Northern, or present Con-
cord Division, three each way over the Claremont and two
over the Peterborough branch, at all seasons, and an in-
creased service during the period of summer travel, no rea-
sonable person can complain of lack of facility for reaching
the outside world at any time, so far as the matter of rail-
way transportation is concerned. The equipment and operat-
ing force is also excellent, as a rule; and the man who com-
plains of any branch of the passenger service may safely be
set down as a chronic fault-finder. The freight service, al-
though perhaps not perfect as yet, has been wonderfully im-
proved; the yards and side-trackage increased many fold, and
the facilities for delivery and transfer greatly increased.
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The passenger station at this point is one of the largest and
finest in New England outside of Boston. It was erected by
the old Concord Railroad Company before its property became
a part of the Boston & Maine system, at a time when the cor-
poration had a large surplus which would have reverted to
the state had it not been expended in improvements. On ac-
count of this condition Concord was favored by the erection
of this splendid station, in which all the people take much
pride, and which will be adequate to all the wants of the
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public and of the operating corporation, in this line, for some
generations to come.
It should be noted in this connection that the Concord &
Portsmouth Railroad Company, subsidiary to the Concord &
Montreal, has just voted to relay the rails between Suncook
and Candia, taken up some forty years ago, which, when
effected, will reduce the distance between Concord and the
scalmarrt about a dozen miles and shorten the running time
for passenger trains not less than half an hour, while the
coal freighting business will be immensely advantaged.
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STREET RAILWAY.
As has been heretofore noted, the street railway of the city
is also operated by the Boston & Maine, having passed into
its hands three or four years since. This service has also
been much improved, and the system, which includes lines
running from lower South Main Street, below the Margaret
Pillsbury Hospital, to Penacook and Contoocook River Park,
down South Street and Broadway, to Rollins Park, a loop
line through the western section, known as the "West End,"
Huntwood Terrace, Home of Woodbury C Hunt Co.
and a branch to the Concord fair grounds, in all over a dozen
miles of railway, is equipped with fine new cars, and a fifteen-
minute service is furnished. Work has already been com-
menced on another loop extension, covering the northwestern
part of the city, which will soon be pushed to completion
and which will bring the service within reach of every section
of the city, except East Concord, which remains to be pro-
vided for.
An electric line, constructed and operated by the Boston &
Maine, also furnishes an hourly service, each way, between
the city and Manchester from early morning till late even-
ing, and half hourly in the summer season, when the line is
largely patronized on account of the fine view of the beauti-
Concord, the City Beautiful. 35
ful Merrimack Valley which is afforded along the route, and
the otherwise charming scenery that is commanded. With
the completion of the line from Goffs Falls to Hudson, recently
effected, there is now continuous electric service between
Concord and Boston — a situation that is appreciated by many
people of leisure during the warm season, at least. To leave
one's door in the city and go to Boston, or to any point along
the line of North Atlantic beaches from that city to Portland,
as can now be done by the Concord resident, is certainly
something worth while for one who seeks a breath of fresh
air in the sweltering summer time.
INDUSTRIES.
Since the railroad interests here were consolidated under
the Boston & Maine management extensive new repair and
John Swenson's Grzinite Works
construction shops have been established at this point and
the work done vastly increased, so that this has come to be
by far the most important industry in the city, giving em-
ployment to more than 600 men upon the average, and the
total monthly wages paid to all the railway employees resi-
dent in Concord amounts to over $75,000.
Among the many substantial industries of the city the Wil-
liam B. Durgin silverware manufactory takes high rank. It
is a long-established concern, of world-wide reputation for
the excellence of its product — solid silverware of the highest
grade — and is quartered in an extensive, substantial and
thoroughly equipped plant, recently constructed. About 200
high grade workmen are employed.
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The Page Belting Company is another industrial concern
of international note, whose production is used the world
over. It is also finely housed and equipped, and gives employ-
ment to some 250 hands. The James R. Hill Co., who manu-
facture the celebrated Concord harness, has been taken over
by this concern.
The Abbot-Downing Company, whose famous "Concord
wagons" were used all over the country three quarters of a
century ago, is still in business at the old stand, employing
from 150 to 175 men in various lines of carriage production.
The only piano manufactory in the state, that of the Pres-
cott Piano Company, is here located, and is sending out pianos
that compare favorably with the best standard instruments
in quality of tone and construction.
Another important industrial enterprise is the Rumford
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., Central Station
Press, the most complete, extensive and fully equipped print-
ing establishment in New England, outside of Boston, which
is engaged in printing books, magazines and periodicals of
all kinds, law work, and commercial printing of every de-
scription. It has a fine half-tone engraving plant and ex-
tensive bindery in connection, and is able to produce the
finest illustrated volume complete without sending out any
part of the work.
Quite an important industry that has been developed within
the last few years, and attained such proportions that it has.
erected a substantial three-story brick block on South Main
Street for its own use, is that of the Woodbury E. Hunt Com-
pany, fine art' publishers, who produce pictures, art calen-
COXCORD, THE CiTY BEAUTIFUL.
37
dars, text cards, mottoes, valentines, Easter cards, etc., em-
ploying fifty to sixty young women in their work.
A distinctive Concord industry, and one in which more
men are engaged by far than any other in the city, except
the railroad shops, is the granite business, for which Con-
cord has been noted throughout the country for years. Inex-
haustible amounts of the finest granite in the country are
stored in "Rattlesnake Hill," some two or three miles out
from the city proper, near the line of the Concord & Clare-
mont Railroad, and from these quarries have been cut the
stone for some of the finest buildings in the country, includ-
ing the Congressional Library at Washington. The leading
firms engaged in the business are the New England Granite
Hathaway Club House
Company and John Swenson. The former is now cutting
the stone for the New Hampshire Historical Society's new
building, while the latter is getting out that for the state
house extension. Mr. Swenson has erected a complete new
modern plant within the last few years, equipped with the
most improved appliances for the work, and has a constantly
growing business.
MERCANTILE AFFAIRS.
The mercantile life of the city covers, fully, all retail lines,
and quite an extensive wholesale business is conducted by
several firms in flour, grain, feed groceries, iron, lime,
cement, hardware, etc. Many of the retail stores on Main
Street are model establishments, and two, at least, of the
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Concord, the City Beautiful.
dry goods stores are equal to any to be found in New Eng-
land north of Boston. It is said, to the special credit of Con-
cord merchants, as a rule, that they carry a better class of
goods than are usually found in cities of corresponding size.
BANKS.
The banking establishments here found rank with the best
in the state or in New England, and naturally do an extensive
business. The three national banks have an aggregate cap-
ital stock of $500,000; had, at the time of the last published
statement, aggregate surplus and undivided profits amount-
ing to $601,026.52; and deposits aggregating $2,841,921.24.
The four savings banks here located have deposits, alto-
gether, exceeding $16,000,000.
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TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE.
The city's telegraph and telephone service is complete and
efficient, both the Western Union and Postal Telegraph com-
panies having stations here, while Concord is an important
point in the New England Telephone and Telegraph Com-
pany's system. The Concord exchange is quartered in a sub-
stantial new brick building, erected by the company about
five years ago, at the Corner of School and Green streets.
Ihere are about 2,000 local subscribers, and about 2,500 in
the entire Concord district, which includes also Pittsfield,
Chichester and Northwood Center.
Concord, the City Beautiful.
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HOTELS.
No city in the state has a better hotel, or one furnishing
a more satisfactory service, than the Eagle Hotel in Concord,
with which the Phenix was united as an annex some years
since, malting it also the most capacious of all the year-round
hotels in the state, so far as accommodations are concerned.
There are, also, several smaller hotels in the city.
Residence of Dr. George M. Kimball
In professional as well as business life. Concord ranks at
the very front. Not only are her church pastorates ably filled,
but her lawyers include many of the brightest and most suc-
cessful in the state, while the medical profession is repre-
sented here by a large body of faithful and intelligent prac-
titioners, some of whom have wide reputation for skill in
different lines of practice.
NEWSPAPERS.
Two long-established daily and weekly newspapers— the
Monitor and Independent Statesman, representing the Repub-
lican party, and the daily and weekly Patriot, the Democratic,
are here published, as is also the Granite Monthly, the state
historical magazine. The National Grange Official Bulletin
the national official organ of the Patrons of Husbandry with
a weekly circulation of 25,000 copies, is now also published m
Concord.
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I
LIBRARIES.
The city lias a well arranged public library, containing
about 30,000 volumes, which is open day and evening for the
use of the public; which, along with the 110,000 volumes of
the state library, also open for the use of residents, and the
extensive and valuable collection of the New Hampshire His-
torical Society, soon to be housed in its elegant new quarters,
in close proximity to the other libraries, present advantages
seldom equaled for those who seek instruction from the re-
corded thoughts of the master minds of all ages.
LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS.
Another prime factor in the educational field is a per-
manent free lecture course, made available a few years since
through an accumulated fund, the basis of wliich was be-
queathed for the purpose by the late Timothy and Abigail
Walker. Other courses of lectures are also provided during
the season, under the auspices of different organizations, en-
gaging some of the best talent in the entire lecture field.
First-class theatrical entertainment is furnished two or
three evenings per week, or oftener, during the season, at
the Auditorium Theater, while at White's Opera House,
formerly occupied for such entertainment, high-class moving
pictures have been constantly presented, afternoon and even-
ing, for the last two years. Concerts, lectures and local en-
tertainments of various kinds are of frequent occurrence,
for which various halls are occupied, the largest and most at-
tractive being Phenix Hall on Main Street, where are held,
also, the state conventions of the two great political parties,
and the musical festivals of the Concord Oratorio Society. It
may be added that the city is generally regarded as the mus-
ical center of the state, a large number of talented musicians
residing here, including many teachers, both vocal and in-
strumental.
CLUBS.
The social life of the city is enlivened and improved by
various clubs and organizations, prominent among which are
the Wonolancet Club, which has a large membership, mainly
composed of active business and professional men, and the
Concord Woman's Club, embracing a large number of the
representative women of the city. The former, whose ob-
jects are mainly social, has a fine clubhouse of its own, at
the corner of North State and Pleasant streets; while the
Woman's Club, which combines the educational with the so-
cial feature, holds its weekly meetings, from October to May,
in the Episcopal Parish House Hall. This club, which was or-
ganized in 1893, has now 300 members, of whom 250 are ac-
tive. It stands for civic improvements, philanthropy, better
education and kindred causes. It has engaged the best tal-
Concord, the City Beautiful.
41
ent in the country for its entertainments, some of whicli are
open to the public.
Other men's clubs with houses of their own are the Passa-
conaway and Snowshoe, while out of thirty or more addi-
tional women's clubs, of which there are ten different Shakes-
peare clubs, there are three outing clubs, occupying houses
of their own — the first, organized in 1896, building a house
three miles out, known as "Camp Wetamoo," understood to
be the first of the kind in the country. The "Hathaway,"
organized in 1904, which is noted for its hospitality, opened a
Residence of Gen. Wm. F. Thayer
cottage on the left bank of the Contoocook in May of that
year; while the "Country Club," formed in 1897, has a fine
cottage on the right bank of the same river, the second of
the kind erected by Concord women.
ORDERS AND SOCIETIES.
The various fraternal organizations are well represented,
and the Masons and Odd Fellows, particularly strong in the
city, both the latter being housed in spacious and elegant
quarters. Many grand bodies of different organizations meet
in the city during the year; and these gatherings, with the
biennial sessions of the legislature, the numerous terms of
court, federal, state and county, the annual meetings of the
New Hampshire Medical Society, all combine to make Con-
cord the great meeting place of men of thought, character and
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purpose, fi'om all sections of the state, and at the same time
enhance its eligibility as a permanent abiding place for
those who seek the largest measure of advantage for body,
mind and soul.
POSTOFFICE BUSINESS.
The importance of the Capital City in a business point
of view is illustrated by the magnitude of its postoffice busi-
The " Coffin Elm "—Residence of M. D. Cummings
ness, which is in excess of that of any other city in the state,
this office being a depository for fourth class offices, receiv-
ing deposits, indeed, from all of the ten counties of the state.
During the year 1909 the Concord postoffice received from
sales of stamps $80,040.19; in deposits from other postoffices,
$60,991.57; United States treasury warrants, $13.5,000. It dis-
bursed in salaries $257,880.85, and deposited with the United
States treasury $18,156.22. In its money-order business it
CONCOED, THE CiTT BEAUTirUL. 48
issued and paid orders to the amount of $306,076.52, and re-
ceived in deposits from other offices $474,939.78, making a to-
tal of $781,016.30, which, with the total receipts and disburse-
ments from the postal business, makes an aggregate of
$1,333,090.24 as the total of its financial transactions for the
year. The people of Concord patronize the postoffice in the
purchase of stamps to the extent of more than $3.50 per cap-
ita, on the average. The office has on its pay roll 321 postal
employees, of w^hich number ninety are connected with the
local office, and the remainder are rural carriers and postal
clerks in the state,
NEW CITY CHARTER.
At a special election last May the people of Concord, by a
decided majority, adopted a new charter, which had been
carefully drawn by a non-partisan commission and endorsed
by the legislature, with certain amendments. This charter
provides for a government with a single branch, consisting of
a mayor and board of fifteen aldermen, of whom six are
elected at large, and one from each of the nine wards. The
mayor and aldermen at large constitute a board of public
works, having supervision of all the executive affairs of the
city. A permanent board of assessors, consisting of three
members, is also established. Party nominations are abol-
ished and no party designations are to appear on the munici-
pal ballot, the election being also separated from the general
and state election, occurring in the alternate years. Great
improvement in the conduct of municipal affairs is antici-
pated from this change, which is in line with the progressive
tendency of the times.
With all its material, educational, social and religious ad-
vantages. Concord is essentially a city of homes. Among
these homes are no palatial establishments of multi-million-
aires, and few haunts of poverty and misery. There are
some poor people among its inhabitants, and some very
"well-to-do," as the expression goes, but the majority are
found in the great middle class of industrious and intelligent
citizenship. Peace and order prevail in the midst, and the
fact that it is a "no-license" city makes it even more desir-
able for those seeking a new place of residence, any and all
of whom, if law-abiding, order-loving men and women, seek-
ing the best for themselves, and ready to aid in promoting
the welfare of others, will ever be heartily welcomed.
NOTE
THE FOLLOWING
PAGES
Concord, the City Beavtifi'l. 45
Concord
Commercial Club
Organized Sei'tember 18, 1889
To Promote the Peace, Prosperity and Happi-
ness of all Our People "
President :
DAVID E. MURPHY
Vice-Presidents :
GRANVILLE P. CONX JOHN C. TIIORXE
GEORGE D. B. PRESCOTT
Directors :
Samuel C. Eistman
Amos I>lancharcl
Frank Gressy
Ilinmau C. Bailey
Charles T. Page
William J. Aliern
Allen Hollis
Henry E. Cliam1»erlin
Dr. George Cook
Secretary, HENRY H. METCALF
Treasurer, J OSI AH E. FERNALD
Meetings on the Third Thursday of each month, from
September to April, inclusive, at 26 Oi.era House Bh^ck.
Concord, the City Beautiful.
Incorporated 1830
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Deposits - - $9,450,000.00
Guaranty Fund 500,000.00
SAMUEL C. EASTMAN, riesident HENRY McFAKLAND, Vice Pres.
WILLIAM r. FISKE, Treasurer
JJanking lloonis directly opposite the State House
CONCORD, N. H.
Merrimack County Savings Bank
JOHN KIMBALL, President. LELAND A. SMITH, Yiee-Pres.
FKANK P. ANDREWS, Treasurer.
Assets, 12,883,343.9";
Interest 4 per cent.
Deposits, 12,588. ISn. 19
Trustees : John Kimliall, Leland A. Smith, John C. Pearson. Henry AY.
Stevens, Frank P. Andrews, Willis D. Thompson, Benjamin W. Couch,
Joseph S. Matthews, Paul R. Holden, Harry H. Dudley, Wm. S.
Huntington.
Nlechaoiclvs National Banl^
CONCORD, N. H.
Capital, ••=!150,000.00 Surplus and Profits, .|8."),000.00
B. A. KIMB.\LL. President H. H. DUDLEY, Cashier
HENRY \Y. STEYENS, Yiee-President
John Kimball, John F. Webster, F. A. Stillinfjjs, James Minot, George M.
Kimball, Charles 1'. Bancroft, William K. McFarland, Edson J. Hill.
Transact a general banking business. Accounts solicited. Securities
and Foreign Exchange bought and sold. Safe dei)osit boxes for rent
Corner Main and School Streets
Concord, the City Beautiful.
State Charter National Charter
, 1853 1865
The National State Capital Bank
OF CONCORD, N. H.
Capital, $200,000 Surplus and Profits, |'340,000
Transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts Solicited
J. E. FERNALD, President ISAAC HILL, Cashier
Loan and Trust Savings Bank
A Mutiial Savings Bank, Chartered 18T2
CONCOKD, N. H.
JOHN M. MITCHELL, President JOSIAH E. FERXALD, Vice-Pres.
FRED N. LADD, Treasurer
Assistants : GEORGE R. CONNELL, CHARLES C. JONES
Trustees: John M. Mitchell, Howard A.Dodge, James C. Norris, Josiah E.
Fernald, Charles H. Sanders, John F. Webster. Henry C. Brown, Fred
N. Ladd, Edward N. Pearson, Henry C. Davis, Walter H. Tripp
Resources - - 13,661,459.24
The First National Bank of
Concord, N. H.
United States Depository
Capital 1150.000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 1369,125.33
WILLIAM F. THAYER, Pres. CHARLES (i. REMICK, Cashier.
WILLIAM A. STONE, Jr., Assistant Cashier.
Union Guaranty Savings Bank
Office with the First National Bank, Concord, N. H.
Deposits draw interest at 4 per cent, per annum subject to rules
and regulations
Deposits may be made bv mail, in post office orders, bank checks,
or cash in registered letters, or by express, and bank books will be
returned by mail to such depositors in registered packages.
Solon A. Carter, Pres. William F. Thayer, Treas.
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New Hampshire's Leading
DRY GOODS
Department Store
76-78-80-82 NORTH MAIN STREET
CONCORD, N. H.
Glove Department, Corset Department, Ready-to-Wear Sections, Muslin
Underwear and infants' Department, Enlarged Dress
Goods and Silk Departments
Ladies' Reception Parlor and Writing Tables for Ladies
Largest Stock, Best Goods, Lowest Prices Visitors Heartily Welcomed
DAVID E. MURPHY
50 Concord, the City Beautii-il.
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There's More to this Business
Than Making Money
First We feel an interest in our customers beyond the dollars they
spend — they are friends of ours — friends who make possible this insti-
tution and who through all the many years since its establishment have
helped to make it a store of quality.
Second Our ambition is to build this business — and to build so
well that your children and ours may point to it as a monument of com-
mercial integrity.
Third To boost concord— as a city of homes — as a city of indus-
trial activity and as a merchandising center.
We are large distributors of good home furnishings
J. M. Stewart & Sons Co.
Opp. ST.\TE HOUSE
MAUKIOE BARNAKD, JOHN W. AVOODWOKTH, CHARLES P. AVOODAVORTH,
President. Treasurer. Secretaty.
WOODWORTH & CO.
Railroad Square, CONCORD, N. H.
WHOLESALE DEALERS
IN
Flour, Groceries, Provisions, Fish, Tobacco, Cigars,
Grass Seeds, Lime and Cement
Cox CORD. THE CiTY BEAUTIFUL. 51
HARRY G. EMMONS
A Store of Quality
lu all the newness and beauty of the splendid stocks here it
is well to remember that True Quality is a characteristic that
people have come to rely on, just as they rely on the soundness
of the money tliey spend.
The true economies in buying here come not only because the
prices are lowest — as they often are — but because the things
bought may be depended upon for extra service and satisfactori-
uess; often wearing half as long again becaiise of their good work-
manship.
There never was a better time to test these things for your-
self. And the facts are worth your knowing.
HARRY a. EMMONS
The Home of Fine Outerwear
EDSON C. EASTMAN
Publisher and Bookseller
The Old Reliable
Concord Book: Store
120 NORTH MAIN STREET
The Kimball Studio
Portraits Landscapes Commercial Work
In all branches unexcelled 17 medals
Entirely new amateur developing department. Cameras and
amateur supplies
AGENT EASTMAN KODAK CO.
Chase Block Telephone 413-11
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CoxcoKU, THE City BeautH'-l'l.
FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS
Builders' Hardware, Cutlery,
Woodenware,
Aluminum Kitchen Utensils,
Acovn Stoves and Ranges, Lowe brothers' " Iligli Standard
Paint," Agricultural Luplements.
WsiMsff Lo Jeelks <& €<
at the National School of Business. Every graduate has a posi-
tion. Catalogue Free. Enter any time.
E. L. GLIOK, Proprietor, Concord, N. H.
The Granite Monthly
The New Hampshire Magazine of Hi.story and Biography
Henry H. Metcalf, Editor and Manager
Concord, N. H.
Terms
$1.00 Per Annum in Advance
Co>:coRD, THE City Beautiful. 53
New England
Telephone and Telegraph
Company
Ceotral Station:
Corner Green and School
Streets
54 CoNccui). Tilt: CiTV I!i:ai tuti..
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JOHN J. BAHTI.KTT, (iKO. X. WO( IDWAIU), K. G. Die K Kl{ M A X,
President. Ti emu i er. Sect etai y.
DiCKERMAN & Co.
(iNCOlil'OKATED.)
DEAI.KKS IX
TEA, COFFEE AND MOLASSES, PROVI-
SIONS, LIME AND CEMENT
Specialties— Boss Crackers, Clicquot Club Ginger Ale,
Concord Gem Tobacco, Worcester Salt, Bartlett
Cigars and Fancy Cheese
OFFICE AND WAREHOUSES, BRIDGE STREET
concord, n. h.
pianos pianos
Prkscott Piano Co.
MAXUFAC'TUKEKS OF
HIGH GRADE UPRIGHT PIANOS
In Four Elegant New Styles
NONE BETTER AT ANY PRICE
Where not represented by dealer we sell direct
from the Factory
Our new catalogue tells the rest Send for one
PRESCOTT PIANO CO.
Factory, 181 North Main St. W'arerooms. '12 North .Wain St.
CONCORD, N. H.
Concord, the City Beautiful. 55
RuFus H. Baker I. Etgexe Keeler
Bakkr & Kekler
All Lines of
3n5urance
53 North :\[ain Street - CONCORD, N. H.
Thompson & Hoague Company
CONCORD, N. H.
Agricultural Implements
SPORTING GOODS
^^^^''^Agfnts for Adriauce Farm Machinery
(S. W. BARKER, General Agent)
Established 1884
F. E. COLBURN
Restaurant
Confectioner, Baker and Caterer
32 North Main Street - Concord, N. H.
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Concord, the City Beautiful.
E.©SII
SHOKS
The best shoe in the world for
women.
All leathers f;3.50 and $4.00
The W. A. Thompson
Shoe House
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
TTHK BKST
Dtargin's Silver
at DERBYS
CONCORD, - - . - NEW HAMPSHIRE
BROWN & BATCHELDER
CONCORD'S
BEST CLOTHING HOUSE
L. S. BEAN
Nkedle Crakt Shop
Souvenirs and Hand Painted Novelties
<S4 Noinii ■Main St., Coxcokd, N. II.
Branch Store, York Beach, Me. Open June 20 to September 15
Concord, the City Beautiful. 57
H. C. BAILEY
TeIlT REAL ESTATE
You can save a dollar by seeing his list before you invest.
53 North Main Street - - CONCORD, N. H.
CASCI & ANDREWS
CONCORD'S
LEADING MUSIC HOUSE
5 South Main Street, Concord, N. 11.
Fine Pianos Victor Talking Machines
A. B. Batciieldek Establisher 18GG
BATCHELDER & CO.
Staple and Fancy Groceries
14 North Main Street - - - Concord, N. H.
58 Concord, the City Beautiful.
CHARLES H. BARRETT
FLORIST
FLOWERS FOR WEDDINGS, PARTIES AND FUNERALS
28 Pleasant Street, CONCORD, N. H.
There is but one progressive daily news-
paper in Concord, the —
Concoitr (!!ocniug ittonitor
— fills the bill, newsy and up-to-date
Subscribe now
Raiidlett & Griffin
ARCHITKCTS
72 North Main Street, CONCORD, N. H.
Concord, the City Beautiful. 59
THORNE'S SHOE STORE ESTABLISHED 1835
John C. Thornk
RETAILER IN FINE FOOTWEAR
CONCORD, N. H.
Exchange Block .. .. 94 North Main Street
Oldest and Finest Shoe Store in the State. We invite your trade
LYSTER BROTHERS
DEALERS IN
Meats, Provisions and Fresh Fish
Poultry, Game. Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Canned Goods,
Salt Fish, Beans, Fancy Pickles in Bulk or Bottles
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES RECEIVED DAILY
153 and 155 North Main St.
Cressy & Company
WHOLESALE DEALEKS IN
Flotir, Grain and Feed
state Capital Bank Building, CONCORD, N. H.
Member New England Grain Dealers' Association and
Boston Chamber of Commerce
BROWN & BURPEE
optometrists and Presc. Opticians
54 North JMain Street
Coocorc3, New Hairipshire
Agents for the EASTMAN KODAK CO.
60 ("oxcoitD. Tin: City ItKAiTii-i l.
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Walter S. Dole
DEALER IN
FLOOE. FEEP« HAY
Grain and Poultry Supplies
Rear New Phenix Block, - Concord, N. H.
A. PERLEV FITCH
MANUFACTURING PHARMACIST
Wholesale and Retail Druggist
24 North Main Street - Concord, N. H.
C. H. SWAIN & CO.
Contractors and Builders
ANI> DEALF.HS IN
Lumber, Shingles, Flooring and
Metal Ceilings
Sli<)|) ami Yard :
68 1-2 in Rear of Xortli :Main St., CONCORD, N. II.
Teleplioue Couiu'ction
Co^x'OED, THE City Beautiful. 61
C. H. MARTIN CO.
ESTABLISHED 1853
Wholesale and Retail Druggists
Selliiig Agents for Eureka Headache Powders
Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Painters' Supplies
11 North Maix Street - - - Concord, X. H.
Pure Cream of Tartar 18c. ilb., 33c. lb. Pure Epsom
Salts 6c. lb., 5 lbs. 25c. Pure Sulphur 6c. lb., 5 lbs. 25c.
Pure Crystal Saltpeter 15c. lb. Pure Posin 6c. lb., 5 lbs.
25c. Pure Soda 6c. lb., 5 lbs. 25c. Sunflo\yer Seed 3 lbs.
25c. Pure Alum 14c. lb. Moth Balls 7c. lb.
CHARLES C. SCHOOLCRAFT
Optima Building
r^etp ^ampsljm Supply Co.
SIMEON SHARAF
Three stores iinder one roof. Everything for the whole family
We solicit your patronage
13 TO 19 North Maik Street, Concord, N. II
ESTABLISHED 1872
N. C. NELSON & CO.
(O. H. Sinclair)
JEWELERS
25 North Maix Street - Concord, N. H.
62 Concord, the City Beautiful,
Dexter Optical Parlors
49 North Maix SritKKT
CONCORD, N. H.
Manufacturing, Prescription and Refracting
Opticians
Duplicate Lenses grouur] wliileyou wait. Oculists' Prescriptions
a specialty. No charge for exaniinatiou
Phone ("onnection
JOHN SWENSON
0pp. 370 North State Street
Concord, N. H.
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FOR ALL PURPOSES
CEMETKRV IVIEMORIALS
IN ANY GRANITE
B. H. OKU (t. H. KOLFE
Orr & Rolfe
F'li_^imbers and. Steam Fritters
ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY FIRST-CLASS
WORK GUARANTEED PRICES REASONABLE
Office, Stickney's Block .. .. 150 North Main Street
CONCORD, N. H.
Concord, the City Beautiful. 63
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MANUFACTURERS OF
EsiSiigegp Stoves s\siid Sissfe
The Dartmouth line of ranges, acknowledged to be
the best working range on the market, is a product of
this foundry ; also the famous Sterling Heater.
FOR SALE AT THE
WAREROOMS
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at Foundry Prices — a saving of from five
to twenty dollars.
CALL AMP E^AMSME TMEM
64 Concord, the City Beautiful.
W. S. BAKER
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Phenix Hall Chamheks
40 XoRTii MAm Street, Concord, N. IT.
Telephone 566-12
CUMMINGS BROTHERS
DEALERS IN
Monumental Work. Granite and Marble
Maiu Office and Show Room, 23 So. Main St., Coucord, N. H.
Kranch Houses, Franklin and I'ittstield, N. H.
W. C GIBSON
Books, Stationery and Periodicals
lOG North Main Street, Eagle Hotel Block
CONCORD, N. H.
Patronize our Circulating Library
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High Grade Photographs and Portraits
98 North Main Street - - Nearly opposite State House
Telephone Con. CONCORD, N. H.
The
Concord Electric Co.
NOT ONLY
Supplies Electricity for Light and Power
BUT CARRIES
The largest and most attractive line of
Fixtures and Appliances in New Hamp-
shire at prices lower than city prices for
the same class of goods.
Estimates for Light, Power and Home Wiring
cheerfully furnished free of charge.
Electricity is a necessity for those who desire the
largest measure of comfort obtainable for the home.
Electricity is clean and sure.
Electricity is cheap and safe.
Electricity helps to make life worth living.
Visit our Display Rooms at
15 Capitol St., Concord, N. H.
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