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Tag Archives: Oddfellows
Civic Leader, Manufacturing Supervisor, Town Officer: Anson Alfonso Platts of Merrimack New Hampshire(1845-1940)
Anson Alfonso Platts was a man who seems to have escaped most notice in a town histories. He was a modest man, unassuming, but always ready to help however he could on behalf of his family, his town, his workplace, … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women, Personal History
Tagged Anson, Boston Post Cane, Cynthia, Fessenden & Lowell, Hampshire, Lawrence, manufacturing, Merrimack, new, New Hampshire, NH, Oddfellows, Platts, Reeds Ferry, Rindge, Souhegan Lodge, Wheeler Chapel
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He Kept New Hampshire Beds Warm: Concord’s Louis F. Gillette (1857-1937)
In the early twentieth century most New Hampshire homes did not have central heating, and warming pans were in common use. These devices warmed up the sheets, and also kept the bed warm at least for a few hours, especially … Continue reading
Nashua NH’s Long-Time Merchandiser, Business and Civic Leader, and Choirist: Gertrude May Batchelder (1891-1974)
This photograph of Gertrude May Batchelder was probably taken around her high school graduation of 1910 in Nashua NH. She was an only child, born in Somersworth, New Hampshire, attending schools in the Portsmouth NH area, until 1905 when her … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Annie, Batchelder, building, Business & Professional, buyer, Chapter, choir, clerk, Company, Dean, Dry, drygoods, Eastern Star, employee, Fellows, First Baptist Church, Fred, Gertrude, goods, Hampshire, lady, lingerie, Main, merchandise, merchandiser, Nashua, National Federation, new, NH, Norwell, odd, Oddfellows, Olive Branch, Order, Pilgrim, Portsmouth, Rebekah Lodge, Reynold, sales, Somersworth, Speare, Street, underwear, woman, Women's Club, worker
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Nashua NH Composer, Piano Merchant and Civic Leader, William Law “Will” Nutting (1874-1925)
William L. “Will” Nutting
Before it was Darrell’s Music Hall, it was Paine Furniture Music Hall. Before that it was Nutting’s Music Store. And before that it was William L. Nutting Inc.
William Law Nutting was not born, nor did he die, in New Hampshire. But from a lowly piano tuner, he worked his way up until he was one of the leading retail merchants of pianos and “talking machines” in New England. For over twenty years he had a shop and warehouse in Nashua, New Hampshire. After his death, the company continued in his name for several years. Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Men
Tagged Association, banjo, bells, Bickford, Burnham, chimes, clarinet, Darrells, Elliott, entertainment, guitar, Hood, instruments, lessons, Main, mandolin, Mason, merchant, Milford, music, musical, Nashua, New Hampshire, NH, Nutting, Oddfellows, organ, Paine, Peterborough, piano, shop, store, Street, trade, Will, William, Wilton
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