Messaging – Ways We Use To Do It
There were times at our country home when the most effective way of receiving a family member’s attention at a distance was to raise our voice and shout our message. So came Mother’s call to…
Category: Not So Long Ago
Work, Work, Work & More Work
As a child I sometimes joined others at a 4-H or Grange meeting singing about work. “There is work, work, work, there is work for the children to do,” we vocalized. And we solemnly sang,…
Missionary Nurse Honored At Laconia Hospital Reunion Class Of 1950
They became teachers, physicians, lawyers, publishers, clergymen, writers, politicians, nurses, and prominent in other occupations and they were men and women who received their early education and training in the Lakes Region. One of those…
The Political Scene Sixty Years Ago New Hampshire Contestants
Don’t you long for the days of old when all was peaceful in the world of politics? I’m not sure when that was. .. As the country faced a national November election in October of…
Where Did Farmers Swap Knowledge?
300 Years Of New Hampshire Fairs
Among the claims that the State of New Hampshire can confidently make is that of having the first agricultural fair in the nation. That event happened 300 years ago and we can thank the Scotch-Irish…
Why The President Chose Defeat
Boston Herald columnist Samuel L. Powers' reflections on Grover Cleveland after a fishing trip on Lake Winnipesaukee that he took with the former president in the summer of 1904.
Chief Justice Of NH’s Highest Court – Jeremiah Smith’s Decisions
NH's Chief Justice Smith is credited with being a "pioneer in the field of jurisprudence in New England,” and “the greatest master of probate law in New England.” Daniel Webster, with whom he worked as…
A Divided GOP, Health Insurance Rates, A Pistol-Packing Teacher, And More
NOT SO LONG AGO ... It was the summer of 1973 and the Saturday issue of the Laconia Evening Citizen was packed full of ads and news on Saturday, August 25th. Old Home Days, fairs,…
Guarding Our Streets – Safety On The Tracks 70 Years Ago
Railroad “crossings” throughout the country and this state have been the sites of many accidents and resultant fatalities. The Boston and Maine Railroad did take steps to try to improve safety at those many sites.
Rural Free Delivery – Mail To The Country Homes
PHOTO: A 1905 mail vehicle. The first mailing address that I remember knowing about, assigned to the place where I lived, had no street number, no street mentioned, and a town listed on it that…
More Of Summer Days Of Old
Summertime in New Hampshire for a young boy in the 1940’s and 1950’s was not always fun. We had our pandemic then, though I don’t remember it being called such. It was polio, and I…
My Grandfather’s Songbook – “A Model Singer”
PHOTO: My Grandfather’s Songbook It was covered with dust where it had been tucked away in a place that was seldom visited. It’s front cover was nearly torn away from the rest of the book,…
Anticipating Spring In NH 1745 – Danger Lurking In The Woods
PHOTO: Fort #4 was first settled by 10 families in 1736 and the fort that became an important refuge was made up of six houses that were connected and included a tower with a view…
Once Upon A Time When It Was Winter The Games We Played
PHOTO: An old Baseball Board game. One of my grandsons and I stood looking at some old board games and I asked him if he thought he would like to have any of them. His…
Popular Laconia Sled Dog Races – Winter Sports In 1934
PHOTO: Leonhard Seppala the winner of the first Laconia race in 1929. Because it was the Laconia Evening Citizen instead of a morning publication the Laconia newspaper was able to print the results of the…