The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . electman in 1877, and as a THE ILLUSTRATED LACONTAN. member of the board of education in1881, 1882, and 1S83. When Laconiawas made a city, Mr. Davis was electeda member of the first city council, re-presenting Ward two, and served soacceptably that he was re-elected for asecond term in 1894 and 1895. In thecouncil chamber, Mr. Davis alwaysacted for what seemed to him the bestinterests of the city, and was alwaysready to give sound reason for the posi-tion he took
The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . electman in 1877, and as a THE ILLUSTRATED LACONTAN. member of the board of education in1881, 1882, and 1S83. When Laconiawas made a city, Mr. Davis was electeda member of the first city council, re-presenting Ward two, and served soacceptably that he was re-elected for asecond term in 1894 and 1895. In thecouncil chamber, Mr. Davis alwaysacted for what seemed to him the bestinterests of the city, and was alwaysready to give sound reason for the posi-tion he took upon any issue under dis-cussion in the city government. Othercouncilmenmight s o m e -times forgetthe taxpayersand vote to in-d u 1 g e in ex-travaga n c e s ,but Mr. Davisalways spokeand voted inthe interests ofthe men whopay the bills,and he wellearned the titleof the watch-dog of the citytreasury. Mod-e s t and unas-suming, alwaysgenial and so-cial, interestedin every move-in e nt f o r thedevel opmentand welfare ofLaconia, he wasa good citizenand the City on the Lakes lost a trueLaconian when Francis H. Davis The Late Francis II. Davis Chases Sporting: Resort. Ethan Allen Chase, proprietor andmanager of Chases Sporting Resortand Lunch Rooms, is a native of Mere-dith, N. FL, born January 7, 1856. Hewas educated in the Meredith publicschools and also attended the New6 Hampton Literary Institution at NewHampton. He married Alice ReedSawin, June 15, 1S82, and resides in ahandsome residence on Gilford Chase is a member of the Knightsof Pythias and the Uniform Rank, andis an attendant of the First Baptistchurch. For twelve years Mr. Chaseconducted the well-known Round BayFarm, a couple of miles from the centreof the city, and then for about threeyears was engaged in the carriage busi-ness. At the pres-ent time, is con-ducting a sport-ing resort andlunch room,in the Chasebuilding, on thecorner of Mainstreet and Rail-road groun dfloor o
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