The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . Green Mountain Still another feature of the town isits Cottage Hospital, in which everycitizen takes a fostering interest andthus it is that the institution is not. Methodist Church and Parsonage only well maintained, but is contin-ually extending its facilities. As to the mercantile interests of thetown, it may be said that they com-prehend, in scope and variety, all thatis found in any city of the state. Itis indeed a great trading center, andits stores are the equal in their re- spective line


The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . Green Mountain Still another feature of the town isits Cottage Hospital, in which everycitizen takes a fostering interest andthus it is that the institution is not. Methodist Church and Parsonage only well maintained, but is contin-ually extending its facilities. As to the mercantile interests of thetown, it may be said that they com-prehend, in scope and variety, all thatis found in any city of the state. Itis indeed a great trading center, andits stores are the equal in their re- spective lines of those in the averageNew England city. The writer iswell aware of all that this statementimplies, but the stores in Claremontcannot be surpassed outside thegreater trade centers of New Eng-land. In its purely financial institu-tions it has the Claremont Nationaland the Peoples National banks andthe Clarem(mt Savings bank. The Sugar River, which has itssource in Lake Sunapee, is the basisof industrial Claremont. From theearliest settlement of the town thedifferent privileges of the river havebeen utilized to their full extent andas intimated Claremont itself is theresult. In West Claremont are theJarvis and McCoy paper mills. Inwhat was once called the


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