Class of 1893

The Standard, one of the leading insurance papers of the country, recently published as a supplement a very interesting article on "Investing Life Insurance Funds," by Guy W. Cox, vice-president and general counsel of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, telling how in a year his company's finance committee of four members invested $80,000,000 in 6,898 separate items. As we think of that small, but aged, insurance policy which is going to form the main item of our estate, we are glad to learn from Guy that safety is still the first law of life insurance investment.

The class of 1893 figured as usual in the annual March meetings of New Hampshire towns. Bow elected Rufus Baker trustee of trust funds; Surry, Vint Stillings, town clerk; Plainfield, Frank Chadbourne, town clerk. Will Johnston was nominated for town treasurer by the Republicans of Pembroke, but that is one of the few Democratic towns in New Hampshire. Harry Metcalf teamed up with Billy Van, the actor, to triumph over Judge Jesse Barton '92, in securing a vote of the Newport town meeting to allow druggists 111 that town to dispense liquor on prescriptions.

New Mayor Hopkins of Laconia in his inaugural address paid tribute to the efficient management of the department of public works by City Engineer French.

William R. Jarvis of Pittsburgh, Pa., was recently at the home office in Claremont of his concern, the Sullivan Machinery Company, but apparently did not make the trip either way via Concord.

The Rochester (N. H.) Courier prints a St. Petersburg, Fla., letter from a correspondent who tells of' being professionally treated with entirely satisfactory results by Dr. Arthur J. Lougee, and adds, "We find Mrs. Lougee very charming."

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