Norwood annual report 1900-1903, Part 14

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1178


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Joseph and Mary.


Mar. 1 Catherine Theresa Conolly,


66


1 Velma May Anderson,


HIenry T. and Josephine F.


Andrew J. and Catherine T.


7


Albert Joseph Winand Jaeques Gilet,


66


Stuntzner,


S


illegitimate.


66


12 Edward John O'Brien,


66


12 Lester Thomas Lee,


66


13 Frank Vineent Connolly,


66


15 Edson Julius Eekhardt,


16 John Leo MePolin,


19 Gertrude Veroniea Oehs,


John T. and Bridget M. Michael P. and Bridget. Carl and Louisa. Thomas and Elizabetli.


William C. and Nellie T.


21


Edith Adeline Foss,


66


25


Frederiek Leonard Fisher,


Frederick L. and Harriet D.


Mark and Sarah.


4


Andrea Jane Anderson,


Annie Gertrude Anderson, S twins


Edward T. and Catherine E.


Daniel and Margaret.


31 Anna Jeanette Kaler,


Matthew and Mary.


13 Michael Curran,


4 Mary Magdalene Corcoran,


Jaeques and Hortense. Max and Emma.


James J. and Mary T.


129


DATE OF BIRTH.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


.


Mar. 19


Mary Agnes Kennefick,


20


Arthur Edward Westgate,


21


Albert Leo Hammerlie,


Ililda Alma May,


23


Margaret Murphy,


24


Michael Patrick Murphy.


Michael and Rose. Walter J. and Louisa A.


27


Gladys Abbie Partridge, stillborn.


Martin and Ellen.


66


30


Elizabeth Brewer Plimpton,


Herbert M. and Frances A.


Mary Esther Coreoran,


Michael and Mary.


Apr. -1


Cyril Pendergast,


Edward B. and Margaret F.


Emil and Sophia.


S .13 15 19


Eagan,


Michael F. and Margaret.


25


Margaret Smith.


Dennis HI. and Mary B.


..


27 2


Charles Axel Carlson,


Axel and Amanda.


May ٠٠


Raymond Saumsiegle,


Gustave and Elizabeth.


9 10)


William Joseph ('Donnell,


Michael and Mary J.


.6


13


Mary Gertrude Shanley,


6.


15


James Henry Kelliher,


John and Ellen.


Roderick and Margaret N.


66


John Hugh Carberry,


John H. and Julia M.


،،


Emily Winefred JJohnson,


Edith Victoria Carolina Carlson,


Carl G. and Matilda.


Andrew A. and Ida. Martin and Annie.


..


31


Angust Algut Matson,


Francis E. and Mary.


June .6


10


George Lyles Diggs,


18


Mildred Frances Kelly,


18


illegitimate.


19


John and Mary A.


..


21


Cecelia O. Rorke, stillborn. Sarah Kerrisy. Gertrude Manamon,


Thomas J. and Sarah. Andrew C. and Hannab. John P. and Lena T.


..


25


John Joseph Cavanangh. illegitimate.


66


27


30 Gladys May Brown, Edward Warren Cobb,


July


:


Lena Needham Shaw, Elsie Viola Barr,


Daniel J. and Ellen.


Elmer E. and Elenour. John and Mary. J. Edgar and Lottie F. James H. and Anna L.


.6


27 28


Nora Elizabeth McDonough,


Mildred Sophia Gustavson,


Jeremiah Coughlin,


Eben Herbert Johnson,


John and Julia. Emil and Clara.


Lena Anna Blasnak.


C'arl and Lena.


Mary Snow Metcalf,


Albert W. and Mary N.


John T. and Jane.


6.


19 20 21 21


Arthur Joseph Forrest,


Frank S. and Julia J.


J. Austin and Winefred M.


21 28


Walter John Lambine,


Eric and Matilda.


31


George Corbett,


Thomas William Carr,


William and Elizabeth,


Charles and Sarah.


William H. and Lena E.


21 24


Ethel May Bidwell.


James and ( 'atherine.


17


Helena May McLeod,


William Howard Abbt,


George J. and Delia J. Edward G. and Minnie G. John E. and Grace M. Robert T. and Emma E.


130


DATE OF BIRTH.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


July 3


6


Ellen Cronan, Lillian Louise Lemke. stillborn.


Thomas M. and Ellen F. (înstave A. R. and Agnes.


Charles P. and Edith E.


66


17


Catherine Lyden,


Thomas and Mary.


18


John Ernest Walker,


66 18


Elizabeth Harris,


61


18 21


Edith Maria Peterson.


6. 23


Paul Gidney Laviska, Winifred Margaret Norton,


6:


26


Viva Cecelia Thomes,


26


John Francis Connolly,


John and Catherine.


31


Catherine Frances Flaherty,


Patrick and Mary.


Aug. 1


Anna Estor May Johnson, MeDonough,


Colman and Margaret.


Lester George Evans,


Freeman S. and Emma J.


6 Maria Wellbrook Reisinger,


Michael and Anna.


66 8 Anna Bell Urinston,


8 George Dewey Tondreaux,


Joseph and Emilie. Frederiek and Delama.


9 Frances Mildred Sharp,


18 Marion McMillan Coleman,


Robert R. and Isabella M.


19 Eusebia Perkins Coburn,


Louis A. and Mary E. Bismarck and Maggie A.


66


21 Carl William Olsen,


66


25 Alfred Aime Chauvey,


66 26


Ruthie A. Smith,


Alonzo W. and Ruthie. John and Herminie.


60


27 Martin Connolly,


Patrick and Delia.


James E. and Annie.


Frank W. and Mary S. John and Ellen.


Sept. 4 6.


5 Anthony Frederick Hennissy,


Michael J. and Josephine R.


8 Patrick Henry Connolly,


Patrick J. and Margaret.


11 William Francis Leary,


William T. and Annie.


16 Earl Hurder Shannon,


19 Abbott Wendall Lawrence.


66


24 William Campbell Henry,


66


29 Charles Thomas Coffin,


Oct. . 1 66


John and Bridget. William HI. and Josie A. Estelle Dorothea Vennstrom, William and Thekla D. 1 Louis Carl Stuntzner, Guido and Amelia. · 66 3 John Edmond Ellston,


66


4 Catherine Callahan,


Daniel E. and Margaret T.


66


6 John Edward Drummy.


66


8 Curtis Irving Balduf.


9 Louise Moreland,


Mathew and Mary. Fred and Maria.


Edward P. and Fanny.


8


12


Elenor Agnes Frail.


18 Lillian Florence Jordan,


Frank W. and Mary R. Joseph S. and Susan C. Benj. F. and Jennie F. Daniel and Maria.


Mary Barrett,


John P. and Augusta S. Charles P. and Kate A. John and Abbie. Milton E. and Ellen M.


Albert and Anna.


Edward and Mary.


21 William JJoseph Mckinnon,


John W. and Matilda. Aime J. and Celesta M.


26 Mina Eppich,


יר 27 William McManus,


29 Gladys Gertrude Garland.


Catherine Fulton,


John A. and Mary E. Abbott W. and Grace A.


James and Jessie.


26 John Francis Lyden,


Edmond E. and Bridget.


66


25


131


DATE OF BIRTH.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


Oct. 11


Everett William Kirsch,


Louis JJ. and Margaret.


13


Carl G. Meyer,


Carl G. and Lena F.


66


17


Marion O'Brien,


Joseph J. and Julia E.


18


Chester Moody Matson,


Francis E. and Augusta.


19


Charles Henry Sullivan,


Daniel R. and Augusta B.


66 22


James Ambrose Horgan,


James and Nellie.


66


24


Delia Mogan,


Colinan and Bridget.


25


Catherine Cecelia Collins,


Michael and Ellen.


60


26


Peter Jerome McDonald.


Peter D. and Catherine.


66


29


Russell James Cunningham,


James and Jennie.


66


30


Thomas Patrick Fitzgerald,


John J. and Agnes M.


Nov. 1


Mary Ellen Goggan,


John and Hannah.


6


John Gustavus Adolph Sundguist,


Eric and Hilda J.


66


9


Harold Earle Smeltzer, Edmonds,


George W. and Anna F.


66


18


Margaret Foley,


Stephen and Maria.


6.


21


Florence May Morrissy,


James J. and Josephine. Bartley and Sarah.


66 28


Lois Almeda Grant.


Ernest H. and Ida M.


Dec. 6


Alice Susau Roche,


Patrick F. and Annie R.


66


12


Melba Marguerette Taylor,


Warren F. and Minnie E.


66


14


Karl Frederiek Doderer,


Karl G. and Bertha.


66


15


Charles Iliram Bennett,


John and Julia. Henry C. and Lilly M.


6.


16 Daisy Vietoria Bashford,


John Il. and Annie.


66


17 Edward Joseph Shine,


William and Annie A.


18 Anna Elizabeth Wooster,


George W. and Mary E.


66


21 Ellen Elizabeth Hennissy,


John M. and Celia E.


66


24 Elizabeth Ellis,


Ernest W. and Esther. .


66


27


Clarence Murray Jefferson,


Isaac J. and Mary E.


Attest :


E. L. BIGELOW,


Toun Clerk.


66


Morris William Coleman.


William J. and Minnie.


66


14


18


John Gregory Graney,


Thomas M. and Mary E.


6.


27


Bartholomew Curran,


10


Arthur Mckay,


Thomas and Mary.


14


Michael John Keohane,


Charles E. and Helen.


5


John E. Fitzsimmons,


Joseph P. and Margaret.


28


John A. MeLaren,


Daniel and Josie.


132


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF NORWOOD, 1899.


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


NO. BV WHOM MARRIED.


Jan. 2


Jason Smith, Julia E. Sweeney,


Norwood, Dedham,


1


Rev. Ellis Mendell. Roxbury.


Jan. 2


IIerman Stendel, Alma Backerty,


Norwood, Norwood,


1


Rev. Fred'k C. Wurl. East Boston.


Jan. 4


Guido . Stuntzner, Amelia L. Riemer,


Norwood, Norwood,


1


Rev. Adolf Biewend, Boston.


Jan. 7


Carl J. Carlson, Norwood, Agnes A. M. Johnson, Norwood,


1


Rev.C.F. Johansson, Boston.


Jan. 18


Charles B. Williamson, Norwood, Lillian M. Brooks, Norwood,


1 2


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


Feb. 8 .


Timothy A. McCarthy, Annie E. Power,


Boston, Norwood,


1


Rev. J. B. Troy, Norwood.


Feb. 22


Lewmon G. Marston, Ilulda M. Erikson,


-


Norwood,


Norwood,


1 1 Rev. W. B. Eddy, Norwood.


Feb. 27


John Stowe, Elizabeth S. Gardiner,


Norwood, Chelsea,


1


Rev.C.S. Hutchinson Chelsea.


Feb. 27


Lewis J. Olson, Edna Young,


Boston, Norwood,'


1 1


Rev. J. D. Pickles, Boston.


Mar. 16


Thomas H. Smith, Alice E. Crowley,


East Walpole, Norwood,


1 1


Rev. J. B. Troy. Norwood.


Apr. 2


James Shanley, Catharine Corbin,


Norwood, Dedham,


1 1


Rev. C. P. Heaney, Dedham.


Apr. 2


Daniel Feeney, Delia Foley,


Hyde Park, Norwood,


1 1


Rev. J. B. Troy, Norwood.


Apr. 23 .


Timothy J. O' Leary, Agnes Farrell,


Norwood, S. Framingh'm


1


Rev.J. F. Heffeman, S. Framingham.


Apr. 25


Michael Bree, Emma J. Schuster,


Norwood, Norwood,


1 1


Rev. II. Birkner, Boston.


Apr. 29


James Henderson. Jennie K. Conant,


Norwood, Boston,


2


2


James O. Fallon, Boston.


1


1


.1


1


1


1


1


133


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


No.| By WHOM MARRIED.


May 9


Fred W. Foster, Grace I. Tebbetts,


Norwood, Norwood,


1 1


Rev. W. B. Eddy, Norwood.


May 10 Herbert C. Revell. Sadie Denton Rafuse,


May 25


George M. Blair, Nellie C. Winslow,


Norwood, Lynn,


1


1 Rev. T. B. Johnson, Lynn.


May 24 Edward J. Sherwood, Elizabeth C. Halliley,


Boston, Norwood,


1


Rev. C.F.Johansson, Boston,


June 3 James R. Stewart. Annie McNeil,


Norwood, Norwood,


1 Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood. 1


June 13 Albert W. Rafuse, Rosalind (. Lewis,


Norwood, Norwood,


1 1


Rev. Geo. A. Wilson, Norwood.


June 15 Harold W. Brown, Katharine Van Hoven- berg.


Dover, N. H., 1 Eau Claire, Wis., 1


Rev. Ellis Mendell, Roxbury. .


June 17


Gottlob Doderer, Bertha Shaier,


Norwood, Walpole,


1 1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


June 18


John M. Fitzgerald, Annie A. O'Connor,


Norwood, East Boston,


1


Rev. Gerald Fagan, East Boston.


June 28


Mahlon R. Perry, Eunice W. Grant,


Norwood, Norwood,


1 1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


July 5


Albert De F. Palmer, Charlotte J. Morrill,


Provid'ee, R.I. Norwood,


1 1


Rev. A. De F. Palmer Danvers.


July 29


John Mattsson, Olgar Skoberg,


Norwood, Norwood, 1


1 Rev. A. W.Sundelof, Boston.


July 31


Frank Henderson, Jr., Anna R. M. MeKinnon,


Hyde Park, Norwood,


1 1 Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


Aug. 17


James Hogan, Nellie J. Commerford,


Norwood, Norwood, 1


1 Rev. J. B. Troy, Norwood.


Aug. 26


Charles I. Metealf. Ella F. Bresnan,


Norwood, Norwood,


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, 1


1


Norwood.


Norwood,


Norwood,


1 Rev. Geo. A. Wilson, 1 Norwood.


1 1 Rev. J. P. Hawkes, Dedham.


May 27


Charles E. Wiren, Ililda C. Iloldfasth,


Norwood, Norwood,


1


1


134


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


NO.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Sept. 4


Erik E. Anderson, Olga W. Janson,


Norwood, Norwood,


1


Rev.C.F. Johansson, Boston.


Sept. 12


Dwight D. Metcalf. Emma E. Slaney,


Norwood, Needham,


1 Rev. Robert L. Webb, Needham. 1


Sept. 12


John J. Geary. Ellen M. ()'Lalor,


Norwood, Dorchester,


1


Rev. T. McGoldrick, Boston.


Sept. 24


William HI. Laughlin, Violet L. Smith,


W. Somerville, Norwood,


1 1


Rev. Wm.F. Cheney, Dedham.


Sept. 21


Patrick Feeny, Mary ()'Donnell,


Norwood, Norwood, 1


1 Rev. J. B. Troy. Norwood.


Oct. 2


John W. Olson, Kate Mundi,


Norwood, Boston,


1 2


Rev. Il. Olson, Norwood.


Oct. 4 |William F. Baxter, Maria L. Cameron,


Norwood, Norwood, 1


1


Rev. J. P. Bodfish, Canton.


Oct. 20


Carl F. Johnson, Coralina S. Karlson,


Norwood, Norwood,


1


Rev.C.F.Johansson, Boston.


Oct. 25


Charles W. Maier, Jos'phineF. Ziolkowski Dover,


Norwood,


1


Rev. D. F. Whalen, So. Natick.


Oct. 28


John W. Larson, Elsie Olson,


Norwood, Dorchester,


1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


Oct. 28


George II. Foster, Amelia Readel,


Norwood, Norwood,


1 1 Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


Oct. 30


Arthur E. Souther, Carrie Parker,


Norwood, Norwood,


1 1 Joseph E. Duxbury, Boston,


Nov. 1


Thomas Connolly, Katharine T. Hoey,


Norwood, Boston,


1


Rev. John T. Mullen, Boston.


Nov. 4


Eric A. Lindkvist, Ida K. Trober,


Norwood, Norwood,


1


Rev.C.F. Johansson, Boston.


Nov. 17


William Fitzgerald, Adelaide Martin,


Norwood, Boston,


1


James O. Fallon, Boston.


1


1 Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


Oct. 19


John F. Dower, Mary E. Kelliher,


Norwood, Canton,


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


135


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE. No


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Nov. 18


Anton Eppich, Sophia Finek,


Norwood, Norwood,


:1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


Nov. 21


Neal D. Chadbourne, Ethel B. Tebbetts,


Norwood, Norwood,


1 Rev. II. C. Wright, 1 Norwood.


Nov. 29


Charles J. Donovan, Ellen Driscoll,


Norwood, Boston,


1


1


Rev. Francis Dolan, Boston,


Nov. 30


Milton L. Rock, Bertha E. Whitney,


Norwood, Norwood,


1 1 Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


Dec. 6


Walter S. Bagley, Lizzie A. Chamberlain,


Norwood, Dedham,


1


1


Rev J. B. Seabury, Dedham.


Dec. 10


John P. Carrell, Nora H. Coleman,


Norwood, Norwood,


1


Rev. J. B. Troy, Norwood.


Dec. 28


John Davis, Caroline E. Covell,


Norwood, Norwood,


1


Rev. II. C. Wright, Norwood.


Dec. 31


William Cleary, Mary Stone,


Norwood, Boston,


2


Rev.John T. Mullen, Boston,


1


Attest:


E. L. BIGELOW,


Town Clerk.


1


136


DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF NORWOOD, 1899.


DATE


NAMES.


YRS.


Mos.


DAYS.


1898


2


stillborn.


1899


Jan.


B


Howard Emerson Plimpton


36


8


27.


66


5


Roxanna Fairbanks


88


3


27


66


9


Mary Flaherty


72


74


3


11


66


13


Henry MeGrath.


3


66


24


Mary E. Leonard.


28


10


66


28


Joseph Roach


80


66


30


Catherine Sumner


95


5


10


66


:1


Mabel E. Cobb


14


8


20


Feb.


1


Marion W. Williamson


73


26


66


5


George Braye .


55


66


Ann Maria Smith


733


5


11


21


Asa Manning Savels


83


10


8


66


24


Ella M. Mahoney


35


7


23


6


Charles Archibald Brooks


55


10


5


66


Richard Oldham


77


8


18


9


Wales L. Foss


49


-2


5


66


5


Charles A. Johnson


1


1


1


66


23


Eliza Martin .


45


8


Apr.


11


Mary A. Neville


31


10


3


66


15


Catherine Morgan


70


66


18


Catherine Gilman


89


2


22


66


19


Thomas Morgan


78


May


1


Daniel Eckhardt.


36


9


S


66


Samuel Drown Peck


82


2


15


Walter Beaumont


68


5


16


66


25


Louisa Eppie


29


66


25


Eppic.


John L. ('Malley


17


25


June 14


Catherine E. Donnelly .


43


13


19


Frederick Litchfield Bestwiek


76


28


66


21


stillborn.


.


1


9


22


George Kelley


Sarah Elizabeth Weatherbee


72


11


7


66


1


Mary A. Pendergast .


16


Mar.


1=1


-1


Kate A. Galbreth


37


12


John Ellis


79


.


4 hrs.


5


Ruby J. JJefferson .


10 .


15


12


Rebecca Jane Bird


Nov.


1


Mary A. Murray


3


26


137


DATE.


NAMES.


YRS.


Mos.


DAYS.


July


5


Catherine Dolan


20


7


stillborn.


47


6


2


٠٠


24


Hannah Mahoney


26


3


66


24


Orra Wood Lovis


84


11


24


66


30


Coleman Foley


7


Aug.


2


McDonough


3 hrs.


. 66


Martha Schaier


11


9


Esther M. Williams


1


3


10


4 .


Catherine F. Marmand


3


6.


-


William Cuff.


87


66


9


Elizabeth H. Harris


22


66


12


John Nutting Smith


62


1


17


66


14


Gertrude Von Malder


11


21


. .


15


Lucy Parks Blandin


77


9


66


15


Timothy Curtin


53


6


1


6.


16


Camilla Howard


5


27


66


18


Bridget Donovan


74


66


21


Ellen M. Ring


42


66


24


Maria Hayes.


8


6.


28


Elmer W. Rnggles


4


8


Sept.


Sarah West


64


11


Abbie Oldham


75


2


11


Frances Annie Farnsworth


71


3


10.


11


Mary Agnes Wildon


65


2


Anastasia T. Guinan


18


11


14


Eliza Tibbetts


62


21


6.


24


William Ruddy


1


6


12


..


Orris E. Bridge


78


9


29


Oct.


1


Abigail Howard


83


6


23


66


12


Patrick Lucey


14


1


1


66


21


Michael Fulton


24


Nov.


6


Isabella Middleton


40


9


Carl W. Olson


2


21


Gertrude Manimon


4


12


.6


15


Katheline Foley


5


4


16


Mary A. Brennan


67


25


Hannah C. Norton


80


Dec.


Jarvis Fairbanks


82


8


66


4


Julia Annette Douglass


44


9


26


66


S


Eliza A. Goodwin.


60


G


..


Michael Burke .


63


. .


9


William Richardson Smith


11


18


30


Patrick Henry


8


14


30


Margaret Esther Rafuse


2


8


15


29


Matthew Steel Black.


2


2


Anthony Hennessey


21


Joseph H. Russell


-17


10


10


4


·


1


12


Ella Congdon


138


DATE.


NAMES.


YRS.


Mos.


DAYS.


Dec.


11


Austin Willis JJefferson


56


2


21


12


Harriet A. Metcalf


74


5


10


Ruth Salmon


7


B


17


Mary McNulty


27


18


William Cashman.


1


14


24


Margaret Sullivan .


66


31


Michael Lydon


9


66


31


William J. McManus


4


Attest:


E. L. BIGELOW,


Toun Clerk.


13


Abstracts from Record of Town Meetings


OF THE


TOWN OF NORWOOD


FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1900.


EDGAR L. BIGELOW, Town Clerk.


-


·


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


Norfolk, ss.


To either Constable of the Town of Norwood, in said County, Annual Town


GREETING :


Meeting War- rant, March 6, 1899.


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, qualified to vote in cleetions and town affairs, to assemble in Village Hall, in said town, on Monday, the sixth day of Mareh, A. D. 1899, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :


ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


ARTICLE 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers. The following are to be chosen by ballot, namely : Three Selectmen, who shall be Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways, one Town Clerk, one Town Treasurer, one Col- leetor of Taxes, three Auditors, three Park Commissioners, and six Constables, all for one year; one member of the Board of Health for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, two School Committee for three years, two Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years, one Trustee of the Morrill Memorial Library for two years to fill a vacancy. And also upon the same ballot to vote upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town?" All Town Officers, except as above named, are to be chosen for one year.


ARTICLE 3. To hear and act on the report of the Auditors on the Selectmen's, Treasurer's, Collector's, Cemetery Com- missioners', and Water Commissioners' accounts.


ARTICLE 4. To see if the town will vote to accept of the list of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen, and posted as required by law.


ARTICLE 5. To see if the town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to use the same means as a Town Treasurer may use when acting as Collector.


ARTICLE 6. To see if the town will fix the time within which taxes assessed therein, shall be paid, and anthorize the Collector



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to charge interest at a rate of six per cent. a year on all taxes remaining unpaid at that time.


ARTICLE 7. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Seleetmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes for the present municipal year, and to issue notes of the town therefor. The debts ineurred under the authority of this vote are hereby made payable from said taxes.


ARTICLE 8. To see what aetion the town will take in regard to the unexpended appropriations of the past year.


ARTICLE 9. To hear and aet on the reports of Committees.


ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the support of the Morrill Memorial Library.


ARTICLE 11. To see what disposition the town will make of money received for dog licenses.


ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for the use of George K. Bird Post, No. 169, Grand Army of the Republie, for the purpose of decorating soldiers' graves on Memorial Day.


ARTICLE 13. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support and for repairs for the Fire Department the ensuing year.


ARTICLE 14. To see what suni of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Alarm System the ensuing year.


ARTICLE 15. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to water the streets the present year.


ARTICLE 16. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for lighting streets the current year.


ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will vote to provide plans, maps, and books for the use of the Assessors of Taxes, and raise and appropriate money for that purpose.


ARTICLE 18. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of Schools the ensuing year.


ARTICLE 19. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to convey ehildren living in the outlying distriets to the Norwood Sehools.


ARTICLE 20. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to pay the expense of children at the truant sehool.


ARTICLE 21. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways the current year.


ARTICLE 22. To see what sum of money the town will raise


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and appropriate for building concrete walks and for setting edgestones the current year.


ARTICLE 23. To see what some of money the town will raise and appropriate for paving gutters the ensuing year.


ARTICLE 24. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to be expended in grading Cross Street the current year.


ARTICLE 25. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to be expended in grading Prospect Street the current year.


ARTICLE 26. To see if the town will vote to accept of that part of Central Street between Guild and Park Streets, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.


ARTICLE 27. To sce if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money to gravel Whecloek Avenue present year.


ARTICLE 28. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money to gravel Prospect Avenue east from Prospect Street, as far as has been accepted by the Selectmen.


ARTICLE 29. To see if the town will vote to build a sidewalk on Niehols Street from the house of F. E. Colburn to Cottage Street, and raise and appropriate money for that purpose.


ARTICLE 30. To see if the town will vote to build a sidewalk on the easterly side of Eliot Street from Highland Street to Walpole Street, and arrange for the disposal of drainage of said Eliot Street. and raise and appropriate money for the same.


ARTICLE 31. To see if the town will vote to drain the land near the house of the Rea Brothers by digging a diteh or drain through the lands of Dennis McCarty, Alvin Fuller, Rea Brothers and others, and raise and appropriate money for that purpose, or to take any other action in the matter on the peti- tion of P. J. Mahoney and others.


ARTICLE 32. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to pay the expense of the Board of Health.


ARTICLE 33. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to be expended in trimming shade trees the current year.


ARTICLE 34. To see what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate to defray the ineidental and other necessary expenses not otherwise provided for the current year.


ARTICLE 35. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to pay any outstanding claims against the town.


ARTICLE 36. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to petition the County Commissioners for the use of a Steam


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Roller, Stone Crusher and Road Machine for highway work, under Chapter 513, Acts of 1896, or to take any other action in the matter.


ARTICLE 37. To see if the town will vote to build a sidewalk on the south side of Dean Street between Washington Street and the location of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, and raise and appropriate money for that purpose.


ARTICLE 38. To see if the town will reconsider its action taken at the town meeting held January 31, 1891, whereby the town voted that the Selectmen shall also be the Assessors, and see if the town will hereafter elect a separate board of Assessors and determine the number of such board, and also to see if the town will vote that hereafter no persons shall hold at the same time the office of Selectmen and Assessors, on the petition of Eben C. Norton and others.


ARTICLE 39. To see if the town will accept the extension of Prospect Avenue, on the petition of Austin E. Pratt and others.


ARTICLE 40. To see if the town will vote to accept of the widening and re-location of Cross Street ( now called Broadway ), between Guild Street and Washington Street, as re-laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate or borrow the sum of two thousand forty-seven dollars to pay land damage.


ARTICLE 41. To see if the town will vote to pay to Joseph Schuster the sum of two hundred dollars for land damage in the widening of Washington Street, and raise and appropriate the money for that purpose.


ARTICLE 42. To see what action the town will take on the report of the Committee in regard to the purchase of land for a Town Hall lot, and raise and appropriate or borrow money for the same.


ARTICLE 43. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to contract with the State Highway Commissioners for the building of a portion of the State Highway, and raise and appropriate money for that purpose.


ARTICLE 44. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars to purchase a Hose Wagon for Hose House No. 2, and to make certain repairs, as recommended by the Board of Engineers.


ARTICLE 45. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the prosecution of illegal sales of liquor.


And the polls may be closed as early as four and one-half o'clock in the afternoon of said day.


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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Seleetmen, on or before the time and day of said meeting.


Given under our hands at Norwood, this seventeenth day of February, A. D., 1899.


FRANK A. FALES, SELECTMEN GEO. H. BATEMAN, OF


FRED L. FISHER, NORWOOD. Norfolk, ss.


Norwood, February 25, 1899.


By virtue of this warrant I have served the within warrant by posting attested copies of the same in ten public places in said town seven days before the day of said meeting.


WARREN E. RHOADS, Constable of Norwood.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


Norfolk, ss.


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Meeting, March Annual Town Norwood, in said county of Norfolk, qualified to vote in 6, 1899. town affairs, held pursuant to the foregoing warrant at Village Hall, on Monday, the sixth day of March, A. D. 1899, the meeting was called to order at 7 o'clock A. M. by the Town Clerk, the warrant being read in full.




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