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Helen MI. Danner
Henry F. and Fannie A.
Dedham
Boston
31
Katherine Noon
Thomas and Sarah J.
W. Roxbury Dedham
Nov. 1
Edwin C. Eaton
William C. and Jeannette
Southboro
P.E. Island
5
Annie B. Leonard
Frank P. and Annie J.
Walpole
Boston
7
Willis F. Hefler
Wallace and Bessie
NovaScotia NovaScotia
9
Catharine Fox
Patrick and Mary
Ireland
Ireland
13
Wilfred N. Day
Charles A. and Emilie F. Willard S. and Martha E.
Dedham
Main+
16
John B. Mc Neece
John F. and Mary J.
Ireland
Dedham
25 Ruth E. Whitney
Ernest U. and Alice F.
Boston
Roxbury
29
Bertha McSorley
Dover
NovaScotia
30
Helen G. Annis
NovaScotia
Dedham
Edgecomb. Me
Boston
Dec. 4
30 George M. Sherman Olive C. Hargraves
S. Fram- ingham
Dedbam
6| Robert W. S. Schulz
Robert H. O. and Louise N. Henry R. and Gertrude
England
Maine
7 Margarita H. Wilson 11| Annie Vinson
Charles and Mary J.
England
Ireland
Henry D. Chaplin
Prov., R. I. Roxbury
Dedham
Dedham
24 Roger Bonney 31 Furdinade File
Canada
Canada
William G. Levange
William P. and Flora E.
NovaScotia
NovaScotia
31 31 1893
Amos J. Webster
Amos E. and Honora
Salen N.H. Ireland
Dec. 3 Thomas H. Condon
Michael and Katharine
Ireland
Ireland
15
Anna McHugh
Merrimac
Roxbury
15 Carroll H. Draper
Michael and Elinor J. Elisha G. and Gertrude H. Roscoe J. and Charlotte L. James N. and Alice E.
Bostull
Boston
17 17 Irene A. McGuiness
Heman W. and Martha L. Philip C. and Mary J. Daniel W. and Eva M. Done and Mary H.
Dedham
Clifton, N. B.
Germany
454
The following are the names, ages, and residences of the par- ties whose MARRIAGES were solemnized in 1894, certificates of which have been filed in this office :-
Date.
NAMES.
Residence.
Age.
Marriage, whether
1st, 2d, etc.
By whom Married.
Jan. 16
Henry W. Richards Caroline A. Gragg
Dedham
65
3d
Rev. Wm. H. Fish, Jr.
Boston
48
Ist
" : 17 .James H. Prince
Dedham
26
1st
Rev. Lewis G. Wilson
Sarah M. Spofford
Mendon
29
31
Philip C. McGuinness Mary J. Flanagan
Dedham 66
23
1s
Rev. John J. O'Keefe
Feb.
4 |Simon J. McKenna Nora. Donovan .
Dedham Boston
24 27
1st
Rev. Philip J. Gormly
6€
5 Charles A. Cline Flora A. Turner
Dedham 66
21
1s
Rev. J. B. Seabury
6 John T. Driscoll Mary Costello
Dedham
24
1st
Rev. John H. Fleming
:
6 |William C. Eaton Janet Mclellan
Dedham
27
1st
Arthur P. Wilson, J. of P.
Carrie S Greciy
.
Hyde Park
24 24
1st 2d
Rev. J. B. Seabury.
April 10
John E. Fisher Dedham . Lizzie May Eldridge = .
32
1st
Rev. Obed Eldridge
16 Stephen R. Jacobs Lena W. Kockwell
Dedham
23
1st
Rev. J. B. Seabury
24 Hugh J. Cannon Dora G. Harrigan
Dedham . 66
26
1st
Rev. John H. Fleming
26 William V. Begley Mary A. Lalor
Dedham
26
1st
Rev. John H. Fleming
May 26 Peter Hanck
Norwood
41
2d
Robert H. O. Schulz,
Pauline E. Morgner
Dedham
33
1st
J. of P.
. " 30
John Moclair Fannie MacKelvey
Dedham
30
1st
Rev. John J. O'Keefe.
Boston
21
Dedham
46
2d
Rev. John J. O' Keefe
June 4 John B. Mulvey Mary F. McGowan
6 Charles A. Walker
Dedham 22
1st
Rev. W. H. Morrison
Angie A. Holt
Manches'r, NH 21
Dedham 16
23
1st
Rev. Willard P. Palmer
17
66
12 Engene S. Bacon Nellie F. Cobb
Norwood Dedham
21
Ist
Rev. William B. Eddy
12. Clemens Stroth Elizabeth Friedmann . .
Boston Dedham
31
2d
Rev. Chas. Gudenus
21
Ist
.
21
1st
Rev. Lyman Partridge
28
Charles Weimer MillieA. (Carlt'n) Russell
Dedham
26
23
.
25
66
..
28
66
23
23
31
Mch. 15 Christian Maier
Dedham 66
23
26
1st
10 William I. Leach Ada I. Gardiner
26
20
£
455
Date.
NAMES.
Residence.
Age.
Marriage, whether
1st, 2d, etc.
By whom Married.
June 14 Frank M. Blood
Allecia M. Roch
Rutland' Vt. .. Dedham .
26 23
1st
Rev. Lyman Partridge
14 Joseph C. Scheufele Lena E. Kiessling
Natick .
26
Ist
Rev. F. C. Wurl
Dedham
21
6€
20 Edward Mulholland Jessie McClennan
Brookline 27 23
1st
Rev. Wm. F. Cheney
6 26 William H. Hall Annie A. Welch
Boston Dedham
26 28
Ist
J. J. Hall.
July 6 Albert L. Barteaux . Bessie L. Blenkhorn . .
Boston Hyde Park . . 22 27
1st
Rev. J. B. Seabury
12 John F. Staples Minnie C. VanBuskirk .
Cambridge 24 23
1st
Rev. Obed Eldridge
16 |Peter Tully . Rose Coyne
Dedham ..
20
1st
Rev. John J. O'Keefe
26 John J. Kelly Agnes F. Kavney
Dedham Hyde Park
28 22
Ist
Rev. George A. Lyons
30 John Clark Mary Sears
Dedham ¥
21
1st
Rev. John J. O'Keefe
31 |Wallace E. Cobb Helen R. Cobbett
Dedham
24
Ist
Rev. H. Francis Perry
Aug. 15 Peter R. Burns
Annie C. Conroy
Sept. 5 Henry Weimer
Dedham 22
1st
Rev. J. B. Seabury
Boston
17
Boston
44
2d
Rev. Obed Eldredge
18 Gardner H. Sweet Hattie F. Walleston
Concord, N. H. Dedham
26 23
Rev. J. B. Seabury
18 | William A. Metcalf Susan S. Wolley
Norwood 30
1st
Rev. Lyman Partridge
Dedham ..
20
66
" 19 Waldo A. Fitts
Medfield 22
1st
Rev. N. T. Dyer
Emma F. Ward
Dedham 22
Boston 29
1st
Rev. C. S. Locke
Dedham
25
1st
Rev. James B. Troy
26 Frederic S. Parker Marguerita A.Thompson
Norwood 25
Dedham 23
Dedham 42
37
1st
"
11 James Y. Noyes Ada W. Bigelow
Dedham
30
1st
Rev. J. B. Seabury
11|Carl Everberg Louise Lundquist
Dedham Winchesthr . 24
22
1st
Rev. Fritz E. Peterson
17 Charles A. Cotton Alice M. Richards
Dedham Needham
28
1st
Rev. Philip S. Thatcher
24
:
·
18
Walpole 66
28
Ist
Rev. Wm. F. Cheney
23
Annie S. E. Swank
6 |Silas M. Stevens Carrie E. French
Dedham 27
Ist
19 George C. Ingraham Dorothea A. Knoble .
Oct. 3 Thomas A. Finnerty . Margaret Mcauliffe . .
2d
Rev. John J. O'Keefe
30
$6
66
.
21
21
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.
456
Date.
NAMES.
Residence.
Age.
Marriage, whether
1st, 2d, etc.
By whom Married.
Oct. 31
John D. Mee .
Boston . Dedham
25
1st
Rev. John J. O'Keefe
Mary J. Powers
Dedham
33
1st
Rev. Geo. J. Prescott
Boston .
32
2d
" 21
Charles E. King . Lillie H. Barrows
Dedham
42
2d
Rev. W. J. Hutt
Marlboro, N.H.
34
27
James Spillane Catharine Kennedy
Dedham Boston
28
1st
Rev. John J. Downey
28
George I. Walton Caroline f. Cameron
Dedham
27
1st
Rev. Wm. F. Cheney
"
28
John H. Hanson
Dedham
26
1st
Rev. Wm. F. Cheney
Nellie L. Hutchins
Boston
26
¥
Dedham
26
1st
Rev. M. J. McCall
Salem
22
Dec. 12
George F. May
Brooklyn, N.Y. 40
1st
Rev. Reginald H. Starr
Maggie T. Blakney .
Dedham
20
“ 27
Herbert R. Goodwin Caroline S. Paul .
Dedham
35
1st
Rev. J. F. Packard
.
25
Albert D. Hibbard . Clara F. Nudd .
Dedham Boston
.
20
19
Ist
Rev.Isaac R. Wheelock
21
Nov. 7
William F. McQuilen Helen F. Bartlett
25
26
24
28
Arthur Cronin Mary Meagher
457
The following are the names of the persons whose deaths are registered in Dedham during the year 1894 :
AGES.
Date.
NAMES.
Cause of Death.
Jan. 2
Francis Soule.
76
3
5
Heart disease.
3
Mary Maher
79
9
9
Pneumonia.
4 Albert J. Gleason
67
..
25
Heart disease and erysipelas.
7 John Richford .
27
..
. .
Unknown.
8 Samuel Proctor
83
2
..
Pneumonia.
9
Albert Winchenbach
73
22
Pneumonia.
14 | Henry F. Heincke
18
6
11
Consumption.
15
Nancy Lewers
62
6
2
Peritonitis.
26 Ann Dinneen
67
Heart disease.
27
Daniel Wade
75
..
Feb. 1 Mary Farrington
75
10 14 Old age.
2 Eliza Owens
84
11
Old age.
3 Thomas P. Mabbett
76
5
27
Fatty degeneration of heart.
6
Samuel S. Ray
68
27 Pneumonia.
8 Elanora Matthews
33
Heart disease.
13 Caroline Heyn
72
15
Chronic Bronchitis.
16 Thomas Colburn
81
11
23
Catarrhal pneumonia.
18 William Marsh
52
1
7
Chronic myelitis.
22 Winifred Burns
70
.
..
Old age.
23
Jeremiah Haley
80
..
Old age.
27
Emma F. Fitzgerald.
34 11
16 Acute septic peritonitis.
Mch. 1
Sarah P. Wood
82 11 17 Old age.
8 Morris Brown
..
.
Cardiac weakness.
9
Herman Heyn
36
10
21
Inflam. of bowels & stoppage.
11 John Finn
78
9 Paralysis. 1
13
William F. Dellmuth
54 9 13 Alcoholism.
16 Michael J. Barrett
41
3
6
Pneumonia.
17 Almira Fiske
11
1
Accidental burning.
20 Amory Fisher
75
4
16
Bright's disease.
22 Marion R. Baker
1
1 28
Erysipelas.
27 Patrick Fagan.
75
10
Cancer.
30 George G. Leonard . .
. .
2 Convulsions.
.
. .
Concussion of brain.
..
.
..
·
. .
..
3
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458
AGES.
Date.
NAMES.
Cause of Death.
Y.
M.
_
April 2 Effie J. Nichols.
15
1
30
Catarrhal pneumonia.
4 Samuel R. Roundy
83
7
3 Disease of brain and heart.
5 Mabel E. Richter
..
..
8 Eliza J. Bartlett
59
11 23
Insanity.
10 Mary Davis
89
8
8 Congestion of kidneys.
11 Carlton Keene
..
1
24 Inanition.
17 Ann Fagan
66
Exhaustion following lagrippe
18 George Colburn
77
..
..
Old age.
26 Davis L. White
64
25
Paralysis.
May 1 Benjamin F. Risley
62
General paralysis.
3 Susanna Bodenschatz
66
2
27
Paralysis.
3 Catherine Creeden
83
Disease of heart.
3 Isaac C. Everett
77
2
29
Old age.
8 Harriet E. Colburn
57
5
29 Heart disease.
11 Hannah E. Cobb
54
9
..
Pneumonia.
18 Lydia L. Whitney
72 2
Pneumonia. 6
21 Francis Keelan
4
25 Congenital disease of liver.
25 Almena A. Ross
18
8 14 Consumption.
26 Edward C. Hughes
49
10 27 Chronic diarrhoea.
28 Mary Procter 84
4 12
Pneumonia.
June 3
Mary E. Tully
14
3
26 Consumption.
Thomas Carlin
49
..
Heart disease.
7| John O'Neil
70
.. ..
Railroad injuries.
13 Martha J. Grow
28 4 19
Consumption.
17 Nancy McCue 76
Old age.
19 Thomas J. Lyons
32
8
9 Consumption.
20 Julia F. Collins
19
4 10 Tuberculosis.
24 William F. Sullivan
4
18
Drowned.
26 Mary Fisher 91
2
17 Old age.
29 Julia Frazier
28
6
5 Phthisis pulmonalis.
July 1
Margaret McCaffrey
53
..
. .
Peritonitis and heart disease.
Mary Wolley
80 6
12 Old age.
3 Anna F. Donovan
21
. .
Pul. phthisis.
5 Mary J. Lehane
18
8 26 Consumption.
.
..
..
·
..
..
S | D.
4 Premature birth.
459
Date.
NAMES.
Cause of Death.
Y.
M.
D.
July
8 Bertrand W. Willson
27
5
19
Consumption.
10
Thomas Mulkern
1
7
12
Pneumonia.
12 Alonzo B. Wentworth
54
3
15 Meningitis.
13 Annis
..
..
..
Stillborn.
17 Sarah Deacon
72
10
20 Pneumonia.
17 George Kappaun
..
3
10 Marasmus.
17 Patrick Gill
35
..
..
Railroad injuries.
20 William H. Fairbanks
74
4
13
Consumption.
24 Eliza R. Connor
40
3
29 Consumption.
25 Sarah Dugan
3
3 29 Infantile paralysis.
25 Warren W. Leonard
19
..
5 Typhoid fever
26 Florence M. Riley
..
11 Acute intestinal catarh.
28 Frederick H. Creighton
Meningitis. 2 28
29
Rose Tully
27
..
Cholera morbus.
30 Mary A. Millet
73
5
26 Spinal sclerosis & pneumonia.
Aug. 2
Hannab Phillips
87
5
7 Disease of liver.
2 Eddie Sukowske . .
1
Imperfect development.
7 James Doyle
1
3
17 Dysentery.
7 | Margaret Tully 1
3
25 Tubercular meningitis.
7
Amos Whipple 75
11
26 Dysentery.
8 William J. Hogan
38
8
Appendicitis.
11 Frank J. Smith
22
14
Tuberculosis.
15
Almont Turner
8
24 Cholera infantum.
15 Annie McDonald 48
..
..
Cancer.
19 Harold R. Googins
9
14 Teething & cholera infantum.
23 Charles F. Keegan ..
10
15 Dysentery.
27 Alice M. I. Donley
13 6 19
Typhoid fever.
28
Alice M. Kennedy ..
3
29 Cholera infantum.
Sept. 3
Pierre Guinat
41
.. Railroad accident.
3 Jules Maragat .
27
Railroad accident. ..
3 Annie M. Gilmore. 40
.. Dysentery.
5 Maria J. McLane
36
4
. 6 Bright's disease.
7 James B, Saville
86
00 8
9 Old age. Stillborn.
8 - - Wight
..
AGES.
-
..
..
7
460
AGES.
Date.
NAMES.
Cause of Death.
>
| M.
1 Premature delivery.
11 Almira A. Colburn
69
11
8 Old age.
13 Mary E. Keegan
..
11
5 Diarrhoea.
17 Helen L. Muxworthy
13
5
25
Consumption.
17 George F. Johnson
54
..
16 Injuries to head.
20 Eveline M.Baker
5
30 Continued fever.
21 Trueman A. Bouton
69
8 21 Pul. tuberculosis.
22 Mary Kelly .
65
·
.. Congestion of lungs.
28 Emma F. Jacobus
29
10 13 Cerebral embolism.
28 Harry W. Beal
38
3
28 Apoplexy.
Oct. 3 Addie E. Chamberlain ..
6
3 Marasmns.
4 Stephen L. J. Hagar
.
6
5 Intestinal catarrh.
5 Edward Marshall 76
6
4 Old age.
12 Edward Capen
40
3
.. Tubercular consumption.
14 August A. Kluge
46
3
Paresis.
19 Charles French
73
6
1 Internal injuries.
26 Sarah Allwright
70 3 .26 Granular disease of kidneys.
28 | Caroline E. C. Howe
75
3
19 Apoplexy.
Nov. 1 Annie J. Cook
27
9
.. Heart disease.
5 Elizabeth Dinnie
18
.
..
Pleuro pneumonia.
6 Mary A. Breeze
68 9
2 Bright's disease.
7 Franklin Cheney 81
10
20 Old age.
00
Mary W. Mylod
57
6
15 Chronic catarrhal gastritis.
9 Patrick Keegan
74
8 23 Cancer.
16 Edward F. Hunt
36
8 27 Bright's disease.
17 Catharine McKerry 53
10 12 Chronic bronchitis.
18 Doretha S. Packert 75 14
11
23 Chronic bronchitis.
21 Mary E. Shaughnessy
2
24 General tuberculosis.
22 Emily Smith
7
3 Fatty degeneration of heart. 2
Dec. 1 J. William Smith
33
1
6 Railroad injuries.
16 Mary Conway .
60
.. Pulmonary congestion.
19 - ·McKenna
..
Stillborn.
21 Alma I. Reynolds
100
11
21 Old age.
22 Agnes Sears
2
..
22 Lillie Sears .
..
5
2 Men'g'ts, pneum'a & w. cough. 7 Pneumonia & whooping cough.
22 Mary McGee
67
.. Heart disease.
~ | D.
Sept. 8 Eva F. Scheibel
..
:
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RECORD OF
TOWN MEETINGS OF THE
TOWN OF DEDHAM FOR THE YEAR 1895-6.
RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS.
1895.
TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
[Town Seal.]
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Ded- ham, in said County, Greeting.
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town of Dedham, qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble at Memo- rial Hall, in said town, on the first Monday in March, (being the fourth day of said month), A. D. 1895, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :-
Article One-To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article Two-To choose all necessary Town Officers. The following are to be chosen by ballot, viz :- One Town Clerk, one Town Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, five Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, three Auditors, three Park Commissioners, nine Constables, all for one year; one School Committee for one year, to fill vacancy; two School Com- mittee for three years; three Trustees of the Public Library for three years; one member of the Board of Health for one year; one member of the Board of Health for two years; one member of the Board of Health for three years. And, also, upon the same ballot, to vote upon - the- question :- "Shall license 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.
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Article Three-To hear and act on the report of the Audi- tors of the Treasurer's and Collector's accounts.
Article Four-To see if the Town will accept the list of jurors, as prepared by the Selectmen, and posted according to law.
Article Five-To hear and act on the report of the Com- mittee on the distribution of the interest of the Damon and Draper donations, and choose a Committee to distribute the in- terest the ensuing year.
Article Six-To see if the town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to use the same means as the Town Treasurer may use when acting as Collector.
Article Seven-To see what rate of interest the town will authorize the Collector to charge on all taxes not paid Novem- ber 1, 1895.
Article Eight-To see what action the town will take with reference to the compensation of the Collector of Taxes, as pro- vided in section 6, article 3, of the Town By-Laws.
Article Nine-To see what sums of money the town will raise to defray the incidental and other necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Town for the ensuing year.
Article Ten-To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the decoration of soldiers' graves
Article Eleven-To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the Dedham Public Library.
Article Twelve-To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate money to keep the cemeteries in Dedham Village and West Dedham in repair.
Article Thirteen-To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for repairs of highways, side-walks, and lumber for bridges and railings, and for removing snow.
Article Fourteen-To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the support of Public Schools, and the payment of the salary of the Superintendent of Schools, for the ensuing year; and, also, to see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for instruction in the elementary use of . hand tools, and in sewing in the public Schools.
Article Fifteen- To see if the Town will appropriate the amount received from other towns for scholars attending the
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Public Schools in Dedham for contigent expenses of the Public Schools.
Article Sixteen-To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate money to improve the sanitary conditition and ventilation of the schoolhouses, and remove the outbuildings belonging thereto.
Article Seventeen-To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for finishing and furnishing the new Avery School-house, and for grading the lot of land on which it stands, and any addition that may be made thereto.
Article Eighteen-To see if the Town will vote to purchase land and erect a house thereon, for the use of Hose Co., No. 3, East Dedham, as recommended by the Board of Engineers, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article Nineteen-To see if the Town will vote to purchase a new hook and ladder truck, as recommended by the Board of Engineers, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article Twenty-To see if the Town will vote to remodel the engine house on Washinton street, Dedham Village, for the use of the Hook and Ladder Co., as recommended by the Board of Engineers, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article Twenty-one-To see if the Town will vote to build a reservoir for fire purposes at the Baptist Church, West Dedham, as recommended by the Board of Engineers, and raise and · appropriate money therefor.
Article Twenty-two-To see if the Town will vote to build a reservoir for fire purposes at Pond Plain, West Dedham, as recommended by the Board of Engineers, and raise and appro- priate money therefor.
Article Twenty-three-To see if the Town will vote to pur- chase horses and harnesses for use of Hose Company, No. 3, at East Dedham, as recommended by the Board of Engineers, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article Twenty-four-To see if the Town will vote to place a hydrant for fire purposes at the corner of East street and the new street leading to Fairbanks Park, as recommended by the Board of Engineers, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article Twenty-five-To see if the Town will vote to con- nect the bells on the engine houses with the fire alarm system,
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as recommended by the Board of Engineers, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article Twenty-six-To see if the Town"will vote to place additional fire alarm boxes at the following locations, as recom- mended by the Board of Engineers, viz .: East street, near rail- road bridge; Rockland street, corner Bussey; Greenhood street, corner Colburn; Milton street, corner Milton Place; High street, corner Bullard; and High street, corner Westfield street; and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article Twenty-seven-To see if the Town will repeal or or amend article three of its by-laws, or any section thereof, and adopt other by-laws concerning the financial regulations of the Town.
Article Twenty-eight-To see if the Town will amend its by-laws concerning the government of its town meetings, and adopt other by-laws for the regulation and limitation of debate in said meetings.
Article Twenty-nine-To see if the town will vote to pur- chase land in the rear of the Avery School-house lot sufficient to enlarge said lot, and for play-ground and bath-house purposes, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article Thirty-To see if the Town will light East street, from Endicott to its junction with Canton street, and Canton street to the house of the late John Eaton, with electricity, and raise and approprtate money for the same.
Article Thirty-one-To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen and the Town Treasurer to borrow money in antici- pation of the collection of taxes for the current year, to be paid therefrom.
Article Thirty-two-To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the use of the Park Commissioners as sug- gested or recommended in their report.
Article Thirty-three-To see if the Town will vote to elect, commencing with the annual town meeting of 1896, its Board of Park Commissioners for one, two and three years, and one for three years, at each annual meeting thereafter.
Article Thirty-four-To see if the Town will vote to pur- chase and improve the whole or any part of the proposed Powder Rock Park, Avery Park, or any other locations which
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the Park Commissioners may recommend to the Town at this meeting, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article Thirty-five-To see if the Town will accept and allow the taking of certain lands lying between the N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R., and Whiting avenue by the Park Commissioners, for a public park, as more fully set out by a report to the town by said Commissioners, and on a plan showing the boundaries and measurements thereof, as filed by them with the Town Clerk.
Article Thirty-six-To see if the Town will accept a new street, to be known as Fairview street, leading from Oakdale avenue to Whiting avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article Thirty-seven-To see if the Town will instruct or authorize the Board of Selectmen or the Highway Surveyors to lay out a street between High street and Chauncey street, near land of Tapley, Raymond and others, near. Avery School, alto- gether about three hundred feet in length.
Article Thirty-eight-To see if the Town will vote to re- grade that part of Cedar street, in Oakdale, lying between Wal- nut street and Dartmouth avenue, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article Thirty-nine-To see if the Town will vote to abolish the Committee of Twenty-one, and amend Section 1 of article 1 of the Town By-Laws to that effect.
Article Forty-To see if the Town will vote to amend sec- tion 1 of article 1 of the Town By-Laws, so that no one holding official position under the Town, shall be appointed a member of said Committee of Twenty-one.
Article Forty-one-To see if the Town of Dedham will vote to purchase the plant of the Dedham Water Company, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article Forty-two-To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $200 to be expended for out-door band concerts during the summer months of 1895.
Article Forty.three- To see if the Town will vote to extend the electric lights on Dover street, from High Rock street to the Dover line, on Hartford street, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
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Article Forty-four-To see if the Town will vote to place electric lights on Dover street, from High street to High Rock street, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article Forty-five-To see if the Town will instruct the
tmen to pay money to Margaret Murphy, for in- juries sustained by her by falling on the sidewalk on High street, in Dedham, in the winter of 1893, and to determine what sum it shall instruct the Selectmen to so pay.
Article Forty-six-To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to pay money to Catherine Watts, for injuries sus- tained by her by falling on the sidewalk on High street, in Dedham, in the winter of 1893, and to determine what sum it shall instruct the Selectmen to so pay.
Article Forty-seven -- To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to pay Patrick Eagan the balance due him for work performed by him on the highways.
Article Forty-eight-To hear and act on the report and recommendations of the Town Clerk, relating to printing Town Records.
Hereof fail not, but make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, unto the Selectmen, on or before said day and time.
Given under our hands and the seal of said Town at Ded- ham aforesaid, this twentieth day of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
THOMAS P. MURRAY, J. EVERETT SMITH, DAVID NEAL, FERDINAND F. FAVOR, GEORGE W. WEATHERBEE, -
Selectmen of Dedham.
On this warrant the following return was made :-
Norfolk, ss. Dedham, March 2, 1895.
By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Dedham aforesaid, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes specified in said warrant, by posting attested copies thereof in each of the post offices in said town, and in twenty other public places in said town, seven days at least before the day of said meeting, and by causing an at- tested copy thereof to be published twice before the time of said
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meeting, in the Dedham Transcript, a newspaper published in said town of Dedham.
JOHN DEAN, Constable of Dedham.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Norfolk, ss.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dedham, in said County, qualified to vote in town affairs, held pursuant to the foregoing warrant, at Memorial Hall, in said town, on the first Monday of March (being the fourth day of said month) A. D. 1895.
The meeting was called to order at the time and place named in said warrant, by the Town Clerk, who presided at the choice of Moderator.
Edward L. Burdakin was appointed and sworn by the Town Clerk, a teller, to aid the Town Clerk in receiving and counting votes cast for moderator.
John R. Bullard was chosen Moderator by written ballot, in receiving which the check list was used.
Article Two-Before the opening of the polls, the Selectmen appointed as Ballot Clerks, Aaron W. Baker and Frank E. Morse, and they were sworn into said office by the Town Clerk before entering upon their duties.
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