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ART. 23. To see if the Town will purchase a horse road-roller for the use of road maker.
Not acted upon.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will adopt a code of By-Laws or take any action in relation thereto.
Voted, That the Town adopt the following code of By-Laws :
(See the By-Laws in the last pages of this book.)
Voted, that the Committee on Claims be authorized to present the By-Laws this day accepted, to the Superior Court for its approval, and cause said By-Laws to be published in one or more newspapers printed in the County of Middlesex; the expense incurred by the Committee on Claims in carrying out the provis- ions of this vote shall be charged to their appropriation.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will petition the Legislature for legislation increasing the borrowing capacity of the Town for water purposes, or take any action in regard to the matter.
Voted, That the Committee on Claims be authorized and are hereby instructed to petition the Legislature for authority for the Town to issue ten thousand dollars in bonds in addition to the amount authorized under Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1872.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will take measures to erect a new schoolhouse in conformity with the report of the Committee on Schoolhouse, and provide for the payment of the same.
Voted, To pass over.
JAMES L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
Proceedings of Town Meeting, April 7, 1897. WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Lorenzo E. Brooks, or either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln, in said County :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of
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Lincoln duly qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble in Bemis Hall, on Wednesday, the seventh day of April next, at one o'clock, P. M., to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator.
Chose Charles S. Wheeler, Moderator.
ART. 2. To hear and act npon the Report of the State High- way Committee, and any other reports that may properly come before said meeting.
Voted, That the report of the State Highway Committee be accepted.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will accept and allow the town way as laid out by the Selectmen, as a continuation northerly of the road leading to Weston by the farms of Spencer and Kennedy, beginning at a point near the house of Spencer and running north- erly over land of Spencer and Laura F. Briggs to the County Road from Lincoln to Waltham by the house of the said Briggs; and to see if the Town will make any appropriation for the expenses of the said road or take any action in relation to the matter.
Voted, That the Town will accept and allow the town way as laid out by the Selectmen as a continuation northerly of the road leading to Weston by the farms of Spencer and Kennedy, begin- ning at a point near the house of Spencer and running northerly over land of Spencer and Laura F. Briggs to the County Road from Lincoln to Waltham by the house of the said Briggs.
Voted, To appropriate $600 for the expenses of the said road.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to contract with the lowest responsible bidder for the building of the road laid out across the land of Laura F. Briggs and the heirs of Geoffrey Spencer.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will accept and allow the town way by the westerly side of the triangular Cemetery as altered by the Selectmen ; or make any appropriation therefor, or take any other actian in relation to the matter.
Voted, To accept and allow the town way by the westerly side of the triangular cemetery as altered by the Selectmen.
Voted, That the Highway Surveyor make this road.
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ART. 5. To see if the Town will accept and allow the town way as laid out by the Selectmen, commencing at the angle in the road from the East schoolhouse to Waltham, near the house of Andrew Dougherty and running westerly to a point near a cause- way on Spencer's land and at the road leading to Weston by the farms of Spencer and Kennedy; and to see if the Town will make any appropriation for the expenses of the said road, or take any action in relation to the matter.
Laid on the table.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will appropriate money suitable for the erection and maintenance of street lights on road from water trough in centre of Lincoln, to Charles P. Farnsworth's corner, or take any action thereon.
Voted, Not to appropriate money for this purpose.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will make an appropriation of money to be expended by the Public Improvement Committee, to procure and erect a monument with suitable inscription thereon, to designate the place where Paul Revere was captured on his memorable ride to Concord, to warn the inhabitants of the move- ment of the British Regulars, on the night of April 18, 1775.
Voted, To appropriate $100 for this purpose.
ART. 8. To determine whether the Town will issue a note or notes in renewal of notes heretofore issued to defray the expenses of extending water pipes, and to be denominated "Lincoln Water Loan."
Voted unanimously, that the Treasurer be and hereby is author- ized to sign and issue in the name of the Town, a note or notes to be countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen, and denomi- nated "Lincoln Water Loan," for the purpose of taking up or renewing any note or notes heretofore issued by the Town, to defray the expense of extending water pipes; the loan hereby authorized to be for a sum not exceeding in the whole amount, ten thousand dollars, and to run for a period not exceeding five years from this date, with interest payable semi-annually, at a rate not exceeding four per centum per annum.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will reconsider the vote of March 8, 1897, adopting a code of By-Laws, or take any action in rela-
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tion to amendment of said code of By-Laws, or adopt any By-Laws, or take any other action in relation to the matter.
Not acted upon.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell the East schoolhouse at public auction, under such conditions as the Selectman may stipulate, or take any action in the matter.
Voted, To authorize the Selectmen to sell the East schoolhouse at public auction under such conditions as the Selectmen may stipulate.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will dispense with the services of the School Superintendent and reconsider the vote passed at the last town meeting appropriating $100 for the same.
Not acted upon.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will reconsider the votes passed under Articles 16, 17, 18 and 25 of the warrant for the meeting held March 1, 1897.
Not acted upon.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will choose three persons to employ a suitable engineer, and with him investigate the whole question of water supply for the Town, and report at an adjourned meeting.
Not acted upon.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will direct the Water Commis- sioners to deed to the parties from whom it was taken, the whole or any part of the land taken by them last year for water pur- poses.
Not acted upon.
Adjourned.
JAMES L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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Proceedings of Town Meeting, May 27, 1897. WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Lorenzo E. Brooks, or any Constable of the Town of Lincoln, in said County :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln duly qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble in Bemis Hall, on Thursday evening, May 27th inst., at 7.30 o'clock, to act on the following articles, viz. :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator.
Chose Charles S. Wheeler, Moderator.
ART. 2. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of taxes of the present ¡municipal year, and to be paid therefrom.
Voted, That for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan to and for the use of the Town of Lincoln, the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow from time to time, with the approval of a majority of a board of Selectmen, a sum or sums in the aggregate amounting to fifteen thousand dollars and execute and deliver the note or notes of the Town therefor, pay- able within one year from the time the loan is made, with interest thereon at a rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum. Any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the Town under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Com- missioners to lay a four-inch cast iron pipe, about 1,200 feet from the main pipe to the estate of H. E. Warner, through land given the Town by William Mackintosh, and make provision for the payment of the same.
Voted, That the Water Commissioners be and hereby are authorized to lay about 1,200 feet four-inch cast iron pipe from the main opposite the Hodges estate, through the land deeded to the Town by William Mackintosh, to the estate of H. E. Warner, and pay therefor from money in their hands.
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ART. 4. To see if the Town will make any further appropria- tions of money for the purpose of building a new pumping station, procuring new machinery, and laying a new pumping main from the pond to the reservoir for the purposes mentioned in Chapter 188 of the Acts of the year 1872; and will borrow any money for the said purposes and authorize the issue of any bonds, notes, or script for such indebtedness under the provisions of Chapter 341 of the Acts of the year 1897, to an amount not exceeding altogether ten thousand dollars, ($10,000) in addition to the loans already authorized by the votes of the Town for the said purposes, or take any other action in relation to the matter.
Voted, That for the purpose of defraying the expenses of constructing the new pumping station, procuring new machinery and appliances therefor, and laying a new pumping main from Sandy Pond to the reservoir for the purposes mentioned in Chap- ter 188 of the Acts of the year 1872, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) be and the same hereby is appropriated in addition to the sums already appropriated for the said purposes, and the Water Commissioners are hereby authorized to expend the said sum in addition to the said other sums for the said pur- poses, provided that the sums paid or contracted to be paid under this vote and the previous votes of the Town authorizing the Water Commissioners to do the said work, shall not exceed altogether the sum of $20,000 ; and the Treasurer of the Town is hereby author- ized to issue, for the purpose of borrowing the whole or any part of the said additional sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the bonds of the Town in denominations of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) each, the first of which bonds shall be payable in one year from the date of issue, and at the end of each year thereafter one of the said bonds shall be made payable until the total amount of the said issue is exhausted; said bonds shall bear on their face the words "Lincoln Water Loan ;" shall bear interest payable semi-annually at a rate not exceeding four per centum per annum ; shall be signed by the Treasurer of the Town and countersigned by the Selectmen, and may be sold at public auction or private sale at the discretion of the Treasurer. The issue and sale of the said bonds shall conform in all respects to the provisions of Chapter 341 of the Acts of the year 1897.
JAMES L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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Warrant for State Election.
WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Lorenzo E. Brooks, or either of the Constables in the Town of Lincoln, in said County :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in the Election of State Officers, to assemble at the Town Hall, on Tuesday, the second day of November next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to give in their votes for the following officers, viz :
A Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary, Treasurer and Receiver-General, an Auditor and Attorney-General for the State of Massachusetts ; a Councillor from the Sixth Councillor Dis- trict, a County Treasurer and County Commissioner for the County of Middlesex, a Senator from the Fifth Senatorial District in Middlesex, a Register of Deeds for the Southern District in Middlesex, and a Representative in the General Court for the Seventeenth Representative District in Middlesex.
All the officers enumerated above are to be designated and voted for on one ballot. The polls to be opened at ten o'clock, A. M., and may be closed at four o'clock, P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting a copy thereof, attested by you, in each of the Post Offices, in one of the Churches, or one other public place not less than seven days before the day appointed for such meeting, and making return thereof, with your doings thereon, to either of us before the time of meeting. Hereof fail not.
Dated at Lincoln, October sixteenth, one thousand eight hun- dred and ninety-seven.
SAMUEL HARTWELL,
WILLIAM S. BRIGGS,
Selectmen of Lincoln.
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Pursuant to the foregoing warrrnt, the meeting was opened at ten o'clock A. M., and the ballot box was shown to be empty and the register at 000. William L. G. Peirce and Thomas L. Giles were appointed ballot clerks and tellers and were sworn by the Chairmen of the Selectmen. The polls opened at 10 o'clock A. M., and closed at 4.10 P. M. with the register on the ballot box showing 105, while a count of the ballots and the checks on the tally sheets agreed, making the number 97, as follows, viz :
GOVERNOR .-
John Bascom of Williamstown,
3 votes.
William Everett of Quincy, 17
Geo. Fred Williams of Dedham, 13
Blank, 1 66
Roger Wolcott of Boston
6%
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR .-
Christosher T. Callahan of Holyoke, 15 66
James E. Cotter of Hyde Park, 16
66
W. Murray Crane of Dalton, 59 66
Blank, 4
66
SECRETARY .-
Charles D. Nash of Whitman,
12
66
William M. Olin of Boston, 59
Edwin Sawtell of Brockton,
4
Bernard M. Wolf of Boston,
14 66
Blank,
8
66
TREASURER .-
Robert C. Habberly of Hyde Park,
4
66
Edward P. Shaw of Newburyport,
60
Horace P. Tobey of Wareham,
14 66
Thomas A. Watson of Braintree, Blank,
13
6
AUDITOR .-
Henry Douglas of Great Barrington, 13 John W. Kimball of Fitchburg, 60
66
Joseph Henry Sheldon of Haverhill, 12
4 66
Herbert M. Small of Templeton, Blank, 8
25
ATTORNEY-GENERAL .-
Wolcott Hamlin of Amherst, 5 votes. William Harrison of Lawrence, 1 66
Hosea M. Knowlton of New Bedford, 59 66
William W. McClench of Chicopee, 15 66
John A. O'Keefe of Lynn, 12 66
Blank, 5
66
COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT .-
Elisha H. Shaw of Chelmsford, 64
66
Blank, 33
SENATOR, FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT .-
William V. Hyde of Waltham, 9
66
Henry Parsons of Marlborough, 61
66
William Cushing Wait of Medford, 17 66
Blank, 10
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT .-
Charles E. Brown of Concord,
65
Thomas Todd of Concord,
1
66
Blank, 31
66
COUNTY COMMISSIONER .-
Samuel O. Upham of Waltham,
62
66
Blank,
35
66
REGISTER OF DEEDS .-
Edwin O. Childs of Newton,
64
66
Blank,
33
66
COUNTY TREASURER .-
Joseph O. Hayden of Somerville, 63
Biank,
34
66
The ballots having been counted and returns made and sealed and declaration of the result made in open meeting, the meeting was dissolved.
JAMES L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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RECORD OF ALTERATION OF A TOWN WAY ON WESTERLY SIDE OF THE TRIANGULAR CEMETERY IN LINCOLN.
The undersigned, being the Selectmen of the Town of Lincoln, having given printed and written notice to George Flint, being the only party known to us to be interested in the subject matter of the town way to be altered, of our intention to alter a certain town way by the westerly side of the triangular cemetery in said Lincoln, said notices requiring all persons interested in the subject matter thereof to appear before us at the Town Hall on the 22d day of March, 1897, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, and having caused such notices to be actually served, according to the law, upon all such persons by a constable of this Town seven days at least before the day so appointed for the hearing ; and having given notice to them and all other persons, if any, who may be interested in the subject matter of altering said way, whose names are not known to us, or who have no place of abode in the Town, or who have no tenant or authorized agent known to us, by post- ing up copies of the printed and written notices in public places in the Town, seven days at least before the day appointed for the hearing.
Pursuant to such notice we met at the time and place appointed for the hearing, and having heard the remarks of all the persons who appeared in relation thereto, and no objection having been made and the route of the proposed alteration having been viewed and examined by us, after fully considering the subject, adjudged that it was necessary for the public convenience that the said town way should be altered and maintained by the Town as hereinafter
described.
The southeasterly side of the said town way as altered is as follows: Beginning at the southwesterly corner of the triangular cemetery at the county road leading from Lincoln to Waltham, thence northeasterly by the said cemetery to the road leading from Lincoln to Lexington by the old Globe Tavern, so called ; the northwesterly line of the said highway is thirty-five feet distant from and parallel to the first mentioned line, and begins at said county road, on land of George Flint, and thence runs north forty-three degrees, east two hundred and twenty feet to the said road to Lexington. The said alteration is, as shown on the plan, drawn by Alberd E. Wood, surveyor, dated March, 1897,
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approved by us and made a part of this record. And in consid- eration of the damage that may accrue to the said Flint, by reason of the said alteration, we award to him the sum of five dollars ; and the said town way as so altered, located and described, is hereby reported to the Town for acceptance, and when so accepted, allowed and recorded, is to be known as a town way.
The said plan with this record have this day been filed by us in the office of the town clerk. Dated at Lincoln, March 30, 1897.
SAMUEL HARTWELL, 1 Selectmen of
JOHN F. FARRAR, the Town of
WILLIAM S. BRIGGS, ) Lincoln.
APRIL 7, 1897.
Voted, To accept and allow the town way by the westerly side of the triangular cemetery as altered by the Selectmen.
JAMES L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
RECORD OF THE LAYING OUT OF A TOWN WAY ACROSS LAND OF SPENCER AND BRIGGS.
The undersigned, being the Selectmen of the Town of Lineoln, having given printed and written notices to the heirs of Geoffrey Spencer and Laura F. Briggs, being the only parties known to us to be interested in the subject matter of the town way to be laid out, of our intention to lay out a certain town way in the south- easterly part of Lincoln for the use of the Town and the inhabi- tants thereof, said notices requiring all persons interested in the subject matter thereof to appear before us at the Town Hall on the 22d day of March, 1897, at nine o'clock in the forenoon ; and having caused such notices to be actually served, according to the law, upon all such persons by a constable of this Town seven days at least before the day so appointed for the hearing ; and having given notice to them and all other persons, if any, who may be interested in the subject matter of laying out said way, whose names are not known to us, or who have no place of abode in the Town, or who have no tenant or authorized agent known to us, by posting up copies of the printed and written notices in public
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places in the Town, seven days at least before the day appointed for the hearing.
Pursuant to such notice we met at the time and place appointed for the hearing and having heard the remarks of all persons who appeared in relation thereto, and no objection having been made and the route of the proposed laying out having been viewed and examined by us, after fully considering the subject, adjudged that it was necessary for the public convenience that the said town way should be laid out and maintained by the Town as hereafter described.
Beginning at a point marked by a stake upon the southerly side of the road running from Lincoln Centre to Waltham, sometimes called Lincoln Street, about nine hundred feet westerly from the house of said Briggs, the easterly line of said way runs south nine and one-half degrees, west across said Briggs' land three hundred and sixty-one feet to another road, discontinued by vote of the Town, March 1, 1897, thence in the same direction across the last mentioned road, twenty-five feet to the land of the heirs of Geoffrey Spencer, thence still in the same direction across land of said heirs about ninety-seven feet to the easterly side of a third road, sometimes called Silver Hill Road. The westerly side of the said way runs parallel with and forty feet distant from the above described easterly side, crossing the lands of the said heirs and of the said Briggs from the said Silver Hill Road to said Lincoln Street. The said town way is a continuation of the said Silver Hill Road across the said lands to said Lincoln Street.
No damages are awarded, as upon consideration by us it appears that said heirs of Geoffrey Spencer are not damaged by the said laying out, and the said Briggs has agreed to release by an instru- ment under seal all claims for damage sustained by reason of the said laying out. And the said town way as so laid out, located and described, is hereby reported to the Town for acceptance and when so accepted, allowed and recorded is to be thereafter known as a town way.
This record and the release herein referred to have this day been filed by up in the office of the town clerk.
SAMUEL HARTWELL, Selectmen of JOHN F. FARRAR, the Toen of Lincoln.
WILLIAM S. BRIGGS, S
APRIL 7, 1897.
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Voted, That the Town will accept and allow the town way, as laid out by the Selectmen, as a continuation northerly of the road leading to Weston by the farms of Spencer and Kennedy, beginning at a point near the house of Spencer and running northery over land of Spencer and Laura F. Briggs to the county road, from Lincoln to Waltham by the house of the said Briggs.
JAMES L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
ART. 19. Voted, and that the road from the east quarter school house towards Lincoln Centre to its junction with Lincoln Street (so called) be now discontinued.
JAMES L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
There have been recorded for the year ending Dec. 31, 1897 :
Births,
· 17
Marriages,
9
Deaths,
17
BIRTHS REGISTERED.
Date of Birth.
Name of Child.
Name of Parents.
Feb. 4, 1897,
Mary Catherine Connors.
Michael and Mary Connors.
William C. and Harriet M. Peirce.
Mar. 8,
Edward Napoleon Gilbert.
Napoleon and Agnes Gilbert.
April 7, 66
Adelaide Amelia Stevens.
William and Mary A. Stevens.
22,
Charlotte May Dutcher.
Edwin and Jennie Dutcher.
May
10,
Mary Helena Mckinnon.
Hugh and Annie Mckinnon.
June
11,
Thomas Sullivan.
James and Ellen M. Sullivan
22,
§ Male.
James and Annabell Bragg.
66
30, 66
John Farrar Giles.
Oct. 31,
Helen Dempsey.
Nov. 20, ..
Dora Hannah Driscoll.
John J. and Dora L. Driscoll.
66
22, 66
Edith Blanche Butcher.
Charles R. and Jeannette I. Butcher.
Dec. 14,
Everett Wentworth Hartwell.
George D. and Carrie I. Hartwell. Jeffrey and Mary Jane Myette.
Timothy and Lizzie Moynihan.
28,
Still Born, Male.
George and Annie Hempseed.
Whole number of Births registered,
. 17
Males,
6
Females,
Nativity of Parents.
United States,
.
12
Nova Scotia,
10
Ireland,
6
England,
2 . Scotland,
New Brunswick,
.
1
11,
Issabelle Titcomb Peirce.
Still Born, Twins, Female.
Thomas and Anna H. Giles. Frank M. and Mary E. Dempsey.
60
24,
Mary Elizabeth Myette.
27,
Catherin Moynihan.
.
.
11
.
1
.
.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED.
Date of Marriage.
Names.
Residence.
Jan.
5, 1897,
Eugene Buckley. Lizzie L. Roach.
New York. Lincoln.
Feb.
7,
Thomas O'Donnell. Mary Moriarty.
Lincoln. Chelsea.
Lincoln. Waltham.
17,
George D. Hartwell. Carrie I. Wentworth.
Lincoln. Boston.
Aug.
19,
Benj Wheeler Small. Jessie Ella Adams.
Somerville. Lincoln.
Sept.
22,
1.
Fred J. Proctor. Hattie P. Mckenzie.
Lincoln. Somerville.
Oct.
8,
Charles C. Green. Grace Farrar.
Chester, N. J. Lincoln.
13,
1
Michael D. Spencer. Margaret F. Lehen.
Lincoln. Boston.
Nov.
17,
$6
Arthur H. Wheeler. Flora Bell Peck.
Lincoln. Waltham.
Whole number of Marriages registered,
. 9
DEATHS REGISTERED.
Date of Death.
Name.
Age. Y. M. D.
Cause of Death.
Jan. 15, 1897,
Susan Brooks.
84
10 25
Senile Catarrh.
Feb. 21,
James Roach.
62
Pneumonia.
Mar. 8,
Thomas Lynah.
67
( Influenza Complicating Nephritis.
20,
Charles H. Stratton.
73
6
Chronic Bright's Disease ..
Apr. 29,
Samuel Phillips.
58 6 29
Suicide by pistol shot.
June
22,
Annabell Bragg.
31
Uremia, Acute Bright. Still Born.
July 9,
James F. Spencer.
25
9 12
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
"
27, 66
Leonard W. Weston.
68
7 6
- plicated.
Oet.
3, "
Charlotte Wheeler.
91 2 20
Old Age.
Nov.
9,
Joseph B. Thompson.
64
Diabetis.
“
22,
John P. Taylor.
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