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Lakeville Middleboro 66
10
13 James Pourier Lena Valliere
20
Manuel Rose Dutra Rose Silva
66
. 23
Thomas Franklin Conway
Marilla Davis Holcomb (Cobb)
Newton Middleboro
Sept.21
Albert Henry Keyes Eliza Melvina Kelley
22
Frederick Hanson
Brockton 66 Rochester
66
Oct. 10
Middleboro 66
66
11
15
25
27
Henry Sharron Ester Frances Stuart James Friedman Rosie Kolansky Daniel Henry Holmes Emeline W. Ripley Frederick Augustus Homer Isabel Bradford Osborne Francisco Da Rosa Maria Martin Chester Edwards Smith Jennie Gordon Shurtleff
Dorchester Taunton Middleboro Newport, R. I. Middleboro
66
29 Chester Arthur Parker Clara Augusta Lee
.6
June 29
George Henry King Annie Eliza Kinder
Ella Hoyt Stetson
George Irving Monroe Minnie Florence Sherman
South Easton
Gayville, So. Dakota Middleboro 66 66
27
Sarah E. Cobb (Bonney)
90
MARRIAGES-Concluded.
Date.
Names of Groom and Bride.
Residence.
Nov. 6
Harding C. Angus
Framinghanı Middleboro
14
Howard W. Gill
Eastham
Daisy B. Howland
Brewster
5
Ira Holmes Stevens
Plympton
Amy May Dennett
Plympton
24
Alberto Francis Chase
Middleboro 66
Dec. 17
Clifford Warren Davis
Bridgewater Middleboro
24
Edward Eustis Rhames
Phebe Estella Elliot
25
William Barton Gove Jennie S. Reynolds Alton Winfred White Clara Matilda Wood
66 Lubec, Maine Middleboro 66
26
Arthur S. Hixson Florence Deane
Sharon Middleboro
Elizabeth Perry Messer
66
Jennie Washburn Worcester
29
Maggie Ann Mac Neven
91
BIRTHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBORO DURING THE YEAR 1904.
Date.
Name of Child.
Names of Parents.
Emil Dimock Robinson
Frank Goldman
Priscilla Lee Churbuck
Allen Perkins Nickerson Marie Louise Barstow Smith Marie Silvia Rose Clara Florence Guidiboni
Ruth Benney Morse Philip Hubbard
Marjorie Hayden Lambert Walter Frederic Riggs Annie Gertrude Rudolph Eunice Cynthia Small - Briggs
Maurice King Richmond Olive May Wrightington Bertha Abbie Robitaille Shelma Beattey Leon Job Clark
Alice Edna Gardner
Dorothy Alma Tallman Westgate Joseph Louis Dubé Alvah LaCroix Flora Alberta Hathaway Francis Edward McCausland Evaline Etta Whipple
Breto
Blee
LaCombe
Ruth Dayton Whittemore Helen Louisa Boardman Ethel Frances Dewhurst - Baxter Deane Russell Walker Lewis Bartlett Washburn Leroy C. Decker Lillian Dorothy Fickert Donatto Falconieri Earle Reginald Tallman Adolph Bernard Cullati Leonard Oscar Collins
John E, and Alice I. Stark
Samuel and Rose Friedman Fred F. and Mary A. Ryder
William W. and Anna E. Perkins Elmer W. and Louise G. Law Ivory L. and Florence Cameron Jose Gonsalves and Martina de Motta Didimo and Ermima Rondelli George L. and Hattie M. Cobb Geoffrey and Mary Ann Jacob Thomas H. and Lillian M. Eldridge Lewis J. and Alice A. Otto and Hattie Hester Elijah A. and Grace Davis William W. and Mary E. Robbins Rufus H. and Annie M. Goss Charles G. and Roxanna Keyes George and Excilda Levellie William and Mary E. Kelley Fred A. and Phebe J. Pittsley William H. and Emma H. Henderson William W. L. and Mary E. Hart George A. and Margaret T. Scanlan Joseph and Annie Labbie Joseph A. and Euphemie Bouchard Albert E. and Flora A. Orcutt William and Mary Ryan Charles E. and Rose Parry Joseph and Frances Baptiste Guy D. and Agnes M. Neilan John and Amanda Henderson Hiram and Nellie Huckins Eli and Nancy M. Clark George T. and Ida F. Alden Myron W. and Eugina E. Richter George A. and Mary R. Deane William H. and Asenath L. Briggs Leroy C. and Mary A. Mckenzie Robert F. and Emma A. Rudolph Guiseppe and Angeoline DeSimons Alfred S. and Philena W. Cudworth Antonio and Theresa
Wallace C. and Mary E. Flynn
1902 Mch. 17 1903 Jun. 17 July 24 1904 Jan. 6
Feb.
18 20 21 22 22 25 27 27 27 2 2 10 13 14 14 18 18 20 22 24 27 27 29 29 29 Mar. 7 11 13 15 16 19 26 28 31 4 5 7 10
Apr.
92
BIRTHS-Continued.
Date.
Name of Child.
Names of Parents.
Apr. 24
Allen Walter Brown
29
Kenneth Vincent Morrison
May 14 17
Fove
Mary Oliva
18 19
George B. Wilbur
Grace Marion Smith
21
Elise Louise McCarthy
25 Gardner Bassett Pratt
29 Willian Shepard Maxwell
31 Merton Elsworth Swift
June 3 10 John Silva
12 Adelaide Rosalia Harlow
13 Barbara Jenks
13 Sarah Ann Boucher
18 Norman Leslie Robbins
Manuel DaRosa
18 19 Francis Harold Gorman
26 Ernest Clarence Rudolph
26 Rosanna Mary Massicotte
27 Eddison Perry Pond
27
John Henry Norris
28 Alice Isabell Robinson
July 4 7
Roger William Buckman William James Morrison
Oreanna Jenney Thomas
Mary Adeline Wood
Edward O'Donnell
Mary Josephine Keith
Philomena Dutra
- Baker
Kathleen Maddigan Linton
31 Aug. 1 Joseph Ulysses Bernier .2 - Hall 17 Catherine Elizabeth Pearce
18 William Stanislaus Fortin
20 Maybelle Louise Carroll
Priscilla Talbot
23 27 Olenia Frances Baxter
Elmer Franklin Orne
Llewellyn Keedwell Ware
6 Annie Freundt
6 Joseph Howard Guilford
12 John Theodore Herbert
14 Dorothy Louise Churchill
Walter A. and Edith M. Allen John E. and Laura M. Canfield Arnold L. and Olive Wilkins Michael A. and Helen A. Oliva George H. and Bessie B. Gibbs Benjamin F. and Elizabeth M. Taylor James JJ. and Nora E. Butler Norman F. and Elizabeth Bassett Isaac S. and Mary L. Meack Horace P. and Ella
Albert V. and Virginia Harvey Joseph and Jessie Mideiros Almon W. and Lillian Pelton E. T. Peirce and Edith A. Roberts Thomas F. and Julia H. Mansfield Henry P. and Lillia F. Bonney
Jose and Maria Da Angia Da Gloria Thomas T. and Mary Mc Neal Louis F. and Mary A. Morris Arthur and Emma Turcotte Alfred D. and --- Perry James H. and Eliza Beach J. Emil and Alice I. Stark Amos S. and Florence E. Osgood John and Nellie Boardman Cephas F. and Nellie F. Cuzner Lorenzo and Lucy S. Lovell Maurice and Matilda Grant Harry W. and Angelia White
Joseph and Maria Silvia
Alton T. and Lizzie S. Gammons John F. and Annie Fulthorpe Howard A. and Lavinia Braddock John B. and Celina Lamore Nahum L. and Nellie Axie Albert A. and Addie M. Chapman Marcellus and Clara Labin Louis and Josephine Forsberg William and Lizzie Bissonnette Albion F. and Hope D. Tift Albert E. and Lizzie R. Cheever Llewellyn H. and Cora A. Keedwell Thomas J. and Mary A. Doherty Francis and Francesca Silva Joseph H. and Emily M. Kendrick George and Delia Valira
Fred M. and Lillian S. Butterworth
30 Sept. 4 5 Margaret O'Rourke
S 12 17 26 29 29 30
Albert Leroy Jacques
93
BIRTHS-Concluded.
Date.
Name of Child.
Theodore Vaughan Deane Mildred Ethel Chandler Esther Seaton Bailey Marion Beatrice Benson Henry Cushman Sherman Israel Franklin Maddigan Delbert Frank Churbuck Noyes
Walter Thomas Maddigan Mabel Southworth McCrillis
William Montgomery Anderson Stella Louise Lougee Helen Julia Ladd
Joseph Wilbur Fournier Rodman Walker Vaughan Russell Clifton Mayo Frank Gola Lillian Gertrude Cronan Edmund Joseph Casey Ward Catherine Gladys Thomas Ruth Dexter Dunham Frances McFarlin George Alfred Place Roger Dudley Pratt Lillian Florina Valliere Edward Clifton Danforth Joseph Edward Boucher Florence Marie King John Atwood Thomas Elizabeth Agnes Rogers Dana Everett Bunıp Antonio Salvatora Maio Anna Caterina Roht Margery McClusky
Names of Parents.
John M. and Amanda Dimock Clarence O. and Annie Warren George H. and Emily Pratt Charles G. and Hattie S. Archer Charles A. and Nellie W. Sherman Elias and Mollie Friedman Michael J. and Mary E. Dunham Louis D. and Eunice A. Allen Ernest M. and Mary F. Brawdrex Edward J. and Maria A. Gleason Walter C. and Minnie M. Southworth William S. and Ida M. Beaton Arthur F. and Hattie F. Thompson Harry S. and Julia Boyd Joseph and Lizzie Hammond S. Frank and Bessie B. Shaw Edmund S. and Alice C. Tinkham Francis and Ersiti Gola Crescini Michael J. and Bessie E. Batchelder Charles H. and Mary E. Sullivan Robert and Theresa B. Huxley Arthur L. and Ada E. Westgate Curtis H. and Florence M. Pearce Sampson and Pamelia F. Caswell Herman R. and Eva M. Hopkins H. Dudley and Bessie L. Thomas Fred and Joanna Langlois Charles E. and Lucetta E. Churchill John E. and Ida M. Winters Geo. H. and Annie Eliza Kinder Abraham L. and Joann Barry James H. and Delia Bernier Myron and Bessie Merrihew Dominico and Angila Russo Robert and Annie Tomasch James F. and Eliza C. Fearing
Sept. 15 16 23 26 27 27 28 Oct. 2 3 11 19 20 Nov. 1 B 4 4 7 9 11 14 18 20 24. 25 26 Dec. 2 9
11 12 12 13 20 21 22 25 27
94
DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBORO DURING THE YEAR 1904.
Date.
Name.
Age.
Cause of Death.
Y. M D.
Jan.
4
Abbie Benson (Holmes)
62 3 24
7
Nellie E. Staples (Clark)
55 7|11
Cholecystitis
7
Annah L. Soule
44 5
10
Frank Hathaway Perkins
1
5
Membranous laryngitis
11
Harriet A. Kittrell
S2
6 27
Old age
17
Carlton W: Hathaway
1
2 5
Spasms, congestion
1.
Lucy R. Drake (Eaton)
77
10 20
Cancer of kidney
21
Louisa H. Keith (Cushman)
75
4|21
Valvular disease heart
21
Sarah Dennis White
68
2
Pernicious anæmia
25
Elizabeth Crowley
76
Serous apoplexy
25
Ann Jeanette Bartlett (Snow) 70
4
2
Dilatation left ventricle
25
Emeline Smith (Carver)
S4
4
7
Pneumonia
29
Thomas O'Donnell
72
7
Inanition and cystitis
Feb.
4
Mary W. Morse
53 11
Accidental burning
4
John N. Main
62
10
15
Cancer of the rectum
S
Wilkes W. Pickens
60
Pul. tuberculosis
9
Phebe G. Besse
90
7 16
Old age
11
Lillie Warren Shaw
1 121
Marasmus
17
Susan A. Ryder (Snow)
92
4 11
Bronchial pneumonia
17
John H. Prentiss Dodge
54
Cancer of stomach
20
Katherine Fuller (Sherlock)
48|10 10
Alcoholisni, freezing
Mar.
1
Albert H. Beisecker
17
6 -
Asphyxiation
2
Arthur Leonard
44
17
Nephritis
3
George F. Cobb
68 2 13
Capillary bronchitis Pneumonia
1
Clara M. Morrill (Perkins)
56
6 13
6
Frances W. Holmes
59 11 25
Inflam. gall bladder
7
Alice Beaton (Standish)
54
1.18
Pulmonary phthisis
1-
Eveline Parry
6
Broncho-pneumonia Phthisis
S
Susan MeIsaacs (Harrington)
41
13
Catherine C. Pease (Chace)
70
5 22
Valvular disease heart
17
Hannah Stevens (Hill)
77 2 13 Septicæmia-purpura
18
· Baxter
2
Premature birth
20
William H. Boucher
46 6 19
Turberculous abscess
23
James Sullivan
43
Alcoholism-heart failure
24
Thirza Reed (Dean)
72 11
22
Paralysis of brain
Feb. 24
Charles M. Gibbs
68
Inflammation bladder
Mar. 31
Bridget Howe (O'Connor)
74 -
Myocarditis
Apr. 6
George H. Holmes
63
24
Paralysis
6
Mary Thomas (Howe)
39
24
S
Kittie D. Soule (Walliston)
24
1 28
14
James H. Waterman
SO
5
3
15
Waldo Irving Folger
35 7
2
Diabetes mellitus
16
Perry A. Wilbur
82| 3
3 Chronic bronchitis
6
William F. Reardon
Suicide by hanging
Briggs
3
Pat. ductus arteriosus
25
Pneumonia
Uterine fibroid tumor
Acute nephritis
Tuberculosis pulmonalis Heart disease
95
DEATHS-Continued.
Date.
Name.
Age.
Cause of Death.
Apr. 18
Ethel F. Dewhurst
21
Spina bifida
20
Sarah H. Cushman
66 7 8
Carcinoma
22
Mari Eleonard Poitra (Daniel)
89
15
Disease of heart
24
Warren C. Waterhouse
66
2 10
Chronicinterstitial nephritis
27
Israel Friedman
43
Mesinteric thrombosis
27
George W. Sherman
72 6 22
Apoplexy
May 5
Emma K. Glancy (Knowlton)
56
1
5
Rheumatic fever
6
Lloyd Perkins
00
6
Dilatation of heart
7
Thomas D. Stall
77
2 --
Myocarditis
9
William T. Nolan
34
4 24
Heart disease
13
John H. Murphy Foye
45
5 21
Accident-fall of 25 ft
14
George B. Wilbur
2
Hydrocephalus
29
Christie Dutra
2
1
Meningitis
June 4
Levi Peirce Thatcher
77
1
2
10 12
William Gilmore
50
10 3
Hypertrophy of heart
14
Harriet N. Whittemore (Noyes)
65
9 22
Cancer of stomach
20
Isaac S. Clark
70 1
Apoplexy
Mary L. Fitzgerald
50
9 21 Abdominal tumor
Elmer Boyer
2
4
4
Membranous croup
Benjamin F. Jones
79
2 16
Valvular disease heart
Thomas D. Moody
33 S 13
Tuberculosis
Elmer Herbert Nickerson
6 11 11
Typhoid fever
54 6
Heart disease
18
Edward McManus
53 3
Valvular disease hcart
22 23
Francis H. Gorman
1
4
24
Joseph P. Donato
58
Apoplexy
25
David Carlisle Lamson Linton
74
5
9
Pneumonia
Joel W. Tobey
S7 8 21
Old age
Prince E. Penniman
76
6
Sarcoma of femur
William P. Fitts
36 1 25
Typhoid fever
Charles Smith
85 11 4
Old age
Alice L. Ryder (Burrill)
46 10 27
Thrombosis cerebral artery
Charlotte E. Pratt (Eddy)
85
4
9
Senility
28
11 8
Typhoid fever
9 12
Cholera infantum
17
60
Acute articular rheumatism
Bertha M. Robitaille
7
Colitis
19
Ruth Benney Morse
7 28
Cerebral meningitis
19
Johanna Macleod
67
Aortic stenosis
21 27
Susan T. Wilder (Cobb)
90 10 16
Isaac Briggs
84 7 17
Acute cardiac paralysis
28 2 3 S 15 16
Samuel Elliot
52
Cardiac asthma
Inanition
2
Premature birth
Aug. 2 10 17 19 25 27
29 Sept. 2 8 11 13 13
William Alfred Wood
Antonio Lepere, Jr. Llewellyn K. Ware
Convulsions
Florence C. Brown (Arlington)
1
Inanition
July
Y. M D.
Chester Allen Albert Haskins 1
1 10
Capillary bronchitis
Charles W. Murray
96
DEATHS-Concluded.
Date.
Name.
Age.
Cause of Death.
Sept.20
Lillian M. Carver
20 7|15
Pulmonary tuberculosis
21
Julia A. LaCroix
-
4|11
Cholera infantum
21
Lucy M. Perkins
Heart disease
28
Alphonsine Boisvert (Commeau)
59
2 18
Heart disease
29
Emmaline H. Robbins
11|18
Cholera infantum
29
Manuel Quell
S 8
Heart disease
Oct.
1
- Maddigan
2
Valvular heart trouble
3
Mary J. Jones (Beal)
74
3 19
Senile dementia
1
Elkanah Howard Shaw
72
S 12
Hypertrophy of prostate Asphyxiation
1
Charles W. Turner
76 3 23
Dilatation of the heart
7 Keziah S. Blackwell (Gammons)
57
1
8
10
Mary Ann Thomas
S4
11
Lydia E. Fletcher (Brown)
42
Cancer of kidneys
17
Carl Ludwig Richter
67
2|24
Apoplexy
18
Benjamin Goodwin
73
20
Lucy M. J. Brayton
36
Scrofulous consumption Senile dementia
22
Fannie N. Drew (Tribou)
58 10 15
Accident-burns by fire
26
Ellis Dexter Dunham
63
4
Tuberculosis
26
Elizabeth Luippold (Jorg)
66
21 7
Fibroid phthisis
27
Henry C. Coombs
94
1)24
Congestion of brain, malaria
28 Betsey Harlow (Shaw)
87
2|14
Cancer of stomach
Nov. 11
Mary F. Noyes ( Brawdevx)
30
1 - Phthisis
13
Sidney Tucker
93
Senility, ossification arteries
13
George A. Minott
52
4
7
Consumption
20
Mary Munnary
20
Typhoid fever
22
William H. Say
51
-1 28
Cystitis, urethral stricture
24
Annie Dowsing (Barker)
81
Senile dementia
27
William F. Dunham
45
1
Acute appendicitis
28
Abigail Sanford
87
3
Old age
29
Lois M. Ryder (Rice)
-
75
3
Cancer of throat
6
George W. Allan
75
3 29 Concussion of brain
19
George Henry Hazelton
56 2 5
Cerebral embolism
25
Eliza Sabins (Lewis)
75
4 27
Diabetes, heart disease
63
7
7 Enteric fever, endocarditis
27 Charles E. Leonard
74
6 Indigestion,' card. paralysis
28
Harper Delano
85
6 Apoplexy
30
John Bernier
38
Struck by locomotive
Dec.
4
Eunice R. Lane (Savage)
71
5 3
Cancer of stomach
18
Ophelia R. Smith (Ripley)
66 6 9 Umbilical hernia
21
Betsey Cobb
87
Pneumonia
1
- Noyes
1
Heart disease
5 29 Enteritis
25 I. Frank Barrows
Y. M D.
97
Summary.
From the records of marriages, births and deaths, recorded during the year 1904.
Number of marriages recorded
57
Number of marriage licenses granted
50
Oldest groom
69
Oldest bride
·
.
51
Youngest groom
19
Youngest bride
15
First marriage of
102
Second marriage of
11
Third marriage of
1
BIRTHS.
Number recorded
126
DEATHS.
Number recorded
134
Number occurring in town
100
Males
70
Females
64
Under one year
20
Between 1 and 10 years
6
Between 10 and 20 years
1
Between 20 and 30 years
4
Between 30 and 40 years
8
Between 40 and 50 years
11
Between 50 and 60 years
19
Between 60 and 70 years
17
Between 70 and 80 years .
26
Between 80 and 90 years
15
Between 90 and 100 years
.
5
Age unknown
DOGS.
Number licensed in 1904
589
Males
·
.
.
· 529
Females
.
.
.
· 60
.
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2
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REPORT OF PLYMOUTH STREET SCHOOL HOUSE BUILDING COMMITTEE.
The committee appointed to build a new school house on Plymouth street, North Middleborough, beg leave to submit their final report.
Unexpended balance remaining for the completion of the work as per report for the year 1903 . $61 69
Order drawn on Town Treasurer :-
David G. Pratt, whitewashing fence 5 00
Balance unexpended
$56 69
DAVID G. PRATT, WILLIAM C. LITCHFIELD, CHESTER E. WESTON, Committee.
Middleborough, Mass., February 1, 1905.
PHOTO BY W. L. BEALS
MIDDLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY
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THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the Public Library
For the Year 1904.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
To the Trustees :
Gentlemen-I herewith present the thirty-first annual report of the Public Library. From January Ist to March 9th were drawn 3,224 volumes; the books were then called in and the Library closed seven weeks preparatory to mov- ing into the new building, which was opened April 25th, very informally, for the inspection of the townspeople. The following day, April 26th, it was opened for business. From that date to the close of the year, 44,410 books have been drawn for home use; this is a gain over last year of 15,000 volumes, a very gratifying evidence of the popular- ity of the new Library. A large proportion of this gain is due to the fact that each card holder is entitled to draw two books, provided only one is fiction ; this is almost general in the young people's room, and many adults take advantage of the privilege. The largest daily circulation was 584, April 26th, and the smallest 54, on September 29th, 25,344 volumes of fiction were drawn, and 19,066 of non-fiction.
Growth in Volumes.
Additions of the year number 1,103,-1,003 by purchase, and 100 by gift, including volumes of bound magazines. 32 volumes have been discarded as worn too much to re- bind ; all but eight are replaced; these are old books and
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out of print ; it is doubtful if new copies can be secured at present. The 600 new books in the young people's room were counted in last year's report, but were not put in cir- culation until the opening of the new building. The pres- ent total of volumes belonging to the Library counting the public documents, is about 12,779.
Binding.
Three hundred and twenty-five books have been rebound ; at this writing the magazines of 1903 and 1904 are at the binder's, and 175 books, 120 being from the young people's room.
Registration.
In opening the new Library all the old cards were de- stroyed, and a new registration was begun, using red ink to distinguish from the old. The age limit for children was changed by vote of the Trustees, from 14 years to 10. There have been issued to date 1,539 borrower's cards, most of which are in use a part or all of the time.
Reserving Books.
This is done by payment of a penny for the postal card which is sent whenever the demand is made for a certain book. Of the so-called popular novels, duplicates are pur- chased when thought advisable, but in many instances, after a few weeks one copy is all sufficient, and it does not seem wise, in a small library, to fill the shelves with too many useless books, many of which are dead in a year.
Publications.
Lists of new books appear in the Middleboro Gazette and are posted on the bulletin boards in the delivery room. They are also added to the card catalogue at once. Most of our cards are made by the Library of Congress at Wash- ington ; they are very clear and helpful and come at less cost than they can be typewritten here. They are arranged in the drawers alphabetically like the words in a dictionary. The attendants are pleased, at any time, to assist persons who are looking for any particular book or subject, or those . who do not know how to look.
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Reading Room.
In this department may be found the Boston and Brock- ton daily papers, the New York Sun, New York Mail, Old Colony Memorial, Barnstable Patriot, New Bedford Stand- ard, and Middleboro Gazette. There are about 75 periodi- cals and magazines on the tables. A summary of the most noteworthy contents is printed on a small bulletin, and hung in the room, thus enabling anyone who is looking for a par- ticular subject to easily find in what month and number it appeared. We have, on file, nine religious weekly papers, the gift of societies and individuals representing different church denominations. The room is opened on Sundays from 2 until 7 p. m., and has the Sunday papers.
Young People's Room.
From April 26th until January 1, 1905, 16,705 books have been taken from this room, 6,466 being histories and travels. The children have free access to the shelves, and a great many books are read in the room of which no account is taken. On the bulletin board is always something to interest or instruct. There are abont 600 pictures relating to nature study which are on exhibition from time to time as the seasons change. The Holiday school reading lists are made for this department. We have them for Lincoln and Washington's birthdays, Memorial day, Thanksgiving and Christmas ; they contain selection from books in the Library which are appropriate to the day and occasion. 32 teachers have especial cards, and are permitted to draw an almost unlimited number of books for school work. On the read- ing tables of this room are Birds and Nature, The American Boy, St. Nicholas, The Youth's Companion, Success and Little Folks. If the library is right at all, surely no more fertile or profitable field for usefulness can be found than this work among and for the children.
Gifts.
Catholic dictionary from Rev. D. C. Riordan.
Equestrian statue of Major-Gen. Joseph Hooker, from Hon. David G. Pratt. [State document. ]
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Inside history of the Carnegie Steel Co., from James Howard Bridge.
Maine Register and Year book, from M. F. King.
Bound volumes of Atlantic, Century, Harper, and Scribner magazines from Dr. H. S. Swan.
Eight volumes of Vital records from the Secretary of the State.
Where is my dog, from James A. Burgess.
The state of Missouri, from Rev. S. M. Cathcart .:
U. S. Life Saving Service reports, from E. T. Jenks.
Through the courtesy of the Librarians at Brockton and Fairhaven, we receive their library bulletin, containing lists of new books and other interesting information.
I would take this opportunity to thank the Board of Trustees for their unfailing kindness and co-operation.
Respectfully submitted, ADELAIDE K. THATCHER,
Librarian.
Mrs. Adelaide K. Thatcher still continues her efficient service as Librarian, assisted by Misses Alice M. Alden, Florence A. Robinson, Marion K. Tillson, Mary M. Eddy and Mrs. Myra K. Tillson, as their services are required.
The Library is open every week day afternoon from 2 to 9 o'clock, and the reading room on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 7 o'clock.
The new library building has been completed during the past year. As noted in the report of the librarian it was opened to the public April 26th, 1904. As is well known, it was built from the proceeds of a bequest from the late Thomas S. Peirce. It is located on a lot at the corner of North Main and Peirce streets formerly belonging to the Peirce estate, and cost, with the equipments, $50,000. The lot was given by the Trustees of the Peirce estate.
The building in its exterior dimensions is about 76 by 46 feet, with an addition in the rear of about 31 by 41 feet for the stack room. The foundations and steps are of granite ; the basement walls are of grey pressed brick and terra cotta of a color to match. The walls of the building are of a light
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shade of pink pressed brick, with terra cotta trimmings. In the large, deep, main basement is located the heating appa- ratus with coal bin and other accessories. At one end of the basement room, on a raised floor, are janitor and toilet rooms and a large room for a work room and for packing and unpacking. The main floor contains a librarian's room, general delivery room, reading and reference room and young people's room, which are so arranged as to be as nearly as possible under the eye of the librarian. On a bronze tablet over the entrance from the delivery room to the stack room is this inscription.
THE GIFT OF THOMAS SPROAT PEIRCE ERECTED 1903.
The second floor contains a room for an art gallery, a trustees' room, in which are to be placed memorials of the Peirce family, and other rooms to be used as the future wants of the Library shall require.
The stack room, the entrance to which is immediately in the rear of the Librarian's desk, is at present arranged with two tiers of stacks, with shelving for about 50,000 books. The shelving is of the all-steel type with a steel and glass floor between the tiers. The main floor is on a level with the delivery room and on this floor are kept the books most often called for. The second floor is seven and one-half feet below, and the fittings are so arranged that a third floor seven and one-half above may be put in when the growth of the Library shall require it.
The young people's room, which is fitted with tables and chairs of different heights, and with the books on open shelves, proves to be a very popular feature.
The following periodicals are to be found on the reading room tables :
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Magazines.
Amateur Work,
American Boy,
American Electrician,
Art Interchange,
McClure's,
Atlantic Monthly,
Masters in Art,
Biblia,
Birds and Nature,
Book-keeper,
Booklovers,
New England Homestead,
New England Magazine,
North American Review,
Outing,
Outlook,
Overland Monthly,
Photo Beacon,
Photo Miniature,
Photo Times-Bulletin,
Popular Educator,
Popular Mechanics,
Popular Science Monthly,
Primary Education,
Printing Art,
Protectionist,
Public Opinion,
Review of Reviews,
St. Nicholas,
Saturday Evening Post,
Scientific American,
Scientific American, Building Edition,
Scientific American, Sup.,
Scribner's, . Search Light,
Strand,
Suburban Life,
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