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Italy. Weymouth.
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6 11 15
Plymouth. Weymouth.
Bridgewater. Ireland.
25 Hugh McGuire
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Premature Birth (10 minutes) ·
DEATHS. - Continued.
Date of Death.
NAME.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Birthplace.
Y. M.
D.
Apr. 4
Susan F. (Tirrell) Cushing, wife of George . .
78 11 20
Pneumonia and Heart Disease Chronic Pneumonia
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· 7
Michael C. Tracy
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9
William P. Caulfield
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38 11
1 Pneumonia ·
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12
William H. Walsh
41 8 8 Phthisis Pulmonalis ·
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14
Ralph Herbert Francis Spear
2 Premature Birth
16
Julia S. (Carew) Pratt, widow Nathan
86
Senile Heart
Norwich, Ct.
16
Arthur W. Peterson
54
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21
Edward Fraher
78 9 15 Cancer of Stomach and Liver ·
14 Premature Birth
Weymouth.
66
26
Mary (Leary) Carey, widow of Michael .
80
Pneumonia
Ireland.
27
Rachael J. (Sherman) Clapp, widow of Stephen
73 10 4
Paresis
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66
28
Louisa (Holbrook) Vining, widow of Solon A. ·
73 2 4
Nephritis .
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66
30 John H. Libbey ·
56
2 22 Septicaemia
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Weymouth. Brooklyn.
May 2 Catherine (Connelly) Goodman, wife of Martin .
70 Cerebral Hemorrhage ·
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Ireland.
184
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Duxbury. Ireland.
25 Walter L. Goodwin ·
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Weymouth. Ireland. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
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of
Injuries received by a fall . and a
2 6 24 Pulmonary Tuberculosis ·
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Marshfield.
53
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Age.
May 2| John Walmsley ·
Diphtheria
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Pneumonia .
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5 Chester L. Shonk ·
7 Marion E. (Daggett) Hastings, wife of Charles W.
54 7 7
Mitral Insufficiency ·
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66
9 Diana D. (French) Newcomb, wife of Lucius · 74 4 15 Neuralgia of Heart .
Weymouth.
92 3 15
Apoplexy .
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.
Hingham.
92
Atrophy of the Liver
.
Ireland.
66 20 Mercy Ann (Williams) Smith, widow of Samuel H. · 79 6 27
Chronic Bronchitis
·
Ruth M. Gerald .
2 11 25 Acute Miliary Tuberculosis
23 26
Statira A. (Eames) Keene, widow of Martin
81 6 21
Exhaustion following Diarrhea
Marshfield.
“ 27
Eliza A. (Tirrell) Thomas, widow of Allen . .
Cerebral Apoplexy
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28 Henry N. Curtis .
65
5 Pneumonia
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5
6
Cardiac Paralysis .
Weymouth.
3
Julia W. Melville
31 1
Phthisis
.
Weymouth. ·
5
Regina (Dume) Ducker, wife of Gerrard .
60 11| 5 creas .
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11
John J. Jackson
1
9
6 Meningitis ·
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15
David Mahar
73
Cardiac Asthma .
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. Ireland.
16
Catherine (Smith) Skelley, wife of
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6G
Cerebral Hemorrhage
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Ireland. ·
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.
5 78
1 9 7 Inanition ·
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· · Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. · Weymouth. .
185
76 3|14 1
Weymouth. Scituate.
June 2 Thomas L. Welch
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Malignant Disease of the Pan-
Germany. Groton, Ct.
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Christopher ·
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4 James H. Vining .
10 Susan L. (Stoddard) Bates, widow of Abraham Ellen (Powers) Fraher, widow of 12 John ·
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Weymouth. Weymouth. .
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DEATHS. - Continued.
Age.
Date of Death.
NAME.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Birthplace.
Y. M.
D.
-
June18
Patrick Henry Gilligan .
31
5
Accidental Drowning ·
·
Weymouth.
24
Jane M. (Tirrell) Nash, widow of Robert B.
67
6
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
·
Weymouth.
26
Virginia (Ripley) Shaw, wife Russell
70 22
29
Heart Disease
·
Weymouth. Manchester, N. H.
1. Marie E. Ryan
2 14
Enteritis
.
2
Mary E. Walsh
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
2
Millard Lewis Sprague .
4
3
Mary F. (Tirrell) Cunningham, wife of George H. ·
68
4 21
Weymouth.
3
. Miranda B. (Rogers) White, wife of George E. .
41
2 15
Heart Disease
Weymouth.
8
Matthew Lynch
73
Concentric Hypertrophy of Blad- der . · .
Senile Insanity-Exhaustion ·
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8
Harriet (Bell) Turpel, widow Stephen . ·
8 21
Carcinoma of Liver Apoplexia
.
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of
Chronic Gastritis . ·
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July 1
Thomas F. Tooher
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.
38 2 18 1 7 Pneumonia .
Paranoic Condition-Carcinoma of Liver ·
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8
Benjamin H. Davis
89
9|25
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of
· 76 77 5 14
11| Albion Hall
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9|30
Weymouth. . · Weymouth. Weymouth. ·
Ireland. Prov. R. I. Lake Porter, N. S. Litchfi'ld, Me.
186
July 16| Emily J. (Cattraux) Beals, wife of John Whitney, Jr. · .. .
33 63
9 18 Heart Disease-Myocarditis
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17 Michael Fitzgerald
. Catherine (Tracy) Tracy, wife of Anthony . ·
68
Heart Disease .
.
66
22
23
Emma M. (Loud) Hocking, widow of William H .. . W Margaret A. (Leary) Clavin, wi of John ·
. 51 7 9
Cerebral Tumor-Meningitis ·
Weymouth.
Carcinoma ·
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23 Joseph C. Lenix
47
7 15
Meningitis
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.
23 William Moritz .
19
Accidental Drowning ·
· Boston.
24 Thomas Porter
50 10 24
Pleuro-Pneumonia
Weymouth.
27
Mary A. (McCarthy) Fennell, wife of John · .
57
Aug. 2 James F. Walsh .
28
8 12
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Weymouth.
2
Hiram Porter
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·
3
Everett P. Willicutt
32|11 4
Chronic Catarrhal Pneumonia
Cambridge.
4 Dorothy Mae Thompson
4 11 |28
Typhoid Fever ·
Weymouth.
7 Andrew Havey
52
Gastric Ulcer ·
Ireland.
11 Minnie McDonald ·
23
28
36| 30 Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
S. Braintree. ·
13
Mary (Fogarty) McCarthy, wife of Michael B. ·
66
9 3 Catarrh of Stomach
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.
.
Ireland.
14 Margaret M. Springer
1
10 Colo-Enteritis ·
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14
John W. Salisbury
· 68 8 Mitral Insufficiency ·
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· Oxford.
15
Mary E. (Cook) Sterling, wife of
Auburn H. .
. [60|10| 5| Heart Disease
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.
.
Weymouth.
187
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77
17 Senility
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Weymouth.
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Acute Phthisis
Nova Scotia.
12
Jennie P. Thayer
Acute Cardiac Dilitation ·
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New Orleans. Ireland.
Ireland. ·
Royalston. Mt. Joy, Pa.
57 4 14
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.
.
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Heart Failure, following Operation for Gall-Stones
Ireland.
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Weymouth.
20
DEATHS. - Continued.
Age.
Day of Death.
NAME.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Birthplace.
Y.
M.
D.
Aug 18
Horace R. Veno
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3
Cholera Infantum
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24
Daniel J. O'Connell
55
Nephritis, Fatty Heart and Liver
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66
28
Alfred Johnson
38
8
3
Typhoid Pneumonia
66
29
Harriet M. (Bicknell) Goodspeed, wife of Nathan .
78
2 23
Paralysis of Heart
·
66
31
George Edward Earl
3 12 Colo-Enteritis
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.
Sept. 1
Albert G. Fitzpatrick
21 Marasmus
·
66
4
Edith Chappell
1
9
Cholera Infantum .
·
66
4
Alice J. (Vogell) Vining, wife James A.
57
3 17
Paresis
6 Nathan Ford
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66
10 Frederick W. Litchfield
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26
9 26
Phthisis Pulmonalis
Fractured Skull-Accident
66
10 Henry S. Kiley ·
32 10 .
Myocarditis-Vomiting and Collapse
..
13
Henry Henderson .
25 3|13
Fractured Skull-R.R. Injuries ·
Broncho Pneumonia - Enteritis Whooping Cough .
Weymouth.
Ireland.
188
Castine, Me. Marshfield. Weymouth. Ireland. Weymouth. Scotland.
66
16
Rosa (Fenley) Reidy, widow of John
. 175 Chronic Nephritis
Weymouth. Ireland. Weymouth. Sweden.
Weymouth. Weymouth.
Weymouth. Hingham.
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.
88 821
Diarrhoea and Old Age
10 Daniel Driscoll ·
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15 Goerino Robolina ·
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25
John Shutz .
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1
7 Illio Colitis
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of
43
6
Sep. 17| Ida May Fields ·
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54
4 27 3 5
Cirrhosis of Liver
66 20 William F. Parker ·
27 Patrick Paul Dillon
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21
912
· Colo-Enteritis · Acute Nephritis -- Acute Dilitation of Heart .
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27 Margaret (Gourley) Sanderson,
widow of Benjamin .
77 11 18
Senility
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.
.
.
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Nathaniel W. Bayley ·
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.
37 3 8 ·
Organic Heart Disease ·
Oct. 1 Frank Hale Mason
52 8 13
Bright's Disease
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1
Catherine (Pratt) Burrell, wife of Ancel · ·
71
5 21 3 27
Diabetes Mellitus
. Inflammation of the Lung and Abs- cess of the Ears
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4 Elizabeth M. (Harding) Shaw, widow of Darius
78 6 7
Old Age and Senile, with Shock ·
E.Bridgewt'r.
4
Ruth G. (Snell) Bowditch, widow of John ·
86 4 18
Old Age-Hemiplegia ·
.
5 Amelia M. Delory . ·
12
. Premature Birth ·
.
5
Edna E. (Ellsworth) Mooar, widow of Orrin G. . .
· 58 10 17
Cirrhosis of Liver-Cardiac
. Josiah Martin · 71 215 Bright's Disease-Heart Disease
Ipswich. England.
7 10 Mary (Buckley) Desmond, widow of Thomas . 80 3
3 23
Diarrhea and Heart
11
Joseph F. Denly . · Eliza Jane (Murray) Soule, widow of Marcus
63
5|10
. . Apoplexy, Disease
.
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Boston.
Scotland. Weymouth. Rockland. Boston.
Weymouth. Weymouth.
66 4 Alice Isabel Ralph ·
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4| Colo-Enteritis
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18| William Keating
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27 30 Henry Leicester Forbes
87 5 1 Uræmia .
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189
Bridgewater. Weymouth. .
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11
7 CerebralHemorrhage-HeartDisease. Enteritis
Ireland. Weymouth.
Turner, Me.
DEATHS. - Continued.
Day of Deatlı.
NAME.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Birthplace.
Y. M. D.
Oct. 12
Abbie G. (Barnes) Bryant, wife of Francis . ·
· 50
2 14
Cancer of Uterus .
13
Mary Ann (Cameron) Andrews, wife of Daniel . .
47
7
Struck by Engine
·
13
James Field
57
4 23
Arteria Schlerosis-Marasmus .
17
Leonard T. Mitchell
36
1 21
Purulent Peritonitis - Empyema Perforated Duodenal Ulcer .
66
18 Hannah G. (Swears) Dunbar,
widow of Benjamin C. 78|1|11 .
Senile Pneumonia-Age
20
Daniel Lincoln Hart .
·
66
21 John W. Clavin · .
24| 8 1
Fatty Degeneration of the Heart Tuberculosis
.
27
Ella J. (Torrey) Derby, wife of J. Emmons .
58
2 12
Accidental Burns
Weymouth. ·
Nov. 5 Mary A. (Tirrell) White, widow of Benj. F. · ·
83
7
6 Tumor of Brain-Paralysis ·
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6
Clarence E. Traher ·
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7| Stanley M. Smith ·
3
1 25 Tubercular Meningitis . .
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13 Mary J. (Randall) Robinson, wife of Benjamin F. · ·
72
9 11 Diabetes-Thrombus
. Heart Disease, probably
Weymouth. Antigonish, N. S. Ireland. Weymouth.
190
Hingham. Townsend. Weymouth.
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
Pembroke. Germany.
131 George A. Chelius 150 .
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.
·
Age.
3
9 Diarrhoea-Cerebral Meningitis ·
71 11 28
-
Nov 15| Andrew J. Randall
. |65| 9| 4| Pneumonia . ·
Weymouth.
15 Female child of Alonzo G. and
Margaret Sulis . ·
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.
15
Patrick Francis Cross .
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.
66
21 .Matthew Everett Pratt ·
.
8
6 Tuberculosis ·
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·
.
29
Mary T. (Capen) Loud, widow of Francis E.
75 9
Heart Disease ·
.
·
.
30
Susan (Perry) Veno, wife of Wil- liam
65 11 Diabetes
.
Dec. 1
Annie O. (Lane) Clapp, widow of William Wallace . . .
61 52
1 23
Natural Causes
.
.
.
2 Allen Lucas ·
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2 Emily P. Shaw ·
.
·
45
2
6
83 1 17 Old Age
.
6
Calista C. (Stowell) Murray, wife of David S. . ·
78 7 18
Apoplexy · . .
66
9 Waterman T. Burrell .
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.
66
9 John O'Connor ·
49
7 22
· Cancer .
15 Benjamin J. Mann .
75 8|12
Pneumonia - Double Hernia and
Heart Cystitis
·
6 17| Laura A. (Chapman) Raymond, wife of Elias ·
63
66
19| John E. Cushing .
. 55 1 9
. 4 23 Angina Pectoris · . Scituate. Weymouth. Peritonitis and Heart Disease
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
Stoughton. Cape Breton, N. S.
Weymouth. Kingston. Gr'd. Rapids, Mich. Weymouth.
191
Weymouth. Hingham.
· Weymouth. Randolph.
.
.
15 hr Bright's Disease
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·
Accident ·
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·
.
·
.
27 Arthur R. Talbot
20 62
5 . 8:15 Nephritis .
General Paralysis . Thrombosis of Portal Vein
·
.
3 John Thomas
71 6 27
Atheroma Arterial-Pulmonary Em- bolism · · .
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DEATHS. - Continued.
Age.
Day of Death.
NAME.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Birthplace.
-
-
-
Dec 23
Michael Coghlan
55
Pneumonia
.
Ireland.
24
Mary (Sherry) Yourell, wife of Michael
55
4
Icterus-Acute Nephritis General Paralysis
·
·
27
George J. Morse
·
·
77
6
2
Oedema Lung-Hepatic Sclerosis ·
Canada.
66
28
Lavinia T. (Bates) Packard, widow of John .
90
2
Cerebral Embolism
.
66
29
George E. Fairbanks
79
8
Chronic Cystitis-Renal Complica- tion
60 717
Bright's Disease, Cold and Expos- ure
·
66
31
Everett Newton Davis
3
9 Erysipelas-Septicemia .
31
Patrick O'Connor
73
9
Tuberculosis
·
66
31
Vincenco Pizzi
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·
·
·
.
31
Agnes L. Baker
.
·
| 2|
4|11| Membraneous Croup
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Weymouth.
.
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·
.
59
28
Dorick White
.
Weymouth. 192
30
Hamilton M. Cormack .
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·
·
.
·
·
37
Hemorrhage Pulmonary
Edenboro'gh. Prince Edw'd Island.
Weymouth. Weymouth Italy.
.M.
D.
·
Ireland. Boston.
193
Whole number of marriages recorded :- Where one or both parties were residents of the town Non-Residents
107
5
Total
112
Number of births :-
Males
121
Females
·
Total .
226
Number of deaths :-
Males
114
Females
.
Total
209
Excess of births over deaths
17
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
WEYMOUTH, February 1, 1904.
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WARRANT FOR A SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To the Constables of the Town of Weymouth, in said County. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the Odd Fellows Opera House in East Weymouth on Wednesday, the 14th day of January instant, at seven o'clock and forty-five min- utes in the evening, then and there to act on the following arti- cles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the town will instruct its Board of Water Commissioners, in its name and behalf to petition the Legislature of this Commonwealth, to authorize the town to issue notes, bonds, or scrip, for the purposes mentioned in Section 4, Chapter 174, of the Acts of the year 1881, to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars, in addition to the amounts here- tofore authorized for water loans.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the town will authorize the Trustees of Tufts Library, in its name and behalf, to execute and deliver a lease or leases of the stores in the Library Building for such rent and upon such conditions as said Trustees may deem expe- dient ; except that the term for which any lease is given shall not extend beyond January 1, 1908.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting copies thereof, attested by you in writing, in two public places in each voting precinct in said town seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said town, at or before the time of holding said meeting.
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Given under our hands at Weymouth, this third day of Jan- uary, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and three.
GEORGE L. NEWTON,
BRADFORD HAWES, ROBERT MCINTOSH,
EDWARD W. HUNT, WALTER L. BATES,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
NORFOLK, SS. WEYMOUTH, January 6, 1903.
By virtue of the within warrant, I have this day notified and warned the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes set forth in said warrant, by posting true and attested copies of the same in two and more public places in each voting precinct in said Weymouth.
ASA B. PRATT,
Constable of Weymouth.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, a legal meeting of the in- habitants of the Town of Weymouth qualified to vote in elections was held in Odd Fellows Opera House, East Weymouth, on Wednesday, January 14, 1903, at 7.45 o'clock, P. M., the meet- ing being called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE 1. Hon. Louis A. Cook was elected Moderator by ballot, the check-list being used in the election.
Voted, To lay Article 2 on the table.
ARTICLE 3. Voted, That the Town authorizes the Trustees of Tufts Library, in its name and behalf, to execute and deliver a lease or leases of the stores in the library building for such rent and upon such conditions as said trustees may deem expedient, except that the term for which any lease is given shall not extend beyond January 1, 1908.
Voted, To take Article 2 from the table.
ARTICLE 2. Voted, That the Board of Water Commissioners be hereby instructed to petition the Legislature of this Common- wealth to authorize the town to issue bonds, notes or scrip for the purposes mentioned in Section 4 of Chapter 174 of the Acts of
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the year 1881 to an amount not exceeding $50,000, in addition to the amount heretofore authorized for water loans. Yes, 22, No, 2.
Voted, That it is the sense of this meeting that our annual meeting be held in the evening.
Voted, To adjourn.
JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To the Constables of the Town of Weymouth, in said County. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective voting precincts, to wit : In pre- cincts numbered One, Three, Five, and Six, in the halls of the Fire Engine Houses located in those precincts respectively ; in pre- cinct numbered Two, at Odd Fellows Opera House, and in precinct numbered Four, at the Hose House at Nash's Corner, on Monday, the second day of March next, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their several precincts, their votes on one ballot for the following named town officers, to wit :
Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, five Selectmen, five Overseers of the Poor, five Assessors, Collector of Taxes, three Auditors, two School Committee for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, three Trustees of Tufts Library for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, one Commissioner for the Sinking Fund of the High School Loan Bonds for three years, one Tree Warden for one year, and ten Constables, and also to vote on the same ballot, "Yes" or "No" upon the question "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town"?
The polls will be opened at six o'clock in the forenoon, and may be closed at one o'clock in the afternoon.
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You are further required to notify and warn said inhabitants, qualified to vote as aforesaid, to meet at Odd Fellows Opera House, East Weymouth, on Monday the ninth day of March next, at 7 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary town officers other than those elected by ballot, viz. : Public Weighers, Surveyors of Wood, Lumber and Bark, two or more Fence Viewers, two or more Field Drivers and one Pound Keeper.
ART. 3. To hear and act upon the report of the several boards of town officers, and of any committees appointed at any former meeting, and to choose any committees the town may think proper.
ART. 4. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of public schools.
ART. 5. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the transportation of pupils to and from school.
ART. 6. At the request of the School Committee, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $1,000 for the establish- ment of an evening school for the town, in Ward 2, as required under Sec. 11, Chap. 42, of the Revised Laws.
ART. 7. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repair of highways, townways and bridges, and for the removal of snow.
ART. 8. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor.
ART. 9. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the relief of disabled soldiers and sea- men, and the families of disabled soldiers and seanen, under Chap. 79 of the Revised Laws, Sections 18, 19.
ART. 10. To see what sum of money the town will vote to appropriate for the payment of State and Military Aid under the provisions of Chap. 79 of the Revised Laws, Sections 3-11, and for burials, as provided in Sections 20, 21, and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation.
ART. 11. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the fire department.
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ART. 12. On petition of Edward W. Hunt and seventeen others, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500, to be expended in extensive repairs that have got to be made to put Steamer 1, W. F. D., in working condition.
ART. 13. On petition of Waldo H. Belcher and sixteen others, to see if the town will vote to appropriate a sufficient sum to extend the fire alarm system, and to erect a box on Randolph street, opposite Abbott Derby's.
ART. 14. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for police service.
ART. 15. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Tufts Library.
ART. 16. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the maintenance of a public reading room in the Fogg Library.
ART. 17. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the abatement and remittance of taxes.
ART. 18. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of interest that may become due the ensuing year.
ART. 19. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for printing and advertising.
ART. 20. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
ART. 21. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for election expenses.
ART. 22. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of town officers.
ART. 23. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day.
ART. 24. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the rent and care of town offices.
ART. 25. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to be expended in the interest of the public health.
ART. 26. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for electric lighting.
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ART. 27. To see if the inhabitants will authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow such sums of money in anticipation of taxes as will be found necessary to meet the current expenses of the year.
ART. 28. To see if the town will authorize and direct the Selectmen to have all buildings within the Postal Carrier Delivery District plotted and numbered, and raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money therefor; or act in any manner in relation to the same.
ART. 29. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate toward the Sinking Fund for the payment at maturity of the High School bonds.
ART. 30. On petition of M. A. Carter and eleven others, to see if the town will take such action that, in case of setting any new poles or resetting old ones previously located, the company doing the same shall not be required to use hard pine poles, as their life is short and it is difficult to determine as to their safe condition.
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the revenue of the Water Works for the current year the sum of $26,720, to be expended for the following purposes, viz. : $18,520 for interest on the Weymouth Water Loan Bonds becoming due the ensuing year, $6,500 for Superintendent's salary, maintenance of Works and Pumping Station, and $1,700 for current expenses, Commissioners' and office expenses.
ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to appropriate, and direct to be paid to the Trustees of the Sinking Fund, out of the income of the water rents for the current year, the sum of $9,260, to be set apart and invested as a Sinking Fund for the payment at maturity of the principle of the Weymouth Water Loan Bonds.
ART. 33. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000, if available, for the purpose of extending the main water pipe line.
ART. 34. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for hydrants, and for the water rent and care of drinking fountains.
ART. 35. To see what action the town will take in regard to
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accounts on the Water Works' books to the amount of $720.92, which parties claim are paid for which they have no receipts.
ART. 36. To see what disposition the town will make of the Deficiency Account of the Water Works.
ART. 37. By request of the Park Commissioners, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50 for the care and maintenance of town parks for the ensuing year.
ART. 38. By request of J. C. Howe, to see if the town will vote to provide a suitable place to hold town meetings in the future by removing the Town House to some suitable place, and raise and appropriate a sufficient amount of money, for that purpose, or act in any manner in relation to the same.
ART. 39. On petition of Wilmot Cleverly and others, to see if the town will vote that an electric light be placed on Green street, opposite Shaw street.
ART. 40. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to commence suit for the recovery of any money due the town.
ART. 41. To see if the town will authorize its Selectmen to sell any buildings, with or without the land upon which the same may be located, or any vacant lots of land which it now owns.
ART. 42. To see what sums of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or will appropriate, to provide for any deficiencies in the appropriations of the current financial year, or for any overdrafts already made.
ART. 43. To determine in what manner taxes shall be collected the ensuing year, and to fix the rate of interest upon all taxes remaining unpaid after the time fixed for payment.
ART. 44. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the preservation of shade trees.
ART. 45. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $5,500 for the payment of a note of that amount becoming due May 1, 1903.
ART. 46. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as submitted by-the Selectmen.
ART. 47. On petition of Louis A. Cook and others, to see if the town will raise and appropriate $300 for the purpose of work- ing Holbrook road, or act in any way in relation to the same.
ART. 48. On petition of Warren F. Nadell and others, to see
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if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $400, to be expended in working the relocation of that part of Summer street in Ward 3, opposite the houses of Andrew Neilson and H. Johnsen.
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