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1.30
W. A. Fitts, for supplies 3.84
E. M. Bent, for supplies
6.25
D. Lynch, labor at fire
2.00
J. Holt, labor at fire .
2.00
George L. L. Allen, labor at fire
1.25
Clarence Ricker, labor at fire
2.63
Frank Cleave, labor at fire
1.00
R. E. Cole, labor at fire
.75
M. Colbert, labor at fire
1.OO
John Brooks, labor at fire
1.00
Carried forward . $1,115.05
8
Brought forward $1,115.05
Paid William Conrick, labor at fire 5.75
R. E. Conrick, postage, stationery, and express . .98
William F. Abell, ringing bell
2.00
$1, 115.05
Appropriation
1,200.00
Balance unexpended
$84.95
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid sundries as per Overseers' Report :
For Almshouse
$2,724 24
For outside poor 763.21
$3.487.45
CEMETERY.
Paid Cemetery Committee, amount of appropriation . $375.00
Cemetery Committee, interest on Trust Funds I26.00
$501.00
TREE WARDEN.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account
$84.34
Appropriation
100.00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Nathan F. Harding, services as Selectman $100.00
Edward M. Bent, services as Selectman 100.00
Albert C. Shumway, services as Selectman 100.00
William F. Guild, services as Assessor
100.00
Francis D. Hamant, services as Assessor
100.00
William F. Abell, services as Assessor . 100.00
Stillman J. Spear, services as Town Clerk 150.00
Stillman J. Spear, services as Treasurer and bond, William F. Abell, collecting taxes
140.00
George W. Kingsbury, services as Overseer of Poor
50.00
50.00
50.00
Amos H. Mason, services as Overseer of Poor, Michael E. Griffin, services as Overseer of Poor, Carried forward .
200.00
$1,240.00
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Brought forward $1,240.00
Paid Samuel E. Mitchell, services as engineer 25.00
Waldo E. Kingsbury, services as engineer 25.00
Richard E. Conrick, services as engineer . 25.00
Thomas E. Schools, services as Auditor 25.00
George S. Cheney, services as Inspector of Cattle, 100.00
George L. L. Allen, services as Registrar . 6.00
Lewis A. Cutler, services as Registrar . 6.00
William Crane, services as Registrar 6.00
S. J. Spear, services as Registrar 6.00
J. H. Pember, services as Ballot Clerk 2.00
George Washburn, services as Ballot Clerk 2.00
Charles W. Spaulding, services as Ballot Clerk . 2.00
Roy L. Mann, services as Teller 2.00
Isaac B. Codding, services as Ballot Clerk 4.00
E. H. Abell, services as Teller 4.00
J. M. Johnson, services as Teller 4.00
George G. Babcock, services as Teller . 4.00
William H. Cook, services as Special Police . 4.00
Charles Brooks, services as Special Police 4.00
J. Allen Cole, services as Special Police 4.00
William E. Fales, services as Special Police 4.00
L. C. Bullard, services as Special Police 4.00
David Meany, services as Special Police 3.00
Charles C. Wright, services as Special Police 6.00
Chas. C. Wright, services at Asylum 2.25
George H. Murray, services as Night Watch 14.00
David Meany, services at Annual Meeting. 2.00
William F. Abell, collecting sewer tax . 32.54
$1,567.79
Appropriation .
1,600.00
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid George H. Ellis Company, printing Town Reports, $147.22 Postage for Town Reports 5.00
S. J. Spear, printing for Annual Meeting 12.50
S. J. Spear, recording births, deaths, and mar- riages Carried forwar.t .
39.20
$203.92
IO
Brought forward $203.92
Paid S. J. Spear, returning deaths to other towns . 23.50
S. J. Spear, printing for town officers 16.50
S. J. Spear, services as Justice of Peace 3.00
S. J. Spear, travel to Boston, Dedham, and Med- way 2.90
S. J. Spear, postage, stationery, and express . 9.40
Samuel Ward Company, record book 3.50
David Meany, fees in criminal cases 35.58
William F. Drugan, fees in criminal cases 10.10
Charles C. Wright, fees in criminal cases . 3.39
Emma F: Rhodes, dinners for election officers 13.50
Medfield News Company, supplies for town officers 1.40
J. H. Pember, constable's club and electric light bulbs 2.66
A. B. Parker, burial of body found in woods . 15.00
A. B. Parker, returning deaths 20.25
James Hewins, legal services . 70.85
Library Bureau, index cards and trays for vital statistics 21.80
State Treasurer, one-fourth of drug license .25
J. G. Wight, putting up watering-trough 9.63
A. C. Gilbert, care of lockup and travel to · Franklin 2.30
George H. Murray, fees in criminal cases 9.35
George G. Babcock, painting fountain and water- ing-trough 3.25
Joseph W. Wilson, returning deaths
3.50
William F. Abell, care of town clock 25.00
George H. Ellis Company, printing town order books 7.75
S. Mallery, team in Sullivan case 3.00
William F. Guild, supplies for Assessors 3.63
George W. Kingsbury, postage for Overseers .75
Charles F. Read, expressing 7.10
J. H. Pember, sealing milk-jars 10.00
Estate of M. B. H. Bishop, maintaining water- ing-trough . 5.00
Carried forward . $547.76
II
Brought forward $547.76
Paid R. W. Baker, iron-work on fountain 3.40
F. A. Taylor, labor on fountain 3.00
George W. Kingsbury, labor on fountain 5.00
J. H. Pember, labor on fountain . 2.00
J. H. Baker, services as Moderator 5.00
James Ord, work on pump
1.00
$567.16
Appropriation .
700,00
INSURANCE.
Paid A. H. Bartlett, on Library . $27.10
A. H. Bartlett, on Centre School-house 71.17
R. L. Mann, on Centre School-house 14.62
R. L. Mann, on North School-house
30.00
R. L. Mann, on hearse and road-scraper
8.26
$151.15
Appropriation
400.00
TAXES.
Paid State tax
$1,250.00
County tax .
1,133.19
Walpole tax
3 5I
Millis
8.93
$2,395.63
NIGHT WATCH.
Paid A. C. Gilbert
$784.27
Appropriation
780.00
Appropriation exceeded
$4.27
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid E. J. Keyou
$5.25
Appropriation
100.00
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NOTES.
Paid Harwood Brothers
$800.00
Medway Savings Bank . 286.66
Harwood Brothers, borrowed in anticipation of taxes
2,000.00
$3,086.66
INTEREST.
Paid Medway Savings Bank
$52.66
Harwood Brothers
I33.33
Hamlet Wight .
12.50
Daisy E. Curtis
105.00
$303.49
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Medfield Electric Light and Power Company
$2,101.00
Appropriation
2,100.00
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Moses Ellis Post, No. 117, G. A. R., appropriation,
$75.00
STATE AID.
Paid E. G. Babcock .
$72.00
Carrie A. Grover .
48.00
$120.00
HIGHWAYS.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account
$2,975.00
Appropriation
3,000.00
BRIDGES.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account
$542.05
Appropriation
$400.00
Received from Town of Millis
109.60 509.60
Appropriation exceeded
$32.45
CARE OF SEWERS.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account
$44.15
Appropriation 50.00
I 3
SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS.
Paid John G. Moore, concreting
$277.05
Appropriation
300.00
Balance unexpended
$22.95
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account
$519.50
Appropriation
500.00
SEWER, NORTH AND COTTAGE STREETS.
Paid Daniel A. Dorey .
$1.324.18
Town of Dedham, supplies
10.00
E. Worthington, engineer 129.18
Advertising
9.50
$1,472.86
Appropriation
1,500.00
Appropriation unexpended
$27.14
SEWER, PLEASANT STREET.
Paid F. W. Stowers
$1,034.60
E. Worthington, engineer . 93.II
Advertising
8.25 $1,135.96
PLUMBING AT RALPH WHEELOCK SCHOOL-HOUSE.
Paid T. L. Donlan, labor and supplies . $123.90
Fred A. Taylor, labor and supplies, 629.03
A. A. Kingsbury, labor and supplies, 195.00
G. G. Babcock, labor and supplies .
36.03
E. Worthington, engineer 50.00
Advertising 5.25
1,039.2I
$2,175.17
Appropriation for Pleasant Street sewer and plumbing
2,000.00
Appropriation exceeded . .
$175.17
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LIABILITIES.
Medway Savings Bank, Brook Street loan, 6 notes of $166.66 each $999.96
Harwood Brothers, school-house loan, I note 500.00
Harwood Brothers, construction of new vault, 4 notes of $300 each 1,200.00
Hamlet Wight, for widening Main Street, I note 500.00
E. V. Mitchell, for North and Cottage Street sewer, 8 notes 1,500.00
Harwood Brothers, for Pleasant Street sewer, Io notes of $200 each
2,000.00
Daisy E. Curtis, I demand note . 2,100.00
Interest due Public Library Fund 2 1 1.31
$9,011.27
Liabilities exceed resources
$1,009.38
TRUST FUNDS.
Town School Fund .
$3.540.00
Individual Funds : -
Robert Charles Billings, for Library $5,000.00
George Cummings, for Library 1,000.00
George M. Smith, for Library
500.00
6,500.00
George M. Smith, for Cemetery
$100.00
Mary T. Derby, for Cemetery
100.00
Nancy H. Curtis, for Cemetery
50.00
Mary F. Ellis, for Cemetery
100.00
Mary M. Phelps, for Cemetery
50.00
Moses Ellis, for Cemetery
200.00
Eliza E. Williams, for Cemetery
475.00
George H. Shumway, for Cemetery
200.00
Martha M. Mason, for Cemetery
100.00
Jeremiah B. Hale, for Cemetery
100.00
Walter Janes, for Cemetery
50.00
James Griffin, for Cemetery
50.00
1,575.00
$11,615.00
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RESOURCES.
Cash in treasury . . $3,398.02 Due from William F. Abell, Collector, uncollected taxes, 3,674.93 66
Joseph W. Curtis, uncollected taxes 55.81
66 Overseers, for sales from Town Farm 177.25
66
66 N. T. Dyer, board of Rachel Briscoe . 42.7I
66 W. H. Garfield, board of Lizzie Garfield 390.17
60 State Treasurer, for inspection of cattle 50.00
66
66 State Treasurer, for State Aid . I20.00
66
66 Town of Dover, for tuition of children 36.00
66 A. B. McGregor, for tuition . 57.00
$8,001.89
TOWN PROPERTY
School-houses
$18,500.00
Town-house
25,000.00
Public Library
3,500.00
Cemetery
3,000.00
Town Farm
4,500.00
Fire apparatus
2,000.00
Farm, stock, tools, and furniture at Almshouse
2,866.77
Hearse, road machine, and snow-ploughs 855.00
Public dump land
150.00
$60,284.55
INSURANCE POLICIES.
On Town-house.
Expires.
Hartford Fire Insurance Co. . July 13, 1906, $10,000.00 United States Fire Insurance Co.,
Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance
Co.,
Oct. 4, 1906,
1,500.00
Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co., .
Oct. 4, 1906,
2,500.00
Oct.
4, 1906, 1,000.00
$20,000.00
Aug. 4, 1906, 5,000.00
16
On Centre School-house.
Expires.
Boston Insurance Co.,
Oct. 26, 1906, $500.00
Oct. 26, 1906, 1,000.00
Sept. 18, 1907,
1,500.00
Sept. 1, 1907,
1,300.00
Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Sept. 21, 1907,
1,000.00
Hartford Fire Insurance Co., Boiler Risk,
Apr. 18, 1905,
5,000.00
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.,
Dec. 7, 1907, 2,500.00
Home Fire Insurance Co.,
Aug. 25, 1907, 2,500.00
Phoenix Assurance Co.,
Oct: 26, 1907, 2,500.00
Phoenix Assurance Co., .
Oct. 29, 1907, 1,500.00
$21,800.00
On North School-house. Expires.
Merchants' and Farmers' Mutual
Fire Insurance Co., . .
Oct. 1, 1907, $1,000.00
Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Oct. 1, 1907, 1,000.00
$2.000.00
On South School-house.
Expires.
Western Insurance Co., · Feb. 6, 1908, $1,400.00
On Almshouse and Outbuildings. Expires. Home Insurance Co., June 13, 1906, $1,300.00
Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
June 13; 1906,
1,300.00
$2,600.00
On Furniture and Farm Stock. Expires.
Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Nov. 1, 1906, $737.50 Merchants' and Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co., . Nov. 1, 1906, 737.50
$1,475.00
Merchants' and Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Traders' and Mechanics' Insurance Co., Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Sept. 21, 1907,
2,500.00
17
On Weights and Measures.
Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Co,
Sept. 7, 1907. $400.00
On Public Library.
Expires.
Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance
Co.,
Apr. 26, 1905, $1,200.00
Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Mar. 15, 1907, 1.000.00
$2,200.00
On Hearse and Road-scraper.
Expires.
Home Insurance Co.,
Mar. 24, 1905, $650.00
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED.
For schools
$6,000.00
Repairs on school-houses
500.00
Highways
2.500.00
Bridges .
100 00
Removing snow
500.00
Fire Department .
1.200.00
General expenses
700.00
Town officers .
1,600.00
Board of Health
50.00
Support of poor at Almshouse
1,000.00
Support of poor out of Almshouse and feeble-minded, Notes due
1,900.00
Interest .
700.00
Paying debt
1,100.00
Library, dog tax
Cemetery
300.00
Memorial Day
75.00
Sewers
50.00
Insurance .
150.00
Sidewalks and crosswalks
300.00
Tree Warden .
100.00
$19.475.00
NATHAN F. HARDING, ) Selectmen EDWARD M. BENT, of
ALBERT C. SHUMWAY,
Medfield.
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
Expires.
650.00
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1904.
DATE.
CHILD'S NAME.
PARENTS.
1903
Mar. 27 .
June
7.
Albertina Ruth Caldwell. Lizzie Ready.
Frank W. and Elsie (Hentz). Michael D. and Bessie (Riley):
1904
Jan. 6.
Jones. Lockwood.
John E. and Nettie B. (Davis).
Jan. 17.
Robert Edwin Burns.
Charles H. and Grace (Keyes).
Feb. 14.
Frank Leslie Hill.
Forest M. and Grace (Ogilvie).
Feb. 17.
Pearl Rosmond Doucette.
Thomas J. and Maud F. (Chute).
Mar. II. Astrid Florence A. Johnson.
Mar. 28. April 14.
Melvin Courtney Mills.
Volney B. and Anna (Keane).
May June 27. July 24.
Mary Josephine Sheehan. Winifred Griffin.
Michael E. and Katherine (Sullivan).
Aug. IO. Dana Conrad Weiker.
Aug. II.
Arthur Edward Wills.
Aug. 18. Helen Barrett.
Sept. I.
Edward Russell True, Jr.
Edward R. and Sarah P. (Lawrence).
Sept. 13.
Mary Emily Banks.
Angus J. and Elvie A. (Russell).
Sept. 30.
Lois Holmes Simpson.
Oct. 21.
John Daniel Sullivan.
John J. and Jennie (Carroll).
Oct. 24. Arthur Mitchell Bent.
Edward M. and Emma L. (Richards).
Nov. 13.
Helen Agnes Brennan.
Redmond J. and Elizabeth G. (Fair).
Dec.
I.
Adelaide Mary Dray.
Frederick A. and Mary E. (Hotville). Michael D. and Bessie (Riley).
Dec. 29.
Bridget Delia Ready.
Carl and Hilda (Johnson).
Lloyd Otis Clough.
Frank H. and Udavilla (Mckenzie).
6.
Helen Elizabeth Mckenzie.
Albert J. and Cynthia (Hart).
Dennis and Elizabeth (Hucherson).
Frank H. and Margaret M. (Pushie). John N. and Annie B. (Monroe).
Maurice C. and Sibyl (Smith).
Thomas P. and Edith M. (Holmes).
Total number of births in 1904, 22.
Charles and
Jan. 7.
19
MARRIAGES IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1904.
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan. 18. ) Maurice A. Barrett, ? Sibyl Smith,
Medfield,
Weymouth, Mass.,
Norwood, Mass.,
Jan. 20.
Sarah G. Brooks,
Medfield,
Nottingham, N.H.,
Jan. 21. { Jennie C. Young, Feb. 9. § John E. Lockwood, Nettie B. Davis,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Norwood, Mass.,
Apr. 6.
Apr.
I2.
Dana B. Jefferson, Bertha S. Holbrook, Harris P. Taylor, Cora E. Messer, Frederick A. Taylor, Hattie L. Chickering, Leroy Weiker, Bessie L. M. Duncan,
Medfield,
May
16.
Henry B. Chisam, Margaret Phelan,
Medfield,
June 22.
Fred H. Wing, Lola A. Chaffee, Melvin R. Blood, Lillias M. Fales, Amos D. Hadley,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce. In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce. In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce.
July 2. Cora B. Bagley, July 7. Urban A. Bent, Amy E. Evans, Melvin G. Plimpton,
Medfield,
In Natick, Mass., by Rev. Morton W. Plummer.
July 14.
New London, N.H.,
In Lowell, Mass., by Rev. Ralph Gillan.
Sept. 14.
Caroline Mae Corson, Herbert J. Wilkins, Bertha W. Kingsbury, Clinton H. Thompson, Ella L. Carnagie, George L. Luce, Mary M. Wilson, Albert C. Sherwood, Nellie M. Quincy,
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce. In Boston, Mass., by Rev. Charles A. Crane.
Sept. 15.
Medfield,
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce.
Oct. 4.
- Luke J. Hamrock, Annie Kinney, Herbert I. S. Hopkins, Effie M. Graves,
Medfield, Salem, N. H.,
Nov. 26.
Arthur J. Hansen,
Medfield,
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Charles H. Williams. In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith. In Waltham, Mass., by Rev. Wm. H. Dyas. In Boston, Mass., by Rev. F. Johansson.
Total number of marriages, 21.
Married in town, 12.
Residents of Medfield, 31.
Married out of town, 9. Non-residents, II.
In Providence, R.I., by Rev. Matthew S. Cord. In Walpole, Mass., by Rev. Albert E. George. In Medfield, by Stillman J. Spear, Jus. of the Peace. In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce. In Medfield, by Rev. John A. Savage. In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce. In Norwood, Mass., [by Rev. Frank A. Heath. In Woonsocket, R.I., by Rev. James C. Alvord. In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith.
June II.
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
June 28.
Waltham, Mass.,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Providence, R.I.,
Medfield,
Sept. 19.
Medfield,
Waltham, Mass.,
Waltham, Mass., Medfield, Medfield,
Oct. II.
Nov. 17.
Annie Carlson,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Norwood, Mass.,
Medfield,
June 16.
§ Louis J. Scherer,
§ Walter W. Davis,
20
DEATHS OF RESIDENTS IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1904.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE. Yrs. Mos. Days.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Mar. 8.
Lydia M. Wilson.
63
4
17
Cancer of Tongue.
Mar. 28.
Thomas L. Smith.
68
6
13
Angina Pectoris.
Mar.
Unknown Male.
Body found in woods.
April 5.
Jannette H. Leland.
63
7
14
Pneumonia.
April
6.
Noah Allen.
96
II
14
Old age.
April 25.
Joseph Bayer.
88
8
Organic Heart Disease.
May
I.
Mary A. King.
71
Heart Failure.
May
16.
Silence Hartshorn.
92
2
4
Pneumonia.
July
16.
James Allen Stockwell.
79
6
4
Apoplexy.
July
17.
Joseph Addison Allen.
85
2
22
Apoplexy.
Aug.
19.
Ann L. Hunt.
74
4
-
Apoplexy.
Aug.
30.
Louis D. Schools.
27
7
1 5
Appendicitis.
Oct.
2.
John J. Sullivan.
48
5
23
Railroad Accident.
Oct.
3.
John Henry Gould.
74
9
22
Chronic Heart Disease.
Oct.
17.
Jennie A. Cummings.
52
8
20
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Oct.
21.
John D. Sullivan.
- 6 hrs.
Exhaustion. Cardiac Weak-
Oct.
29.
Emily E. Ellis.
58
3
27
Organic Heart Disease.
Nov. 6.
Mary A. Coltman.
83
I
27
Senile Debility.
Nov. II.
Ida May Shumway.
48
3
II
Mitral Disease.
Nov. 22.
Ellen Rourke.
77
1
-
Epilepsy.
Dec. 6.
Matilda A. Mallery.
59
6
12
Mixo-Sarcoma
Males, IO.
Females, II.
Total, 21.
Over 90 years of age
2
Between 80 and 90 years
3
Between 70 and 80 years
Between 60 and 70 years
3
Between 50 and 60 years
4
Under 50 years .
4
50
-
-
ness.
5
21
DEATHS AT MEDFIELD INSANE ASYLUM DURING THE YEAR 1904.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
WHERE FROM.
Jan. 6.
Daniel Dooley.
66
Boston, Mass.
Jan.
9
Catherine Walsh.
30
East Boston, Mass.
Jan. IO.
Catherine Dailey.
75
Boston, Mass.
Jan.
II. Delia McDonough.
39
Boston, Mass.
Jan.
22.
Sarah E. Cass.
66
Boston, Mass.
Jan.
23.
Margaret Murphy.
64
New Bedford, Mass.
Jan.
31.
Frank A. Newton.
33
Winchendon, Mass.
Feb.
14.
Krile Kratteo.
48
Boston, Mass.
Feb.
15.
Charles W. Day.
46
Cambridge, Mass.
Feb. 16.
Mary A. Edwards.
61
Boston, Mass.
Feb.
29.
Mary Murphy.
50
Fall River, Mass.
Mar.
4.
Annie Norton.
66
Boston, Mass.
Mar
5
Eliza Etchells.
78
Fall River, Mass.
Mar.
7.
Helen M. Scott.
68
Boston, Mass.
Mar.
12.
Michael O'Brien.
73
Boston, Mass.
Mar.
13.
Mary J. Daley.
43
W. Springfield, Mass.
Mar.
I 5.
Margaret M. Sullivan.
33
Boston, Mass.
Mar.
19.
Mary Hilton.
50
Fall River, Mass.
Mar. 19.
Mary M. Rhodes.
67
Quincy, Mass.
Mar. 21.
John F. Sullivan.
64
Lynn, Mass.
Mar. 29.
Annie Dimis.
49
Boston, Mass.
Mar. 30.
Michael Denner.
32
Boston, Mass.
April 2.
Charlotte Miller.
75
Taunton, Mass.
April 8.
Bridget Manning.
64
New Bedford, Mass.
April
9.
Trueman A. King.
60
Monroe, Mass.
April 15.
Sarah M. Bates.
69
Whitman, Mass.
April
25.
29
Boston, Mass.
May 7.
Richard McMahon.
31
Boston, Mass.
May 9.
Jane Rickard.
77
"Boston, Mass.
May 19.
Charles Ledock.
52
Bridgewater, Mass.
May
29.
John Johannson.
50
Boston, Mass.
May
31.
50
Boston, Mass.
June II.
Jessie Lucas.
58
Stoughton, Mass.
June 14.
Ellen Doherty
35
Fall River, Mass.
June 14.
Maurice Bowler.
42
Lawrence, Mass.
June 18.
Jessie Crosby.
61
Brewster, Mass.
June 20.
Sabina Kenney.
66
Boston, Mass.
June 25.
Ellen Crowley.
53
Quincy, Mass.
June 28.
John H. O'Toole.
63
Boston, Mass.
July
8.
Ellen L. Lloyd.
59
Boston, Mass.
July
IO.
Margaret Duffy.
79
Boston, Mass.
July
I2.
John A. Mullens.
53
Boston, Mass.
July
13.
Michael F. Donahoe.
44
Boston, Mass.
July
14.
Charles Munday.
49
Boston, Mass.
July
25.
Thomasina M. Telfer.
36
Boston, Mass.
July
29.
Mabel B. Earl.
32
Watertown, Mass.
July
31.
Lucy M. Wilder.
47
Milford, Mass.
July
31.
Mary Doran alias Durant.
73
Boston, Mass.
Aug. 9.
Mary Mc Williams.
49
Chelsea, Mass.
Adeline Millowitch.
Mary McDonald.
22
DEATHS AT MEDFIELD INSANE ASYLUM (Continued).
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
WHERE FROM.
Aug. 13.
Mary E. Daley.
35
Medway, Mass.
Aug. 14.
David Devine.
53
Brighton, Mass.
Aug. 16. Margaret Whitcomb.
62
Westford, Mass.
Aug. 17. Mary Stedman.
50
Boston, Mass.
Aug. 20
Maria J. Drake.
61
Medford, Mass.
Aug. 20.
Ellen Lynch.
39
Boston, Mass.
Aug. 24.
Margaret Cahill.
65
Boston, Mass.
Aug. 24.
Honora O'Connell.
57
Cambridge, Mass.
Aug. 26.
Charles Dotey.
79
Stoneham, Mass.
Aug.
30.
Anna M. Hewett.
73
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 2.
William Flynn.
36
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 3.
Winnie Murphy.
64
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 4.
Michael Bresnahan.
38
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 9.
John D. Proctor.
41
Somerville, Mass.
Sept. II.
Stephen H. Goodwin.
41
Newburyport, Mass.
Sept. II.
Charles Esterbrook.
37
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 15.
James Crozier.
75
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 15.
Catherine Concaugh.
61
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 16.
John Mullen.
81
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 17.
Mary Callan.
49
Brookline, Mass.
Sept. 19.
Frances M. Ambsler.
28
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 21.
Isabella Bartlett.
76
Cambridge, Mass.
Sept. 23.
Margaret P. Read alias Reed.
73
New Bedford, Mass.
Sept. 24.
Mary P. Finn.
79
Dedham, Mass.
Sept. 24.
George W. Johnson.
65
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 25,
Sam N. Clark.
28
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 25.
John Collins.
75
Roxbury, Mass.
Sept. 29. Oct. 8.
Mary J. Martin.
51
Tewksbury, Mass.
Oct.
12.
Anna Travers.
63 Dartmouth, Mass.
Oct.
19.
Hannah Flynn.
76 Wakefield, Mass.
Oct.
20.
Margaret Collins.
44
Cambridge, Mass.
Oct.
22.
William H. White.
83
Cambridge, Mass.
Nov.
, 9.
Mary A. Joyce.
41
Bridgewater, Mass.
Nov. 21.
Mary J. Highfield.
51 Lawrence, Mass.
Nov. 29.
Luther B. Perry.
74
Tewksbury, Mass.
Dec.
I.
Edward Watson.
38
Boston, Mass.
Dec.
5.
Mary Mullens.
61
New Bedford, Mass.
Dec.
IO.
Margaret Tobin.
64
Lynn, Mass.
Dec.
II.
Isabella Parsons.
56
Boston, Mass.
Dec. 12.
Honorah McGillicudy.
44
Cambridge, Mass.
Dec. 12.
Frank E. Sherman.
49
Fall River, Mass.
Dec. 20.
Mary A. Grannan.
45
Cambridge, Mass.
Dec. 23.
Annie E. Howard.
49
Edgartown, Mass.
Dec. 27.
Mary Conroy.
78
Boston, Mass.
Patrick Costello.
64
Boston, Mass.
Total number of deaths at Asylum, 94. Males, 33. Females, 61.
ANNUAL MEETING.
.
MARCH 7, 1904.
Pursuant to a warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabitants of the town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall on the seventh day of March, 1904, at nine o'clock in the forenoon ; and the following action was taken upon the several articles in said warrant: -
ARTICLE I. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
J. Herbert Baker was chosen Moderator by ballot, and the check-list was used as required by law. Prayer was offered by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce.
ARTICLE 2. To choose the following-named town officers, under the provisions of Chapter 548 of the Acts of 1898, namely : one Town Clerk, one Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, five Constables, one Tree Warden, one Sexton, one Auditor, all for one year; one School Committee, for three years ; two Trustees of the Public Library, for three years ; one Cemetery Commissioner, for three years. Also to vote on the following question : "Shall license be granted to sell intoxicating liquors in the town for the ensuing year? " the vote to be "Yes " or " No." All the above to be voted for on one ballot. The polls to be opened at half-past nine o'clock in the forenoon, and to be kept open at least four hours.
The ballot box was examined, and found in good order. The following-named persons, having been appointed by the Selectmen, were sworn, and apportioned as follows : -
Isaac B. Codding and John H. Pember to distribute ballots.
James W. Coltman and J. Augustus Fitts at ballot-box.
George G. Babcock and Joseph M. Johnson to count votes.
Edward H. Abell and Roy L. Mann to supervise.
The polls were open at half-past nine o'clock, and kept open until two o'clock. The total number of votes cast was 199, of which 196 were cast by male voters, and 3 by female voters. The votes were counted in open town meeting, and the following- named persons were declared elected to the several offices : -
Selectmen, Edward M. Bent, Nathan F. Harding, Albert C. Shumway.
Assessors, William F. Abell, Francis D. Hamant, William F. Guild.
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Overseers of Poor, Michael E. Griffin, George W. Kingsbury, Amos H. Mason.
Town Clerk and Treasurer, Stillman J. Spear.
Collector of Taxes, William F. Abell.
School Committee, George Washburn.
Constables, Albion C. Gilbert, David Meany, Dexter M. Eames, Charles C. Wright, George H. Murray.
Trustees of Public Library, W. H. Bailey, Herbert L. Mitchell.
Cemetery Commissioner, W. W. Preston.
Tree Warden, George W. Kingsbury.
Sexton, Alonzo B. Parker.
Auditor, Thomas E. Schools.
The vote for license was : "Yes," 79 ; "No," 98 ; blanks, 22.
ARTICLE 3. To choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, and Pound Keeper.
The following officers were chosen by nomination : -
Fence Viewers, Francis D. Hamant, George W. Kingsbury, Isaac B. Codding.
Field Drivers, Sedgwick Laverty, T. Fred Barney, Lewis K. Conant.
Pound Keeper, George W. Kingsbury.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the town will accept the reports of the several town officers for the past year.
The reports of the several town officers were accepted with the exception of that of the Tax Collector of 1898, which was referred back to the Collector with the instruction that he be required to settle up the accounts of that year and pay in all sums due to the town.
ARTICLE 5. To grant and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
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