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Income of State School Fund .
681.73
State Treasurer for Superintendent of Schools 500.00
State Treasurer for high-school
tuition
223.05
Interest on Town School Fund
141.60
Town of Dover, for tuition of chil- dren
93.00
Interest on Chickering
15.00
Sales of School Committee
18.00
Balance unexpended last year
334.65
8,007.03
Appropriation for repairs
$750.00
Balance unexpended last year
62.03
812.03
$8,819.06
Balance unexpended
429.45
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid sundries as per Trustees' Report
$522.67
Dog tax
$239.73
Interest on Library Funds
210.00
Balance due from 1904
211.31
661.04
Balance unexpended
$138.37
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid sundries as per Overseers' Report
$3,024.65
For Almshouse
636.97
$3,661.62
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid members of Hook and Ladder Company $298.75
Members of Engine Company 607.00
W. D. Gilbert, care of engine-room 38.00
F. B. Gamble, care of hook-and-ladder room 21.32
W. D. Gilbert, services as fireman 8.25
William Owens, services as fireman II.25
William Conrick, labor at fires
3.00
Patrick Hagerty, labor at fires
1.50
David Meany
1.25
William Cox, teams to fires 25.00
H. Allman, for fire extinguishers 26.25
Standard Company, for fire extinguishers 12.50
J. J. Kelly, repairs
3.50
W. A. Kingsbury, for ladder
1.50
R. W. Baker, lettering rubber coats.
4.00
D. L. Stain, mending rubber boots
.40
W. A. Fitts, supplies
44.22
E. J. Keyou, supplies
3.90
James Ord
2.81
E. M. Bent
6.30
F. E. Wilson II.75
$1,131.82
Appropriation
1,200.00
Balance unexpended .
$68.18
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR REPAIR OF HOOK AND LAD-
DER TRUCK $75.00
Paid R. W. Baker for repairs
59.50
Balance unexpended $15.50
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR LIGHTING ENGINE-ROOMS $50.00
Paid F. A. Hartshorn for installing electric lights 30.00
Balance unexpended
$20.00
TOWN-HOUSE.
Paid H. S. Pember, repairing seats
$5.45
E. M. Bent, carting ashes 2.00
Carried forward $7.45
8
Brought forward $7.45
Paid E. M. Bent, coal and wood
51.18
Medfield Water Company 10.00
James Ord, supplies
2.25
F. A. Taylor, labor and supplies 4.91
T. E. Schools, supplies
10.04
J. H. Pember, electric light bulbs and supplies 6.60
W. A. Fitts, supplies 15.77
F. A. Hartshorn, installing electric lights, 8.03
J. E. Pettis, janitor
150.00
N. F. Harding, repairs
4.31
Post-office electric lights
30.00
Meter service 50.17
$350.71
EXPENSES ON ACCOUNT OF FIRE ESCAPE.
Paid N. F. Harding, carpenter work $195.28
T. L. Donlan, mason work 37.50
G. G. Babcock, painting . 60.37 293.15
EXPENSES ON ACCOUNT OF NEW FURNACE.
Paid F. A. Taylor, furnace and labor $172.76
N. F. Harding, labor and supplies 41.62
T. L. Donlan, mason work 20.60
234.98
$878.84
Received for rent of Town Hall $106.00
Rent of Post-office
264.00
Sale of old materials
2.75
Transferred from General Ex- pense Fund 177.76
Amount authorized by vote of town
300.00
850.51
$28.33
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid A. Mitchell, medical attendance for White family
$40.00
Ella Belknap, nursing White family 12.81
James Ord, stove for White family 3.00
N. G. Tibbetts, supplies for White family 13.00
E. C. Crocker, supplies for White family 6.45
T. E. Schools, supplies for White family 16.70
E. J. Keyou, supplies for White family 8.05
$100.0I
Appropriation .
50.00
Appropriation exceeded $50.01
CEMETERY.
Paid Cemetery Commissioners, appropriation
$300.00
Cemetery Commissioners, interest on trust funds . 63.00
$363.00
TREE WARDEN.
Paid G. W. Kingsbury, on account
$40.35
Appropriation . 100.00
Balance unexpended
$59.65
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Moses Ellis Post No. 117, G. A. R., appropriation, $75.00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid E. M. Bent, services as Selectman $100.00
N. F. Harding, services as Selectman 100.00
Albert C. Shumway, services as Selectman 100.00
William F. Abell, services as Assessor 100.00
William F. Guild, services as Assessor 100.00
F. D. Hamant, services as Assessor 100.00
William F. Abell, services as Collector of Taxes 300.00
S. J. Spear, services as Town Clerk 150.00
S. J. Spear, services as Treasurer and bond 140.00
Carried forward
$1,190.00
IO
Brought forward $1, 190.00
Paid G. W. Kingsbury, services of Overseer of Poor 50.00
M. E. Griffin, services as Overseer of Poor 50.00
A. H. Mason, services as Overseer of Poor 40.00
A. C. Gilbert, services as Engineer 22.92
R. E. Conrick, services as Engineer
25.00
W. A. Kingsbury, services as Engineer 25.00
S. J. Spear, services as Registrar 6.00
L. A. Cutler, services as Registrar 6.00
George L. L. Allen, services as Registrar 6.00
William Crane, services as Registrar 6.00
George S. Cheney, services as Inspector of Animals, 100.00
T. E. Schools, services as Auditor
25.00
J. H. Baker, services as Moderator 25.00
R. L. Mann, services as Ballot Clerk 2.00
J. M. Richardson, services as Ballot Clerk 6.00
E. H. Abell, services as Ballot Clerk 4.00
F. W. Abell, services as Ballot Clerk 2.00
George G. Babcock, services as Ballot Clerk 4.00
J. A. Fitts, services as Teller 2.00
I. B. Codding, services as Teller 4.00
George Washburn, services as Teller 2.00
J. H. Pember, services as Teller 2.00
J. W. Coltman, services as Teller, 1904, 1905 8.00
L. C. Bullard, service as Special Police
4.00
M. E. Rourke, services as Special Police 4.00
William E. Fales, services as Special Police 4.00
J. A. Cole, services as Special Police 4.00
D. Meany, services as Special Police 6.00
Charles Brooks, services as Special Police 4.00
Ellery Franks, services as Night Watch 15.00
$1,653.92
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid E. Worthington, advertising plans for sewer $3.50
Dedham Bank, printing on check book .90
A. C. Gilbert, fees in criminal cases 10.30
D. Meany, fees in criminal cases 42.34
Carried forward $57.04
II
Brought forward $57.04
Paid E. F. Richardson, returning deaths
.50
Postage stamps for Town Reports 5.00
E. M. Bent, travel to Westminster on account of E. J. Snow 2.79
A. C. Gilbert, care of lockup
2.00
Geo. H. Ellis, printing Town Reports 150.48
R. W. Baker, painting auto signs 10.00
S. J. Spear, printing for Annual Meeting 12.50
S. J. Spear, printing for town officers 16:25
R. L .. Mann, supplies for Selectmen .30
N. F. Harding, auto sign boards 5.00
E. F. Rhodes, dinners for election officers 15.60
J. J. Kelly, repairs on snow-plough
.75
William F. Abell, ringing bell for fires
2.00
William F. Abell, care of town clock
25.00
N. F. Harding, lantern for town fountain
1.00
Secretary of Commonwealth, one-fourth of drug license .25
N. F. Harding, recording deed .65
F. A. Taylor, repairing lantern 2.37
A. H. Corbin, case for stretcher 2.50
James Hewins, Esq., legal services in Kingsbury case 32.72
T. R. Bailey, maintaining watering-trough 5.00
G. G. Babcock, painting clock faces 44.50
J. H. Pember, sealing milk jars 23.04
J. H. Pember, labor on fountain 2.75
S. J. Spear, recording vital statistics . 34.20
S. J. Spear, returning deaths to other towns 18.50
S. J. Spear, travel to Dedham, Medway, etc. 3.20
S. J. Spear, postage and stationery
IO.IO
S. J. Spear, services as justice of the peace
3.00
F. A. Taylor, labor on fountain
1.90
A. B. Parker, returning deaths
23.50
Estate of William F. Guild, for books for Assessors,
3.35
Ellen Clifford, medical battery 5.50
$522.24
Appropriation .
700.00
Balance unexpended and carried to "Town-house"
$177.76
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HIGHWAYS.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account
$2,485.00
Appropriation 2,500.00
Balance unexpended
$15.00
BRIDGES.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account
$40.00
Appropriation
$100.00
Balance unexpended
$60.00
SIDEWALKS.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account
$75.00
J. A. Moore, concreting 179.00
$254.00
Appropriation .
300.00
Balance unexpended .
$46.00
SEWERS.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account
$44.75
Appropriation 50.00
Balance unexpended
$5.25
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid G. W. Kingsbury, on account
$115.00
Appropriation .
500.00
Balance unexpended
$385.00
NOTES.
Paid Daisy E. Curtis, demand note $2,100.00
E. V. Mitchell, North and Cottage Street loan 200.00
Hamlet Wight, loan for widening Main Street 500.00
Medway Savings Bank, old sewer loan I66.66
Harwood Brothers, town vault loan 300.00
Harwood Brothers, school-house loan 500.00
Harwood Brothers, Pleasant Street sewer loan 200.00
Harwood Brothers, borrowed in anticipation of taxes, 2,000.00
$5,966.66
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INTEREST.
Paid Harwood Brothers
$178.00
Hamlet Wight 25.00
Daisy E. Curtis
105.00
Medway Savings Bank
40.00
E. V. Mitchell
60.00
$408.00
INSURANCE.
Paid William C. Ryan, on South School-house $5.73
R. L. Mann, on boiler at Centre School 50.00
R. L. Mann, on hearse and road-scraper 8.26
A. H. Bartlett, on library
54.12
$118.II
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Medfield Electric Light and Power Company .
$2,070.00
Appropriation . 2,100.00
Balance unexpended
$30.00
TAXES.
Paid State tax
$2,000.00
County tax
1,610.88
Walpole tax
2.63
Millis tax
9.45
$3,622.96
STATE AID.
Paid E. G. Babcock
$72.00
Carrie A. Grover
48.00
Phebe A. Blake
40.00
Olive Orbeton
32.00
Daniel W. Fisher
16.00
Caroline A. Adams
4.00
$212.00
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF AND MILITARY AID.
Paid Mrs. E. B. Snow
$84.00
Daniel W. Fisher
8.00
$92.00
NIGHT WATCH.
Paid A. C. Gilbert . $782.13
Appropriation . 780.00
Appropriation exceeded
$2.13
TRUST FUNDS.
LOANED TO THE TOWN.
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 . 100.00
Jeremiah B. Hale, for Cemetery
100.00
Walter Janes, for Cemetery
50.00
James Griffin, for Cemetery
50.00
1,575.00
DEPOSITED IN DEDHAM SAVINGS BANK.
For Grant Newell lot in Cemetery
$100.00
For Langley lot in Cemetery
200.00 300.00
$11,915.00
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AWAITING ACCEPTANCE OF THE TOWN.
For Perry lot in Cemetery
$100.00
For Miller lot in Cemetery
50.00
$150.00
LIABILITIES.
Medway Savings Bank, Brook Street loan, 5 notes of $166.66 each
$833.30
Harwood Brothers, construction of town vault, 3 notes of $300 each 900.00
Harwood Brothers, Pleasant Street sewer loan, 9 notes of $200 each 1,800.00
E. V. Mitchell, North Street sewer loan, 7 notes 1,300.00
Perry Trust Fund, awaiting acceptance by the town 100.00
$3,933.30
RESOURCES.
Cash in treasury . $6,257.81
Due from Overseers, for sales from Town Farm
172.50
66
N. T. Dyer, for board of Rachel Briscoe 42.7I
66 W. H. Garfield, for board of Lizzie Garfield
390.17
State Treasurer, for inspection of cattle
50.00
66
66 State Treasurer, for State Aid
212.00
66 Town of Dover, for tuition of children
50.00
Town of Franklin, for Soldiers' Relief
8.00
Uncollected taxes
3,329.19
66 Uncollected sewer tax
142.50
66 Expense in case of outside poor 18.00
66 State Board of Charities on account of poor IOO.OI
$10,772.89
$6,839.59
Resources exceed liabilities
TOWN PROPERTY.
School-houses
$18,500.00
Town-house
25,000.00
Public Library
3,500.00
Cemetery .
3,000.00
Carried forward
$50,000.00
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Brought forward
$50,000.00 .
Town Farm
4,500.00
Fire apparatus 2,000.00
Farm stock, tools, and furniture at Almshouse
2,633.05
Hearse, road machine, and snow-ploughs 855.00
Public dump land
150.00
$60,138.05
INSURANCE POLICIES.
On Town-house.
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.,
United States Fire Insurance Co., . . Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Expires.
July 13, 1906, $10,000.00
Aug. 4, 1906, 5,000.00
Oct. 4, 1906, 1,500.00
. 4, 1906, 2,500.00
Oct. 4, 1906, 1,000.00
$20,000.00
On Centre School-house.
Expires.
Boston Insurance Co.,
Oct. 26, 1906, $500.00
Merchants' and Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Oct. 26, 1906,
1,000.00
Traders' and Mechanics' Insurance Co.,
Sept. 18, 1907,
1,500.00
Sept. 1, 1907, 1,300.00
Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Sept. 21, 1907,
1,000.00
Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Sept. 21, 1907,
2,500.00
Hartford Fire Insurance Co., Boiler Risk,
Apr. 18, 1908, 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
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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
On Weights and Measures.
Expires.
Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Sept. 7, 1907,
$400.00
On Public Library.
Expires.
Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co., .
Apr. 26, 1908, $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, 1906,
$650.00
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED.
For schools
$6,000.00
Repairs on school-houses 300.00
Highways . 2,500.00
Bridges
100.00
Removing snow 500.00
Fire Department
1,200.00
Carried forward
$10,600.00
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Brought forward
$10,600.00
For General expenses
700.00
Board of Health
100.00
Support of poor at Almshouse
1,000.00
Support of poor out of Almshouse
650.00
Notes due
900.00
Interest
400.00
Library, dog tax
Cemetery
600.00
Memorial Day
75.00
Sewers
50.00
Insurance .
800.00
Sidewalks and crosswalks
300.00
Tree Warden
100.00
Town officers
1,650.00
Total
$17,925.00
EDWARD M. BENT,
Selectmen
NATHAN F. HARDING,
of
ALBERT C. SHUMWAY, -
Medfield.
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1905.
DATE.
CHILD'S NAME.
PARENTS.
Feb. 3
Etta May Locke.
Feb. 4
Joseph Dorso.
Feb. 12
Illegitimate (female).
· Feb. 22
Herbert Alton Taylor.
Frederick A. and Hattie L. (Chickering).
Feb. 27
Villa Prudence Bailey.
Turner R. and Annie R. (Steere).
May 29
Katherine Barbara Ehnes.
George J. and Marie (Rauk).
June 24
Margarite Grace Dow.
Mayo A. and Margaret (Young).
Aug.
5
John Hector Callow
Thomas and Effie (McIsaacs).
Aug. 7
Still-born (female).
Aug. 9
Mary Ellen Christian.
James T. and Elizabeth (Slipp).
Aug. 15
Helen May Pekins.
George E. and Bessie (Sharp).
Aug. 25
Henry Willard Newell.
Willard A. and Annie I. (Tupper).
Sept. 23
Ruth Katherine Conrick.
Richard E. and Mary A. (Murphy).
Oct. 9
Annetta Frances Banks. Still-born (female).
Nov. 29
Mary Griffin.
Dec. 2
Grace Mildred McLeod
Dec. 17
Wilbur Mason Bullard.
George M. and Iva E. (Bailey).
Males, 5. Females, 13. Total, 18.
EXTRACT FROM CHAPTER 29, REV. STATUTES of 1902.
SECTION 3. Physicians and midwives shall on or before the fifth day of each month report to the clerk of each town or city a correct list of all children born during the month next preceding. . . .
SECT. 6. Parents shall within forty days after the birth of a child give notice thereof or cause such notice to be given to the clerk of the city or town in which such child is born. .
Blanks can be obtained on application to the Town Clerk
Angus J. and Elvie (Russell).
Nov. 9
Michael E. and Katherine (Sullivan). William C. and Mary (Babcock).
Ernest M. and Minnie (Tobin). Petro and Katherine (Gregorio).
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MARRIAGES IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1905.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan. 18.
§ Myron G. Gillens, Lillian M. Stephens,
Medfield
Medfield,
Medfield,
Apr. IO.
Annie M. Blake,
So. Portland, Me.
Apr. 26.
Edwin A. Goodwin,
Minnie M. Warren,
Medfield,
Medfield,
June 6.
Alfred E. Hemenway, Susie M. Heard,
Medfield,
June 18.
John O. Bellamy,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Edmunds, Me.
June 22.
Maude E. Humphrey, William R. Hallowell, Susie B. Smith, Charles M. Whitney, Lela A. Corbin, Ernest G. Cunningham, Mary L. Donnigan, Frank Frenier,
Dedham, Mass.
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Charles H. Williams. In Medfield, by Rev. Charles H. Williams. In Medfield, b. Rev. Alvin M. Crane. In Dedham, by Rev. Leonard A. Freeman. In Medfield, by Rev. Charles H. Williams. In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith.
Sept. 21.
Kate Dunphy, Louis Jacobs, Goldie E. Bowness, Don Harry Kendall, 1
Summerside, P.E. Isl.
Medfield,
Sept. 22.
Eva L. Moffatt,
Medfield,
Oct. II.
Harry A. Harwood, Elizabeth T. Sumner,
Newton, Mass.
Oct. I2.
George S. Cheney, Anna M. Draper,
Medfield,
Westwood, Mass.
Oct. I8
Everett L. Coldwell, Anna M. Heintz,
Medfield,
Oct. I8.
- George C. Cheney, Nellie E. Ellis, George W. Babcock, Edith M. Sager, Theodore Pederson,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Quebec, Can.
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medway, Mass.
Medway, Mass.
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Dec. 23.
Ellen B. Hall,
Eastport, Me.
Dec. 26.
Charles W. H. Hamilton, Elizabeth O. Kimball, Bethel, Vt.
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce. In Medfield, by Stillman J. Spear, Jus. of the Peace. In Medfield, by Rev. John Arthur Savage. In Bethel, Vt., by Rev. Wilmond Warren.
Total number of marriages, 24.
Residents of Medfield, 35.
Married in town, 14. Married out of town, IO. Non-residents, 13.
In Boston, Mass., by Rev. Herbert J. Johnson. In Medfield, by Rev. Guy Wilbur Miner.
Nov. I. Maria Gammell, Nov. I2. Robert A. Dobyns, Mabel W. Keniston, 1 Nov. 30. Judson A. Baker, Gertrude F. Vaughan, Dec. 14. Herbert E. Parsons, Pearl J. Sutherland, Dec. 22. Harland S. Barnes, Phebe E. Corkun, Dec. 23. Henry Binkhourst, Annie Cameron,
Dedham, Mass.
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. John Arthur Savage. In Woonsocket, R.I., by Rev. Charles J. White. In Boston, Mass., by Rev. Dred C. W. Parker. In Medfield, by Rev. Charles H. Williams.
Oct. 18.
In Worcester, Mass., by Rev. McLeod Harvey. In Dedham, Mass., by Rev. Edward W.Virgin. In Newton, Mass., by Rev. A. S. Twombly. In Westwood, Mass., by Rev. Lewis A. Eaton. In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce.
Sept. 7.
Medfield,
Medfield,
Sept.
12.
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
June 28.
Medfield,
Medfield,
Boston, Mass.
In Medfield, by Rev. Charles H. Williams. In So. Portland, Me., by Rev. W. H. Haskell. In Medfield, by Rev. Charles H. Williams.
Henry J. Dunn,
Henry L. Thomas,
Medfield,
Medfield,
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DEATHS OF RESIDENTS IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1905.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE. Yrs. Mos. Days.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Jan. 15.
James F. Lynch.
I
2
15
Broncho-pneumonia.
Feb. 4.
Joseph Dorso.
Prematurity.
Feb. 6.
Samuel N. Southard.
82
-
I6
Angina Pectoris.
Feb. II.
Bridget Ready.
Broncho-pneumonia.
Mar. 18.
Lydia A. Rowe.
87
8
I8
Cancer.
Apr. 29.
Joseph E. Bell.
25
Acute Nephritis.
May 7.
James C. Fletcher.
72
4
9
Œdema of Lungs.
May 31.
John W. Simmons.
71
4
I2
July 14.
Dorothy Frances Carr.
I
7
22
Cholera Infantum and Whooping-cough.
Aug. 7.
Stillborn (female).
Aug. 8.
Franklin H. Maker.
42
IO
12
Tuberculosis of Lungs.
Aug. 10.
Mary Ellen Christian.
Cardiac Thrombosis.
Aug. 22.
Augusta L. Stillings
68
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Aug. 22.
Mary L. Fisher.
88
2
15
Malaria.
Aug. 23. Aug. 29.
George H. Wight.
73
2
I
Angina Pectoris.
Oct. 13.
Mary A. Gamble.
74
4
26
General Debility.
Oct. 13.
Lucy J. Wight.
63
-
I8
Heart Failure.
Nov. 3.
Nathan Grant.
57
4
17
Angina Pectoris.
Nov. 8.
Samuel J. Keniston.
60
IO
23
Pneumonia.
Nov. 9.
Bella White
3
3
9
Diphtheria.
Nov. 9.
William F. Guild.
65
II
20
Apoplexy.
Nov. II.
Adelaide L. Keniston.
59
II
-
Pneumonia.
Nov. 21.
Charles A. Townsend.
55
IO
25
Organic Heart Disease.
Dec. 7.
Elmira Kern.
86
4
I8
Uræmia.
Dec. 14.
Sarah E. Emery
55
5
5
Pneumonia.
Dec. 15.
Nathaniel W. Baker.
93
0
25
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Males, 14.
Females, 15.
Total, 29.
Over 90 years of age
I
Between 80 and 90 years
4
Between 70 and 80 years
Between 60 and 70 years
Between 50 and 60 years ·
Under 50 years .
II
-
I
14
-
-
Acute Miliary Tuberculosis.
Nov. 5.
Rachel Briscoe.
72
-
-
-
Nov. 9.
Stillborn (female).
-
Intestinal Obstruction.
Peter H. Ogilvie.
39
Chronic Endocarditis.
I
-
5
4
4
-Io hrs.
22
BROUGHT TO MEDFIELD FOR BURIAL.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAME.
AGE. Yrs. Mos. Days.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
1905
Jan. 22.
Frank A. Sewall.
42
7
I2
Cardiac Dilation.
Feb. 24.
Horace Kingsbury.
87
9
15
La Grippe.
Feb. II.
Caroline Augusta Richardson.
78
4
4
Dropsy and Heart Disease.
Mar. 9.
Sine White.
54
II
17
Carcinoma of Intestines.
Apr. 10.
Catherine Janes.
76
-
-
Nephritis.
Apr. 13.
Lucy A. Getchell.
75
2
3
La Grippe.
Apr. 21.
Mary E. Mason.
58
9
I7
Myocarditis.
June 16.
Joseph W. V. Rich.
56
2
II
Angina Pectoris.
Oct. 4.
Gustavus A. Bruce.
67
5
I
Heart Disease.
Dec. 8.
Katheryn Boyden.
48
1
-
Chronic Appendicitis.
Dec. 21.
Martin Van B. Langley.
59
4
9
Pneumonia.
1893
May 8.
Arthur K. Boyden.
I
-
-
Meningitis.
-
Acute Alcoholism.
Apr. 14.
Clarence Getchell.
4I
I
23
DEATHS AT MEDFIELD INSANE ASYLUM DURING THE YEAR 1905.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
WHERE FROM.
Jan. 4.
William J. Desmond.
58
Cambridge, Mass.
Jan. IO.
Elizabeth Driscoll.
76
Boston, Mass.
Jan. 14.
Penelope McNamara.
74
Concord, Mass.
Jan. 17.
James Crowley.
64
Boston, Mass.
Jan. 18.
Annie Mahew.
44
West Tisbury, Mass.
Jan. 18.
James Doran or Drohen.
53
Norton, Mass.
Jan. 27.
William H. Burrs, Jr.
30
Boston, Mass.
Jan. 29.
Edward Keating.
59
Brockton, Mass.
Feb. IO.
Augusta Surry.
62
Rochester, Mass.
Feb. 17.
Jeremiah Lehan.
69
Boston, Mass.
Feb. 24.
Lena M. Jenney.
29
Swansea, Mass.
Feb. 27.
Margaret A. Flint.
72
Boston, Mass.
Feb. 28.
Annie Cronin.
44
Boston, Mass.
Mar. 8.
Hannah O'Sullivan.
50
Falmouth, Mass.
Mar. IO.
William F. Dorr.
38
Methuen, Mass.
Mar. 14.
Arthur Blais.
I9
Fall River, Mass.
Mar. 20.
Rosa A. Hanchett.
66
Boston, Mass.
Mar. 20.
Jeremiah Sullivan.
38
Melrose, Mass.
Mar. 22.
Margaret E. Larkin.
5I
Boston, Mass.
Mar. 24.
Frank W. Baker.
44
Orleans, Mass.
Mar. 3I.
Mary Lyons.
59
Cambridge, Mass.
Apr.
3.
Mary McGrath.
57
Boston, Mass.
Apr. 5.
Walter Kay.
38
Adams, Mass.
Apr. 5.
Eliza Sullivan.
69
Boston, Mass.
Apr. 9.
Winifred Plunkett.
54
New Bedford, Mass.
Apr. 20.
Rose A. Burgess.
40
Sandwich, Mass.
Apr. 28.
Amelia T. Blenkinsop.
53
Boston, Mass.
May 6.
Margaret McGee.
68
Boston, Mass.
May 7.
Johanna Bulger.
89
Boston, Mass.
May 9.
Cornelius O'Leary.
64
Boston, Mass.
May 22.
Dennis Sullivan.
61
Cambridge, Mass.
May 27.
James J. Sullivan.
44
Boston, Mass.
June 2.
Cornelius McAuliffe.
79
Lawrence, Mass.
June 5.
William Freeman.
38
Amesbury, Mass.
June 16.
Ann Mullaney.
74
Lowell, Mass.
June 16.
Cora J. Hinckley.
57
Boston, Mass.
June 18.
Daniel Mclaughlin.
3]
Boston, Mass.
June 23.
Mary Ann Lucey.
66
Boston, Mass.
June 23.
Arabella Elbridge.
64
Taunton, Mass.
June 25.
Fred W. Crowley.
50
Natick, Mass.
July 2.
Elizabeth W. C. Houghton.
87 Springfield, Mass.
July 4.
Timothy Murphy.
64
Lawrence, Mass.
July 6.
Patrick McIrney.
5I
Boston, Mass.
July 8.
Mary A. Geary.
33
Somerville, Mass.
July 12.
Ellen Ward.
6I
Boston, Mass.
July 12.
Marie Coté.
44
Lowell, Mass.
July 13.
Maxwell Schwartzenberg.
3I
Maynard, Mass.
July 15.
Catherine McNamara.
60
Boston, Mass.
July 16.
Sarah L. Hosford Stroupe.
47
Montague, Mass.
July 18.
Hugh McKenna.
68
Charlestown, Mass.
July 25.
Philip Hyser.
65
Adams, Mass.
July 29.
John Barnes.
2I
Provincetown, Mass.
24
DEATHS AT MEDFIELD INSANE ASYLUM DURING THE YEAR 1905 (Continued).
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
WHERE FROM.
July 29.
Mary Brown.
40
Boston, Mass.
Aug. I.
Matilda Boug.
42
Medford, Mass.
Aug. 5.
Louisa Sylvia.
47
New Bedford Mass.
Aug. II.
Mary Powers.
58
Boston, Mass.
Aug. 18.
Minnie Emerson.
44
No. Attleboro, Mass.
Aug. 21.
Joseph P. Berry.
49
Boston, Mass.
Aug. 22.
Mary Crowley.
53
Somerville, Mass.
Aug. 23.
Edward McCarron.
35
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 8.
Robert M. Reveillon.
64
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 27.
Andrew Callahan.
55
Worcester, Mass.
Oct. 2.
Joseph McGill.
4I
Medway, Mass.
Oct. 25.
Ellen Hayes.
67
Walpole, Mass.
Oct. 28.
Mary Hurley.
44
Boston, Mass.
Nov. 5.
Nellie A. Hopkins.
46
Somerville, Mass.
Nov. II.
Margaret Fluke.
48
Boston, Mass.
Nov. 20.
Nellie Bennett.
37
Malden, Mass.
Nov. 21.
Susan M. Rockwell.
87
Southwick, Mass.
Nov. 22.
Michael Tolan.
34
Taunton, Mass.
Nov. 24.
Eleazer Currier.
38 Fall River, Mass
Nov. 27.
Frank N. French.
48
Springfield, Mass.
Dec. 7.
Aliase Champague.
26
Lowell, Mass.
Dec. 28.
James F. Dunn.
48
Framingham, Mass.
Total number of deaths at Asylum, 74.
Males, 34. Females, 40.
ANNUAL MEETING. MARCH 6, 1905.
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 sixth day of March, 1905, 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 Moderator, 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 polis to be opened at half-past nine o'clock in the forenoon, and to be kept open at least four hours.
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