USA > Massachusetts > Worcester County > Worcester > Town annual reports of the several departments for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1879 > Part 16
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27
The great value of the cleared land certainly warrants the expenditure of any sum that may be necessary to properly finish the work of clearing it, and of preserving, as far as can be
241
HOPE CEMETERY.
done, the rude but suggestive memorial stones, set up as tokens of love by the friends of the departed of an earlier generation.
The cemetery has so many attractions that it serves the pur- pose of a retired park for a large number of our citizens. Almost every hour from morning until evening, both in Summer and winter, if the weather is not stormy, persons may be found walking or riding in its paths, or meditating by the graves of their own loved ones. Cases of improper conduct or rudeness seldom occur. May this, only burial place under the immediate supervision of the City Government, by its care, and by the interest and efforts of individual proprietors, fully answer all the purposes for which it was designed.
The accompanying statement of receipts and payments make a part of this report.
The Commissioners would express their thanks to the City Treasurer and his'assistants for the help we have received from them in the performance of our duties.
Submitted January, 1880.
ALBERT TOLMAN, ALBERT CURTIS, STEPHEN SALISBURY, Jr., WM. BUSH, T. M. ROGERS,
Commissioners of Hope Cemetery.
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
VALUATION OF PROPERTY,
NOVEMBER 30, 1879.
Barn and Tool House,
$800 00
Shed (newly built),
150 00
Horse,
125 00
Harnesses,
40 00
Wagon,
40 00
Cart,
20 00
Ropes and one set of Blocks, .
15 00
Barrows and assortment of Tools,
75 45
$1,265 45
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS.
Report of Receipts and Payments for Hope Cemetery, in the year ending November 30, 1879.
RECEIPTS.
1878.
December 1. Cash on deposit,
$1,224 51
66 1. Savings Bank deposits, 3,960 64
1. Cash in hands of Superintendent,
46 21
$5,231 36
1879.
November 30. Cash proceeds of 54 lots sold, $1,727 00
30. Dividends from Savings Banks, . 162 58
30. Dividend on account lot 15, 4 00
30. Dividend on account lot 693, 2 00
66
30. Interest on deposits, 13 49
243
HOPE CEMETERY.
November,
Cash Sale of wood and timber,
$191 92
66
30.
of Wm. Bush, account grading, labor, etc, 645 00
6
30.
66 of sundry persons, for care of lots, 150 00
$4,710 59
$9,941 95
PAYMENTS.
Payments from Nov. 30th, 1878, to Dec. 1st, 1879.
1878.
December 4.
Paid labor on grounds, .
$297 10
30.
A. Curtis, horse blanket, labor, etc., 21 36
30. Curtis & Marble, repairs on tools, 7 38
30.
Kinnicut & Co., chain, ·
75
1879.
January 31. P. W. Raferty, repairs on harness,
3 65
February 3. Labor on grounds,
275 17
66
4. Labor on grounds, 137 68
66
4. McCarty & Day, repairs on cart, etc., 12 80
66
28. P. W. Raferty, repairs on harness,
1 75
March
4.
Labor on grounds,
124 47
66
8.
E. S. Warner, bill,
9 10
8.
James Witmarth,
5 25
15.
J. S. Clark,
48 00
66
15.
E. McCarty,
2 05
66
25.
J. S. Clark, turf,
40 00
April
4.
Laber on grounds,
135 18
14.
E. McCarty,
4 25
30.
E. McCarty,
1 50
May
1.
Labor on grounds,
231 01
66
15.
D. G. Aldrich, sods,
220 00
June
Labor on grounds,
377 88
3.
Thomas Brosnan, stone posts,
109 00
66
4.
Ellwanger & Barry,
113 00
66
5.
James Witmarth, shoeing,
3 25
24.
R. McAleer, harness,
30 00
29.
Noyes, Snow & Co., printing, .
10 29
66
25.
Loring, Coes & Co., sawing lumber,
11 32
25.
Stockwell & Barrows, grain,
12 06
25.
E. Converse, manure,
75 50
30.
G. & L., repairs on mower,
1 00
66
30.
J. H. Nugent,
1 50
July
1.
Labor on grounds,
302 28
66
10.
Curtis & Marble,
7 56
11.
W. H. Sawyer, lumber,
77 87
11.
L. Parks, insurance,
2 00
29.
City Engineer, .
1 66
1
31.
Worcester City Hospital,
12 00
5.
McCarty & Day,
6 96
26.
White & Conant,
2 16
66 Grading, labor and material, 1,814 60
244
CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 34.
July
31.
Rice, Barton & Fales,
$49 65
-
31.
H. Shepardson, turf,
5 66
August
4.
Labor on grounds,
331 32
4.
E. S. Warner,
52 68
66
4.
L. B. Stone,
56 62
4.
Rice, Barton & Fales,
1 50
September 6.
Labor on grounds,
277 60
66
6.
Thos. Downs,
3 15
Alfred Mallet,
5 13
66
6.
Stockwell & Barrows,
26 60
15.
J. W. Jordan,
11 80
5.
C. B. R. Hazeltine,
8 69
66
15.
J. & J. A. Rice,
33 21
15.
J. S. Clark & Son,
1 35
66
23.
Insurance on barn, etc., etc.,
24 00
City of Worcester, water,
30 00
October
3.
Labor on grounds,
275 38
66
8.
Thos. Brosnan, stone posts,
26 00
66
11.
Bush & Co .. .
1 40
66
11.
James Witmarth,
6 65
November 5.
Labor on grounds,
282 91
11.
W. S. Barton, treasurer,
300 00
11.
City Engineer,
1 87
17.
Thos. Brosnan,
15 60
66
29.
W. S. Barton, treasurer,
345 00
29.
Stockwell & Barrows,
21 60
66
29.
T. H. Downes,
75
66
29.
James Witmarth,
1 35
29.
C. J. Terrill, agent,
5 00
29.
L. B. Stone,
48 37
66
29.
J. & J. A. Rice,
19 54
$5,035 83
November 30. Cash deposits in Savings Banks, (general)
$4,148 32
30.
66 (special) 150 00
66
30.
On deposit, Wor. S. D. and Trust Co., 542 92
66
30.
In hands of Superintendent, 64 88
$4,906 12
$9,941 95
STEPHEN SALISBURY, JR.,
Secretary of Commissioners of Hope Cemetery.
3.
T. S. Sloan,
-
12 50
23.
E. S. Warner,
17 21
30.
6.
REPORT
OF THE
CITY ENGINEER.
To the Honorable City Council :
GENTLEMEN :- The following report of the transactions of the Department of Civil Engineering, is respectfully submitted, to wit :
LIGHTING STREETS.
The following table shows the number of Street Lamps in use since 1874 :
GAS.
OIL.
YEAR.
TOTAL.
Number.
Increase.
Number.
Increase.
1875
643
6
484
64
1127
1876.
667
24
557
73
1224
1877
675
8
619
62
1294
1878
681
6
654
35
1335
1879
690
9
756
102
1446
At present prices, it costs from $25.00 to $28.00 to put a gas light in running order ; this includes post, lantern, and setting the same. To put a gasoline light in order to be used, costs $9.00.
20
246
CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 34.
To maintain a gas light under the present contracts, costs $20.00 per year. To maintain a gasoline light under the present contract, costs $15.60 per year; this contract expires May 1st, 1880. The city have a contract with the Gas Co., which does not expire until Oct. 1st, 1882. Notwithstanding the fact that gas costs more than gasoline per light, I do not think it would be advisable to change, or to introduce gasoline on any street where there is a gas main, as the gas gives a much more satis- factory light.
The work of lighting and taking care of the lights for the past year, has been done by P. Ronayne, to the entire satis- faction of the joint standing committee on lighting streets.
HIGHWAYS.
The following tables show the location of streets and side- walks decreed, constructed, and made public ; also, those streets on which street and sidewalk grades have been established :
STREETS AND GRADES DECREED.
NAME OF STREET
FROM
To
REMARKS.
Mill
Leicester Street
Fowler Street.
Grade and Re-location.
Hanover
Laurel
60
Arch 60
Gradeand Re-location.
Spruce
Green
Wash'gton“
Location and Grade. .
Wade
Millbury
Ward
66
William
West
Fruit
Grade.
Queen.
Chandler
66
King
Location and Grade ..
Tremont.
Front
66
130 feet north
66 66
-
REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.
STREETS CONSTRUCTED.
STREET.
FROM
To
Date of Order.
Width in feet.
Length in feet.
REMARKS.
Foster,
Norwich, Front,
Summer,
130.7 ft. N.
1878 April 22, No Order. 1879 March 10,
60.
1,846.76 Completed.
20.
130.70
60.
3,095.00 Partly constructed,
Total length, 5,072.46 ft.
SIDEWALKS DECREED.
STREET.
FROM
To
LENGTH IN FEET.
REMARKS.
Orange.
Plymouth
Madison.
715.07
Both Sides
William.
West
Fruit
851.00
66
Total length, 1,566.07
247
Tremont, Quinsiga- mond Ave
Southb'ge Cambridge,
SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED.
STREET.
FROM
To
SIDE OF STREET.
LENGTH.
REMARKS.
Quincy. ..
Austin
. North line of J. D. Moore's estate. ..
East
191.8
Prescott .. .
North line of Church property .. .
South line of Washburn & Moen est. West. .
213.0
Orange .
Plymouth .
Madison ·
East .
376.0
May ..
Woodland. .
West line of J. B. Goodell estate.
.
North ..
93.0
Fruit.
40 feet North of Cedar Street. .
70 feet North of William Street ..
East .
337.0
Fruit.
Estate of William Warren.
Cedar ..
West .. .
143.5
Austin.
Merrick
South Russell.
North .
322.
Hammond . . ..
Main.
East line of W. G. Strong estate. .
S. West. ..
435.0
Hammond . . . .
North line of Sam'l Mawhinney est .. South line of Sam'l Mawhinney est .. . S. East .....
90.0
S Main, Court Hill.
Highland. ..
615.5 feet South .. .
West ... ·
615.5
Main ..
Front of Estate of L. Coes ...
East .
492.5
Curb set for iron railing at Court House. Gravel walk with curb and paved gutter.
248
·
CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 34.
249
REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.
Early in the Spring, the railroad commissioners for this state issued an order to have the Viaduct bridge over Foster street, widened. The city submitted plans and specifications, which were accepted by them. The plan as adopted, located the old bridge in the middle of the street, the ends resting on columns. New girders were then to be thrown across the space between the columns and the abutments. The old north abutment was to be taken down and moved north 18 feet. The whole structure to be completed before August first. A contract was at once made with Jones & Benner, of Philadelphia, Pa., to furnish and set in place, all the new iron work; they were also required by the contract, to move and set in place, the old bridge. Work was at once commenced by the city upon the masonry, which was completed June 15th. The whole structure was completed July 29th. The grading necessary to finish the street, was completed July 31st.
The work on Quinsigamond Avenue has been progressing during the past season. No more can be done to advantage until the work of constructing the sewer, which is to take the sewage of the Piedmont district, from the end of the present sewer on Sargent street, to the Island sewer or main outlet, is well underway. This avenue must be completed on or before April 29th, 1881, in order to make the betterment assessment.
The original estimate of the cost of constructing this Avenue, was $18,858.86 ; the amount of land damages awarded by the Board of Aldermen, was $8,767.91, making the probable cost of the avenue when completed, $27,626.77.
There has been expended to date, $6,853.09, for land dam- ages and construction.
I also estimate that the Highway Committee have been able to save at least $4,000.00, by buying material from parties excavating cellars, grading lots, &c., for 25c. and under per yard, which would place the material so bought, at a price equal to one-half of the price per yard as estimated. This would place the probable cost of completing the Avenue, at $16,773.68. The order to construct the Avenue, was issued March 10th, 1879.
250
CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 34.
A much needed improvement is the rebuilding of railroad bridge on Southbridge street, at the point where the Providence & Worcester railroad crosses said street, south of Lafayette street. The width of the street at that point is 492 feet, while the space between the abutments as they now stand, is only 23 feet. The Highway Committee and a committee of the Board of Directors of the Providence & Worcester Railroad Co., had a meeting, September 6th, to consider the matter of rebuilding this bridge. The railroad committee offered to reconstruct the abutments and build a new iron bridge, if the city would do the excavating and pay the railroad company $4,000.00 cash. This the highway committee refused to do, but offered to do the excava- ting, and would pay $2,000.00 to the Company. The railroad committee would not consent to this, however, and so nothing was done. It is, perhaps, proper for me to say in this connec- tion, that the city are supposed to be liable for a part of the expense of reconstructing this bridge, but just what proportion has never been decided. I would recommend that some action be taken in the matter, this coming season.
We have now in the city, 142 miles of public, and 55 miles of private streets ; also, 19 stone arch bridges, 16 wooden and 2 iron bridges. Thirty-nine petitions have been referred to the highway committee, and thirty-five to the sidewalk committee.
SEWERS.
The following table shows the location, size and length, of the sewers built under the direction of the sewer department, from Dec. 1st, 1878, to Dec. 1st, 1879.
STREET.
LOCATION.
SIZE.
LENGTH IN FEET.
MAN- HOLES.
COST.
Earle
Salem Square.
...
Edward St. East .. Front St. South. .
12"
359.0
4
12"
307.1
3
$504.20 592.11
Totals,
666.1
7
$1,096.31
251
REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.
The order for the construction of the Salem square sewer was passed by the City Council, May 12th; and the order for the Earle street sewer was passed July 7th. The work of constructing the Island sewer, with the exception of the rock excavation, has been done by the day, with satisfactory results. This sewer has been completed from the north line of Cam- bridge street to Quinsigamond Village, the full distance ordered. To utilize this sewer, it will be necessary this coming season to construct the Quinsigamond avenue sewer, and to turn in the waters of the Mill Brook sewer, at Cambridge street. The estimated cost of the sewer in Quinsigamond avenue, is $65,000.00. There has been no estimate made of the cost of taking the waters of Mill Brook, as the principal item of expense will be the payment to the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co., of a sum sufficient to recompense them for the loss of the Mill Brook stream.
I would recommend the rebuilding of the sewer in Front street, this coming year. The present sewer is the one con- structed before the Mill Brook sewer was built, and is inade- quate to perform the duties required of a sewer in this street. It enters the Mill Brook sewer 5 feet above the grade of that sewer, while in order to do its work properly it should enter at grade. Complaint has been made that in times of high water, the cellars of the adjoining estates are flooded by back water from the sewer. The abuttors can be relieved of this nuisance by the reconstruction of this sewer, at a proper grade. The estimated cost of this improvement is $8,000.00. The work of maintenance has been carried on at about the same expense as of former years ; the sewers of the city are in a good state of repair, and in consequence of the frequent change of grades, require constant and watchful care. The open Mill Brook sewer, from the Boston & Albany railroad southerly, has been complained of as a nuisance, and will need to be covered in the very near future. Our sewage system consists of 37 miles of sewers, 858 catch basins, and 1,458 manholes. The number of permits granted to enter the public sewers to date, is 2,402.
The property owned by the Sewer Maintenance Department is valued at $550. That owned by the Island Sewer Depart-
252
CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 34.
ment is valued at $8,000.00. Schedules of the above property may be seen at this office. The entire work of this department has been done under the direction of General R. H. Chamber- lain, Superintendent of Sewers, in a skillful and thorough manner, and to the entire satisfaction of all parties concerned.
Before closing this report, I desire to express my thanks to the members of the City Council, and to the heads of the various Departments of the City Government, for their uniform kindness and good will; also to my assistants, who have always executed the work intrusted to them, in a skillful and satisfac- tory manner.
Respectfully submitted, C. A. ALLEN,
WORCESTER, MASS., Dec. 30, 1879.
City Engineer.
THE CITY HOSPITAL.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 1879.
Alderman -HENRY A. MARSH,
Councilmen- LORING COES,
Terms expire 1879.
JOHN R. THAYER,
At Large-STEPHEN SALISBURY, JR., Term expires 1880.
DR. F. H. KELLEY,
66 1881.
DR. JOSEPH SARGENT,
66
1882.
ALBERT CURTIS,
66
66
1883.
ORGANIZATION.
President - DR. F. H. KELLEY.
Secretary -STEPHEN SALISBURY, JR.
( ALBERT CURTIS, EsQ. Auditors - HENRY A. MARSH, EsQ.
Superintendent and Resident Physician, DR. J. BARTLETT RICH.
Board of Commissioners of the Jaques Fund and other Funds of the City Hospital.
ALBERT CURTIS, Term expires 1880. BENJAMIN WALKER, 1881.
DR. F. H. KELLEY,
1882.
MEDICAL STAFF, 1879.
Consulting Physicians. Joseph Sargent, M. D. Frank H. Kelley, M. D. Bernard D. Eastman, M. D.
Visiting Physicians.
Rufus Woodward, M. D.
George A. Bates, M. D.
J. Marcus Rice, M. D. Albert Wood, M. D.
Oramel Martin, M. D.
Emerson Warner, M. D.
Henry Clarke, M. D. George E. Francis, M. D.
Joseph N. Bates, M. D. John O. Marble, M. D.
Thomas H. Gage, M. D. Leonard Wheeler, M. D.
Oculist and Aurist - Lewis S. Dixon, M. D. Pathologist - William H. Workman, M. D.
ORGANIZATION. President - ORAMEL MARTIN, M. D. Secretary -LEONARD WHEELER, M. D. ALBERT WOOD, M. D. Committee on Report EMERSON WARNER, M. D. GEORGE A. BATES, M. D. THOMAS H. GAGE, M. D.
Committee on Conference GEORGE E. FRANCIS, M. D. RUFUS WOODWARD, M. D.
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
To the Honorable City Council :
In accordance with the provisions of the ordinance, the Trus- tees of the City Hospital present herewith their ninth annual report, for the year ending November 30th, 1879.
Number of patients remaining in the hospital, Novem-
ber 30th, 1878, . . 14
Number of patients admitted to the institution during the year, 206
Treated during the year,
220
Discharged during the year,
Died during the year, . 187
16
Remaining in the hospital, November 30th, 1879, 17
Number of persons refused admission during the year, 33
Daily average number of patients, . 16.50
Average length of stay of each patient, (days), 27
Cost of maintaining the hospital during the year, including rent, and every expenditure, $8,368 78
Revenue for the year was as follows:
City appropriation, . . $7,000 00
Income from Jaques fund, 2,600 15
Income from board of patients, 1,666 89
256
CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 34.
Income from all other sources, . 117 23
Balance remaining December 1st, 1879, paid over to the sinking fund, 3,015 34 Net cost to the city for maintaining the institution for the year, 3,984 00
It is gratifying to be able to report that the cost to the city for supporting the hospital has been considerably less than any previous year since its establishment, and yet there has been no year when it has accomplished more real good,-its facilities have in no manner been crippled, and the number of patients treated has been fully up to the average of former years.
This results from no new methods of economy, but from an increase of income from the Jaques fund and the board of patients. The rules as to admittance have, perhaps, been more rigidly enforced than in previous years, as it is found difficult to convince people that the hospital is not a refuge for the hopelessly sick, or an asylum for the pauper and the degraded victims of intemperance.
No important changes have occurred in the service of the hos- pital during the year. Dr. J. Bartlett Rich continues in charge as Superintendent and admitting physician, and has entered upon his fourth year of service. His management has at all times been entirely satisfactory to the trustees, and he has proved himself a faithful and efficient officer. His familiarity with all the details of financial management, and his excellent skill and judgment in determining who, among the many appli- cants, are proper persons to be admitted to the benefits of the institution, make his services more valuable every year.
The trustees acknowledge valuable professional services ren- dered by him in cases of emergency, and in behalf of some members of the staff who have been unavoidably absent during a part of their term of service.
Dr. Thomas H. Gage was elected to the Board of Consulting Physicians, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. B. D. Eastman, who has removed from the city.
The physicians of the staff, as in years previous, have been constant and faithful in their attendance upon the sick, and to
257
CITY HOSPITAL.
them, more than to all others, is to be attributed the continued success of the hospital.
It is pleasant to record the kindly offices of the young ladies connected with the Flower Mission, whose frequent visits to the hospital are always welcomed by the patients, affording them cheer and comfort beyond what they can possibly realize.
The interest in the hospital is gradually extending itself to the adjoining towns, and, indeed, more or less throughout the county. Physicians make frequent calls to examine the facili- ties afforded, and to enquire the terms of admission, and some of them are sending their more difficult and complicated surgi- cal cases to the hospital for treatment, especially patients that have scanty accommodations at their homes. These are charged the estimated cost of maintenance, including board, medicine, etc.
By the judicious and careful management of the commission of the several hospital funds, it will be seen by their report that the Jaques fund is increasing by the sale of land, the quarterly income from which is accredited to the annual appro- priation for maintaining the hospital, according to the terms of the bequest.
It cannot be a long time, if the sale of the land continues, before the income of the Jaques fund will be nearly or quite sufficient to support the hospital upon its present basis.
Another year's experience confirms the trustees in the opinion expressed in former reports to your honorable body, that the present accommodations at the Jaques homestead, of twenty-five beds, is quite sufficient to meet the wants which the city origi- ' nally designed to supply by establishing this beneficent and charitable institution.
In view of this fact, the question of building a new hospital on the land donated by Mr. Jaques, or paying the forfeiture provided by the contract made with him, resolves itself largely into one of financial expediency. The forfeiture is twenty-four hundred dollars a year, to be paid to the commission and added to the Jaques fund, the interest upon which comes back quar- terly, for maintenance. The annual interest upon the outlay
258
CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 34.
necessary to construct a new building, upon the most economi- cal scale, could not be less than the amount of the forfeiture.
The increase in the magnitude of a new hospital would ren- der necessary new plans of government, and a revision of the service would greatly increase the ordinary running expenses of the establishment.
The trustees fully recognize the necessity of economy at this time in the affairs of the city, and are endeavoring to manage the hospital with the least possible burden to the tax-payers, consistent with its scope and usefulness.
By occupying the homestead for the present, instead of the Prince street lot with new buildings, and paying the forfeiture according to agreement, in the opinion of the trustees does no injustice to the memory of Mr. Jaques, but rather further his well known intentions and designs.
On the other hand, so long as the homestead is occupied for hospital purposes, as it must be until other provisions are made, a portion of this large tract of land, the most valuable of the Jaques estate, must remain unproductive.
The sale of all the lots lying on Peidmont street and some on Chandler street, would not interfere with the convenience of the hospital, as at present occupied. Besides, it cannot be denied that the erection of a new hospital on the hill would increase the value of land belonging to the Jaques estate in that vicinity.
Larger and more healthful buildings would undoubtedly increase our revenue from the State and from the board of out- of-town patients, and afford superior advantages for doing good.
The object the trustees have in view in again discussing this subject in their report, is to make clear to the city council the exact facts in the case, and not to interpose any objection to whatever scheme it may, in its wisdom, think advisable to adopt.
The following gifts were received during the year, and are gratefully acknowledged by the trustees: (December), Mr. C. C. Woodbury, pieces; Mrs. Henry Chapin, reading matter ; Mrs. A. Parker, old linen. (January, 1879), Mr. S. Salisbury, Jr., old linen ; Mr. William S. Goodell, 13 shirts, 4 pairs hose,
259
CITY HOSPITAL.
4 pairs drawers. (February), Mrs. D. H. Fanning, dressing gown, pieces; Mrs. Samuel F. Haven, dressing gown; Mrs. Henry Chapin, reading matter. (March), Mrs. R. D. Tatman, 4 men's shirts ; Mrs. C. B. Lincoln, linen ; Mrs. H. W. Miller, two packages Scribner's Magazines; Relief Society of the First Unitarian Parish, shirts, collars, cuffs and neckties. (April), Mrs. Geo. W. Gill, linen; Mrs. Richardson, pieces; Mrs. H. J. Jennings, pieces and reading matter; Ladies' Society of the Church of the Unity, 6 night shirts. (June), Mrs. Fanning, 2 pairs hose, 2 shirts, 2 night dresses; Mr. Freeman Brown, pieces ; Mrs. L. M. Pinkham, pieces ; Fire Patrol, pieces ; Flower Mission, flowers, reading matter, pieces; Mr. C. B. Damon, pair of sheets; Miss Fannie Richardson, underclothing and pieces ; Mrs. Charles Lincoln, pieces : Mrs. Edward L. Davis, pieces ; Mrs. Burnham, pieces; Mr. L. D. Curtis, pieces. (July), Dr. George E. Francis, splints ; Mrs. W. W. Rice, 3 pairs slip- pers; Mr. S. H. Bowker, pieces, illustrated papers; Mr. S. Salisbury, Jr., pieces; Mrs. E. B. Wells, pieces ; Mrs. Geo. W. Gill, 5 glasses jelly, bottle preserves ; Mrs. E. W. Taylor, pieces. (August), Mrs. Edward L. Davis, ice cream; Mrs. Philip L. Moen, 11 shirts, 1 dozen handkerchiefs, pieces; Miss Elsie Francis, book; Dr. Woodward, reading matter; Mrs. Barber, pieces ; Flower Mission, flowers. (September), Mrs. Alonzo Whitcomb, pieces. (October), Mrs. L. S. Dixon, magazines ; Mrs. William H. Harrington, pieces.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.