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Sept. 14. At Norwell, Joseph Foster Merritt and Alice Ger- trude Church, both of Norwell, by Rev. Clayton E. DeLaMater.
Sept. 20. At Norwell, Samuel Austin Poole and Mary Jane Winsor, both of Hanover, by Rev. Edward H. Keens.
Oct. £ 3. At Cohasset, Levi Nelson Osborne, Jr., of Nor- well and Leonora I. Marten of Scituate, by Rev. Frank Park.
Nov. 2. At Norwell, Stanley Washburn Oakman of Marsh- field and Mary Elizabeth Gardner of Norwell, by Rev. James Lade.
Nov. 23. At Norwell, Archie Ellsworth Fish and Clara Louise Cochran, both of Norwell, by Rev. Ed- ward H. Keens.
Dec. I. At Norwell, Morrill Allen Phillips of Hanover and Addie Bicknell Wade of Boston, by Rev. Levi W. Staples.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1904.
DATE OF BIRTH.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER.
January
13,
Illegitimate
A. Chapin and Josie A.
Prouty.
March
5,
- Griffin.
Stanley and Muriell E.
Bayley.
27,
Jonathan Mayers ..
Joseph and Annic.
McManus.
ay
Staples.
Frank S. and L. Carrie.
Osborne.
8.
Helen Gertrude Lincoln.
1. Anstin and Mabel G.
Pinkham.
19,
Gertrude May Pratt ..
Arthur and Theresa.
Davis.
31,
Helen Lonise Hatch.
George S. and Anna
Burger.
June
4,
Lincoln Simeon Bates ..
Charles 11. and Mamie ..
Lovejoy.
25,
John Franklin Costello.
James and Rebecca.
Brown.
July
19,
Eleanor Frances Ford ..
Henry C. and Imln.
Tilden.
August
14,
Stillborn. .
Henry W. and Nellie M.
Hammond.
18
30,
Gladys Jackman.
George A. and Lillian ..
Elliott. Faulkner.
November
2,
Faulkner Fogg.
Horace T. and Isabella ..
December
12,
Stillborn.
Dorothy Marion Appleford ..
William H. and Edith B ...
Capell.
1903.
April
26,
John Alfred Litchfield ..
Alfred C. and Margaret ..
Edwards.
October
25,
Ethel May Bates.
29,
Donald Chapin Tisdale
14,
Blanks for the returns required to be made by physicians and parents may be obtained by applying to the Town Clerk.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1904.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
BIRTHPLACE.
PLACE OF DEATH.
Y. M. D.
Jan. 8
George Dyer .
80
Cerebral hemorrhage.
· Quincy Dartmouth Norwell
Boston Norwell
Feb.
20
Charles Laurence Smith.
4
Broncho pneumonia ...
March
25
Alice L. Merritt (Clapp)
50
4
Valvular disease of heart
So. Scituate
30
James W. Sampson
76
1
Disease of liver and gall bladder ..
Scituate Norwell
31
Jonathan Mayers.
52
24
Accident.
May . 7
12
Staples.
8
Hemorrhage of bowels
19
Charles H. Kibby
53
Apoplexy
June
2
Wallace M. Shaw
69 5
Suicide by shooting .
Cummington
4
Martha M. Poole (Young)
51
10
4
Hypostatic pneumonia from weak
14
Olive Elizabeth Eastman ( Woodsum) John C. Brown.
64
1
Tuberculosis of lungs
66
16
Williams B. Brooks
90
8
7
Senile gangrene
Camden, Me. Boston Scituate
66
August 12
Alfred Reed Ellis
8
3
Ptomaine poisoning
Sept.
16
Jacob L. Waters ..
63
Cancer.
23
Franklin Litchfield.
65
Pneumonia
27
Lucy J. Lapham (Farrar)
71
2 18
Cancer of liver [ease
Salem
Oct.
1
William A. Knight
68
Injury to abdomen and heart dis- Surgical operation for hematocele Enteritis.
Sumner, Me.
11
Joseph Merritt
84 10
5
Scituate
14
Joseph H. Hackett
71
2
Pneumonia
Maine
18
George Chauncey H. Litchfield
27
14
Internal injury from fall
So. Scituate
Quincy Norwell.
Nov.
13
Thomas Mee
69
Tuberculosis of lungs .
Ireland
21
Mildred Albee.
2 10
Croup and pneumonia.
..
Dec. 8
Peleg Curtis .
86 1 20
Nephritis
15
Charles N. Duncan.
96 9 9
Softening of brain . .
Scituate New York
..
.
4
Umbilical hemorrhage
Nova Scotia Norwell Chelsea
Miliary tuberculosis .. [heart
Hingham Boston
75 7
July
7
19
Waltham Norwell
6
Flora May Goddard (Keene).
27
10
..
Number of marriages, 17 ; number of births, 18 : number of deaths, 27. Repectfully submitted, JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
9
Bradford Little .
74
Fatty degeneration of heart.
Edward C. Jordan.
.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Horace T. Fogg, Treas., in account with Town of Norwell.
DR.
To cash on hand January 21, 1904, $3,441 72
Dog tax, 1903, refunded, 323 20
Income Massachusetts School Fund, 929 86
Refunded by the Commonwealth :
Corporation tax, 2,184 95
National Bank tax,
808 06
Support of State paupers, 9 00
Inspection of Animals,
17 00
Education of Children,
146 50
State Aid, 2,260 00
Street Railway tax,
251 90
Tuition of children in small towns, 300 00
State Board of Education, .416 66
Refunded by Towns :
Town of Holbrook, aid, 177 75
Town of Canton, aid, 156 00
Town of Whitman, aid, 75 00
Town of Scituate, aid,
52 00
Town of Duxbury, aid,
49 00
Town of Marshfield, aid,
72 00
Town of Hull, aid, 17 00
Town of Plymouth, aid,
1 00
Town of Dartmouth, aid,
38 50
Personal aid refunded, 17 00
Board of Mary L. Bowker refunded, 42 71
21
Sale of lots in cemetery, $30 00 8 00
Charles S. Tilden, fish rights,
Charles A. Bates, mortgage on Grander- son place, 150 00
Charles A. Bates, interest, 7 50
Second District Court, fines,
115 45
Harry S. Merritt, license,
2 00
Lester W. Osborn, licenses,
8 00
Otis H. Perry, license, 2 00
J. H. Pinkham, Supt. of Almshouse, 233 00
Board of Thomas Mee at Almshouse, 40 80
Overdrafts repaid,
4 10
South Scituate Savings Bank, anticipa- tion notes, 7,000 00
Interest on temporary deposit, 35 90
Old Colony Street Railway, excise tax, 2II 43
A J. Litchfield, Collector, taxes of 1904, 11,094 21
$30,729 20
CR.
By cash paid on orders of Selectmen and School Committee, $18,995 91
Post 112, G. A. R., by vote of town, 100 00
Police Officers and Constables, Second District Court, 145 75
South Scituate Savings Bank, on account of anticipation notes, 5,000 00
South Scituate Savings Bank, interest on anticipation notes, 154 33
South Scituate Savings Bank, interest on time loan, 182 50
Interest on Coffin Poor Fund note, 80 00
Interest on A. T. Otis Poor Fund note, 52 00
County Treasurer, on account North
22
River Bridge, ·
$50 00
Scituate tax,
5 00
County tax,
1,471 44
State tax,
975 00
Cash on hand, to balance
3,517 27
$30,729 20
Respectfully submitted,
HORACE T. FOGG, Treasurer.
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Andrew J. Litchfield in account with the Town of Norwell :
DR.
To assessment of 1904
To excise tax of 1904
$14,365 29 2II 43
$14,576 72
CR.
By excise tax paid treasurer
$211 43
By cash paid treasurer
11,094 21
1904 taxes outstanding
3,271 08
$14,576 72
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW J. LITCHFIELD, Collector.
TAXES ABATED.
F. E. Adams J. H. Costello Charles David
$3 45
2 00
4 03
J. C. Durnin
2 00
24
Ernest Daigle
$2 00
Elmira C. Griswold
3 12
Paul H. Hussey 2 00
James B. Knapp
3 45
Robert A. McKee
2 00
Mrs. John R. Smith
7 25
Samuel C. Vinal
2 00
Alden Briggs
08
H. Melissa Cushing
08
Anthony Collamore Estate
08
Joshua Studley
08
Michael Sylvester
08
Joseph Thompson
08
Sophia Turner
08
J. H. Whitman
08
George Ainslie
2 00
Robert Armstrong
2 00
Benjamin Briggs
12 30
Quincy Baker
2 00
David H. Bates
3 02
Henry Bates
2 00
Fred B. Cobbett
2 00
George A. Jackman
2 00
Charles F. Keen
2 00
Herbert D. Lombard
2 00
Bradford Little
2 58
Ashburton W. Pincin
7 37
Bernard Randall
2 00
John Ryan
2 00
Mrs. Mary Shepherd
7 25
Phœbe Turner
2 90
Samuel A. Ward
2 73
George H. Damon
87
L. C. Sylvester
08
Walter L. Boynton
2 00
George H. French
2 00
-
25
Lucy Gunderway Estate $4 86 Charles J. Harriman 2 00
John H. Howard 2 87
James F. Crocker
2 00
Emery Winslow
2 00
C. S. Merritt
2 00
Joseph Meyers
2 00
$114 77
ASSESSORS , REPORT.
Value of buildings Value of land Value of personal property
$465,173 00
230,366 00
141,744 00
$837,283 00
State tax
$975 00
County tax
1,471 44
Town tax
11,450 00
Over-layings
461 24
Total tax
$14,357 68
Street railway excise tax
$211 43
Assessors' warrant to collector
14,365 29
$14,576 72
Rate of taxation, per thousand $16.00 Number of polls assessed, 480 Paying poll tax only, 129 Horses assessed, 378
Cows assessed, 223 Sheep assessed, 31 Swine assessed, 77 Fowl assessed, 5,871 Number of dwelling houses assessed, 453 Number acres of land assessed, 12,015
HIGHWAY.
EAST WARD.
E. P. Joseph, labor 1903, not drawn $9 33
14 days at $2.50 35 00
One man and two horses, 3 hours at 50C I 50
One man and four horses, 36 hours at 83 I-3C 30 00
One man, 99 hours at 20C 19 80
One man and one horse, 36 hours at 33 I-3C 12 00
One man and two horses, 54 hours at 50C 27.00
Two men and four horses, 72 hours at $1.00 72 00
Three men and six horses, 27 hours at $1.50 40 50
Four men and eight horses, 18 hours at $2.00 36 00
One man, 621 hours at 20C I24 20
Removing stones in south ward 6 00
Amos H. Tilden, 9 hours at 20C I 80
John F. Moody and two horses, 40 hours at 50C 20 00
261 loads of gravel at 6c 15 66
Alex. Black, 125 hours at 20C 25 00
28
George Vinal, gravel $2 36
George F. Vinal, drain pipe . 3 00
Frank L. Thomas, 91 loads gravel at 6c 5 46
Charles M. Leavitt, 35 hours at 20C 7 00
J. Frank Turner, 18 hours at 20C 3 60
R. W. McDonald, sharpening tools 2 00
Chester Fitts, 18 3-4 hours at 20C 3 75
Harold Osborne, 99 hours at 20C 18 90
Fred Gardner and two horses, 54 hours at 50C 27 00
Ernest Henderson, 27 hours at 20C 5 40
George H. Turner, working on road 2 13
George H. Turner and two horses, 72 hours at 50C 36 00
Elwood Ainslie, 45 hours at 20C 9 00
Harry Ainslie, 37 1-2 hours at 20C
7 50
Ralph Merritt, 148 hours at 20C
29 60
John Whalen, 99 hours at 20C
19 80
Caleb D. Litchfield, 72 hours at 20C
14 40
Henry C. Ford and two horses, 18 hours at 50C 9 00
John W. Burns and two horses, 62 hours at 50C 31 00
Joseph Hatch and two horses, 49 hours at 50C 24 50
Carlton Litchfield and two horses, 36 hours at 50c 18 00
Jesse Reed and two horses 71 hours at 50C 35 50
Ernest Merritt, 9 hours I 50
$793 09
29
SOUTH WARD.
F. E. Henderson, 19 1-2 days at $2.50 $48 75
Two men and four horses, 89 1-2 hours at $1.00 89 50
One man and two horses, 128 hours at 500 64 00
One horse, 38 1-2 hours at 16 2-3C 6 42
One man, 50 1-2 hours at 20C 10 10
Two horses, 40 hours at 33 1-3C 13 34
One man, 14 7-8 hours at 200 2 97
W. S. Simmons, one man and two horses, 40 hours at 500 20 00
W. O. Merritt, one man and two horses, 50 hours at 50C 25 00
E. A. Jacobs, one man and two horses, 32 hours at 50C 16 00
E. E. Stetson, one horse, 135 hrs. at 16 2-3C 22 48 20 hours mowing bushes at 20C 4 00
W. C. Barnard, one man and one horse, 58 1-2 hours at 33 J-3C 19 34
Charles Smith, one man and one horse, 64 hours at 33 1-3c 21 30
One horse, 31 1-2 hours at 16 2-3C 5 25
I. D. Chenervert, one man and one horse, 53 hours at 33 1-3C 17 67
George Lee, one man and one horse, 36 hours at 33 1-3C 12 00
R. Montgomery, one man and one horse, 4 hours at 33 1-3C I 33
W. R. Smith, 126 1-2 hours at 20C 25 30
James Studley, 303 hours at 20C 60 60
Charles Simmons, 224 1-2 hours at 20C 44 90
Robert McKee, 251 hours at 20C 50 20
Howard Packard, 175 hours at 20C 35 00
Richard Winslow, 227 hours at 20C 45 40
30
R. C. Henderson, 139 1-2 hours at 200 $27 90
Robert Smith, 39 hours at 20C 7 80
Charles Smith, 87 1-2 hours at 20C 17 50
William Sylvester, 18 hours at 20C 3 60
Albion Snowdale, 199 hours at 20C 39 80
John Knapp, 25 hours at 20C 5 00
Walter Briggs, 27 hours at 20C
5 40
D. Chenervert, 53 hours at 20C 10 60
Allan Rand, 32 hours at 20C
6 40
William Sexton, 32 hours at 20C
6 40
Thomas Jordan, 32 hours at 20C
6 40
William O. Merritt, 18 hours at 20C
3 60
Gilbert West, 277 loads gravel at 6c 16 62
Everett Winslow, 87 loads gravel at 6c 5 22
Mrs. Emma Bates, 132 loads gravel at 6c 7 92
A. J. Litchfield & Son, six shovels at 85c 5 10
H. N. Magoun, tile 2 00
H. D. Smith, repairing water fountain I 60
Phillips, Bates & Co., lumber and paint 5 55
$845 26
WEST WARD.
Walter Simmons, 24 1-2 days at $2.50. $68 75
Walter Simmons and two horses, 27 hours at 50C 13 50
Two horses, 195 hours at 33 1-3C 65 00
One man and four horses, 22 hours at 83 1-3C 18 33
One horse, 25 hours at 16 2-3C 4 25
One man and two horses, 19 hours at 50C 9 50
One inan, 38 1-2 hours at 20C 7 70
31
One cart and horse, 29 hrs. at 16 I-3C $4 73
Three and one-half days at $2.00 7 00
Stone forks 6 50
Posts and rails 4 00
Henry L. Studley, 220 1-2 hours at 20C 44 10
E. A. Damon, 172 1-2 hours at 20C 34 48
J. H. Leavitt, 18 hours at 20C 3 60
Robert Leavitt, 117 hours at 20C
23 40
George Vinal, 18 hours at 20C 3 60
Daniel F. Bates and two horses, 46 hours at 50C 23 00
A. F. Jacobs, 46 loads gravel at 6c 2 88
Wallace Hackett, 20 loads gravel at 6c I 20
Elisha Sprague, 106 loads gravel at 6c 6 34
Benj. Loring, one man and two horses, 176 hours at 50C 88 00
Andrew Clapp, 18 hours at 20C 3 60
F. G. Healey, 9 hours at 20C I 80
Henry Pratt, 70 1-2 hours at 20C
14 IO
Carlton Pinsin, 91 1-2 hours at 20C
18 30
Albion Damon, 76 hours at 20C 15 20
Patrick Gammon, 41 hours at 20C
8 20
E. E. Jacobs, 63 7-20 hours at 20C
12 67
Simeon Damon, 50 hours at 20C
10 00
Wm. J. Hayden, 113 hours at 20C
22 60
Alvin Vinal, 27 1-2 hours at 20C
5 50
Thomas Hill, 43 hours at 20C
8 60
Walter S. Briggs, one man and two horses, 32 hours at 50c 16 00
Two men and four horses, 9 hours at $1.00 9 00
One man and four horses, 18 hours at 83 I-3C 15 00
Mowing bushes I OO
Alden Damon, work on bridge and stone furnished 3 85
32
Alden Damon, 63 hours at 200 $12 60
Geo. F. Crocker, 45 hours at 20C 9 00
James F. Crocker, 45 hours at 20C 9 00
Enoch Johnson, 34 loads gravel at 6c 2 04
Henry W. Mains, 159 1-2 hours at 20C 31 90
C. H. Tibbetts, 27 hours at 20C 5 40
Charles Scully, 18 hours at 20C 3 60
W. M. Shaw, ro hours at 20C 2 OC
George H. Bates, 18 hours at 20C 3 60
F. Damon, 18 hours at 20C 3 60
W. E. Damon, 57 1-2 hours at 20C II 50
Edwin Damon, 41 hours at 20C 8 20
W. H. Farrar and two horses, III I-2 hours at 50C 55 75
Charles H. Baker and one horse, 27 hours
at 33 1-3C 9 00
Charles Cutler, 14 hours at 20C 2 80
J. W. Brown, 59 loads gravel at 6c 3 54
Mrs. Eunice Loring, 34 loads gravel at 6c
2 04
Robert Loring, 86 hours at 20C
17 20
Bela Jacobs estate, 124 loads gravel at 6c 7 44
Mrs. Mary A. Veasey, 30 loads gravel at 6c 1 80
$807 29
GENERAL HIGHWAY EXPENSES.
John F. Turner, labor on roller $22 00
Good Roads Machine Co., casting 65
Charles W. Tilden, sharpening tools 2 95
$25 60
Total amount of Highway expenses
$2,471 24
REMOVING SNOW.
Benjamin Loring
$70 63
Henry W. Main
4 13
Herbert Howard
7 50
William Collamore
2 75
J. Griffin
4 25
C. H. Lapham
5 25
John R. Collamore
3 75
John Brown
I 25
J. G. Tibbets
5 75
A. J. Farrar
2 50
William E. Magoun
75
W. H. Farrar
32 63
Timothy Sheehan
- 8 00
Peter Sheehan
50
J. H. Prouty
63
W. O. Prouty
.63
F. G. Healey
IO 75
J. J. Farrar
7 75
G. H. Bates
6 24
A. W. Thomas
6 50
Alpheus Thomas
5 87
Archie F. Merritt
5 25
Charles Sculley
9 16
W. M. Shaw
I 87
George A. Farrar
I 38
A. W. Robinson
I 87
Edward L. Loring
IO 99
34
H. F. Mann
A. T. Stoddard
$1 75 75
Chester Robinson
James Smith
6 38
Charles Smith
7 25
Walter Briggs
4 50
James Winslow
I 60
Lennie Dagan
3 25
Robert Smith
5 38
Richard Winslow
7 63
Alfred Rand
I 00
Fred W. Gardner
6 00
Herbert Litchfield
3 00
Caleb Litchfield
2 25
John Litchfield
I 25
Carl Litchfield
I 25
Harry Brown
75
Luther Litchfield
2 50
Olie Litchfield
I 25
Oscar Wagner
I 50
Percy Litchfield
I 50
John Whalen
5 63
Frank Dyer
I 25
Eddie Merritt
4 50
Ernest Loring
3 50
Charles H. Baker
8 63
E. A. Damon
II 50
W. E. Damon
5 75
E. A. Jacobs
65 75
John H. Sparrell
28 50 -
William T. Lapham
9 75
Allen Merritt
I 50
William Carr
12 25
Albert Osborne
9 50
Ralph Carr
6 00
Harry Perry
4 50
35
Thomas Jordan
$4 00
Whitman Soule
3 50
Joshua Freeman
2 50
Howard Freeman
2 00
Andrew Clapp
2 50
George Sylvester
2 50
Joseph Sharks
2 75
Frank Damon
5 75
Alonzo Stoddard
7 88
O. D. Burhoff
4 50
Charles Curtis
3 00
Fred Jones
5 25
Henry Bates
4 25
Alden Damon
1 75
Frank Jones
6 31
Arthur Pratt
6 50
Harold Sexton
6 25
Alexander Black
7 50
Henry Munnis
2 25
E. P. Joseph
104 90
Wallace Hackett
13 87
Walter Simmons
70 87
C. O. Litchfield
13 25
George Richardson
4 00
Bert Richardson
5 00
Frank Richardson
3 50
A. L. Richardson
2 25
Arthur Carr
3 75
Lyman Lincoln
4 25
Charles Stockbridge
3 75
Robert Leavitt
3 00
Henry Leavitt
6 13
Harold Osborne
7 25
Nelson Osborne
5 00
Scott Osborne
4 50
Frank Osborne
4 00
36
7
George Vinal
$8 00
W. L. Boynton
4 75
J. Totman
1 50
John E. Leslie
2 50
John F. Turner
3 50
Clarence Winslow
50
Carlton Pinsin
3 12
Jesse Winslow
38.
Wilbur Sylvester
2 50
Percy Litchfield
1 00
Richie Litchfield
60
C. C. Merritt
3 00
Henry W. Winslow
2 00
John H. Winslow
45
John T. Moody
5 75
Antony Moody
5 75
Charles Harris
5 00
Laurence N. Gage
4 00
Ernest Merritt
1 75
Harry Merritt
2 94
Charles Hammond
I I3
Benjamin Lee
3 75
Harry Gardner
1 00
Albion Damon
6 00
E. Harrington
I 50
John Osborne
3 51
Laban Bates
75
John M. Bates
I 25
Jesse Reed
2 00
Eddie Bates
I 25
Ralph Merritt
2 50
J. W. Hatch
2 50
John Wilder
I 25
C. F. Studley
2 63
W. W. Briggs
2 75
A. H. Tilden
5 00
37
R. W. McDonald, snow plow
$6 50
John Loring 3 37
William Loring 3 13
Charles Jones
I 50
A. C. Tisdale
I 12
Henry A. Pratt
I 88
Walter Barnard
5 50
Patrick White
88
William Hayden
2 00
Alpheus Damon
I 38
William S. Briggs
12 63
Walter S. Briggs
2 88
Wallace Damon
2 25
Patrick Gammon
3 75
F. E. Henderson
69 88
Charles Simmons
2 13
Clarence Barnard
3 75
James W. Studley
4 13
I. H. Packard
4 00
W. H. Appleford 4 00
E. C. Briggs
3 25
I. D. Chenervert
2 25
Thomas C. Sampson
1 00
Henry J. Tolman
I 13
E. A. Hatch
I 50
Malcolm Howland
38
Walter Smith
38
Howard Brooks
30
Fred Capell
1 00
Calvin Crane
I 25
Zenas Howland
63
W. G. Vinal
I 25
C. W. Tilden. ironing snow plow
4 50
W. F. Pratt
I 50
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$1,053 98
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Articles on hand Jan. 1, 1904
$382 00
H. S. Turner, supplies
84 87
F. M. Curtis & Co. 96 86
A. J. Litchfield, grain
134 46
A. J. Litchfield, supplies
107 59
Corthell Bros., meat
40 83
W. W. Cutler
59 96
Curtis & Bates, supplies
27 97
Samuel Olsen, fish
12 72
A. A. Page, fish
5 14
John Monahan
24 II
Helen M. Fogg
37 50
George F. Welch, coal
72 00
George F. Welch, supplies
38 II
William S. Briggs, ice (two years) 20 94
Harry G. Pinsin, pigs 12 00
Turner Bros., garden seed
3 70
Arthur I. Nash, use of field
10 00
Frank Thomas, use of stock
2 00
George H. Turner, fertilizer
35 00
H. N. Magoun, labor on pump 2 75
Dr. H. J. Little, attendance 36 25
Insurance on Almshouse and Building
38 40
C. W. Tilden, stock and labor
16 44
James H. Pinkham, salary for year
300 00
James H. Pinkham, articles bought for cash 91 89
39
C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, burial J. Waters $25 00
$1,718 49
JAMES H. PINKHAM'S ACCOUNT.
DR.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1904
$16 71
Articles sold Board of Thomas Mee
309 38
40 80
$366 89
CR.
Bought for cash
$91 89
Cash paid to Treasurer
273 80
Cash on hand
I 20
$366 89
ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS,
Cash on hand
$16 71
Cash paid for vegetables
48 15
Pork, I. A. Lincoln
14 03
English hay
38 36
Fowl
10 00
Milk
103 02
Onions
2 55
Carrots
25 62
Potatoes
6 85
Strawberries
I IO
Eggs
31 70
1
40
Cash paid for Calf
$1 00
Team for raid
I 50
Mowing for base ball
50
Dinner for Mr. Stone
50
Mowing for Mr. Griggs
1 87
Mowing for Amos Tilden
I 13
One hog and one calf
21 50
Board of Thomas Mee
40 80
$366 89
ARTICLES ON HAND DEC. 31. 1904.
One horse
$40 00
Fowl
25 00
Cows
75 00
Manure
25 00
Hay
100 00
Lumber
10 00
Potatoes
35 00
Onions
I 00
Turnips
2 00
Colored beans
4 00
Cabbages
2 00
Mangles
5 00
Carrots
5 00
Wood
20 00
Groceries
10 00
Pumpkins
5 00
Squash
5 00
Coal
52 00
$421 00
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SUMMARY OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Total expenditures
$1,718 49
ALMSHOUSE CREDITS.
Articles sold
$309 38
Board of Thomas Mee
40 80
Articles on hand
421 00
771 18
Total cost, including 33 tramps
$947 31
OUT-DOOR POOR.
Edwin T. Leavitt.
Paid Town of Duxbury
$49 75
Lucy D. Gunderway.
Burial
$25 00
David Griffith.
George F. Welch, coal
$29 00
C. O. Keen
2 00
E. M. Sexton
21 96
F. E. Henderson
5 00
J. H. Pinkham, paid for sawing wood
I 50
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies 70 28
Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance
14 00
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Wm. S. Briggs, ice
$1 66
Corthell Bros.
28 29
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$173 69
Children of E. C. Litchfield.
Mrs. L. S. Grant, care of children $12 00
Mrs. William T. Hunt.
Town of Rockland
$1 40
Dr. C. E. Lowell, medical treatment 2 00
$3 40
James Costello. 1
F. M. Curtis & Co., supplies
$39 00
Dr. C. L. Howes 60 00
A. J. Litchfield & Son
57 00
$156 00
Sarah E. Studley.
Cash
$48 00
Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance 42 00
$90 00
Family of Stephen Thomas.
Dr. A. L. McMillan $29 50
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Bella Freeman.
Worcester Insane Asylum $42 71
Mary L. Bowker.
Taunton Insane Asylum (reimbursed) $42 71
Mary A. Gardner.
Taunton Insane Asylum $42 71
Bridget Shea.
To State Treasurer $36 80
Lorenzo Cromwell.
H. S. Turner $2 00
Dr. H. J. Little 6 00
$8 00
Mary Ann Gardner.
John S. Brooks, supplies $54 34
Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance 21 00
$75 34
William Gunderway.
Dr. W. P. Grovestein, medical attendance $15 00
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Arthur G. Lincoln.
Town of Rockland $4 40
Damon Bros., supplies 4 98
Dr. A. L. McMillan, medical attendance 13 00
Bernard Damon, on month's rent
5 00
$27 38
Benjamin Briggs.
Horace T. Fogg, interest
$9 00
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies 63 50
$72 50
E. E. Gunderway.
A. J. Litchfield & Son
$52 00
H. W. Winslow.
Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance
$54 50
Alden Beach. 1
Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance
$7 75
Alonzo Sylvester.
Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance $13 00
Emery Winslow.
Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance $1 00
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AID TO PERSONS HAVING SETTLEMENT IN OTHER TOWNS.
Laban R. Bates, Hull
H. S. Turner & Co. $37 00
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies 4 00
$41 00
Chester Taylor, Scituate.
H. S. Turner & Co., supplies $56 00
George A. Jackman, State.
- W. D. Turner, wood $9 00
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies 28 00
$37 00
Bernard Randall, Duxbury.
H. S. Turner & Co., supplies $14 00
W. D. Turner, wood 3 00
Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance 4 00
$21 00
Josiah W. Chamberlain, Holbrook.
Phillips, Bates & Co., coal $19 88
M. Little 104 00
Dr. McMillan, attendance and medicine
69 50
$193 38
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E. C. McPherson, Canton.
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies $156 00
Mildred Albee, State.
Burial $15 00
F. A. Wheelwright, Cohasset.
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies
$6 00
Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance 10 00
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$16 00
SUMMARY OF POOR ACCOUNT.
Total amount paid for out-door poor $1,566 13
Net cost of poor at almshouse 922 31
$2,488 44
Less amount refunded by towns and state
535 38
$1,953 06
GEO. W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS, EZRA E. STETSON, Overseers of the Poor.
SOLDIERS , BURIAL.
Bradford Little William A. Knight Thomas Mee
$35 00
35 00
35 00
Total due from the State $105 00
SOLDIERS RELIEF.
Benj. F. Lee, paid Mrs. R. S. Winslow for board
$21 00
Chas. H. Totman, cash
5 00
SOLDIERS HAVING A SETTLEMENT IN OTHER TOWNS OR CITIES.
Benj. K. Barrett, Whitman, cash $37 50
Lyman B. Fitts, Marshfield, cash $47 00
A. J. Litchfield & Sons, supplies 4 00
Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance 41 75
$92 75
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Wm. A. Knight, Boston, John Knapp, nursing $21 00 Dr. A. L. McMillan, medical at- tendance 53 50
$74 50
Total
$230 75
Due from other towns and cities
204 75
$26 00
STATE AID PAID IN 1904.
Peter Ainslie
II OO
Charles D. Barnard
48 00
David Bassford
72 00
Amanda Bassford
48 00
Lorenzo Bates
18 00
Benjamin K. Barrett
36 00
Amanda Coleman
48 00
Abbie F. Coleman
24 00
Timothy B. Chapman
60 00
John Corthell
72 00
J. W. Chamberlin
72 00
Maria B. Damon
8 00
Ensign B. Damon
62 00
Lucy Damon
36 00
Hannah Dover
24 00
Frank Dyer
48 00
Charles David
72 00
Daniel R. Ewell
72 00
Warren Fuller
24 00
Mrs. Fuller
16 00
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Seth O. Fitts
$60 00
Lyman B. Fitts
54 00
Mathias French
72 00
Sarah Hatch
48 00
George A. Hatch
60 00
John H. Howard
48 00
William A. Knight
54 00
Bradford Little
4 00
·Charles M. Leavitt
48 00
Thomas Mee
18 00
William H. Morse
48 00
William O. Merritt
59 00
Bradford B. Poole
40 00
Benjamin B. Prouty
48 00
Diana Pierce
48 00
William H. Rand
58 00
David P. Robinson
36 00
Harriet Raymond
48 00
Mary Shepherd
48 00
Edwin Studley
48 00
William E. Stone
63 00
Charles H. Totman
68 00
George O. Torrey
72 00
George T. Tolman
55 00
James H. Williams
72 00
Albert Winslow
46 00
John S. Whiting
12 00
Esther M. Young
48 00
Approved and due from State
$2,254 00
TOWN O FFICERS.
George Cushing, auditor
$20 00
A. J. Litchfield, collector 225 00
Henry D. Smith, selectman, assessor and overseer of poor 25 00
George H. Griggs, selectman, assessor
and overseer of poor 75 00
Alpheus Thomas, selectman, assessor and overseer of poor 150 00
Ezra E. Stetson, selectman, assessor and overseer of poor 100 00
Chas. A. Berry, registrar of voters 15 00
Ezra E. Stetson, registrar of voters 15 00
John H. Prouty, registrar of voters 15 00
Walter T. Osborne, services as constable
54 30
E. E. Chamberlain, services as constable 6 00
John Corthell, services as constable 13 00
J. Warren Foster, services as constable 29 00
J. Warren Foster, inspector of animals 31 00
Mary E. Curtis, school committee 35 00
Benjamin Loring, school committee 25 00
George C. Turner, school committee 25 00
John Corthell, tree warden 21 60
Joseph F. Merritt, services as town clerk 68 13
Chas. Scully, election officer 3 00
John Whalen, election officer 3 00
Herbert E. Rollins, election officer 3 00
Horace T. Fogg, treasurer 100 00
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Alpheus Thomas, hearing on bridges $14 50 E. E. Stetson, hearing on Hanover bridge 2 52
Dr. H. J. Little, services board of health 6 00
Geo. C. Turner, services board of health 2 00
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