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Horace W. and Sarah (White) Hatch Charles E. and Jennie (Logan) Hilts Joseph M. and Cora Althea (Nichols) Black Alexander C. and Rose M. (Muse) Doucette James R. and Agnes B. (Hodsdon) Mercer Charles N. and Ruby (Butters) Bruorton William E. and Margaret A. (Sheedy) Lavelle Ernest A. and Hattie (Gleason) Hurd Chas. Sumner and Charlotte (Trowbridge) Deering Charles R. and Edna (Gleason) Herrick Robert J, and Blanche (Wood) Pendergrace Geo. Fessenden and Hescilla M.(Mitchell)Blanchard
Alfred J. and Rosa M. (Merrifield) Crowhurst James Edw. and Marguerite (Bartlett) Frost Leon F. and Mary A. (Simpson) Woods
Aug. 1
M Thomas Gordon White.
Aug. 2
M James Eleazar Carter.
Aug. 3 M Karl Frederick Miller
Aug. 7 F Mary Mabel Arnold.
Aug. S
F Bertha Muriel Ainsworth. .
Aug. 14 M Charles Roger Sullivan. .
Aug. 16 F Lillian G. Dulong ..
Aug. 16 F Dorothy Day
Aug. 17 F Elinor Riley .
Aug. 19 M Herbert Allen Fowler.
Aug. 20 F Mildred West Harrison
Aug. 29
Aug. 31 F Carmen Noterman
Sept. 2
F Phyllis Lelia Jones.
Sept. 2
M John Byron Doucette
Sept. 3 M Donald Phinney Kinsley .
M Lionel Frank Nichols ..
Sept. 5 Sept. 5 M Leonard Strout Nichols.
Sept. 14 M Leland Jason Zwicker. ..
Sept. 20 F Jessie Gertrude Wescott.
Sėpt. 21 F Pearl Eleanor Holmes.
Sept. 23 F Jeanette Lumsden.
Sept. 23 F Abbie Annie Richardson
Sept. 28 M Ernest James Richards.
Oct. 14
F Ruby May Anderson
Oct. 20
M Peter Minard Ehwa.
Oct. 20 M
Oct. 20 M
Oct. 20 M Lewis Earl Crafts
M Stuart Arnold McKenzie ...
Oct. 31 F
Oct. 25 Oct. 30 M George Winchester Playdon. Ada Elizabeth Brown .. . .
Thomas and Minnie (Burbine) White Francis A. and S. Alyce (Griffiths) Carter Frederick H. and Erna (Herschel) Miller Coley and Lilly (Doucette) Arnold Frederick and Bertha (Parker) Ainsworth Charles and Maud (LeFave) Sullivan Peter R. and Rose (Froton) Dulong William Roswell and Eleanora (Goodwin) Day John and Mary (Guinan) Riley John H. and Laila (Kimball) Fowler Ralph and Hortense (Ritchie) Harrison
Gaston and Selina (Van Lul) Noterman
Albert L. and Katherine (McCarthy) Jones Norman and Eva (Doucette) Doucette Herbert E. and Blanche (Phinney) Kinsley Leonard G. and Ethel L. (Strout) Nichols Leonard G. and Ethel L. (Strout) Nichols Jason and Lottie R. (Horne) Zwicker Joseph Henry and Helen Boyd (Erskine) Wescott Henry and Martha (White) Holmes James and Ruth (Cushing) Lumsden
Walter A. and Bertha (Whitton) Richardson James and Margaret (Darine) Richards
Ancil Carter and Marguerite M. (O'Brien)Anderson John and Anna (Janowitz) Ehwa
Englas Warren and Sadie Frances (Jacobs) Crafts Stuart and Genevieve H. (Danforth) Mckenzie Calvert Howard and Alice May (Haley) Playdon Arthur Chester and Mabel A. (Whitmore) Brown
63
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1912
DATE
SEX NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
Nov. 13
F Nellie Elizabeth Wichland ..
Nov. 15
M Thomas Joseph Malarky ..
Nov. 18
M
George Stevens Parker . .
Nov. 19
F
Dora Levine.
Anthony A. and Anna E. (Ingram) Wichland Thos. Jos. and Catherine L. (Ainsworth) Malarkey Charles J. and Alta May (Stevens) Parker Morris and Rosie (Lipman) Levine
Dec. 9
M Elwin Laetsch.
Dec. 10
M Charles E. Bagg.
Dec. 13 M John Raymond Melonson ....
Dec. 15 F Christina Rebeckah Stelling
Dec. 18
M George R. Browne.
Albert G. and Grace U. (Wesley) Stelling George H. and Virgia (Clayton) Brown Fred J. and Elsie (Ryan) Marr
Dec. 21 M George Frederick Marr
Dec. 30 M Elmer Bradford Merritt.
Dec. 31 M
John William Cronin .
Fred E. and Helen C. (Bodfish) Merritt John William and Etta M. (Connolly) Cronin
1837
Sept. 24
M Paschal Abbott Walls
William and Elizabeth (Abbott) Walls
1910
Dec. 4 M James Henry Thornton
Thomas and Mary (Ferrick) Thornton
1911
Mar. 18 M Francis Canty.
Daniel A. and Anne L. (Dugan) Canty
April 2 F
Anna May White
Henry J. and Mary E. (Doucette) White
April 27 F
May 15
M George Joseph Riley
June 20 M Augustus Roger Hickey.
Nov. 9
F
Ruth Ward McClennen ..
Charles Francis and Nellie (Murray) Laetsch Charles H. and Mary T. (McManus) Bagg Sylvie and Isabelle (Muse) Melonson
George J. and Louisa J. (Ingalls) Riley John and Fannie (Fewer) Hickey George F. and Marion L. (Curtis) McClennen
Whole number of Births, 124. Nativity of Parents: American born Males 77, American born Females 78; Foreign born Males, 44; Foreign born Females, 45. Nativity of Fathers Unknown, 3; Nativity of Mothers Unknown, 1.
64
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1912
DATE NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM AGE
Jan. 1 Leslie F. Johnson . .21
Mabel G. Hall . 18
Jan. 1 Walter Franklin Gurney. .19
Estelle Taylor 19
Jan. 28 William Carney .48
Mary Leary 44
At Home
Ireland
Feb. 10
Charles Jacob Parker .22
Alta May Stevens. .24
Feb. 15 John Harper Blaisdell .25
Inez Frances Kimball. 24
Feb. 22 Abraham Rainman .29
Minnie Goldstein· 22
Feb. 27 John R. Sutcliffe. .21
Ruth M. Burnham 19
At Home
Lynn, Mass.
Mar. 13
Chester L. Sloan .31
Vocalist.
Boston, Mass.
Vocalist.
Boston, Mass.
Real Estate
Boston, Mass.
Merchant
Malden, Mass.
Mar. 30 Arthur Hamilton Borthwick .. 21
Mary O'Neil. .19
Apr. 7
Richard Foley .. 40
Nellie Blake. . . .40
Apr. 13 Preston Foster Nichols 26
Sadie Amanda Robinson .27
Apr. 17 Thomas A. Wiswall .28
Apr. 17
Robert James Pendergrace . .23
Blanche Etta Wood .19
Apr. 22
Charles Barker Fall. 33
Marian Bradstreet Browning .32
Alfred E. Measures. .53
Ellen Riordon 41
Apr. 30 Otto Frederick Poock. 29
Flora Belle Horrocks . .28
Apr. 30 Robert Baldwin Weston .31
Harriett Hartshorn Tidd 28
At Home
Reading, Mass. Stoneham, Mass.
May 16
George A. Roach .20
Sadie M. Brooks .20
May 18 William Bailey Hackett .24
Marion Cooledge 23
May 20 Charles E. Eldredge .58
Maria R. Warr 41
June 3 Leonard Albert Livingstone .26
Laura Murree. 21
June 4 James C. Hanson .32
Martha F. Small 38
June 4 Morris Francis Weinrich .30
Friede Winn .24
June 14
Gilbert Everett Ellis, Jr. 23
Faythe Marshall Akers .22
Arthur J. Sullivan .28
Daisy Brooks .. .23
June 15 Theodore G. Joslyn .22
Rowena A. Hawes. .21
June 15 George William Yates .25
Ethel Belle Abbott. .25
OCCUPATION
BIRTHPLACE
Grocery Clerk .
Reading, Mass.
At Home.
Chelsea, Mass.
Woburn, Mass.
New York, N. Y.
Rubber Worker
Ireland
Rubber Worker
Reading, Mass.
At Home.
Salem, N. H.
Physician
Providence, R. I.
Teacher
Rockford, Ill.
Weaver.
Russia
Shoe Hand
Russia
Farmer
No. Billerica, Mass.
Driver
Reading, Mass.
Nurse
Glasgow, Scot.
Shipper
Ireland
Housework
Ireland
Clerk
Reading, Mass.
Clerk
Reading, Mass.
Physician
Wellesley, Mass. Boston. Mass.
Driver
Toronto, Can. Sackville, N. B.
Advertising Agt.
Stenographer
Shoemaker
At Home
Leather Worker.
Boston, Mass.
Neckties
Lowell, Mass.
Machinist
Mechanic.
Operative
Contractor
At Home
Dover, Del.
Clerk .
Chatham, Mass.
Shoe Stitcher
Gardener
Portland, Me.
Housework
Railroad Man
Compositor
Teacher
At Home.
Electrical Engineer
Librarian
Operator
At Home Editor
At Home
Steam Engineer
Clerk
Wakefield, Mass. Sydney, Me. Andover, Mass.
St. Stephen, N. B.
Yarmouth, N. S. East Boston, Mass.
Gardiner, Me. Vienna, Austria Woburn, Mass. E. Brewster. Mass.
Pittsfield, Mass. Wakefield, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Leominster, Mass.
Melrose, Mass. Footsville, N. Y. Washington, N. H.
Annabel Schenck .19
Mar. 26 Francis John Skillen . .57
Bertha Frances Turner . .42
Elizabeth C. Cable .22
At Home
Housekeeper
Lebanon, Me. Salem, Mass. Woburn, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Apr. 24
June 14
Chauffer
At Home.
65
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1912
DATE
NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM AGE
OCCUPATION
BIRTHPLACE
June 19 Phillip L. Jewett. .. 23
Driver.
Boston, Mass.
Mary S. Rattray. 22
June 21
Raymond Barrus Temple .24
Draughtsman
Reading, Mass.
Marion Flint Buck .23
Teacher
Reading, Mass.
June 26
James J. Clifford . .27
Asst. Supt.
Naugatuck, Ct.
Lorraine B. Cushman .25
June 27
Horace Kidger. .32
Teacher
Needham, Mass.
Teacher
Frederick, S. D.
June 30 Wells A. Powers 27
Elizabeth A, Murphy
20
At Home
Reading, Mass.
July 6 Joe Ed. Thorne .22
Alice E. MacMonagle . 20
At Home
West Newbury, Mass. England
Beverly, Mass.
July 21
Charles Carty .29
Sarah Doucette.
.21
At Home.
Yarmouth, N S.
July 28 Jeremiah J. Cullinane. .36
Annie C. Blake. 33
Housework
Contractor
Boston, Mass.
Boxford, Mass.
July 27 Vernier W. Simoneau 24
Gertrude A. Wallin 23
At Home ..
Lowell, Mass. Willimantic, Ct.
Aug. 6
Malcolm R. Buck 21
Student
Reading, Mass.
At Home.
Iron Worker
Chocolate Dipper
So. Portland, Me.
Aug. 19
Maynard H. Moore, Jr. .20
Salesman
Belfast. Me.
At Home.
Everett, Mass.
Sailor.
Yarmouth, N. S.
Laundry
Yarmouth, N. S. Andover, Mass.
Bessie May Ricker .20
Bookkeeper
Wakefield, Mass.
Steam Fitter
Reading. Mass.
At Home
Waterville, Me.
Aug. 30 Dana Lincoln Murray .29
Aug. 31
Forest Sumner Claggett .30
Laborer .
Boxboro, Mass.
Housework
Plymouth, N. H.
Sept. 3
Fred F. Farnum .23
Salesman ·
Reading, Mass.
None .
Hartford, Ct.
Photographer
Brunswick, Me.
Nurse
Somerville, Mass.
Sept. 6
Carl Damon Heselton 19
Laborer
Reading, Mass.
Restaurant
Quinan, N. S. Amesbury, Mass.
Mary Frances MacCormack .22
Saleslady
Stoneham, Mass.
Sept. 9
Pearl Martin Burgess. .27
Salesman
Reading, Mass.
Mildred Ethelyn Hamilton
.20
At Home
Sept. 11 Michael J. O'Connor 41
Delia G. Devaney .36
Sept. 13 Arthur Buote .25
Mill Hand
Prince Edward Isle
Margaret J. Martin 18
Mill Hand
Retired
At Home
Clerk
At Home
Watchman
At Home
Prince Edward Isle Haverhill, Mass. Maidstone, Vt. Charlestown, Mass.
Sept. 18 Carl Brimmer Sawyer
.26
Helen Alberta Francis .25
Sept. 19 Ralph Williams .21
Frances Louise White .16
Steam Fitter
Saratoga, N. Y.
July 8 Edmund C. Everett .25
Instructor
Telephone Operator ... Car Man
Yarmouth, N. S.
Receiving Clerk
Reading, Mass. Ireland
July 24 Thomas W. Stevens 21
Nola G. Marden .19
Emma Jeane Bangs .22
Aug. 21 John A. Hubbard . 24
Celenie Amerault . 24
Aug. 24 Roy Messer Pearson .27
Foreman
Aug. 28 Walter Edward Draffin .27
Lena Anna Thompson .20
Box Cutter .
Boston, Mass.
Rebecca Graydon 22
Housework
Ireland
Florence Louise Claussen .21
Sept. 5 Albert E. Thompson .24
Mabel G. Burdett 19
Louise Jaquard . .19
Sept. 8 Ralph Caverly Gear 23
Clerk ..
Mason At Home.
Reading, Mass. Cambridge, Mass. Ireland
Sept. 15
Elmer S. Harris. 70
Sarah M. Robinson .68
Reading, Mass. Somerville, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Norma W. Leavitt. .21
Aug. Henry Bonang 22
Lebanon, N. H. Stoneham, Mass.
Julia May Hall. .18
At Home.
Brookline, Mass.
Myrtle Jensen . 23
Salesman
Knowlesville, N. S.
Mabel E. Wylie 22
Stenographer
Student
Bertha Fisher Cochrane. 23
Stitcher
Dundee, Scot.
66
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1912
DATE NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM AGE
OCCUPATION
BIRTHPLACE
Oct. 6
James Hickey. .25
Teamster.
Ireland
Margaret Mullaney . 23
Housework.
Ireland
Oct.
9 James W. Fairchild .25
Bank Clerk
Verona, N. Y.
Gladys S. Nichols . 25
Bookkeeper
Reading, Mass.
Oct. 12 Thomas P. Ford .37
Eleanor A. Connelly
.29
Milliner .
Reading, Mass.
Oct. 13
William F. Brown.
.37
Plumber.
E. Rochester, H. H.
Oct. 22 Edwin H. Avery. 22
Clerk
Lynn, Mass.
Lillian E. Chapman
.19
Mill Hand
Charlestown, Mass.
Oct. 23
Floyd P. Richardson
.20
Teamster
Woburn, Mass.
Oct. 25
Alfred B. Smith .. 51
Carpenter
Reading, Mass.
Catherine M. (Burke) Merrill . .. 36
At Home
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Oct. 26
Arthur S. Nesmith. .26
Cashier
Antrim, N. H.
Jennie F. Parker. 23
Clerk
Reading, Mass.
Nov. 19
Richard N. Mckinley 49
Stableman
Braintree, Mass.
Annie J. Doucette .50
Nurse . .
Nova Scotia
Nov. 30
Joseph Arthur Gaudette. .25
Teamster
Miscouche, P. E. I.
Nov. 30
Arthur E. Pendergrace 18
Mill Hand
Wakefield, Mass.
Mary Ellen Gallant. 17
At Home.
Prince Edward Isle
Dec. 4
Hazen Kimball Symonds 26
Box Maker
No. Reading, Mass.
Ethel Gray Foster. 19
At Home
Wakefield, Mass. No. Reading, Mass.
Dec. 4 Charles L. Batchelder .25
Civil Engineer
Stenographer
Reading, Mass.
Dec. 1 Wallace J. Chad wick .23
Salesman
Patterson, N. J.
Dec. 9 Herbert Warren Glidden 32
Clerk
Pembroke, N. H.
Lottie Marie Lemon . .33
Housework
Whitman, Mass. Somerville, Mass.
Dec.
Charles Fenner Gormlie .26
Automobile. . .
Reading, Mass.
Dec. 16 Harry Orison Johnson 23
Conductor
Woburn, Mass.
Dec. 18
George Herbert Stimpson .27
Voicer
Reading, Mass. Woburn, Mass.
Dec. "22
Thurman Joseph Heir .23
Soldier
Ticonderoga, N. Y.
Eva Florence Strong .. .19
At Home
Rutland, Mass.
Dec. 28 Wm Wallace Atkinson, Jr. 21
Clerk
Everett, Mass.
Christine Frances O'Brien . .21
Bookkeeper
Reading, Mass.
Dec. 31 James A. Doucette 23
Shoemaker
Mary C. Scalley. 22
At Home
Reading, Mass. Boston, Mass.
Salesman
Waltham, Mass.
Julia A. (Adams) Fowler .34
Housework
Gaspe, Can
Alice M. Heselton .24
At Home
Reading, Mass.
Elizabeth Annie Perry .. .27
At Home.
Alberton, P. E. I.
Esther F. Emerson . .24
Ethel Hurd . .24
Bookkeeper
Deering, Wis.
Bertha Emma Miller .26
Clerk
Dressmaker
Cambridge, Mass.
Annie Halgren Whitton .24
Harriett Alma Wood .26
Stenographer
Whole number of marriages, 77. Foreign born : Males, 12; Females, 21. Native born : Males, 65; Females, 56.
67
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1912
DATE
NAME
Y
M
D
CAUSE OF DEATH
Jan.
5
George Thayer
76
4
21
Arterio Sclerosis Phthisis
Jan. 9
Ruth S. Pillsbury
50
1
4 Diabetes Mellites
Jan. 11
Helen S. Yeaton .
68
6
18 Fibroid Phthisis
Jan.
16
Moses Bancroft
76
5
14 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Jan.
16
Laura M. Doucette
26
0
8 Pulmonary Phthisis
Jan. 17
Reuben R. Coates
84
9
8 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Jan. 26
Amy A. Davis.
40
2
24
Carcinoma
Jan. 30
Olive Moulton
93
1
2
Old Age
Feb.
8
Charles J. Haag .
47
11
6 Suicide
Feb.
9
Charles Eastman Symmes
50
3
11
Amyothropic Lateral Sclerosis
Feb. 9
Nancy J. Gleason
87
10
29 Lobar Pheumonia
Feb. 13
Mary Agnes Canty
61
6
29 Pneumonia
Feb. 16
Caroline Upton .
81
7
11
Chronic Nephritis
Feb. 27
Eliza A. Berry
67
0
21
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mar. 1
Joseph Arsenault
20
0
13
Gas Poisoning
Mar.
3
Edmund B. Parker
78
6
8 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mar.
3
John Meany.
75
8
0 Locomotor Ataxia
Mar. 3
Doris F. Evans
3
11
23
Ileo Colitis
Mar.
4
Leavitt Rounds .
9
2
2 Accidental
Mar.
6
Stephen McNeil -
51
0
15
Endocarditis
Mar. 10
Almira H. Mears
82
0
0 Erysipelas
Mar. 15
Daniel N. W. Cowles
0
2
7 Broncho Pneumonia
Mar. 18
George W. Brown.
74
7
6 Uraemia
Mar. 24
George Scott
75
10
19 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mar. 27
Frances E. Jennings
68
11
4 Acute Indigestion
April 1
Theresa Ann Davies
78
0
13
Carcinoma
April 4
Ann Arsenault.
23
8
18 Puerperal Eclampesia
April 8
Mary M. Fletcher
78
6
26
Myocarditis
April 14
Lois A. Johnson .
74
7
6 Cardiac Dilitation
April 19
Mina Alexander.
60
2
20 Pneumonia
April 21
Elizabeth Pierpont
56
7
13 Carcinoma
April 23
Araminta J. Estabrook 66
2
2 Locomotor Ataxia
April 28
Agnes E. Bolton .
28
0
30 Central Thrombosis
April 29
May 3
Bernard V. Heselton
0
6
2
Hydrocephalus
May
5
Greenleaf S. Tukey .
68
1
6 Apoplexy
May
5
Joseph E. Cheney .
67
1
1
Apoplexy
May 6 Michael S. Quinlan .
50
9
2 Concussion of Brain
May 10
George Edward Pierce
41
2
14 Myocarditis
May 16
Cyrus M. Barrows.
67
9
20 Pneumonia
May 17
John Francis Williams
42
8
21
Intestinal Obstruction
May 18
Alldis Eugene Mansfield .
43
11
11 Brights Disease
May 19
Clarence J. White
32
0
12 Chronic Nephritis
May 21
Jennie R. Temple .
55
10
11 Cerebral Hemorrhage
May 25
Arthur A. Roberts
25
2
22 Electric Shock
May 25
Clarissa A. Gleason 94
10
26 Bronchitis
June 1
Henry Batchelder
66
1
29 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
June 6
Elizabeth F. White
43
8
0 Phthisis
June 8
John Brooks Nichols
80
6 28 Uremia
June 14
Earl O. Wood .
0
0 10 Congenital Occlusion of Small Intestine
June 17
Susan M. Davis·
72
7
10 Chronic Nephritis
Jan.
9
Mary Perry
49
Mar. 7
Mar. 29
April 5
68
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1912
DATE
NAME
Y
M
D
CAUSE OF DEATH
June 21
Charles L. Haag.
84
2
23
Intestinal Ulceration
June 23
John W. Bruce.
95
10
23
Bronchitis
June 25
Edward Raymond Farnum
17
4
18
Pneumonia
July 10
John McDonald
76
1
0
R. R. Accident
July 15
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
35
6
27
Chronic Nephritis
July 18
Carl W. Brown
46
S
2
Heart Disease
July 20
Otis H. Wiggin.
69
7
0
Cystitis
July 25
July 29
Andrew C. Clark
0
8
29
Bronchitis
Aug. 4
James Hamilton .
64
9
25
Heart Disease
Aug. 11
Haskell N. Field . .
84
11
4
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Aug. 12
Louisa M. Pierce
49
3
28
Oedemia
Aug. 16
Rachael E. Wadsworth
62
1
15 Diabetes
Aug. 17
Edna L. Marshall .
28
9
0 Tubercular Meningitis
Aug. 19
Charles F. Myers, Jr.
24
1
25 Heart Disease
Aug. 25
Alden Batchelder
75
10
25
Carcinoma
Aug. 25
Charles H. Bangs
67
11
27
Phthisis Pulmonaris
Aug. 29
Sept. 1
Robert Thomas Parks
58
10
1 Pneumonia
Sept. 5
Ethel L. Nichols.
21
2
1 Eclampsia
Sept. 15
William P. Wakefield .
59
2
4 Myocarditis
Sept. 15
George E. M Hawkesworth
39
10
29
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Sept. 22
Samuel W. Chamberlain.
79
0
0
Acute Endocarditis
Oct.
6
Earl J. Proper
16
8
9
Fracture of Skull
Oct.
6
Darius Newton .
93
6
24
Arterio Sclerosis
Oct.
8
Almeda E. Colby
22
7
21 Cardiac Embolism
Oct.
12
Benjamin N. Coates
53
2
14 Phthisis Pulmonaris
Oct.
16
Stephen Hadley ..
76
11
29 Arterio Sclerosis
Oct.
17
Thomas C. Foster
1
7
10
Diabetes
Oct.
20
Cora F. Meader.
57
11
14
Cancer
Oct. 21
Samuel C. Young.
71
7
1 Pneumonia
Oct.
23
Nathan Carter
93
4
22 Arterio Sclerosis
Oct. 27
Sarah M. Harris.
68
1
2 Anginia Pectoris
Oct. 30
William H. Smith
88
8
26 Arterio Sclerosis
Oct. 30
Oct. 30
Oct. 31
Silas D. Gordon
86
2
24 Uraemia
Nov. 4
Sarah A. Lougee
63
9
2 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Nov. 30
Emma R. Chadbourne.
55
8
8
Valvular Heart Disease
Dec. 26
Lillian C. Eames
48
7
12 Blood Poison
Dec. 27
Mary Connelly.
58
Pulmonary Embolism
Dec. 28
Elijah W. Barker
72
10
6 Chronic Nephritis
Dec. 28
George R. Brown
0
0
10 Hydrocephalus
Dec. 29
Julia A. Rogers
70
1
13 Apoplexy
Number of deaths, 99. Males: American born, 50; Foreign born, 10. Females: American born, 33; Foreign born, 6.
NOTICE TO PARENTS, HOUSEWIVES,
PHYSICIANS AND MIDWIVES
Your Attention is Called to the Sections Below Taken from the Revised Laws. - Blank Forms for Return of Births Can be Obtained of the Town Clerk
SECTION 3, CHAPTER 444, ACTS OF 1897
SECT. 3 .- Physicians and midwives shall on or before the fifth day of each month report to the clerk of each city or town a correct list of all children born therein during the month next preceding, at whose birth they were present, stating the date and place of each birth, the name of the child, if it has any, the sex and color of the child, the name, place of birth and residence of the parents, the maiden name of the mother, and the occupation of the father. If the child is illegitimate the name of the father shall not be stated, unless at the joint request in writing of both father and mother, which request shall be filed with the return of births. The fee of the physician or midwife shall be twenty-five cents for each birth so reported, and shall be paid by the city or town in which the report is made, upon presentation of a certificate from the city or town clerk, stating that said births have been reported in conformity with the requirements of this section. Any physician or midwife neglecting to report such list for ten days after it is due shall for each offence forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
SECTION 6, CHAPTER 444, ACTS 1897
SECT. 6. - Parents and householders shall within forty (40) days after the date of a birth occurring in his house give thereof or cause such notice to be given to the clerk of the city or town in which such child is born.
MILLARD F. CHARLES,
Town Clerk.
69
Annual Report
OF THE
TOWN OF READING
SELECTMEN'S OFFICE, Reading, Jan. 1, 1913.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The undersigned herewith presents the annual state- ment of the receipts and expenditures of the Town of Read- ing for the financial year ending December 31, 1912, together with such other information relating to the fiscal interests of the Town as may be of general interest. The last part of this report is devoted to an exhibit of the receipts and payments of the Town, arranged and classified as prescribed by the Bureau of Statistics, Schedule A, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1912.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN H. SHELDON,
Town Accountant.
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1912
Receipts from all sources for year . $381,972 51
Cash on hand at beginning of year 6,376 24
Payments for the year $380,146 50
Cash on hand at end of year
8,202 25
Total .
$388,348 75 $388,348 75
CASH SUMMARY
General cash on hand $6,872 22
Water Department cash on hand 100 50
Municipal Light cash on hand 1,229 53
Total cash on hand Dec. 31
$8,202 25
TOWN DEBT
The total indebtedness of the Town Jan. 1, 1912
$353,900 00
This has been increased during the year by the issue of bonds as follows :
Municipal Light Department, Wil-
mington Extension . Water Bonds .
·
$16,000 00
8,000 00
24,000 00
$377,900 00
72
73
There has been a decrease by the payment of notes and bonds as follows :
NOTES
Cemetery Land Loan
$100 00
High School Building
1,000 00
Municipal Light
2,200 00
Lowell Street School House
1,000 00
Water Department
10,000 00
Grouard Estate
1,700 00
BONDS
Water Loan
$7,000 00
Municipal Light
5,000 00
High School House .
.
4,000 00
Highland School House .
3,000 00
Cemetery and Library Bequest
1,200 00
36,200 00
. Total indebtedness Dec. 31, 1912
$341,700 00
SUMMARY OF TOWN DEBT
1911
1912
DECREASE
$353,900 00
$341,700 00 $12,200 00
The following is a statement of the total debt on the Town with the rate of interest thereon :
CEMETERY LAND LOAN
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
None
1913
$100 00
$100 00
74
MUNICIPAL LIGHT LOANS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 and 4 1-2%
1913
$6,800 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1914
6,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1915
6,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1916
6,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1917
6,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1918
6,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1919
6,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1920
4,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1921
4,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1922
4,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1923
4,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1924
4,000 00
4 1-2%
1925
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1926
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1927
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1928
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1929
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1930
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1931
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1932
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1933
1,000 00
$72,800 00
HIGHLAND SCHOOL HOUSE
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1913
$3,000 00
4%
1914
3,000 00
4%
1915
3,000 00
$9,000 00
75
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
3 1-2% and 4%
1913
$5,000 00
3 1-2% and 4%
1914
5,000 00
3 1-2% and 4%
1915
5,000 00
3 1-2% and 4%
1916
5,000 00
3 1-2% and 4%
1917
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1918
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1919
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1920
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1921
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1922
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1923
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1924
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1925
4,000 00
$56,000 00
LOWELL STREET SCHOOL BUILDING
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1913
$1,000 00
4%
1914
1,000 00
4%
1915
1,000 00
4%
1916
1,000 00
$4,000 00
76
WATER LOANS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
3 1-4%
1913
$8,000 00
4%
1914
8,000 00
4%
1915
8,000 00
4%
1916
13,000 00
4%
1917
13,000 00
1%
1918
13,000 00
+%
1919
13,000 00
1%
1920
13,000 00
1%
1921
13,000 00
4%
1922
13,000 00
1%
1924
11,000 00
1%
1925
11,000 00
4%
1926
6,000 00
1%
1927
6,000 00
1%
1928
6,000 00
1929
6.000 00
4%
1930
6,000 00
1%
1931
1,000 00
1%
1932
1,000 00 $180,000 00
GROUARD ESTATE LOAN
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1913
$1,000 00
1914
1,000 00
1%
1915
1,000 00
1%
1916
1,000 00
1%
1917
1,000 00
1%
1918
1,000 00
4%
1919
1,000 00
4%
1920
1,000 00
+%
1921
1,000 00
$9,000 00
1923
11,000 00
77
CEMETERY AND LIBRARY BEQUESTS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1913
$1,200 00
4%
1914
1,200 00
4 %
1915
1,200 00
4%
1916
1,200 00
4
1917
1,200 00
4%
1918
1,200 00
4 %
1919
1,200 00
4%
1920
1,200 00
4%
1921
1,200 00
$10,800 00
Total Indebtedness December 31, 1912
$341,700 00
78
TEMPORARY LOANS
Balance from 1911
$59,000 00
BORROWED
Bond & Goodwin, 3.45%,
due Oct. 2, 1912 $30,000 00
Bond & Goodwin, 3.45%,
due Nov. 5, 1912 30,000 00
Loring, Tolman & Tupper,
3.84%, due Apr. 10, 1913 15,000 00
Bond & Goodwin, 3.84%, due April 10, 1913 . 15,000 00
Geo. A. Fernald & Co., 3.84%, due Apr. 10, 1913 15,000 00
Commonwealth of Mass., 41-2%; due July 23, 1913 10,000 00
$115,000 00
$174,000 00
EXPENDED
Cemetery Trustees, Town of Reading, 5%, due Sep. 25, 1912 . . $14,000 00
Blake Bros., 3.36%, due April 15, 1912 30,000 00
Estabrook & Co., 3.58%, due May 20, 1912
15,000 00
Bond & Goodwin, 3.45%, due Oct. 12, 1912 .
30,000 00
Bond & Goodwin, 3.45%,
due Nov. 5, 1912
30,000 00
$119,000 00 55,000 00
Total debt, including Tem- porary Loans $396,700 00
79
TEMPORARY LOANS OUTSTANDING
Loring, Tolman & Tupper, due April 10, 1913, 3.84%
$15,000 00
Bond & Goodwin, due April 10, 1913, 3.84% 15,000 00 Geo. A. Fernald & Co., due April 10, 1913, 3.84% 15,000 00 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, due July 23, 1913, 4 1-2% 10,000 00
$55,000 00
TOWN DEBT DEC. 31, 1912
DUE IN 1913
NOTES AND BONDS
June 1 $8,000 4
% Reading W. Works
$180,000 00
Oct. 1 2,000 4
% Municipal Light Dept.)
Oct. 1 1,000 4
% Municipal Light Dept.
72,800 00
Jan. 21 1,800 4
% Municipal Light Dept.
July 15 2,000 4
% Municipal Light Dept.
Aug. 1 3,000 4
% Highland School House
9,000 00
Nov. 1
4,000 3 1-2% High School Building
56,000 00
Dec. 21
1,000 4
% High School Building
Sept. 27
1,000 4
% Lowell Street School
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