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Diphtheria, five cases, no deaths; Scarlet Fever, twenty- two cases, no deaths; Measles, four cases, no deaths; Mumps, six cases, no deaths; Whooping Cough, four cases, no deaths; Tuberculosis, one case, no deaths.
Under Chap. 744, Acts of 1914 (which makes it un- lawful for any producer of milk or dealer in milk to sell or deliver for sale in any city or town in the Common- wealth, milk produced or dealt in by him without first obtaining from the Board of Health a permit authorizing such sale or delivery after an inspection satisfactory to them of the place in which and the circumstances under which such milk is produced has been made by them or their authorized agent), we have through our agent made an inspecton of all dairies in the Town and issued permits accordingly; some suggestions were made in various cases and if recommendations made at that time are not carried out in a reasonable time, such permits will according to law, have to be revoked.
The Board has had several complaints of unsanitary conditions in various localities and have investigated and remedied the same at once.
HERBERT C. BARROWS. ARTHUR W. EAMES, EDWARD N. EAMES, Board of Health.
DANIEL T. BUZZELL, M. D., Agent.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Wilmington, Mass .:
I wish at this time to submit my report as Inspector of Animals.
Early in February, 1914, orders were received from the Massachusetts Bureau of Animal Industry to make an inspection of all neat cattle, sheep, swine and goats, kept within the Town limits, also the premises where same were kept. This inspection was carried out in as thorough and careful a manner as possible and where suggestions for che betterment of either stock or stable were found ad- visable the owner's attention was called to the facts and the matter talked over carefully. Any suggestion made by your Inspector is not of an elaborate or expensive nature and oftentimes can be carried out by the farmer himself with practically no expense. Such things as light, ventila- tion and cleanliness, methods of keeping linters dry, are all things which can be rectified with but little expense and repay in the products received many times over.
Again I wish to call your attention as I have in seasons past to the ease with which cotton cloth replaces windows in cow stables, thereby making the air pure and dry, doing away with that damp feeling and frost-covered windows. Try it on one window and be convinced for if you try it on one, I know you will have more.
Watch the poultry man and see if he closes all the win- dows and doors at night leaving no chance for ventilation.
The Town has been practically free from glanders this year. Rabies was found to exist in one dog which started and was owned in Town, but so far no damage has appeared
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in Town, though much trouble was caused by this same dog after leaving Town before he was captured.
Owing to an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease which occurred late in the season, the cattle industry of our Town like that of all others suffered quite a set-back, no cattle being shipped into Town for milch or market purposes. At present the situation looks somewhat brighter for per- mits are now being granted to ship into certain sections of the State cattle, sheep and swine from States where no cases of Foot and Mouth Disease have existed. This at the present comes as welcome news, for Brighton being closed and milk short, it appears that if something of this nature had not been done, cattle and their products would soon be lost from sight. At the present, I believe the disease is ,well under control and we sincerely hope soon will be extinct.
All cases of contagious disease have been dealt with ac- cording to law and returns made to the proper authorities at the time. Trusting that the next inspection which is about due will show improvement over the last, I remain,
Yours very truly,
C. H. PLAYDON, M.D.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I submit the following report.
During the past year there has been but two licensed slaughter houses within the Town, and at those places I have inspected fifty-five cattle, 450 hogs and 318 calves, and of that number I have condemned thirty animals.
One beef that showed signs of tuberculosis, twenty-one hogs and pigs, and eight small calves underweight and emaciated.
Respectfully submitted,
J. HOWARD EAMES, Inspector.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I desire to submit the following report as to the work of the Department of Weights and Measures for the year 1914.
Receipts
Appropriation
$35 00
Special Appropriation
50 00
Fees
15 75
$100 75
Expenditures
Salary of Sealer
$35 00
Fairbanks Co .
13 83
Fred E. Lowell
5 50
Hoffman Co. .
2 81
Boston & Maine R.R.
85
$57 99
The work of the department has been as follows:
No. of Counter scales tested and sealed 38
Platform scales over 5000 pounds sealed ·
5
Platform scales under 5000 pounds sealed . .
9
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Weights sealed
92
Liquid measures sealed 38
Measuring pumps sealed
3
Yard sticks sealed .
4
Leather measuring machines sealed .
1
Junk dealers' scales inspected .
4
Fruit dealers' scales inspected
1
Milk bottles tested
6
During the past year the additional equipment recom- mended by the State has been purchased, and at the present time the equipment of this department is complete and up-to-date in every particular.
In view of the fact that in future all fees revert to the General Fund in the Town Treasury, I would recommend an appropriation of fifty dollars ($50).
H. M. HORTON, Sealer.
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Wilmington :
During the year 1914, the Town trees were more fortunate than in previous years in regard to storms. In the past year there has been considerable trimming done owing to the electric light wires and high automobile trucks, and for public safety in general. The trees have been cared for in regard to the elm leaf beetle; all the street trees and those requested by property owners were sprayed and found satisfactory, that being the only effective means. There were, also, a number of young trees set out.
The gypsy and brown-tail moths were handled by law, and seem to be suppressed effectively.
Respectfully submitted,
OLIVER A. McGRANE, Tree Warden.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
Public documents received, 38 volumes.
Number of new books purchased during the year, 170 volumes.
Number of books replaced, 28 volumes.
Number of books for circulation, 4957 volumes.
Number of persons taking out books, 603.
Number of books taken out during the year, 9502 volumes.
The following books have been presented: Brief of Argu- ments against Public Ownership, compiled by American Telephone and Telegraph Company, three volumes; How to be a Lady; Life of Andrew Jackson, volumes 3; Sights and Secrets of the National Capital. The last three were a gift from Miss Lois Carter.
The Library has been supplied during the year with the following magazines: National Sportsman, St. Nicholas, Ladies' Home Journal, Technical World, Woman's Home Companion, Suburban Life, Our Dumb Animals, American Magazine, Harper's Weekly, The World's Work, Nacional Geographic Magazine and Scientific American.
The last three were given by Mrs. Stevens.
ANNA T. SHELDON,
Librarian.
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Report of Treasurer of Library Trustees, January 1, 1915.
January 1, 1914.
Cash on hand
$11 65
Received of Librarian
28 35
Paid Old Corner Bookstore
65
Paid Express
93
$5 58
$10 00
Cash on hand January 1. 1915
$34 42
DANIEL T. BUZZELL,
Treasurer.
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List of Books Purchased For The Library During The Year 1914
Fiction
AB263N - Naomi of the Islands
AI45R - The River
B237W - Wall of Partition
B238E - East of the Shadows
B433Q - Quarter breed
B4334P - Price of Love
B4480 - Oddsfish
B514I - The Intriguers
B514L - League of the Leopard
B562T - Thorney
B654MR - Mary Cary
B725P - Palace of Darkened Windows
B726B - Britton of the Seventh
B726S - Sword Hand of Napoleon
B745L - Little Gray Shoe
B852B - The Battle Cry
B942T - Tarzan of the Apes
C113GI - Gideon's Band
C276G - Green Vase
C734P - Place beyond the Winds
C895WA - Way of the Strong
C947K - Kazan
D165D - Diane of the Green Van
D366W - White Gate
D385R - Rocks of Valpré
D646V - The Victim
L. T. Abbott Ednah Aiken Florence L. Barclay Mrs. H. Barclay Robert A. Bennec Arnold Bennett Robert H. Benson Harold Bindloss Harold Bindloss Alexander Black Kate L. Bosher Mary H. Bradley Cyrus T. Brady Cyrus T. Brady Percy Brebner Charles N. Buck E. R. Burroughs George W. Cable W. R. Castle, Jr. H. T. Comstock Ridgwell Cullum James O. Curwood L. Dalrymple Warwick Deeping Ethel M. Dell Thomas Dixon
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EV150 - Once to Every Man F737J - Jack Chanty
F737S - Sealed Valley
F834H - Heart of the Hills
F921G - Grell Mystery
G417A - Alster Case
G565 - Goldfish
G653PA - Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail
G862U - Under Handicap
G864H - Heritage of the Desert
G864L - Light of Western Stars
G864R - Riders of the Purple Sage
H124WA - Wanderer's Necklace
H214N - New Clarion
H248C - Captivating Mary Carstairs
H524W - Way of Ambition
H775B - Burbury Stoke
J154N - Night Watches
J654W - The Witch
J715F - Flame of Frost
L512W - Woman in the Alcove
L636CP - Cap'n Dan's Daughter
L636KE - Kent Knowles: Quahaug
L638M - The Man Inside
L665MA -- Making over Martha
L665MC - Martha and Cupid L796F - Fortunate Youth
L844MU - Mutiny of the Elsinore L974B - The Best Man L974MA - Man of the Desert
M125A - Ariadne of Allan Water
M1254WI - Winning the Wilderness M172S- Sword in the Mountains M174PI - Pidgin Island M184AS - Ashton-Kirk Special Detective M341T - Torch Bearer M3424W - Ward of Tecumseh M476U - Under Cover
Larry Evans Hulbert Footner Hulbert Footner John Fox, Jr. Frank Froest Rufus Gillmore
C. W. Gordon Jackson Gregory Zane Grey Zane Grey Zane Crey H. Rider Haggard Will N. Harben H. S. Harrison Robert Hichens W. J. Hopkins W. W. Jacobs Mary Johnston Alice Jones Jennette Lee Joseph C. Lincoln Joseph C. Lincoln N. S. Lincoln Julie M. Lippmann Julie M. Lippmann W. J. Locke Jack London Grace L. H. Lutz Grace L. H. Lutz Sidney McCall M. H. McCarter Alice MacGowan Harold MacGrath John T. McIntyre R. M. Marquis Crittenden Marriott Roi Cooper Megrue
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M786P - Peacock Feather N793S - Saturday's Child N824B- The Boomers OP54P - Peoples' Man OR14L - Laughing Cavalier OR14U - Unto Caesar
OS16B - Blue Buckle OV25 - Overland Red P167W - Wall Between
P184LA - Last Shot
P224Y - You Never Know Your Luck P246R - Red Mist
P246S - Shea of the Irish Brigade
P334W - White Dawn
P548FA - Faith Tresilion
P945B - Bobbie, General Manager
R364H - Honorable Percival
R474S - Street of Seven Stars
R628P - Primal Lure
SCH365S - Sweetapple Cove
SCO86D - Duke of Oblivion
SI63N - North of Fifty-Three
ST23D - Dr. Llewellyn and His Friends T174P - Peniod
T272D - Dad
T674T - Terms of Surrender
T678P - Pawns of Liberty
T847L - Looking after Sandy
V274L - Lone Wolf
V374B - Big Tremaine
V533W - Within the Law
V835W - When Thoughts will Soar V895M - Maria
W163D - Duchess of Wrexe
W217D - Delia Blanchflower W 243S - Sunshine Jane
W394BU - The Butterfly
W495L - Law of Life
Leslie Moore Kathleen Norris Roy Norton E. P. Oppenheim Baroness Orczy Baroness Orczy W. H. Osborne
Ralph D. Paine Frederick Palmer Gilbert Parker Randall Parrish Randall Parrish Theodora Peck Eden Phillpotts Oliver H. Prouty Alice Hegan Rice Mary R. Rinehart V. E. Roe George Van Schaick John R. Scott B. W. Sinclair Caroline A. Stanley Booth Tarkington Albert P. Terhune Louis Tracy C. S. and R. A. Tsanoff Margaret Turnbull Louis J. Vance Marie Van Vorst Bayard Veiller
Baroness B. Von Suttner Bettina Von Hutcen Hugh Walpole Mrs. Humphry Ward Anne Warner Henry K. Webster Carl Werner
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W674I - It Happened in Egypt W674SO - Soldier of the Legion W931E- Eyes of the World
W931S - Shepherd of the Hills W931TH - That Printer of Udells
C. N. and A. M. Williamson C. N. and A. M. Williamson Harold Bell Wright Harold Bell Wright
Harold Bell Wright
Juvenile Fiction
jAL74G - Guns of Bull Run
jAL74GU - Guns of Shiloh
jAL74SC - Scouts of Stonewall
jAL74SW - Sword of Antietam jAM32BO - Boys of Eastmarsh jB174F - Frolics at Fairmount jB174FA - Fairmount Girls in School and Camp
Joseph A. Altsheler Joseph A. Altsheler Joseph A. Altsheler Joseph A. Altsheler Fisher Ames, Jr. Etta A. Baker
jB174FB - Fairmounts' Quartette jB174G - Girls at Fairmount
jB234B - Brother of a Hero
jB282F - Forest Castaways
jB352RO - Roger Paulding, Ensign
jB811L - Lucky Stone
Etta A. Baker Etta A. Baker Ralph H. Barbour F. O. Bartlett Edward L. Beach Abbie F. Brown
jB913B- Boy Scouts on Lost Trail Thornton W. Burgess Maria T. Daviess
jD286P - Phyllis
jEA85B- Boy Scouts in the White Mountains W. P. Eaton jF885R - The Runaway Allen French jGS88W - Winds of Deal Latta Griswold Donald H. Haines
jH125L - Last Invasion
jH3142N-Ned Brewster's Caribou Hunt C. Hawkins
jK553A - Army Boy in Mexico Capt. C. E. Kilbourne jK63650 - Old Diller Place Winifred Kirkland jL511SE - Senior-Coed jM765G - Golden Road Alice L. Lee L. M. Montgomery jP833MS - Miss Billy, Married Eleanor H. Porter jPS37G - Genevieve Laura S. Porter jQ14T - Third Strike Leslie W. Quirk Grace M. Remick
jR285J - Jane Stuart, Twin
Etta A. Baker
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jR285JA - Jane Stuart's Chum jR344MA - Making Mary Lizzie Happy
jSA12B- Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail
jSCH850- On the Warpath
jSCO84J - Jean Cabot in Cap and Gown
jSH94M - Misadventures of Three Good Boys
jSM64T - Two in a Bungalow
jSM66CA - Captain of the Cats-paw
jST83DJ - Dave Porter in the Gold Fields
Edward Stratemeyer Marion A. Taggart L. E. Theiss
jT124B - Beth's Wonder-Winter
jT345I - In Camp at Fort Brady
jT594YO - Young Sharpshooter at Antietam
jV616A - American Crusoe
jW671J - Johnson of Lansing
E. T. Tomlinson Verrill A. Hyatt Hawley Williams
Miscellaneous
B-G764K - True Ulysses S. Grant B-ST35 - From Alien to Citizen
B-SU46 - Life-story of a Russian Exile
272-B94 - Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases
Charles King Edward A. Steiner Marie Sukloff
George L. Burr S. L. Gulick
327-G95 - American Japanese Problem 359-ST4 - Story of Our Navy W. O. Stevens
365-OS1 - Within Prison Walls T. M. Osborne
370-H38 - What is it to be Educated? C. H. Henderson
371-M19 - Industrial Training of the Boy W. A. Mckeever W. A. Mckeever
376-M19 - Training the Girl 817-H72J - Josiah Allen on the Woman Question
915.2-AN2 - Spell of Japan 915.4-H78 - Two Years in the Jungle 916.7-L89 - African Adventure Stories
Marietta Holley Isabel Anderson W. T. Hornaday J. A. Loring
Grace M. Remick Nina Rhoades
Edwin L. Sabin James W. Schultz Gertrude F. Scott
Henry A. Shute Mary P. W. Smith W. O. Stoddard
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917.3-H91 - Life in America One Hundred Years Ago
Gaillard Hunt
917.8-SH2 - Where Rolls the Oregon D. L. Sharp 917.9-ST9 - Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled Hudson Stuck
919.9-SHI - Heart of the Antarctic Ernest Shackleton
j920-G37 - More Than Conquerors Ariadne Gilbert 972-D37 - Mexican People L. G. DeLara and E. Pinchon 972.9-F96 - Memories of Two Wars Frederick Funston
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TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Walter A. Hill, Constable of the Town of Wilmington Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in Section 2, Article 1, of the By- Laws of the Town of Wilmington, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the first day of March next, at 6 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 6.15 a.m., and may be closed at 4 p.m., for the election of officers and to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To elect by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting
Art. 2. To bring in your votes on one ballot for three Selectmen, who shall also be Overseers of the Poor and Board of Survey, one Assessor for three years, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Constable, three Fence Viewers, one School Committee for three years, two Trustees of Public Library for three years, one member of S. D. J. Carter Lecture Com- mittee for five years, one Tree Warden, one Trustee of Trust
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Funds for three years; also to vote on the following questions. to wit: Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town? " Yes or No."
Art. 3. To choose all other Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Art. 4. To hear the report of committees and act thereon.
Art. 5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for General Government, Protection of Life and Property, Health and Sanitation, Tree Warden, Forest Warden, Highways, Roads and Bridges, Poor, Dependent Widows and Soldiers' Relief, Schools and Maintenance, Library, Cemetery, Interest, Notes Payable, Abatement of Taxes, Street Lights, State and County Tax, Printing Town Reports, Care of Town Clock, Contingent Fund, etc.
Art. 6. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day and to determine how the same shall be expended.
Art. 7. To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of taxes and to provide for the compensation of the Collector.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will accept Beacon Street as laid out by the Selectmen as far as its junction with Belmont Avenue (so-called), on plan of Surburban Land Company, as a Town way, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights from Lake Street on Shawsheen Avenue to the residence of Martin Nee, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights on Woburn Street and Eames Street to the residence of I. E. Morse, or do anything in relation thereto.
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Art. 11. To see if the Town will install street lights on Hopkins Street from Shawsheen Avenue to the Billerica line or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 12. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of a stone crushing plant or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 13. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of a steam roller or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars to grade the grounds and walks around the New High School, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept a strip of land from Mr. Charles Osbon, sixteen feet in width, and take a like amount from the High School lot to be laid out as a Town way the same to extend from Middlesex Avenue, to the back line of said lot or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 187 Acts of 1902, an act relative to the licensing of junk collectors, the same to be made a part of the Town By-Laws.
Art. 17. To see what action the Town will take in regard to equipping the fire department with automobile fire apparatus.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2000 under Chapter 525, Acts of 1910, to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, or do anything in relation thereto.
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Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of said Town this nine- teenth day of February, A.D., one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
GTO
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WHITEFIELD ELM
HERBERT C. BARROWS, ARTHUR W. EAMES, EDWARD N. EAMES,
Selectmen of Wilmington.
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INDEX
Assessor's Valuation, 1914 131
Board of Health, Report of
153
Carter Lecture Course Committee, Report of
151
Chief of Police, Report of
140
Collector's Account
133
Fire Engineer's Report
142
Fire Whistle Committee, Report of
145
Forest Warden's Report
146
Inspector of Animals, Report of
154
Inspector of Meats and Provisions
156
Jury List
10
Librarian's Report
160
List of Library Books
162
New High School Building Committee, Report of
86
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
127
School Committee, Report of .
47
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
157
Selectmen's Recommendations
124
Superintendent of Streets, Report of
149
Town Accountant, Report of
Town Clerk, Town Meetings, Report of .
11
Births Registered
40
66 Marriages Registered
42
Deaths Registered
44
Recapitulation
46
Treasurer's Report
135
Tree Warden's Report ·
·
159
Trustees of Trust Funds, Report of
138
Town Officers, 1914
5
Town Warrant
168
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