Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

volumes for circulation and reference
also $40 miscellaneous volumes consist
ing of magazines, government reports
etc
Charles e. Holt, librarian of the Fort
Fairfield public library. reports q
marked increase in the number OF
books taken since the library has been
opened daily.
In order to establish a permanent
book fund, the friends of the Camden
Public Library, have formed an Or
ganization to be known as the
Library Book Fund Association.
During the few months that the
Hartand library has been open, the
number of patrons has passed the 100
mark. This library has received
several substantial gifts of late, includ-
ing Is books from A. W. Miller.
The interest manifested by the
residents of Bristol in the Rutherford
library, has been far beyond the expec-
tations Of the most sanguine. Over q
thousand books have been put in cir
| culation since the opening Of the library
last March.
For the benefit of the young men
employed in the wooden mills of Sanford
Joseph Hollnrake has presented the
| library of that town with a most COM
plcte and valuable set of books bearing
upon the various branches of the tex
tile industry.
The Bridgton Public library has just
placed upon it's shelves an addition of
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the latest fiction and standard works.
Under the direction of Mrs. Juliette
WardweH an exhaustive catalogue of
the library is being prepared.
The Windham Circulating Library
Association has elected the following
officers for the ensuing year:
President, Rev. J. E. Atkins; vice
PRESIDENT Mrs. Annie Lamb; secretary,
Mrs. Alice r. Rogers; treasurer, Mrs.
Julia Pride; directors, Rev. J. f. Atkins,
Mr. ]. w. Doughty, Mrs. Florence G.
Varney, Miss S. S. Varney, Mrs. Alice
3. Rogers.
Charles Parsons. Esq, of New York,
has placed at the service of the trustees
of the Parsons Memorial Library Of
Alfred securities yielding net annual
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used exclusively for the purchase of
books. BY this generous donation he
most commercially unites with his two
brothers who have given the building
for the library.
A new rule has been adopted by the
Lewiston Public library in regard to the
circulation of new books and this is
that the time they may be retained by
each reader is seven instead of fourteen
days as in the case OF the other books.
, This rule has worked very satisfactor-
| lily in other public libraries, says the
| librarian, because it ensures more
rap;d circulation of the books which are
the most in demand and prevents books
which have been so interesting that
! thew have been read in a day or two
! living neglected on the table for ten
DAYS or so when some one else is
anxious to read that very book.
At a meeting of the trustees of the
Abbott Memorial library of Dexter,
| recently, it was voted to allow the
teachers of the rural schools to take out
| a list of books which would supplement
their work in their schools and be Of
interest in their work. These books
may be kept out for four weeks, if de-
sired, this privilege being given to the
teachers of the village schools, as well
as those in the rural schools. Magazines
may also be loaned after a certain
period. a fact which will also be greatly
appreciated. Dexter people are
especially proud of this fine library, the
gift to the town by the late G. A.
Abbott of Dexter. The building cost
about So, 900 and consists OF the main
library, reading room and art room,
also an Office for the selectmen of the
town and room for the librarian.
There are about 5000 books in the
library, consisting of biography, history,
travel, fiction, science and the like.