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A Pvblto Library.We publish a communication from Judige l*iv»*«-ott thin wwk, ii|m»vi the feasibility of tUrSUlK * public library in this city. Tli«» Judge show* that by tli«* Mdtute lbt‘ city b nn*|M»werrtl to e-tahliidi wiifh an enter-pri-M* ami devote money to it* maintain aiice We think that nearly every eithteii l*t»lu ven that we should have a Iuhlic library of some Burt, thereby the intellectual statu* of the coming generation may rank u|*»u a higher plane, ami the culture «»f in population Ik* greatly improved. i’Uies mueh smaller than Salma have well-con-dlH*t«l ami well maintained libraries, which amnip|*»rtcd by public fund*. We would nU)(i;e4 thai the ladies, w ho always lt;|n wo well lu *ueh enterprise*, should l»e induced n» taken |»mminent part in thi* movement. Tlie city council, no doubt, will not hesitate to approve of any reasonable measure whieh may Is* propowed and urgid by a sufficient iiuiulwr of leading: taxpayer*. Judge I'reacott show* that he i* heart ami *«»ul in the movement; that he i* not »imph talking. but pfrv po*e» a substantial argument as a starter in pgrwring to donate $.v*. We h«»|«e to lt;*ee a Velldlirdcil movement for the eatablUhinetil of a Public Library, believing It will receive l-oth public and private mid when uoce un-iler way.
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Saline County Journal
Salina, Kansas, US
Thu, Dec 11, 1879
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