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NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1926
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TAX-SUPPORTED LIBRARIES

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1 Ainsworth	1,608	$ 891	4,087	Mrs. F. R. Galbraith
2 Albion	1,978	1,200	4,700	Mrs. Jennie Gradon
3 Alliance	4,591	........	11,731	Mrs. Blanche E. Prettyman
4 Alma*	1,498Ý	1,026	3,300	Mrs. Jennie Taylor
5 Ansley*	1,319Ý	800	2,511	Mrs. F. L. Dewey
6 Arapahoe	894	540	2,872	Mrs. L. Stevens
7 Arcadia*	1,125Ý	1,500	3,208	Mrs. Sue Tucker
8 Arlington	695	........	1,680	Mrs. Mell Winset
9 Arnold*	1,692Ý	1,700	1,753	Laura C. Peterson
10 Ashland	1,725	1,000	3,692	Margaret Godden
11 Atkinson	1,300	........	......
12 Auburn	2,868	2,500	7,483	Mrs. Lillian Mastin
13 Aurora	2,962	1,725	6,268	Lillian Moore
14 Axtell	385	165	654	Mr. Hilding Soneson
15 Bayard	2,127	1,296	3,000	Mrs. Kathryn S. Garrison
16 Beatrice	9,664	6,632	17,901	Mrs. C. A. Anderson
17 Blair	2,702	2,000	4,825	May McQuarrie
18 Bloomfield	1,431	1,400	2,539	Mrs. Mae Durbin
19 Bridgeport	1,235	1,000	2,300	Louise Estill
20 Broken Bow	2,567	2,500	3,795
21 Burwell	1,214	572	2,417	Mrs. Hattie D. Hill
22 Carroll	448	225	1,035	Mrs. Charles E. Jones
23 Cedar Rapids	766	430	2,700	Mrs. E. L. Melvin
24 Central City	2,410	1,450	5,713	Mrs. Eva Hard
25 Chadron	4,412	2,511	7,106	Mrs. Elizabeth O. Smith
26 Chappell	1,131	1,000	2,201	Mrs. H. R. Busse
27 Clarks*	1,457Ý	1,500	2,281	Elizabeth McLean
28 Clay Center	965	1,195	2,621	Bertha F. Jessup
29 College View	2,249	1,800	4,741	Mary R. Welch
30 Columbus	6,410	5,146	9,129	Rose Riddell
31 Comstock•	754Ý	500	1,084	Mrs. Edith Scarborough
32 Cozad	1,293	1,800	21875	Edith Allen
33 Crawford	1,646	650	3,006	Mrs. Maude Smeak
34 Creighton*	2,116Ý	........	2,500	Mrs. Adela Horn
35 Crete	2,446	1,042	8,028	Mrs. C. F. Baker
36 David City	2,216	2,600	6,321	Mrs. W. F. Schweser
37 DeWitt	.623	........	........	........
88 Fairbury	6,454	5,978	10,065	Mary C. McQuaid
89 Fairfield	784	1,000	2,500	Mrs, Alma E. Ewing
40 Falls City	4,930	4,400	14,428	Mary Hutchings
41 Franklin	1,055	600	7,239	Josephine Peck
42 Fremont	9,605	6,000	16,340	Dorothea Mortensen
48 Friend	1,263	1,200	2,085	Rotha Doner
44 Fullerton	1,595	1,726	6,136	Mrs. Bernice E. Downing
45 Geneva	1,768	2,250	5,037	Mrs. Isabel Bixby
46 Genoa.	1069	305	2,200	Ella Munson
47 Gering	2:508	1,250	3,000	Mrs. H. M. Thornton
48 Gibbon*	1,432Ý	1,164	3,035	Mrs. Florence H. Smith
49 Gordon	1:581	700	2,448	Mrs. Frank Hummel
50 Gothenburg	1,754	2,400	2.884	S. Frances Botkin

51 Grand Island	13,947	7,000	10,297	Daisy Houck
52 Guide Rock	611	847	2,474	E. Katherine Guy
53 Hartington	1,467	2,000	6,000	Mrs. Kate S. Bryant
54 Harvard	991	1,030	2,486	Mrs. Edith K. Decatur
55 Hastings	11,647	5,220	10,276	Mrs. Nellie M. Carey
56 Havelock	8,602	2,500	5,669	Mrs. Susie G. Smith
57 Hebron	1,513	1,193	1,967	Mrs. Floy Talbott
58 Holdrege	3,108	2,635	7,463	Mrs. Georgia S. Potter
59 Hooper	1,014	871	2,350	Mrs. L. G. Fauss
60 Humboldt	1,277	860	3,500	Mrs. J. K. Liggett
61 Kearney	7,702	4,500	13,268	Mrs. Mary E. O'Brian
62 Kimball	1,620	1,339	2,575	Alice Armstrong
63 Laurel	830	........	........	........
64 Lexington	2,327	2500	3,622	Mary Kelley
65 Lincoln	54,948	29:396	62,044	Lulu Horne
66 Long Pine	1,200	336	700	Mrs. M. J. Potter

*Township library.
Ý Including township population.

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67 Louisville	645	300	1,532	Edith F. Shryock
68 Loup City*	1,958Ý	2,919	3:224	Mrs. Dan McDonald
69 Lyons#	1,025	450	1,500	Frankie L. Smith
70 McCook	4,303	8,500	5,060	Mrs. Bessie M. Wright
71 Madison	1,735	1,590	4,873	Mrs. Anna D. Johnson
72 Merna*	1,368Ý	1,500	7,230	Mrs. H. K. Atkisson
73 Minden	1,527	900	4,785	Mrs. Helen E. Slusser
74 Mitchell	1,298	1,000	3,025	Mrs. A. B. Lord
75 Morrill	772	252	........	Mrs. S. J. Medlin
76 Nebraska City.	6,279	2,400	9,500	Anne Stevenson
77 Neligh	1,724	1,351	4,770	Mrs. Carrie M. Jones
78 Nelson	955	506	2,900	Alice E. Ruddell
79 Newman Grove	1,260	740	1,135	Mrs Margaret DiIlman
80 Norfolk	8,634	3553	8,256	Laura Durland
81 North Bend*	2,449Ý	1,000	2,718	Laura Roump
82 North Platte	10,466	3,719	9,792	Eleanor M. Wheeler
83 Oakland	1,356	1,200	2,221	Lydia Hill
84 Omaha	191,601	89,451	167,212	Edith Tobitt
85 O'Neill*	2,521Ý	2,000	3,676	Mary McLaughlin
86 Orleans*	1:4141	1,983	4,209	Dorothy M. Mahn
87 Osceola	1 209	400	2,212	Mrs. Jessie C. Marquis
88 Pawnee City	1,596	1,100	2,000	Mrs. Flora M. Fullerton
89 Pender	992	........	........	........
90 Pierce	1,105	1,000	3,511	Mrs. J. A. Andrew
91 Plainview	1:199	850	2 525	Mrs. P. H. Parker
92 Plattsmouth	4 190	4,600	14:000	C. Olive Jones
93 Ponca	1,014	509	5,000	Mrs. Mary Lipe
94 Ralston	455	375	1,100	J. T. O. Stewart
95 Randolph	1338	600	2800	Mrs. Carrie A. Kerr
96 Ravenna*	2,019Ý	1,100	3:990	Nellie F.Clark
97 Red Cloud	1,856	1,400	4,863	Yola Swartz
98 Rushville	955	378	2,340	Margaret E. Young
99 St. Edward	1,002	392	847	Gertie Anderson
100 Sargent*	1,625Ý	........	........	........
101 Schuyler	2,636	1,400	6,000	Mrs Alice Carl
102 Scottsbluff	6,912	4,451	6,689	Mrs: Nellie Wilson
103 Scribner	1,021	602	1,980	Anna Dierks
104 Seward	2,368	1,989	6,160	M. Belle Schick
105 Shelton* .	1,512Ý	3,084	5,135	Mrs. C. S. Burkerd
106 Sidney	2,852	2,276	13,072	Mrs. Constance Corbett
107 Silver Creek*	1,006Ý	1,000	1,600	Mrs. Mary Cobel
108 Spalding	878	293	1,500	Mrs. Luke Finn
109 Spencer*	1,880	1,264	2,500	Mrs. A. F. Hollstien
110 Stanton	1,487	1,455	3,957	Mrs. J. D. Elmore
111 Sterling	804	325	2,020	Mrs. M. E. Hollenback
112 Stromsburg	1,361	1,000	2,500	Marie Shaw
113 Superior	2,719	2,100	9,450	Mrs. Lucy Conn
114 Sutton	1,603	........	3,272	Sibyl B. Jarret
115 Syracuse	889	63	2,890	Mr.. W. B. Mason
116 Table Rock	750	223	950	Mrs. Allie Wood

117 Talmage	525	269	1,307	Sophia Moller
118 Tecumseh	688	980	3500	Mary V. Moore
119 Tekamah	1,811	1,500	4,422	Elizabeth Latta
120 Tilden	1,101	1,000	1,719	Mrs. Mattie Cunningham
121 Ulysses*	883Ý	650	1,735	Mrs. M. F. Wither.
122 University Place	4,112	4,871	11,383	Katherine C. Wood
123 Wahoo	2,338	1,500	2,700	Mrs. Grace E. Oldham
124 Wakefield	1,114	580	4,759	Ruth Collins
125 Walthill	1,145	240	........	........
126 Wausa	1,039Ý	1,500	2,248	Rose Banks
127 Wayne	2,115	3,000	4,418	Mrs. E. S. Blair
128 Weeping Water	1,084	1,350	5,3266	Grace Countryman
129 West Point	2,002	1,000	2 800	Minnie L. Frahm
130 Winside	488	542	2,450	Etta Perrin
131 Wisner	1,210	825	1,563	Jessie B. Kay
132 Wood River	820	500	3,252	Anna B. Horn
183 Wymore	2,592	2500	4,087	Gladys Pirie
134 York	5,388	3,861	13,225	Ada Haggard

      Report for eight months.
     * Township library.
     Ý Including township population.
      Too newly organized to report more fully.