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"The annual report of the Ontario Minister of Education, just to hand, gives the following statistics of the Bradford Public Library for the year ending 30th April, 1898. ..."

"Due to technicalities which prevented certain personnel of the Bradford Public Library Board as originally constituted being members of the board while holding office as members of other local public boards, several names had to be omitted from the board first named come time ago and new ones appointed..."

"The annual meeting of the Bradford Mechanics' Institute will be held on Monday night next, in the Council Chambers commencing at 8 o'clock. See posters giving particulars and let all who can attend the meeting."

"The annual meeting of the Public Library will be held in the Council Chamber on Friday evening May 5th, at 7 o'clock. Let there be a large attendance. All our citizens should be interested in the Public Library."

"The annual public meeting in connection with the Bradford Public Library will be held in the Fire Hall on Monday evening next at 8 o'clock. All who take an interest in books and reading are requested to be present."

"The annual meeting of the Public Library was held in the Council Chamber on Friday evening. The attendance was small, as usual. The Treasurer, Mr. Jas. Driffill, presented his report, which showed that the receipts for the year were $354, and the expenditure $310.17, leaving a balance on hand of $44.37. ..."

New catalogue in 1899 for the Library

New acquisitions for the Library catalogue in 1900.

New acquisitions for the Library catalogue in September 1900.

Article on the fear of microbes and germs in library books and paper money.

"While moralists and preachers are calling attention to the danger of the morals of Canadian children bu the yellow-covered literature, which they so easily manage to read, attention is also drawn to the danger of circulating libraries. We are told that the books often contain the deadly consumption bacillus on its dirty pages, as well as the microbes of other maladies." ...