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Newspaper clipping from Miss Titcomb's obituary

MISS TITCOMB, LIBRARY HEAD, DIES AT HOME
Librarian And Originator Of Book Wagon Expires After Long Illness

Miss Mary Lemist Titcomb, librarian of the Washington County Free Library and originator of the first traveling library in the country, died at her home, 326 Summit Avenue, last night about 7:30 o’clock following a long illness. Miss Titcomb had been confined to her home since early in January.