Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1901 — Population and Libraries. [ARTICLE]

Population and Libraries.

The population of the United States doubles in about 3.5 year*. Public libraries in this country have doubled in 20 years. A $400,000 public library opened at Newark, N. J., recently has a lecture room, art gallery, museum, book lifts, bindery, a children’s room, bicycle room and tea room for attendants.