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Excerpt from Inaugural Address of Hon. Elijah B. Stoddard, Mayor of the City of Worcester, Jan. 3, 1882: With the Annual Reports of the Several Department for the Financial Year Ending November 30, 1881 Placed in this position by the suffrages of citizens, many of whom have known me ever since Worcester was incorporated as a city, my thoughts naturally turn to the past. Twenty eight years ago I took my first oath to serve in the Common Council. 'of those with whom I then had the honor to be associated, only one is a member of the present government. The small city of that day has increased three-fold. It has acquired position and reputation for its distinguished men, for its large wealth, it...