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"[5] For the initial years the library was housed in the upstairs of a drug store in town, though this was moved to the city council room over the fire department by around 1910.

[6] At the turn of the 20th century industrialist Andrew Carnegie began investing money into public libraries throughout the United States.

On May 17, 1912 the club heard back from the Carnegie Foundation and were awarded $7,000 to construct the building on the condition the town of Cuthbert pay $700 per year for maintenance and upkeep from then on.

[8] The process to obtain the grant was somewhat complicated, as the town exaggerated its census size in order to secure a larger building and already had its own subscription-based library which some members of the Carnegie Foundation found to be perfectly suitable for Dawson.