The Poor Farm of Marshall County
A historical overview of Marshall County's poor farm in Steuben township detailing 120 acres of land, buildings expanded in the last decade, and the development under superintendent H. J. Adams and matron since 1877. It notes inventories, finances, and inmate care including 20 current residents with varied conditions and gendered ward structures.
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Carleton
Marshall County
New York State
Steuben Township
Sparland
H. J. Adams
Adama
Adams
Inmates at the Farm Described in Disturbing Portrait
A dated report details residents at a farm asylum from Lacon Steuben Hopewell Henry and Richland. It portrays George Germanhead Louis Crenwell Ransom Brown Kenoud Isasackson Andrew Bode Thomas Paton Patrick Rudden William Delaney John N Wood and others as feeble insane or disabled. The piece emphasizes their conditions behaviors and housing as overseen by Supt Adams.
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Adams
St. Vitur
Tennie Everett
Lacon
St. Vitus
Sarah Chambers
Venona
Tan
Mary Engelbrecht
Henry
George Germanhead
Mr Adama
Powers That Be
Louis Crenwell
Steuben
Ransom Brown
Whitefield
Jacksonville
Daxian
Kenoud Isasackson
Hopewell
Supt Adams
Andrew Bode
Thomas Paton
Patrick Rudden
William Delaney
Iriah
John N. Wood
Richland
Only a Step to Consumption Warns of Catarrh Dangers
An ad warns that catarrh can lead to consumption and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla with testimonials. It invites readers to send for a book proving cures and offers newspaper subscriptions the Rural and Henry Republican bundle with a Handy Dictionary and Rural Agriculture book for $8.00.
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C I
Hood & Co
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Lowell
Mass
Western Rural and Stockman
Henry Republican
Electric Bitters Promised To Revive Weary Souls
An advertisement urges readers to buy Electric Bitters at Dr Powell's drug store to lift low spirits, poor appetite, weakness, and illness. It promises renewed life, strength, activity, and relief from pain.
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Bible Verse Fences Spark Debate In De Witt County
Farmer Charles Sprague of De Witt County has posted Bible verse text on his fences. A local patent medicine hawker added slogans urging Salvation Power and Panacea. Critics warn such measures harm public health and advise using Dr Bigelow's Cough Cure.
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Charles Sprague
de Witt
Dr Bigelow
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