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County Charity Report Details Poor Farm Orphans Home and Jail
Daviess county Indiana officials inspect the county poor asylum the orphans home and the county jail noting conditions. The asylum reports a 25 inmate capacity with a 245 acre farm and 22 inmates including able bodied workers. The orphans home houses 33 inmates with 12 deemed placeable in family homes and calls for repairs and new layout. The jail is a two story brick building with ventilation gas lighting and sanitary cells and demands repairs to plumbing and grating. The board recommends a modern new building and urgent placement of dependent children into family settings under state supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Allen
Daviess County Board of Charities
Daviess Circuit Court
County Board of Commissioners
Board of County Charities of
Daviess County
Indiana
Henry F. Vollmer
Josiah G. Allen
Amos W. Butler
Board of State Charities
W. S. Reynolds
Board of
City of
Washington
Charles Osman
Board of Commissioners
Qimon
Osman
Butler
Orphans’ Home
Sys. Mary Horrall
Iva Hanemeier
Board of Charities. Org
Aomanydt
Ihomta
Fie
Walnut
East Third Streets