February 22, 2013
Americans have taken care of their vulnerable neighbors in different ways over the centuries.
For example, in Colonial Philadelphia there was established an “Alms House & House of Employment,” often called the Alms House for short. It was located on Spruce Street.
Back in Colonial and Early America, when families, the elderly, or those with needs couldn’t make it on their own, they turned to their neighbors for help. Communities responded by erecting alms houses like this one in Philadelphia.
Also called “work houses,” these public shelters—often run by local churches or groups—provided housing and food in exchange for work on various projects. People relied on these institutions for support until they were able to reestablish themselves.
Some residents could not manage to reestablish their independence, and ended up dying in the work houses—as in this list of 22 men, women and children that died at the Philadelphia Alms House in 1803.
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On March 29, 2012, I sent the following message to Luis.Bernadac@newspaperarchive.com requesting that GBank re-post corrupted articles in their data base. I never received a response, so I am forwarding my request to you in hopes that GBank will take action.
I have repeatedly looked for news stories on my Grandfather George B. Wales. Your archive shows me issues that have stories on him, including garbled text from the news items. Yet when I go to the actual page of the newspaper, it can’t be shown because it is “missing or corrupted”.
I would appreciate your finding these issues, which I assume you are actively endeavoring to repair or replace, and notifying me when I can get them (or forwarding them to me if that is possible).
Attached is a list of the items I am trying to access. Please let me know if you will be able to provide them to me.
If you can’t read the above or the pdf file below, following are the dates and papers in question:
• The Waco News Tribune November 16, 1960
Waco News-Tribune, The – Friday, May 01, 1959, Waco, Texas
Waco News-Tribune, The – Thursday, May 14, 1959, Waco, Texas
Waco News-Tribune, The – Friday, December 02, 1955, Waco, Texas
Waco News-Tribune, The – Thursday, December 08, 1955, Waco, Texas
Belton Journal – Thursday, April 28, 1977, Belton, Texas
Waco News-Tribune, The – Saturday, October 01, 1960, Waco, Texas
Lockhart Post-Register – Thursday, August 04, 1966, Lockhart, Texas
To repeatedly find so many articles unreadable has been very frustrating. Thank you for your assistance.