poorfarm

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"And I do thank him, same as I do our Father in Heaven, ev'ry day of my life, for takin 'me away from that poorfarm an' makin 'an independent woman of me a'gin.

Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund Alice B. Emerson
"There's a poorfarm, child; but there ain't nobody on it but a few old folks an 'some orphans.

Janice Day at Poketown Helen Beecher Long
"I must admit they don't look so much like a delegation from the poorfarm as they did the day I came in on the _Constance Colfax_.

Janice Day at Poketown Helen Beecher Long