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Once at the wish of a friend I was visiting I went to carry some comforts to a neglected almshouse on a Western prairie.
She soon earned quite a sum of money, which she placed at interest in the bank, and she was then able to take her grandmother out of the almshouse.
The church and Court are beautifully placed above the old village and a picturesque group of almshouses line the upward way to them.
Their monasteries were mission stations, which resembled ours in being dispensaries for the sick, almshouses for the poor, and nurseries of learning.
Many made no pretence of looking for work upon arrival, and instead went directly to the almshouse.
Almshouse residents were routinely required to dress in ' sad colours ' in keeping with the ancient religious heritage of these institutions and the standing of the inhabitants.
Baltimore opened its almshouse in 1773.
There was a beautiful seventeenth century almshouse which, like many of those we have in this country, had become unfit to live in.
The charities comprise, among other things, the running of almshouses, the maintenance of certain pensioners, relief for the poor and certain work for young people.
Almshouses perhaps should be mentioned, because they have their own part to play in this subject.
I am not certain about the application to the case where trustees own almshouses, and where a tenancy does not exist.
As there are five inmates of the almshouses, that is approximately a clear income of£40 a year each.
We must not run away with the idea that all almshouses are bad; some of them are very good indeed.
I think some of the builders of the old almshouses in our country towns and villages possibly did better work than they knew.
Now the tendency is reversed and many of these so-called almshouses are empty because people to place in them cannot be found.
Because their condition and situation were no longer considered satisfactory, the almshouses have been sold.
The whole site comprises approximately five acres and included within its confines are twenty-two almshouses, at present held under requisition by the council.
Each almshouse is different, and the trustees know the local conditions best.
The tenants of almshouses will be able to apply for rebates of up to 80 per cent, if their incomes are low.
