CHILDREN BADLY TREATED.; THE POOR MANAGEMENT OF THE PHILADELPHIA ALMS-HOUSE.

January 17, 1882, Wednesday

New York Times

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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.--The committee of City Councils which is investigating charges of abuse at the Alms-house in this city had before it to-day Thomas J. Harrah, who testified that he had heard Guardian Chambers say that all children taken to the Alms-house died, and, as a member of the Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Children, the witness brought the matter before the society in January last, and visited the Alms-house ...  [The full article can be found in pdf, here:  http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9F04E6DF123BE033A25754C1A9679C94639FD7CF&oref=slogin ]

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