Refimprove date March 2011 Image Poorhse.gif right thumb 200px A poorhouse or workhouse was a government run facility in the past for the support and housing of dependent or needy persons, typically run by a local government entity such as a county or municipality . In England , Wales and Ireland but not in Scotland ref http www.workhouses.org.uk index.html?unions unions.shtml The Workhouse in Scotland ref a poorhouse was more commonly known as a workhouse . In early Victorian times see Poor Law , poverty was seen as a dishonourable state caused by a lack of the moral virtue of industriousness or industry as it was called . As was depicted by Charles Dickens , a workhouse could resemble a reformatory and house children, either with families or alone, or a penal labour regime to give the poor work at manual labour and subject them to corporal punishment physical punishment . As the 19th century progressed, conditions became better. The term is commonly applied to such a facility that housed the destitute elderly institutions of this nature were widespread in the United States prior to the adoption of the Social Security United States Social Security program in the 1930s. Facilities housing indigents who are not elderly are typically referred to as homelessness homeless shelters , or simply shelters, in current usage. Often the poorhouse was situated on the grounds of a poor farm on which able bodied residents were required to work such farms were common in the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries it could even be part of the same economic complex as a prison farm and other penal or charitable public institutions. Poor farm This section is linked from Harrisburg, Illinois Poor farms were Counties of the United States county or town run residences where paupers ... 2806 Illustrated History of Long Term Care The poorhouse America s forgotten institution David Wagner ... Armenhaus id Poorhouse no Fattighuset sv Fattigv rd ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 Image PoorhouseFair.jpg thumb First edition cover Knopf right The Poorhouse Fair 1959 was the first novel by the American author John Updike . Its rural New England setting presaged much of Updike s fictional output. Plot At the Diamond County Home for the Aged, the inmates prepare for the ritual of the Poorhouse Fair a summer celebration at which the old and infirm sell their produce to the people of the nearby town. The elderly residents at the home, full of memories and complaints, take pride every year in the excitements of this one day. But when the fair goes less well that the old folks had hoped, they are in no doubt who to blame Conner, the new prefect of the home. Together, they begin to revolt against the younger man, and enact an ancient rite of protest. John Updike DEFAULTSORT Poorhouse Fair, The Category 1959 novels Category Debut novels Category Novels by John Updike Category Books which are set within one day Category Alfred A. Knopf books 1950s novel stub ... more details
Infobox Film name Over the Hill to the Poorhouse image caption director Harry Millarde producer William Fox writer Will Carleton poems Over the Hill to the Poorhouse and Over the Hill from the Poorhouse br Paul H. Sloane scenario starring Mary Carr music cinematography Hal Sintzenich br George Schneiderman editing distributor Fox Film released September 17, 1920 runtime 11 reels, country Film US language Silent film English intertitles Over the Hill to the Poorhouse sometimes just Over the Hill is a 1920 Fox Film Corporation Fox tearjerker about a woman with a lot of children ,who, never gets the chance to enjoy life. It starred actress Mary Carr and almost all of her real life children. The film was directed by Harry Millarde and was a box office success in 1920. The film was remade in 1931 as an early talkie starring Mae Marsh . ref http www.silentera.com PSFL data O OvertheHilltothePoorho1920.html Over the Hill to the Poorhouse listed at the silentera.com database ref Printed reviews of the film survive in contemporary periodicals and in reminiscences such as the memoir Cheaper by the Dozen . However, no known copies of the 1920 film survive it is a lost film . Cast Mary Carr Ma Benton James Sheridan Child Isaac billed Sheridan Tansey Noel Tearle Adult Isaac Stephen Carr Child Thomas William Welsh Jerry Devine Child John Johnnie Walker Adult John billed John Wallker James Sheldon Child Charles Wallace Ray Adult Charles Rosemary Carr Child Rebecca Phyllis Diller Adult Rebecca Maybeth Carr Child Susan Louella Carr Adult Susan Vivienne Osborne Isabella Strong Dorothy Allen Agulitia Edna Murphy Lucy References reflist External Links http www.imdb.com title tt0011549 Over the Hill to the Poorhouse at the Internet Movie Database DEFAULTSORT Over the Hill to the Poorhouse Category 1920 films Category American silent films Category Lost films Category Films based on poems ... more details
Poorhouse Corner is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia Caroline County , in the U.S. state of Virginia . Reference gnis 1493445 Caroline County, Virginia coord 38 01 42 N 77 16 14 W type city region US VA source GNIS enwiki display title Category Unincorporated communities in Virginia Category Populated places in Caroline County, Virginia CarolineVA geo stub ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Article The Poorhouse Fair Description First edition cover Source http www.qbbooks.com pictures medium 35408.jpg Portion Front cover Low resolution yes Purpose promotional Replaceability no other information Licensing Non free book cover ... more details
with the poorhouse s approval. When the child doesn t recognize her, she is devastated. She tries to make ... Holm as an adult Erik Lindholm as Employee in Shop Georg Gr nroos as Poorhouse Superintendent William ... more details
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This article refers to Britain s welfare provision after the 1601 Poor Law. For welfare programmes see Social security After the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law 1601 , outdoor relief was that kind of poor relief where assistance was in the form of money, food, clothing or goods, given to alleviate poverty without the requirement that the recipient enter an institution. ref http www.victorianweb.org history poorlaw elizpl.html The 1601 Elizabethan Poor Law Bot generated title ref In contrast, recipients of indoor relief were required to enter a workhouse or poorhouse . Outdoor relief was also a feature of the Scotland Scottish and Ireland Irish Poor Law systems. References reflist Poor Law Category Poverty Category Poor Law ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File Landalabergen.jpg thumb High rise buildings of Landalabergen in Landala. Landala is a district in central Gothenburg , Sweden with about 4,500 inhabitants 2005 . Originally a traditional labour district with a large poorhouse, today Landala it is home for some important educational institutes in Western Sweden, such as Chalmers University of Technology , Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet and Vasa Komvux . Also LGA has its origin in Landala. Landala is also famous for its housing projects and social engineering in the 60 s. Almost the whole area was demolished a church was moved some 100 meters and concrete apartment blocks were built instead. However, some single houses from the 19th century were spared. Coord 57 41 32 N 11 58 24 E display title Category Gothenburg V straG taland geo stub sv Landala ... more details
Infobox film name Her Right to Live image image size alt caption director Paul Scardon producer writer Paul West starring Peggy Hyland br Antonio Moreno br Mae Costello br John S. Robertson br Julia Swayne Gordon music cinematography editing studio distributor Vitagraph Studios released Start date 1917 1 22 runtime country United States language Silent film br English language English intertitles budget gross preceded by followed by Her Right to Live is a 1917 in film 1917 dramatic silent film released by the Vitagraph Studios . Plot Polly Biggs Peggy Hyland is the eldest of a family of orphaned children who are taken in by their uncle, Mayor Hoadley John S. Robertson . Hoadley despises the children and has only taken them in as good publicity for the upcoming election. His wife, Mrs. Hoadley Julia Swayne Gordon is equally cruel to the children, especially Polly. ref http movies.nytimes.com movie 94950 Her Right to Live overview The New York Times Movies ref One day, Polly Biggs takes the children fishing and meets a young man named John Oxmore Antonio Moreno , who is the son of the opposing mayoral candidate. When she returns home, Polly discovers that her uncle intends to send all the children to the poorhouse as soon as the election is over. Polly plans to take revenge on her uncle and immediately takes the children to the poorhouse herself, rather than let her uncle do so. Mayor Hoadley, frightened that voters may be incensed to learn that his nieces and nephews are living as orphans in a squalid poorhouse, goes to retrieve them. When Polly sees his car arriving at the poorhouse, she and the children flee. They find an unoccupied cabin in the woods where the brood of youngsters settle in. Unbeknownst to Polly, the cabin is owned by John Oxmore, the young man she met earlier. After Oxmore finds them at his cabin, he grants Polly permission to keep the children there. However, the next day he is accused of a murder committed by Mayor Hoadley. Although John was at ... more details
The Poor Law Scotland Act 1845 ref http users.ox.ac.uk peter workhouse , ref was an Act of Parliament passed in Scotland which reformed the Poor Law system. Main provisions The creation of a Board of Supervision to regulate the Poor Law system. A retention of the parish based system through Parochial Boards Powers for the Parochial Boards to raise taxes Poor relief could continue to be in the form of outdoor relief, poorhouse s could be built to aid the sick Parishes should join together to build poorhouses. An Inspector of the Poor decided whether applications for poor relief were legitimate References references UK legislation Poor Law Category Poor Law Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1845 Category 19th century in Scotland Category 1845 in Scotland ... more details
Gertrude of Aldenberg c. October 1227 13 August 1297 was abbess of the Premonstratensian convent of Altenberg , near Wetzlar , in the Diocese of Trier . Life She was the youngest of three children of Ludwig IV, Landgrave of Thuringia , and his wife Elizabeth of Hungary . Gertrude s father died on his way to Palestine shortly before she was born. She was scarcely two years old when her mother brought her to the convent of Aldenberg, where she afterwards became a nun. In 1248, only twenty one years old, she was elected Abbess, and ruled over the convent for forty nine years. With the inheritance she received from her uncle, Dietrich I, Margrave of Meissen , she erected a church and a poorhouse. She took personal charge of the inmates of the poorhouse and led a life of extreme mortification . When Pope Urban VI published a crusade against the Saracens , Gertrude and her nuns took the cross. In 1270 she began to observe the feast of Corpus Christi in her convent, being one of the first to introduce this feast into Germany. Pope Clement VI permitted the ecclesiastical celebration of her feast to the convent of Aldenberg and granted some indulgences to those who visited her relics. References Catholic wstitle Blessed Gertrude of Aldenberg Category 1227 births Category 1297 deaths Category German nuns Category Beatified people Category 13th century venerated Christians de Gertrud von Altenberg es Gertrudis de Altenberg hu Boldog Gertr d nl Gertrudis van Altenberg tl Gertrudes ng Altenberg ... more details
Dorothy Allen born 1896, Houston, Texas died September 30, 1970 New York City ref http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res F50812FB355A157493C0A9178BD95F448785F9 Obituary , New York Times subscription required ref ref Obituary, Variety magazine Variety , October 7, 1970. ref was an American actress principally active in the 1920s. Allen landed her first roles in 1918 and acted in several Poverty Row films through 1925. Among her biggest roles were in the 1920 film Over the Hill to the Poorhouse and as Miranda Means in 1924 s The Hoosier Schoolmaster . ref http www.allmovie.com artist 1000 Dorothy Allen at Allmovie ref Filmography Three Green Eyes 1919 Over the Hill to the Poorhouse 1920 Beyond Price 1921 Dynamite Allen 1921 Power Within 1921 The Broken Silence 1922 Free Air 1922 If Winter Comes 1923 The Hoosier Schoolmaster 1924 Second Youth 1924 Youth for Sale 1924 School for Wives 1925 References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Allen, Dorothy ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1896 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1970 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Allen, Dorothy Category 1896 births Category 1970 deaths Category People from Houston, Texas Category American film actors US film actor 1890s stub es Dorothy Allen ... more details
would be established as an almshouse, or poorhouse , in 1824. The alms house was replaced by Bern ... notable visible remnant of the poorhouse is a stone wall that is within short walking distance down the road from John Updike s old home. Updike s first novel, The Poorhouse Fair , is set in a fictional building based on Shillington s poorhouse. ref cite web url http www.poorhousestory.com PA BERKS Co.htm title Pennsylvania Poorhouse History by county Berks work The Poorhouse Story accessdate ... Digest accessdate 2009 10 04 quote in my first novel, The Poorhouse Fair , I set characters roaming ... more details
with that of the town s poorhouse , as was that of many European hospitals. The first hospital on the Union Road now Lakin Road site was built in 1848 next to the poorhouse. It was extended in 1857 and 1876 with a chapel and mortuary following in 1883. In 1903 a new hospital was built and in 1930 the poorhouse ... more details
Wiktionarypar combination In mathematics, a combination is a collection of things in no specific order. Combination may also refer to Combination chess , a relatively long sequence of chess moves Combo video games , a set of actions performed in sequence Striking combination , in martial arts and combat sports Combination lock , a type of lock Combination jump , in horseback riding Combinations album Combinations album , by Eisley. Union suit Combinations clothing , a type of underwear that combines a vest or camisole with trousers or drawers. Combination, a group of parishes in Scotland sharing a poorhouse, the equivalent of a Poor Law Union Motorcycle combination, also known as a sidecar A historic term for a trade union A historic term for a group of businesses engaged in price fixing as in, the price of lumber in Portland is controlled by the local combination An archaic term for a Cabal conspiracy , see also Secret combination Latter Day Saints See also lookfrom combination intitle combination Combine disambiguation Combo disambiguation disambig da Kombination de Kombination eo Kombina o fr Combinaison ko nl Combinatie ja ru simple Combination sk Kombin cia sl Kombinacija sv Kombination ... more details
Infobox Settlement official name West Vlieland image map LocatieVlieland.png mapsize 280px subdivision type Country subdivision name flagicon Netherlands Netherlands subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 flagicon Friesland Friesland settlement type Village population total West Vlieland also known as Westeyende lang fry West Flyl n was a village on the island of Vlieland in the province Friesland , the Netherlands . It disappeared under the waves in 1736 , with only two houses remaining. The site where the village was located is now 15 fathom s 27 m beneath sea level. The village had its own town hall, church, school, poorhouse and mill which was built in 1647. ref name Het tragische verhaal van West Vlieland cite web url http www.vlieland info.nl W Vlie.html title Het tragische verhaal van West Vlieland accessdate 2010 02 04 ref References reflist External links http www.vlieland info.nl W Vlie.html Het tragische verhaal van West Vlieland The tragic story of West Vlieland nl coord missing Netherlands Category Populated places in Friesland Friesland geo stub fy West Flyl n nl West Vlieland ... more details
The Friends Almshouse of Philadelphia was founded in 1713 by the city s Quaker leadership to help destitute members of the Society of Friends , although people of other creeds were sometimes admitted. As such, this was the first institution in Americas America to care for poor citizens. The combination poorhouse and workhouse occupied two small buildings built especially for it on the south side of Walnut Street Philadelphia Walnut Street between Third and Fourth Streets. The houses were augmented with a substantial brick building fronting Walnut Street in 1729. Not to be confused with the city run Philadelphia Almshouse established in 1732 , the Quaker Almshouse provided food, housing, work and perhaps even modest healthcare for the indigent until 1841 when it was demolished, although http commons.wikimedia.org wiki File Quaker Almshouse, erected 1713, by Cremer, James, 1821 1893.jpg one of the original houses lasted into the 1870s. Today, the Catholic Heritage Center stands on the site. References Thompson Westcott, Historic Mansions and Buildings of Philadelphia, With Some Notice of Their Owners and Occupants Philadelphia, PA Porter & Coates, 1877 , at 96. J. Thomas Scharf & Thompson Westcott, History of Philadelphia, 1609 1884, 3 vols. Philadelphia, PA, 1884 , at 856 vol. 2 . Center City Philadelphia in the 19th Century, Images of America Series Charleston, SC Arcadia Pub., 2006 , at 48. coord missing Pennsylvania Category Almshouses in the United States Category Buildings and structures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ... more details
Joseph Peter Joe Rossi born 22 May 1948 is an Australian politician and former Liberal Party of Australia Liberal MP for the seat of Electoral district of Lee Lee in the South Australian House of Assembly . He won the seat at the South Australian state election, 1993 1993 election before losing it at the South Australian state election, 1997 1997 election . Rossi s election was unexpected as the seat is normally safe Australian Labor Party Labor . He held controversial views such as Sterilization surgical procedure sterilising unmarried mothers after the third child, and introducing a modern version of Poorhouse poor houses for welfare recipients. At one stage Rossi was ejected from parliament for consuming a meat pie in the chamber. ref http www.pollbludger.com sa2006 lee.htm Poll Bludger Lee 2006 election ref ref http web.archive.org web 20011026003058 www.crikey.com.au politics olsen.html The unluckiest politician in Australia Crikey ref Rossi ran as an Independent politics independent in Lee at the South Australian state election, 2010 2010 election , receiving a vote of 2.2 percent 455 votes . References reflist External links http www2.parliament.sa.gov.au formermembers detail.aspx?pid 2566 Parliament Profile DEFAULTSORT Rossi, Joe Category Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Category Liberal Party of Australia politicians Category 1948 births Category Living people Australia Liberal politician stub ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2007 Harry F. Millarde November 12, 1885 November 2, 1931 was a pioneer United States American silent film actor and film director director . Millarde was born in Cincinnati, Ohio , and began his acting in film in 1913 with Kalem Studios in New York City . In 1916, he directed the first of his thirty two films the most notable of which was If Winter Comes for Fox Film Corporation in 1923 that was based on the List of bestselling novels in the United States best selling book in the United States of 1922 by author Arthur Stuart Menteth Hutchinson A.S.M. Hutchinson . Amongst his other directorial works was, 1920 s Over the Hill to the Poorhouse and the 1922 thriller My Friend the Devil based on the France French novel, Le Docteur Rameau by Georges Ohnet . Millarde directed his last film in 1927 and died of a myocardial infarction heart attack in New York City in 1931 ten days shy of his forty sixth birthday. He was married to actress June Caprice 1895 1936 whom he had directed in eight films for Fox. Ironically, she also died ten days before her birthday, succumbing to cancer at the age of forty. Their daughter, June Millarde June Elizabeth Millarde , was thirteen years old when her mother died. Raised by her grandparents in Long Island, New York , she became a cover girl known as Toni Seven. The June 17, 1949 issue of Time magazine reported she was the heiress to an estimated 3,000,000 fortune. External links imdb name id 0587754 name Harry F. Millarde http www.corbisimages.com Enlargement Enlargement.aspx?id IH169599&tab details&caller search Harry Millarde with megaphone during production of Over the Hill to the Poorhouse 1920 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Millarde, Harry F. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1885 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1931 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Millarde, Harry F. Category 1885 births Category 1931 deaths Category Actors from Cincinnati, Ohio Category A ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 infobox UK place country Scotland official name Stobswell gaelic name scots name population os grid reference NO408313 latitude 56.470093 longitude 2.962495 map type Scotland unitary scotland City of Dundee lieutenancy scotland Dundee constituency westminster Dundee East UK Parliament constituency Dundee East constituency scottish parliament Dundee East Scottish Parliament constituency Dundee East br North East Scotland post town DUNDEE postcode district DD4 postcode area DD dial code 01382 Image Baxter Park Pavilion.jpg thumb left Baxter park pavilion Stobswell is an area of Dundee , Scotland with a population of approximately 10,000. It was originally a small hamlet outside the city until the industrial revolution caused the growth of Dundee . The area is by and large a residential area. Schools in the area are Morgan Academy Secondary School, Glebelands Primary School and Clepington Primary School. The Melrose Campus of Dundee College is also located in the area. The area is home to the Dundee International Sports Centre D.I.S.C. . History The area developed around a well which serviced the nearby farmhouses of Janefield and Maryfield. The name Stob derives from the Scots language Scots word for a post indicating to travellers that it was one mile 1.6 km to Dundee. Housing was developed in the area by the city s jute barons in the 19th century to accommodate workers in the textile mills in the area and the city. In 1856, the East Dundee Poorhouse was built on a two acre 8,000 m site in the area. After the inception of the National Health Service , the poorhouse was renamed The Rowans and later became a hospital and care home for the elderly. The building now known as Morgan Academy opened in 1868 as Morgan Hospital, a charitable institution providing accommodation and education for sons of tradesmen and persons of the working class whose parents stand in the need of assistance . The present Stobswell Church, Dundee Stobsw ... more details
style. A second release, Heading for the Poorhouse continued the economic theme. It was one of the few songs to allude to inflation , the trip to the poorhouse being because all our money turned brown ... more details
unity which is still intact today. Logie School and Logie Poorhouse Adjacent to the housing ... poorhouse of Liff & Benvie Parish, which was itself opened in April 1864. The school was destroyed by fire ... more details
About the actress the author and poet Mary Karr Infobox person name Mary Carr image Mary Carr Stars of the Photoplay.jpg imagesize caption birth date birth date 1874 3 14 birth place Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Germantown, Pennsylvania , USA death date death date and age 1973 6 24 1874 3 14 death place Woodland Hills, Los Angeles , USA yearsactive 1915 in film 1915 1956 in film 1956 birthname othername homepage Mary Carr 14 March 1874 &ndash 24 June 1973 was an American film actress and was married to the actor William Carr 1866 1937 . She appeared in 144 films between 1915 in film 1915 and 1956 in film 1956 . She was famous for having given birth to several children and for this was considered an expert in motherhood which led to her being given some of filmdoms plum mother roles in silent pictures, especially Fox s 1920 Over the Hill to the Poorhouse which was a great success. She was interred in Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles Calvary Cemetery . Carr bore a strong resemblance to Lucy Beaumont , another famous character actress of the time who specialized in mother roles. Almost all of her children were involved in the film business. All of them appeared with her in Over the Hill . ref http query.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res 9F01E3DF1F31E433A2575BC1A96F9C946195D6CF NY Times The Screen September 18, 1920 announcing the premier screening of Over the Hill with Mary Carr and her children ref They are as follows John Carr January 2, 1904 November 27, 1956 Stephen Carr April 23, 1906 May 20, 1986 Thomas Carr director Thomas Carr July 4, 1907 April 23, 1997 Rosemary Carr October 2, 1910 April 24, 1987 Maybeth Mary Elizabeth Carr May 4, 1912 December 27, 1996 Louella Carr ? January 16, 1937 Selected filmography The Birth of a Race 1918 Over the Hill to the Poorhouse 1920 Silver Wings film Silver Wings 1922 The Daring Years 1923 On the Banks of the Wabash 1923 film On the Banks of the Wabash 1923 The Mine with the Iron Door 1924 Three Women 1924 film Thr ... more details
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