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| Title | A Visit To The Poor Farm: How Jackson County Cares For Her Helpless Wards |
| Abstract | The subheading reads: "A Description of the Building and Something of the Inmates--The County Judges Contemplate Further Improvements--Two Jay Goulds Happy With Their Imaginary Riches--Some Pathetic Cases Where Reason Is Dethroned." The poor farm was housed in a portion of what is now Truman Medical Center Lakewood (formerly Truman Medical Center East) at 7900 Lee's Summit Road.
Full text of article is in the attached pdf. |
| Date | July 29, 1890 |
| Source | The Kansas City Times |
| Page | 8:3 |
| Subject | Mental institutions
Almshouses
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| Local Subject | Truman Medical Center
Jackson County Poor Farm and Insane Asylum
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 209821 |
