Roosevelt Standard | 1920-03-31 | Page 3 | In Almshouse 76 Years

IN ALMSHOUSE 78 f rears eara woman 85 public charge in delaware since she was 9 years old 1 georgetown del delan an inmate ot of it laiti 10 sussex county almshouse for seventy six years martha stanford who was blind from childhood tins has died at the tha age of 85 years she was sent to the tha almshouse from uio western part of the tha county when nine years old and lived there ever since until the time of her death despite her affliction and her poor condition slie she kept cheerful always hoping that sore sonie time she bhe would be taken from the alin almshouse shouse she had no vear boar relatives