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Sherman Daily Register
Monday, March 12, 1917
pg. 5

Sherman people have pledged themselves to furnish a house and contents consisting of furniture and other furnishings for children who make their home at the Grayson County poor farm in order to better their condition. Mrs. James Boyd, Mrs. Walter Collins, Mrs. John Suggs, and Mrs. W.J. Leeper of Denison pledged themselves to furnish a complete outfit for a kitchen to be used in the house, and with other furnishings given by Sherman people. These ladies have been assisted considerably, but are ready to receive any other donations that the people wish to give toward furnishing the kitchen outfit complete for the children of the poor farm.
A visit to the county poor farm a short time ago developed a fact that the children confined in that institution were being badly neglected on account of the poor equipment and furnishings. The conditions were bad for the children and the visit developed this fact, which resulted in a united effort to better the condition in every way possible. This is being done by the public-spirited action of Denison and Sherman people who know and are ready to tell of the past conditions and what they expect to accomplish in the future. - - - Denison Herald