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Page 103          Biennial Report of the State Board
                     of Corrections and Charities
                                1873

                              CALHOUN

      We found the board of superintendents of this county in
   session, and in company with them visited the poor-house.  It
   is situated on a farm of 140 acres, near the city of Marshall.
   The main building is a two story frame structure.  The house
   and premsises were in good order, and the inmates generally
   seemed comfortable.  There were seven insane persons kept in
   close confinement here, in grated cells seven feet width by
   eight in length.  The building for them is new, and the pro-
   vision for their treatment appeared to be as good, if not better,
   than in most of the poor-houses in the State.  Several large
   and comfortable rooms have been added to the building,
   designed for the purpose of separating the better class of pau-
   pers from the more degraded ones.  An excellent garden on
   the premises is cultivated mainly by the paupers, and such of
   them as were able to be employed, seemed provided with some-
   thing to do.

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Page 136          Biennial Report of the State Board
                     of Corrections and Charities
                                1907

                               CALHOUN

     Infirmary two miles from Marshall.  A modern two story brick building
  and well equiped; is heated with steam and lighted with electricity;
  is very well ventilated; has good water supply and is well provided with
  bath rooms, lavatories and water closets.  The house is well planned for
  the separation of sexes.

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