Report of the Pennsylvania Commission on Old Age Pensions: March, 1919J.L.L. Kuhn, Printer to the commonwealth, 1919 - 294 pages |
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Page 24
... 26 2.13 Total , 1,191 100.00 Of the 1,191 foreign paupers , from whom the country of birth was ascertained , 38.79 per cent . claimed Ireland as the country of their birth . Germany was the fatherland of 20.99 per cent 24.
... 26 2.13 Total , 1,191 100.00 Of the 1,191 foreign paupers , from whom the country of birth was ascertained , 38.79 per cent . claimed Ireland as the country of their birth . Germany was the fatherland of 20.99 per cent 24.
Page 31
... claimed sickness as a cause ; 21.31 per cent . attributed their loss of earning power to old age ; accidents were the cause of 9.63 per cent .; 4.20 per cent . was attributed to in- temperance ; and 1.16 per cent . , in the case of ...
... claimed sickness as a cause ; 21.31 per cent . attributed their loss of earning power to old age ; accidents were the cause of 9.63 per cent .; 4.20 per cent . was attributed to in- temperance ; and 1.16 per cent . , in the case of ...
Page 33
... claimed that these former workers were drunkards or lazy ; nearly 95 per cent . reported of good , honest and faithful characters . The above is substantiated by the reasons given by the former employers for leaving their employment ...
... claimed that these former workers were drunkards or lazy ; nearly 95 per cent . reported of good , honest and faithful characters . The above is substantiated by the reasons given by the former employers for leaving their employment ...
Page 40
... claimed , went for wearing apparel for another woman in the case . The orders included items such as , silk hose , corsets , ladies ' lats , ribbons and night shirts . " The ' whiskey bills ' presented , showed that nineteen and one ...
... claimed , went for wearing apparel for another woman in the case . The orders included items such as , silk hose , corsets , ladies ' lats , ribbons and night shirts . " The ' whiskey bills ' presented , showed that nineteen and one ...
Page 60
... claimed that the Directors of the Poor pur- chased a bull , which soon after arriving at the county farm became sick . It was then claimed that the Treasurer of 60.
... claimed that the Directors of the Poor pur- chased a bull , which soon after arriving at the county farm became sick . It was then claimed that the Treasurer of 60.
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age of 60 Allegheny County amended amount annual Annuity annum appointed Armstrong County average benefits board of directors board of school burgh bushels cent Coal Township Commission compulsory contributions County Almshouse County Home court dependent disability districts earning employers employes Erie established expenditures Firemen's Relief given granted Greene County Almshouse incapacitated income industrial inmates institutions invalidity investigated January labor Lackawanna County less living Massachusetts ment month Montour County non-contributory Northumberland County number of pensioners occupation old age pension one-half outdoor relief paid pany paupers payment Pennsylvania Pension fund pension system percentage Perry County persons Philadelphia Philadelphia County Pittsburgh poor Poorhouse problem Railroad Company receiving regular residing Retirement Fund salary Scranton sickness sion system Susquehanna County TABLE NUMBER Teachers tion total number Township Poorhouse wages week Weekly Westmoreland County widow women workers