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hospital. Central City is the county seat. It has a county farm of 160 acres, valued at $15,000.

   Seward County has four male and one female indigent. It has a 160-acre poor farm, valued at $40,000. Seward is the county seat.

   Sherman County has one male indigent and three mothers' pension cases. It owns, but rents out, a 320-acre farm, valued at $60,000. Loup City is the county seat.

   Garfield County has no poor farm and no indigent. Burwell is the county seat.

   Dundy in the Clear. Dundy County has neither county poor farm nor county indigent. Benkelman is the county seat.

   Antelope County has no indigent. It has a 160-acre poor farm, valued at $20,000. Neligh is the county seat.

   Red Willow County has one male and one female indigent. It has a 40-acre poor farm, valued at $15,000. McCook is the county seat.

   Platte County has five male indigent. It has a 240-acre poor farm, valued at $85,000. Columbus is the county seat.

   Saline County has two male and three female indigent. It has a 320-acre poor farm, valued at $80,000. Wilber is the county seat.

   Kearney County has neither poor farm nor county indigent. Minden is the county seat.

   Otoe County has twelve indigent, ten males and two females. It has one of the most modern county farms in the state, consisting of 160 acres, valued at $50,000. Nebraska City is the county seat.

   Douglas County has 205 indigent, cared for at the county farm, thirty-nine females and 166 males. It has a 40-acre poor farm, modern, valued at $120,000. Omaha is the county seat.

   Dawson County has one male indigent and a 160-acre poor farm, valued at $32,000. Lexington is the county seat.

   Johnson County has two indigent, males, and a 320-acre poor farm, valued at $35,000. Tecumseh is the county seat.

   Nance County has no county poor fram (sic) and no indigent. Occasionally it is necessary to assist the poor, which is done through a county fund. Fullerton is the county seat.

   Butler County has three male and one female indigent. It has a 160-acre poor farm, valued at $30,000. David City is the county seat.

   Webster County has one male and one female indigent. It has a 320-acre poor farm, valued at $30,000. Red Cloud is the county seat.

   Only a Pension Here. Phelps County has no poor farm and no direct indigent -- only one aged male who draws $12 a month. A few widows draw the mothers' pension. Holdrege is the county seat.

   Keith County has one female indigent, who is cared for by the county in a private home. It has a five-acre poor farm, valued at A$2,500. Ogallala is the county seat.

   Kimball County has no poor farm or indigent. Kimball is the county seat.

   Garden County has no county poor farm or indigent. Oshkosh is the county seat.

   Deuel County has neither poor farm nor indigent. Chappell is the county seat.

   Thurston County has five indigent that are cared for. It has no county poor farm. Pender is the county seat.

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