Alice Hess
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- Nov 27, 1903Sold at Fifteen, Then Shut Out: A Walla Walla Nurseryman's Daughter Ends Up in the County Poor FarmSixty-five, penniless and 'bent and weary,' Alice Hess writes from the Spokane County poor farm asking whether the law can force her wealthy Whitney relatives — a nurseryman, a Big Bend doctor, a sitting legislator — to keep her alive.Walla Walla, WA
- Dec 4, 1903The Family Feud in the Poor HouseA daughter claims her father sold her into marriage for $250, but he insists her poverty is of her own making.Spokane, WA