Transcriber’s note

Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. The following printer errors have been changed.

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Page [i]:“Soceity for Alleviating”“Society for Alleviating”
Page [2]:“Pennslvania Prison Society”“Pennsylvania Prison Society”
Page [4]:“Mrs. Mary Ella deLong”“Mrs. Mary Ella de Long”
Page [4]:“Mrs. Mary Ella DeLong”“Mrs. Mary Ella de Long”
Page [9]:“improved accomodations”“improved accommodations”
Page [15]:“The men now eat in a”“The women now eat in a”
Page [42]:“dipsomania and anasthetic”“dipsomania and anesthetic”
Page [53]:“88, under present law”“86, under present law”
Page [55]:“on the public higthways”“on the public highways”
Page [80]:“practical achievments of”“practical achievements of”
Page [81]:“6. “We are convinced”“5. “We are convinced”
Page [82]:“The Acting Committe of”“The Acting Committee of”
Page [102]:“ground, Lake Ponchartrain”“ground, Lake Pontchartrain”
Page [105]:“present day conditons”“present day conditions”
Page [108]:“so far as posible”“so far as possible”