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The last line of a paragraph continuing on to a new page (highlighted yellow) is a widow (sometimes called an orphan). In typesetting, widows and orphans are single lines of text from a paragraph that dangle at either the beginning or end of a block of text, or form a very short final line at the end of a paragraph. [1]
She donated to the Protestant Episcopal Home as well and gave to Jewish charities in New Orleans. In her will she gave to the Seventh Street Protestant Orphan Asylum, the German Protestant Orphan Asylum, the German Orphan Catholic Asylum, the Widows and Orphans of Jews Asylum, and to the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, and many others.
The Widow’s Pension was one of the oldest established part of the Social Security system in the United Kingdom. It was replaced by Bereavement benefit in April 2001. Benefits for Widows were first established by the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Benefits Act 1925 at a rate of 10 shillings a week for life, to stop on remarriage.
Orphan A short word or phrase that's carried over to a new column or page; also called a widow. What Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris say [2]: Widow A lone word at the end of a paragraph. Orphan Orphans are the final one or two lines of a paragraph separated from the main paragraph to form a new column.
This institution was the predecessor of the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home. In 1870, the State of Ohio assumed control of the home. The Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home was originally located in a rented building in Xenia, Ohio. In 1869, Xenia residents provided the GAR with 150 acres of land to build a permanent facility. [2]
A similar benefit is provided in Malta in accordance to the Widows and Orphans Pension Act of 1927. The qualifying conditions are as follows: the deceased partner must have paid National Insurance contributions for at least 25 weeks in one tax year since 6 April 1975. Bereavement Support Payment consists of 2 parts, firstly:
Widow-and-orphan stock generally refers to a low-risk equity investment paying a high dividend. These stocks belong to large, mature companies in non-cyclical business sectors. Because of their low...
Mothers' pensions were long-term cash provisions to impoverished single mothers. [3] Payments were generally inadequate to cover living expenses. [4] Nearly every state had a maximum allowable allowance ranging from 9 dollars to 15 dollars per month (approximately $120 to $275 in 2021 dollars) for the first child and 4 dollars to 10 dollars for any additional children. [5]