Caroline gets 50% of the diner profits. Charles has the farm, the sawmill, and a freight company. But money so tight.
Maybe the Ingalls forgot they had a sodhouse. They could have easily move Albert and James into the soddy instead of the loft.
There should have been a home visit before the orphans were dropped off at the Tompkins house.
At the 44 min mark Laura is wearing nail polish. The first nail polish wasn't in America until 1920.