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Left On A Doorstep

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
April
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

LEFT ON A DOORSTEP

An Infant Abandoned in Ypsilanti Last Night.

Wednesday at 8 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Lawton of Summit St., heard the cry of a little baby. they went to the front door and there found a beautiful baby boy, probably from three to four weeks old. The child was well formed and appeared in rosy health. He was wrapped up in poor clothes, showing that the mother must have abandoned the boy in her in dire necessity not being able to care for him. Mr. and Mrs. Lawton kept the baby until this morning when he was handed over to the city marshal. If no one is found who desires to adopt the baby, he will be placed in the county house, preparatory to being sent to the state school at Coldwater. Superintendant Tracy L. Towner has the case in charge. No trace of the parents of the child have been discovered.