Loose Boston baby farm audit sparks calls for reform
Two Boston Globe reporters expose Mother White's Roxbury baby farm on King Street revealing lax enforcement and a sham adoption scheme. The piece documents a staged sale of a two month old girl Irene for up to thirty dollars and details the compromised process of adopting babies in a crowded tenement setting.
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Mother White
King Street
Roxbury
Boston
The
POST
Great and General Court
Irene
Columbus Avenue
Roxbury Ward
Unclear fragment hints at infant feeding product claim
Fragment mentions Mellin's and infant feeding guidance but lacks verifiable details or context. The text appears garbled and does not present a coherent news item, event, or claim suitable for a standard newspaper card.
Family dispute and consent with child custody notes
The text shows a mother giving consent to take a child for 30 dollars cash with no questions, a printed form to sign, and a remark about marriage status. It also mentions a Salvation Oil cure advertisement and color displays in a store window by John H Pray Sons & Co on Washington Street, opposite Boylston Street.
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Eness
Tam
Messrs
John H. Pray, Sons & Co
Washington Street
Boylston Street
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RH. Stearns & Co
G. W. Simmons & CO
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Washington
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New York
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Alfred
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Jay B. Crawford
Charles Q. Tirkel
John M. Raymond
William F. Cuuok
Asa T. Newhall
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Herbert A. Chase
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Alfred S. Pinkerton
Alexander B. Bruce
Francis E. Merriman
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Charrles A.mayqo
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Sidney S. Kelly
Washington ST
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Nat'l Mlipe Ins. CO
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Canal Street
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Earte
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Yerka
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Sumatra
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