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Richly. ciiy-Dressed Taant Loft on Doorstep Is doyfully Accepted Educated by byth Magnate Wy Because no one lays claim to the girl baby left on their doorstep. at 434 West Court street, Corigtmas eve, Misses Mary, Margaret and Eleanora Margeson claim they are the three happiest spinsters in Cincinnati. The wait is healthy and hearty. With her two other sisters near, Miss Margaret Margeson told the story to a ‘Times- Star reporter Wednesday: “Please say that we are the _three ‘happiest ‘old maids’ in the city, because: we got a baby for Christmas. It seems’: al most too good to be true. They came about 10:30, Christhing eve, are Catholics and Were ‘10 go to mans at St. Peter's when a sharp ring came at the belt. Mary opened the door, but was: 80, astonished at seeing a baby in a basket that she could not pick it up. So I picked up the poor thing. It had on fine clothes; a white silk cap and a dainty, hand-made, white, tar ty coat. There was a soft, ‘fine blanket in the basket, which is just a common chip affair. “A note in a nice ly Written woman's hand and pinned to the clothing, read that the baby was to be fed three ounces of milk every two hours during the day and twice during the night, that the child’s name¢ Helen ,and it was born November 80-1008. “No, none of us were ever married. We are old maids; don't be afraid to say #0... But we are happy, since someone thinke we can raise a little hi — they could legally adopt it, ‘the three sisters said they would do 80 They hope to call the child Christine, because It came on Christmas, will not ‘make an effort to find ‘parents,
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Cincinnati Times Star
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Wed, Dec 26, 1906
Page 7
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