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Baby; Girl Left': Monday Night on?:; Residence PorchShortly alter I) o'clock Mon*'iy mgat when Mrs. W. Li Wilder, residing at 1UU3 Second avenue stepped to tne porch ot‘her homo lor a bottle ot milk tell by tne dairyman a lew mo* meats previously, she * foundmat the bottle was missing. H A little later on her attention was attracted by tne crying uf a baoy and investigating, sne again visited the veranua, this time to lin ua baoy girl, neatly clad, sitting in a box, crying.*ihe amazeu woman called ner nusband. ■ - • ?;Mr. .Wilder, who is a conductor on the U. M.it N., knows wnat to do witn adult passengers wno are derelict m lare* paying, but was stumped upon coming in contact witn a helpless and apparently lonesome bane wnose presence there was not of it's own volition. : . • j-Mr. and Mrs. - Wilder, who have both a son and daughter, telt that they should notily theauthorities, this being acceptedas the regular way. and the po-pce were notified.1 -v.-.f 1 iThe child was later taken to S local hospital where it is being cared lor. There was nothing in the box about the child's clothing that would lead even to a clue as to it's Identification.; The child la believed to be about one month old. • • i Mrs. Wilder, who stated that she was In a room near the porch, did not hear anyone and tho first intimation that there was an infant on the premises was when it began crying, thus attracting her attention. i;
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Laurel Morning Call
Laurel, Mississippi, US
Sat, Jan 12, 1929
Page 5
Full Page
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