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tioasip alerted whan the* census •numeration was taken nearly a year ngo, w hen the Clamorgan family of 8t. Louis Hated them*! 'selves as of Indian descent, brought about the discovery last! week that the family really wa* of nnfito descent. A woman who lived In the same neighborhood told the ©numerator that the fam- j ily had deceived him, that they were not Indians but nog roe*, This fcrufip continued end re*cun lly when a bn by was born to Mrs, U !«. -I. Davis, who wasMaud riamurgnn, the suspicion that had been directed against! die family was confirmed in the minds of the neighbors. The ohild showed every characteristicof negro blood. The result is thejwrecking of two homes, the banishment of children innocent of their inferior birth from homes where they were received on an equality and from schools they had attended for years.
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Doniphan Ripley County Democrat

Doniphan, Missouri, US

Fri, Jun 23, 1911

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