Celebrating history: Abandoned babies, runaways and undesirables

By Emily Mayer

There were a couple of news stories in the papers 100 years ago that caused quite a stir. Two appeared on the front page of the March 25, 1916 issue of The Havre Plaindealer, complete with misspelling:

BABY ABANDONED IN

HOTEL DOORWAY

Mother Aprehended and Arrested at Poplar

A bright little girl baby, abandoned in the door-way of the Windsor hotel, in First street some time during Thursday night, is now at Sacred Heart hospital awaiting whatever action the state department will take upon it. The baby was found about midnight Thursday by one of the roomers at the Windsor, who...