Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1915 — GIRL IS VICTIM OF GOSSIP [ARTICLE]

GIRL IS VICTIM OF GOSSIP

Sent to Home for Friendless After Death of Woman She Thought Her Mother. La Crosse, Wis.—Fifteen years ago Mr. and Mrs. Fred West decided their childless home was incomplete and they resolved to adopt a baby. A little girl, one month old, was-taken by the couple, and upon her Mrs. West proceeded to lavish a mother’s love and devotion. The girl was named Hazel West. Two weeks ago Mrs. West died and the child, heartbroken over her loss, heard neighbors whisper that she.was not Mrs. West’s child. For the first time the girl learned she did not know who her parents w_gre. Unable to stand remarks made concerning her birth, the girl appeared before Judge Brindley. Inasmuch as she had never been legally adopted, the girl was sent to the home of the friendless.