Headlines from the Cincinnati Post Sat, Sept 4th 1909:
"CHILDREN TELL OF HORRORS AT ORPHAN"S HOME
Boys Tell of Being Beaten With A Strap At The Light Of Hope-
Fed Diseased Cow"
The Light of Hope Orphange was situated between Henrietta and Brownhelm. A young girl Lillian Millington, age 12, was a runaway and was left by the court in the care of Mrs. George McConnelly of Vermilion who harbored her and other runaway children who were abused at the orphanage.
Headlines from the Cincinnati Post Sat, Sept 4th 1909:
"CHILDREN TELL OF HORRORS AT ORPHAN"S HOME
Boys Tell of Being Beaten With A Strap At The Light Of Hope-
Fed Diseased Cow"
The Light of Hope Orphange was situated between Henrietta and Brownhelm. A young girl Lillian Millington, age 12, was a runaway and was left by the court in the care of Mrs. George McConnelly of Vermilion who harbored her and other runaway children who were abused at the orphanage.
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