Orphan Train 1889 Dubuque

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Posted By: R. Peterson (email)
Date: 5/4/2005 at 22:51:31

Newspaper article, dated April 11, 1889, from the Freeborn County Standard - Albert Lea, MN

Dubuque, Ia. Arpil 5. - An agent of the New York Catholic orphan asylum passed through here Thursday with fifty orphans principally girls between 5 and 8 years, destined for Northwestern Iowa, where homes have been provided for them with Catholic farmers.