Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa
Thursday, November 25, l897

State of Iowa, on complaint of JOSIE NEGLEY vs. KIRBY SHOTTS. The plaintiff in the petition states that she is a resident of Decatur County and for many years; that she was in October l897 delivered of a bastard child, that said child is now liable to become a charge on said county and that the defendant, KIRBY SHOTTS, is the father of the child, and has wholly failed to provide for the same in any manner. V.R. McGinnis attorney for plaintiff.

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