The Bedford Free Press
Bedford, Taylor Co. Iowa
December 13, 1900

A Number of Orphans Given Homes
Last Thursday a sad yet interesting picture presented itself at the opera house. Twelve little orphans were there under the guardianship of a kind hearted man named B.W. Tice, Superintendent of the Children's Home in New York City. He had started out from that metropolis with a car load of homeless, parentless children, seeking homes for them among those who are kind-hearted and noble and generous. He reached Bedford with only twelve - nine boys and three girls, ranging in age from 8 to 16 years old. The opera house was pretty well filled with interested citizens. The following is a list of the children who found homes in Bedford and vicinity, their ages and those who adopted them:

John Hazetin, 12 years old, F.H. Denton
Wm. Hoffmeister, 13 years old, H.U. Greenlee
Andrew Anderson, 13 years old, P.E. Lacy.
Eddie Cooley, 7 years old, David R. Freece.
Wm. Kelly, 14 years old, Edward Holmes
Myrtle Rennie, 10 years old, G.R. Baldwin
Hellen G. Rennie, 8 years old, C.H. Bailie
Wm. Hartz, 16 years old, I.J. Hays
Catherine Collins, 8 years old, J.W. Combs
Henry Diede, 12 years old, Wm. A. Polton

This week Mr. Tice, gave the high school a very interesting and instructive talk on his work among the poor people in New York.