Nursery_Home @ 259, W 144th St [ 20 May 1925 - ] Sadie Howard
- Title
- Nursery_Home @ 259, W 144th St [ 20 May 1925 - ] Sadie Howard
- Place function name
- Sadie Howard
- Address
- 259, W 144th St
- Usage type
- Nursery_Home
- Start date
- May 20, 1925
- Source type
- Newspaper
- Newspaper item
- New York Amsterdam News [News story] 20 May 1925, 1 : Seven Children in Flat: Children's Society Says Woman Ran 'Baby Farm'
- Comment
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Mrs Sadie Howard arrested for operating a baby farm, at instigation of NYSPCC. She had a license to board 1 child; 7 children were found in the flat, aged between 8 and 22 months. She charged $2 a day to keep the children overnight, 50c to mind them during the day.