In a message dated 6/4/2004 3:11:08 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > That it was no easy task for these girls to secure honest employment after > leading the lives they did, was well illustrated in the case of Laura > Stoner, an > inmate of Mabel Rink's resort at Second and Rock Island streets. > The Stoner girl was what is know as one of the better class of girls in > the > east end, if a classification of them is possible. In other words, she came > of a > good family, was neat in appearance, and had been an inmate but a short time. > Previous to her life of shame, she was employed at one of the Davenport > hospitals. Her mother was dead. > This is very strange ... I did a check of the 1910 census & found a Laura Stoner, aged 30, single, born in Iowa living in Battle Creek, MI. She was listed as a "Lodger" at a Sanitarium. Her occupation was that of Physician. ????? The D'port Democrat states she had been employed in a D'port hospital, but do you think a Dr. would become a prostitute? It would be interesting to learn more about Laura Stoner. Lynnea