Mary Jane Stephenson
Kentucky Post, Friday, 6 November 1903, page 5
DESERTED WIFE-Mrs. Reuben Stephenson, whose husband, a motorman left her, it is alleged some months ago, was taken to Speers Hospital Thursday by Health Officer Dr. Charles Kehm. She has three small children and is in a serious condition from consumption.
The husband has not been heard from since he left and it is believed that he is in California.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 27 November 1903, page 5
TO HOSPITAL-Mrs. Reuben Stephenson, whose husband, a motorman in the employ of the CN&C Street Railway Company, in Newport, it is alleged deserted her and their two children about a year ago, was Thanksgiving removed from her home on West Fifth Street, to Speers Hospital in Dayton, by order of Dr. Wendt. She is suffering with lung trouble.