"The child was adopted nearly a year ago by parties who stipulated that no record of its new owners he made."

I’m not even sure I completely understand this insane 1900 story about the desperate search for a baby that was given up for adoption, but the article spells the word “clue” as “clew,” so that’s good enough for me. An excerpt:

“Williamsport, Pa,. July 19.–Six years ago the wife of Philip Castner of Indianapolis, under an assumed name, gave birth to a son in the Williamsport Hospital. She gave it to the Home for the Friendless and later was divorced from her husband. Recently Castner heard of the birth and came for his son.

At the Home for the Friendless he learned that the child was adopted nearly a year ago by parties who stipulated that no record of its new owners he made. It is reported that the presence of the baby is necessary for the recovery of a fortune, which, if the child is not found within a given time, will revert to other parties. Mr. Castner left the city without having obtained a single clew as to the child’s whereabouts.”