May Pierstorff, a little girl made famous for being mailed to her grandparents. Back when it would have been an adventure, not a police report. 

100 years ago was a simpler time.  A time when you could pin postage on your four year old’s coat and send them on a mail train to Grandma.  Back then people would laugh about it and go “Oh, You!”  Now trying something similar would probably lead to a phone call and a visit from Child Protective Services.