Kentucky beauty Luda Ankrin elopes with Curtis Day
Detectives believe Luda Ankrin and her fiancé Curtis Day condensed a planned escape from the Oaks mansion in Steinway New York. The seventeen year old Kentucky girl slipped past keepers via a window and water pipe helped by her sister Hazel and a waiting cab. Authorities pursue as reports say the pair plan to marry against her father’s wishes.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Curtis Day
Luda Ankrin
Mme
Julia Mays
Miss Ankrin
Kentucky
Old Oaks
Dittmars Avenue
Steinway
Catlettsburg
Mme. Mays
Hazel Ankrin
Ludia
Tada
Luda
Miss Anklin
Hazel
Revolt leaders still silent on general strike in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg dated July 26 the question of a general strike remains unresolved as revolutionary leaders stay in secret session. Famine conditions in rural districts oppose action and rail damage reports surface amid government concerns.
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ST. Petersburg
Ministry of Railroads
Missing Girl Found Dead in Pond in Belchertown
Belchertown Mass July 26 The body of Miss Winsola M Goodell who vanished July 6 was found today by her father in a pond that had been dragged without success Police and family suspect accidental death after a handkerchief clutched in her right hand is found with the body
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Winsola M. Goodell
Wesley M. Goodell
Dynamite blast kills worker in Lagrange store
In Lagrange Georgia on July 26 Willie Stewart, a young employee, dropped a chisel into dynamite while showing it to a customer causing an explosion. Stewart was killed instantly and several others were injured. The blast ruined $25,000 in stock and damaged the storehouse Masonic Hall and Elm City Club rooms above.
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Commercial Tribune
Lagrange Ga
Willie Stewart
Stewart
Masonic Hall
Elm City Club
Thaw Wife Declares Its All Right Now at Tombs Visit
An emotional scene at the Tombs Prison featured Mrs. William Thaw, her daughter Mrs. George L. Carnegie, and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw as they visited Harry K. Thaw. The group left for Hartridge's offices after, while Thaw's defense plans remain to push an insanity plea.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
William Thaw
George L. Carnegie
Harry K. Thaw
Tombs Prison
Thaw
Tombs
Clifford W. Hartridge
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
William K. Olcott
T. J. McManus
Harry Thaw
Olcott
Young Thaw
Detectives Seek English Chauffeur Linked to Thaw Case
Middletown detectives representing Black Olcott Gruber Bo yonge of New York search for Herbert Francis an English chauffeur who served over a year for Harry K Thaw and earlier for G N Clemenson of Middletown. Francis is thought to be in Pomfret Connecticut. Thaw's mother reportedly hopes Francis can show Thaw acted irrationally in several instances during the chauffeur’s employment.
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Commercial Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge
New York
Herbert Francis
Harry K. Thaw
Francis
G. N. Clemenson
Pomfret
Conn
Thaw
Chauffeur Denies Knowing Harry Thaw Link
Herbert Francis of Pomfret, a chauffeur, said no link to Harry Thaw and claimed only brief employment with William Thaw in Pittsburgh. He stated he never worked for Thaw or knew him personally despite a Middletown NY dispatch noting detectives hunted for him in the Thaw case.
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Commercial Tribune
Pomfret
Conn
Herbert Francis
Middletown
N. Y
Thaw
Francis
Harry K. Thaw
William Thaw
Harry
Pittsburg
Refuge Witness Describes Harsh Punishment at Cincinnati Refuge
Truman W. Varian, an instructor at the Refuge in 1900 1901, testified there was more corporal punishment in the Cincinnati House of Refuge than in any similar institution in the United States and that it was more severe than elsewhere. He spoke for over an hour largely without questioning amid reports of improving testimony quality.
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Truman W. Varian
The
Refuge
Cincinnati House of Refuge
United States
Varian
Ashby
Hartje
Hartje House
Frazer
Hartje Divorce Case Attacked On City Street
Mary Scott Hartje, respondent in the Hartje divorce trial, was assaulted moments after leaving the courthouse in Pittsburgh. A man grabbed her as she walked with her companion. she escaped and reached John Freeman’s office. A bystander identified a suspect but was released after Hartje denied him.
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Hartje
Mary Scott Hartje
A. W. Slocum
John Freeman
Mary
Court House
Mrs. Hartje
Mrs Madden Weds L V Bell in High Society Wedding
Annie McGrew Madden, formerly divorced from John E Madden the turfman, marries Louis V Bell broker and horse owner. The ceremony was performed by Rev George S Webster at the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant. Bell’s career includes Wall Street coups and racing victories with horses like G Whittier and Alcide.
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John E. Madden
Louis V. Bell
Wall Street
Richard Croker
Changes in State Offices Unlikely for Present
The Commercial Tribune reports in Columbus that Fire Marshal Creamer will likely not change more department staff before the election. Insurance men pressed to keep existing officials, citing political use of the office. Governor Harris shows no firm policy but may act only if conditions require it.
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Creamer
A. F. McCormick
McCormick
Pattison
H. H. Hollenbeck
Harris
Mr. Creamer
Hy Davis
Department
Young Hollenbeck
Hollenbeck
Columbus
Panama Canal bonds sold through broker profit to clerk
J S Bache & Co bankers bought 5.8 million Panama Canal bonds allotted to Samuel Byerly of New York and resold most to Fisk & Robinson. Bonds rose to 104.40, yielding about 27 024 in profit to the clerk. Byerly told Secretary Shaw he would deposit the funds by August 1.
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Treasury Department
Samuel Byerly
Negress Gives Birth to Six Children in Tennessee
In Kingston Williamson County a Black woman gave birth to six children yesterday. The infants are well formed and all survived the birth.
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Commercial Tribune
Nashville
Tenn
Kingston
Williamson County
McCreary Calls November Primary a Snap Affair in Kentucky
Georgetown, Ky July 26 Senator James B McCreary opened his campaign for the Democratic renomination to the U S Senate. He denounced the November primary as a snap affair and vowed to oppose bosses and machine rule. He praised past laws and highlighted his term as governor and tax cuts while backing Bryan for president.
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James B. McCreary
United States
Senate
the Elks
McCreary
J. F. Askew
Beckhar
W. J. Bryan
Congress
Kentucky
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Supreme Court
Brooklyn
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G. Whittier
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Hermis
E. R. Thomas
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