[from the Ely Daily Mining Expositor, 11 September 1912, p. 1]
I treasure this newpaper clipping. Luckily, the entire, original issue has been handed down. Otherwise, I doubt if I would have ever looked for an article, let alone found this 4-page newspaper. The paper is starting to crack, but it does give a legible image from a scan or photo. Clicking on the image should give you a larger image so that you can easily read all the exciting details of the chase! My research does verify Bertha's being of legal age.
The family legend was that great-grandfather John Henry CARR sent the sheriff's posse after Ben & Bertha. I had always assumed it was just a legend, and was very pleasantly surprised to find the newspaper in the things my dad left. I'm not sure Dad knew he even had this paper.
John Henry and at least two of his other children were working at the mine in White Pine, near Ely. Ben worked for the related power company. [A previous post has a photo of this couple many years later.]
Other news of the day
Other front page news that day included articles on the rebellion in Mexico, election campaigning, violations of banking law, rebuilding New Orleans, and hostilities in Turkey. I guess some things never change...
Interestingly (at least to me), there were two more articles about local weddings, and here's where I get to the Genealogical Kindness. First, the article immediately adjacent to Ben & Bertha's was about the lovely, planned wedding (with breakfast and guests!) of Katherine Graham and Elmer Porter. Was it just a coincidence that they left on the same train for the same destination as my grandparents? It could well have been: the train didn't come by daily and Salt Lake is where it went; there weren't that many options. But they must have all known each other. Maybe the wedding and departure of the Porter's helped prompt Ben & Bertha to plan the elopement and join the ride?!I went to ancestry.com and found 5 family trees including the Graham/Porter couple. None included a marriage date/location nor did they include Katherine's siblings. So, using ancestry's connection option, I sent brief emails to all 5 tree owners, offering to send a copy of the article. In just 4 days, I've received replies/requests from 3 of the 5. I feel very good about sharing this info!
Second, there was a very brief social notice about Louis Cononelos of McGill leaving (on the same train as everyone else mentioned here!) for New York to meet his fiance, Nina Chakopoulou, who was arriving from Athens. The couple would be married in New York and return to McGill. I did not find any family trees for this couple, but I posted a comment on their 1920 census record and gave her birth name and the newspaper citation. I hope that info will help someone someday.
Disclaimer
I subscribe to ancestry.com, but otherwise still have no connection to these companies and receive no special consideration from them.
Note
I have no reason to believe that Elmer Porter is any relation to my own Porter line.
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