Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "The Kidnapping of Ellen Stone" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Miss Stone, missionary, Bulgaria, Turkey, Macedonian Committee, American Board of Foreign Missions, ransom
To narrow results, search between September 1901 and February 1902.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Captured by Brigands"
Houston Daily Post (Houston, TX), September 7, 1901, Image 3, col. 4.
"Miss Stone, Abducted, Tells of Her Plight"
The Evening World (New York, NY), September 27, 1901, Image 1, col. 3.
"Miss Stone's Imprisonment"
Houston Daily Post (Houston, TX), September 29, 1901, Image 1, col. 4.
"To Secure Miss Stone's Release"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), October 4, 1901, Image 1, col. 6.
"$17,808 for Stone Ransom Money to Save Her Life"
The Evening World (New York, NY), October 5, 1901, Image 1, col. 1.
"Roosevelt hopes to get Respite for Miss Stone, Brigands' Captive"
The Evening World (New York, NY), October 7, 1901, Image 1, col. 6.
"Ransom not yet Paid, but Captive Still Lives"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), October 9, 1901, Image 8, col. 1.
"Refuses"
Akron Daily Democrat (Akron, OH), October 17, 1901, Image 1, col. 1.
"Russian Authorities Aiding in the Rescue of Miss Stone"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), October 22, 1901, Image 5, col. 3.
"Lessons for Turks and Bulgarians"
The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN), October 30, 1901, Image 1, col. 6.
"Miss Stone, Captive of Bulgarian Bandits, Will be liberated within a Few Days"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), October 30, 1901, Image 1, col. 1.
"Full Ransom or Nothing, Brigands Say"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), November 1, 1901, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Why the Stone Case Worries Europe"
Bisbee Daily Review (Bisbee, AZ), January 19, 1902, Image 2, col. 2.
"Brigands Give up Miss Stone"
The Suburban Citizen (Washington, DC), February 22, 1902, Image 1, col. 3.
"Say they Stole Women to Set Country Free"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), February 24, 1902, Image 1, col. 1.

Kidnapping of Ellen Stone: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America