Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Ada County
August 6, 1864
Idaho Statesman, Boise City Idaho
Serious Accident A little son of Mr. Addington, about five years of age, met with an accident on Thursday, by which he came near losing his life. An ox team with two wagons hitched behind it, was standing in front of the Stage House, and the little fellow at play climbed upon the hindmost one, when the team started, and rolled the fore wheel across his legs, breaking one in two places above the knee, and fracturing the other above the ankle. Dr. Himrod was close at hand, and had the broken limb adjusted and bandaged immediately. (Submitted by Nancy Piper)
Homicide at the Junction House A difficulty occurred at the Junction House, about eleven miles below this place, on Thursday last, between James Harding (better known as English Jimmy) and Pony Lawrence, which resulted in the death of the latter. The circumstances so far as we could learn, are about as follows. It appears that Harding rented for the present season some ground of Wallace Lawrence, a brother of deceased, who was killed near the same place a few weeks ago. On the death of Wallace, the management of affairs fell to his brother, Pony Lawrence. A part of the crops were being harvested and stacked by “Jimmy” who was about stacking a load of oats he had on the wagon, when a dispute arose between deceased and Harding, in regard to the division of the crops, during which the latter shot Lawrence twice, killing him instantly. Lawrence it is said had nearly recovered from a wound he received at the time of his brother’s death, the particulars of which the public are familiar with. There are various versions of the matter as to whether Harding was justified in the killing, but we prefer not to publish any further particulars until they are ascertained by judicial investigation, which will be had before Justice Holton next Monday. Harding is in the custody of the Sheriff. (Submitted by Nancy Piper)
August 11, 1864
Idaho Statesman, Boise
City Idaho
Committed James Harding, at the conclusion of his examination on Monday for the killing of Lawrence was committed to the county jail for his appearance at the District Court. The Justice disallowed the prisoner bail, who is now in the guard house awaiting conveyance to the jail at Idaho City. (Submitted by Nancy Piper)
July 30, 1867
Waukesha Plaindealer, Waukesha Wisconsin
A national bank has been established in Boise City, Idaho, and it is predicted that dust will soon cease to be used as a circulating medium.
April 6, 1892
Middletown Daily Times, Middletown New York
Two masked men entered the post office at Boise, Idaho and at the point of a pistol compelled Postmaster Leonard to hand over $1,200.
May 10, 1892
The Olean Democrat, Olean New York
It Proved to be a Human "Calf."
Boise City, Idaho, May 18-William Dampman, a miner at Gace
Creek, has for some time been missing a great deal of rich amalgam
from his sluice boxes. He kept watch for several nights and noticed
that a small calf came about the same time every night to drink from
the sluice box. He fired at the calf in sheer wantonness. With a
human cry the calf staggered up on its hind legs, then fell to the
ground. Running up Dampman discovered he had shot and killed a girl
about 18 years of age, who had been about the camp for some time
dressed as a man.
August 5, 1893
The Weekly Herald Despatch, Decatur Illinois
Fire at Boise City, Idaho.
Boise City, Idaho, Aug. 2-What threatened to be a disastrous
fire started in the Central hotel Tuesday evening. There was but
little water pressure and the fire department was powerless. Several
other buildings caught fire but were saved. Loss, $8,000; insurance,
$7,000.
July 3, 1898
The Gazette, Fort Wayne Indiana
WHO IS MISS SANDERS?
Boise, Idaho, July 2-Miss Birdie Sanders was attacked by
three men who opposed her retention as teacher of the White Horse
school. Two were shot and the third ran away.
It is supposed the men intended to abduct Miss Sanders in
order to scare her out the country. She is from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
September 1, 1898
Fredericksburg News, Fredericksburg Iowa
There was a proposition to argue a young lady out of a school in Boise, Idaho. The result of it is succinctly stated in his dispatch from that town: "It is believed that two of the men shot last night by Miss Birdie Sanders will die. The third man escaped by running away and is thought to be uninjured. Miss Sanders lately has been teaching the White Cross school, and the three men, who opposed her retention as teacher, called and tried to scare her into leaving the county." While politics is not necessarily wrong, even in school matters, it must be insisted that there must be nothing of that kind which militates against the chivalry of this enlightened period. It is barely possible, however, that this lady knows how to take care of herself, no matter what the nature of the argument which may be presented against her desires or her rights.
August 12, 1903
The Indiana Messenger, Indiana Pennsylvania
Charged with bigamy, William T. Ashley, of Cambridge, Mass., was arrested at Boise, Idaho.
June 22, 1907
The Quincy Daily Journal
JURY TO DECIDE HAYWOOD CASE Motion of Defense to
Dismiss the Charge, After Argument, Pro and Con, Overruled by
the Court - Attorneys for Haywood Declare Orchard's Wild Story
is Wholly Unsupported - Prosecution Relies on General Theory of
Conspiracy - Defense Makes Opening Statement Monday. Boise,
Idaho, June 22.- When the state yesterday closed its case
against William D. Haywood, charged with the murder of former
Gov. Steunenberg, the defense made an unsuccessful attempt to
procure from the court an order directing the jury to acquit the
prisoner. Judge Wood's ruling, which requires the defense to
meet with evidence the case that the state has presented, was
made at 5:15 o'clock, and it was then arranged that Haywood's
counsel should make their opening statement and present their
first testimony on Monday next. After court was called to
order after the recess, E. F. Richardson, for the defense,
announced that he had filed a motion with the clerk of the
court. Judge Wood dismissed the jury, in charge of the baliffs
pending the reading of the motion, and the argument. The text of
the motion is as follows. "Now, on this 21st day of June, A.
D., 1907, comes the above named defendant, Wm. D. Haywood, by
his attorneys, and moves the court to advise the jury in the
above entitled case to acquit the defendant, William D. Haywood,
in accordance with section 7877 of the revised statutes of the
state of Idaho, for the following reasons, and each and every
one of them, to-wit: "First - The only testimony which
tends to connect the defendant, Wm. D. Haywood, with the
homicide charged in the indictment herein is that of Harry
Orchard, who testified that he was an accomplice in the
Commitment of said offense. "Second - The testimony of the
alleged accomplice in this case is uncorroborated by any other
evidence, which in itself, and without the testimony of the
accomplice, tends to connect the defendant with the commission
of the offense charged. "Third - Because the Corroboration
of the accomplice witness in this case is not sufficient, since
it fails to show the commission of the offense or the
circumstances thereof in anyway which in either way connects or
tends to connect this defendant therewith. "Fourth -
Because the testimony in this case is wholly insufficient to
warrant the rendition of a verdict or the pronouncement of
sentence thereof, under section 7872 of the revised statutes of
the state of Idaho. "Fifth - Because the evidence received
in the case is immaterial, irrelevant and insufficient upon
which to found a verdict, or to sustain one if found.
"Sixth - Because the evidence wholly fails to disclose that the
defendant is in any wise connected with or had knowledge of the
perpetration of the offense charged in the indictment. Evidence
Fails To Connect, They Say. "Seventh - While it is charged
in the indictment that this defendant was personally present and
did commit the crime therein charged upon the body of one Frank
Steunenberg on or about the 13th day of December, 1905,
nevertheless the evidence fails to disclose that he was present,
or that he was either an aider, abettor, procurer or adviser of
any one connected with or who committed the alleged offense
which compassed the death of the said Frank Steunenberg, in
this, to-wit: That the evidence which tends to connect the
defendant on trial there with is given solely and wholly by one
Harry Orchard, who admits that he, himself, was guilty of the
perpetration thereof, and without the aid of the testimony or
evidence which in any vise tends to connect the defendant with
the commission of the said offense, and the said testimony and
evidence of the said Harry Orchard is wholly uncorroborated,
within the meaning and intent of section 7871 of the revised
statutes of the state of Idaho. "Wherefore, the defendant,
Wm. D. Haywood, asks the court to advise the jury to return a
verdict in favor of the defendant. E. F.
Richardson John F. Nugent
Peter Breen Fred
Miller Edgar Wilson Attorneys for the
defendant, William D. Haywood.
(Transcribed by Debbie
Gibson)
March 26, 1908
Coshocton Weekly Times, Coshocton
KEENE ITEMS-C.S. Machwart of Boise, Idaho, is making a visit at his boyhood home near Barnes school house. He was a guest at C.W. Karr's Thursday.
March 21, 1912
Weekly Advocate, Newark Ohio
Oscar Downey, a former popular Newark boy, but who left here over thirty years ago, is now foreman in a large cornish factory in Boise City, Idaho.
February 26, 1915
The Commerce Journal, Commerce Texas
Mike Devaney and his brother, John, of Boise, Idaho, and Miss Sarah Devaney left Tuesday night to spend a few weeks at Mineral Wells.
January 22, 1918
The Capital Times, Madison Wisconsin
BULLETIN
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 22-John F. Nugent, of Boise, was today
appointed United States senator by Governor Alexander to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Senator Brady. The appointment will
hold until a successor is named in November.
June 1, 1919
Idaho Statesman
Begin Formation of Ada Unit for Idaho Regiment
Special Inducement Being Offered to Get Overseas Men
Into New Unit; Membership Drive Starts Monday. Active efforts
are now being made to form a company of the 3rd Idaho regiment
in Ada County, as well as other companies throughout the state,
and local organizers are being given the support of Adjt. Gen.
L. V. Patch in their work. It is the desire of the local
organizers to get the overseas soldiers into the new army and
to have a crack company of the 3rd Idaho formed here, which will
be the pride of everybody. Many inducements are offered to
those who enlist, such as athletic tournaments, state and
national encampments, and the usual training in military
subjects. Start Drive Monday Beginning next Monday men will
be sent out to Barber, Star, Eagle and Meridian, who will make
dates for the recruiting of men at these places, as well as
distribute posters advertising the 3rd Idaho. Floyd C. White,
a lieutenant in the present Boise unit of the 3rd Idaho formed
some time ago, says he hopes to see the regiment made up of
overseas men and commanded by overseas men. Following is a plea
made to the young returned soldiers by both Mr. White and Adjt.
Gen. Patch: No Expense to Members. "There is now a chance for
young men who have not ruined themselves by excesses, and who
have good character, to take an active part in the athletic and
sportsmanship contests of their respective communities, with
chances of representing their communities in inter-state and
national contests, without expense to themselves and without
loss of their civil life occupations. "All that is necessary
is for the young men to have the ambition to take care of their
health and become proficient in marksmanship, military
precision and athletics, under the instruction of competent
instructors, selected and elected by themselves. Idaho Has
Good Record "The national guard has demonstrated that its
members performed their duties for their state and their
government in a manner which covered themselves with glory and
was a source of pride for the government when compared with the
systems of training in foreign lands. The 1st Idaho regiment,
in the Spanish American war, showed itself superior in quality,
as gentlemen and men of endurance, and both the state and the
national government were proud of their record. The 2nd Idaho
regiment has written its record in the history of the state and
nation in such a manner that to have been a member thereof is
to be known far and wide as a genuine patriot and .hero.
"Under the state laws, as modified by the last legislature to
conform to the National Guard law of the United States, it is
necessary to organize and maintain another regiment—the 3rd
Idaho. And the 3rd Idaho, having before it the records of the
previous regiments, cannot but do as well as their predecessors,
but by virtue of the Instructors now available, should excel in
those qualities which make for citizenship and mental and
physical conservation of youth. Will Feature Athletics The
3rd Idaho regiment is now being organized, authority from the
government having been issued, and recruiting therefore has
begun. The opportunity is one that would be hard to
duplicate. Under the supervision of the state and national
governments; special attention is to be given to those things
which increase efficiency in athletics and marksmanship and
contests of all descriptions are to be held in state
encampments, interstate meets and national contests.
"Recruiting for the Boise company of the 3rd Idaho is now on and
during the coming week young men may have this coveted
opportunity by watching the papers for the date when the
recruiting officer will be available. Arrangements have been
made to send a recruiting officer to outlying towns upon notice
that eight or more men desire to become members." Further
Information may be had by addressing the Adjutant General, state
of Idaho, Boise. Idaho, or recruiting officer. Yates Bldg..
Boise. Idaho. Transcribed and Contributed by: Frances
Cooley
January 5, 1921
The Ruthven Free Press, Ruthven Iowa
John F. Nugent of Boise, Idaho, was nominated by President Wilson at Washington to be a member of the federal trade commission. The nomination was immediately confirmed by the senate. Senator Nugent's terms as senator March 3.
May 19, 1922
Southtown Economist, Chicago Illinois
ADDITIONAL ENGLEWOOD NEWS
Mr. B.A. Dickinson, who for many years lived at 345 Englewood ave.,
left Saturday to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. Grace
Wickersham in Boise, Idaho.
July 3, 1924
The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, Chillicothe Missouri
Mrs. Steve Mitchell and son Bobbie of Boise, Idaho and Mrs. Helen Pendleberry and sons, Gene and Dwight of Boonville, Mo., are the guests of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Garr on West Jackson street.
July 20, 1928
Reno Gazette, Reno Nevada
Miss Eleanor Doan left this week for Boise, Idaho, where she will visit relatives and friends.
Submitted by Shauna Williams unless otherwise noted
