Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Ada County
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.
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.
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
