Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Washington County Idaho
September 2, 1883
Daily Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada
Henry C. Street, late of Elke, has purchased the Leader, at Weiser City, Idaho, of Dr. Reynolds. Mr. Street is an experienced newspaper man, and formerly published a paper at Idaho City.
May 31, 1890
Decatur Morning Review, Decatur Illinois
Conflagration in an Idaho Town
Weiser, Idaho, May 30-The business portion of this place was
burned Thursday night. The loss amounts to $125,000, and the insurance was but
$25,000. The fire was started in a hotel by a lamp falling and exploding.
October 28, 1906
Fairbanks Daily Times, Fairbanks Alaska
COUNTY TREASURER IS IN AN IDAHO JAIL
Stole County Funds and Falsified Record of the County and Lands in Trouble-Is
Nominee for Secretary of State.
Weiser, Idaho, Oct. 27-Robert Lansdon, sheriff of
Washington County, and republican nominee for secretary of state, was arrested
today on a charge of embezzlement of county funds and falsification of this
accounts.
It is alleged that he pocketed thousands of dollars in
rebates in sheepmen's taxes.
December 7, 1907
Centralia Chronicle, Centralia Washington
FROM THE LEWIS COUNTY ADVOCATE
Mrs. E.S. Kilbourne came in from Weiser, Idaho Sunday evening to visit her son
J.B. Kilbourne of the Advocate force.
May 26, 1915
Iowa Recorder, Greene Iowa
SEARCH EXTENDED 36 YEARS
Lamoni Farmer Lost Track of Relative For Thirty-six Years-Letters Went Astray.
Lamoni-Grant Jones, a well known Farmer and fine stock
breeder of Lamoni, has just returned from an unusual trip to Weiser, Idaho,
where he went to visit a sister, Mrs. Lucy Ferguson, having finally located her
after thirty six years.
When Mr. Jones was a lad of 14, he was living with his sister
in Cherokee county, Kansas. In company with his brother, William L. Jones, the
two boys started for Arkansas, driving across the country.
They changed their destination in Arkansas, and a letter from
their sister, telling them she was leaving for Colorado, failed to reach them.
The boys wrote to the sister, but their letters also went astray, and from that
time until a few weeks ago the brothers and sister never heard of each other;
the sister moving from Colorado to Utah, then back to Colorado, then to Oregon,
Washington, and finally to Idaho.
The older brother, Wm. L. Jones, resides at Drewsy, Ore.,
only 114 miles from where the sister lives, and for twenty-three years he has
frequently been within fourteen miles of her, but neither of the brothers could
get any trace of the lost sister.
A few weeks ago Mr. Grant Jones decided to advertise for word
of his lost sister, and placed a small advertisement in the Boise, Idaho,
Statesman. He was overjoyed a few days later to receive a letter from Mrs.
Ferguson's son, who resides at Yampa, Colo., telling him his sister was alive
and living at Weiser.
February 6, 1918
Coshocton Tribune, Coshocton Ohio
From Idaho.
Fred Wheeler, of Weiser, Idaho, is visiting at the home of
his aunt, Mrs. L.B. Danford on South Second street.
October 8, 1921
Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville Illinois
Mrs. R.D. Griffin will arrive next week from Weiser, Idaho, for a lengthy visit with her sister, Miss Winifred Hadley.
December 5, 1921
Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville Illinois
R.D. Griffin, of Weiser, Idaho, has returned to this city and will spend the winter with his family.
January 26, 1922
Iowa City Press Citizen, Iowa City Iowa
POISON IN GREENS
Weiser, Idaho, Jan. 26-Three are dead, one may die and two
are ill from betulinus poisoning as the result of eating home canned greens at
the home of Charles W. Tuttle at Cambridge.
September 28, 1922
Appleton Post Crescent, Appleton Wisconsin
A.R. Grant of Weiser, Idaho, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Grant, Route 4.
December 21, 1922
Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville Illinois
Mrs. R.D. Griffin and children of Weiser, Idaho, arrived Monday evening for an extended visit here.
July 9, 1924
Iowa Recorder, Greene Iowa
Miss Nellie Rhoads, who teaches at Weiser, Idaho, has been visiting her brother, Claire and family, left for Botha, Canada, Monday to visit her sister, Mrs. Dayton Sutton, before returning to Weiser.
December 6, 1927
Havre Daily News Promoter, Havre Montana
PICKED DOG TEAM RACING TO RESCUE OF STRICKEN BOY
Salt Lake City, Dec. 6- A team of picked racing dogs is
struggling thru the heavy snow southwestward from Payette Lake, Idaho, to carry
medical aid to a sick boy marooned by the deep snow in an isolated cabin near
Weiser. One hundred and fifty miles of hard sledding is ahead of them.
A special dispatch to the tribune says Dr. Don Numbers left
McCall, Idaho, by auto Sunday for the Payette Lake District where nine foot of
snow compelled them to take to the dog teams. The boy, Emmett Routson of Weiser,
Idaho, was stricken with influenza and hemorrhages and is not expected to
survive unless medical aid arrives within three days, the dispatch says.
May 11, 1929
Havre Daily News Promoter, Havre Montana
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anderson of Weiser, Idaho, drove into Havre Friday from Fort Dodge, Iowa, and will visit in Havre with his brother Louis Anderson, for a few days before leaving for home.
September 15, 1929
Havre Daily News Promoter, Havre Montana
Emma Anderson, who came from Shelby; Bernice Bogut, who moved from Lewistown and Eleanor Anderson, who used to live in Weiser, Idaho, are the only new pupils in the second grade this year.
January 29, 1937
Helena Independent, Helena Montana
STOCK DROWN
Weiser, Idaho, Jan. 28-Forty thirsty cattle drowned today
when they ventured onto thin ice of a slough near here in search of water.
The stock belongd to J. Boser.
November 10, 1938
Helena Independent, Helena Montana
GIVE UP HOPE
Sunny Slope, Idaho, Nov. 9-Hope for the safety of Grover Wray, 25 year old
Weiser resident missing in the Selway forest since Saturday, was virtually
abandoned today. Wray became separated from his party while hunting deer in the
rugged region near the O'Hara ranger station.
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