Did They Bet An Interesting Probate Case At Court
A Boise valley news item reports Ed Meek sued John Sebree over a debt claimed from 1898 tied to a county clerk campaign. Meek paid $7.50 plus costs after a jury verdict. the case sparked debate whether it was a bet or a bill for clothes and services. Other notes mention local travel, mining dredge work, and a drowning incident near Parma. The Mountain Home Republican item is cited.
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Church
Ed Meek
John Sebree
Caimed
Meek
Sebree
Ike Starts
Will Steunenberg
W. H. Thorp
Chris Fahy
Mr. Messler
Bennett
Rice
Thompson
Griffiths
Wallace
DROWNED IN BOISE RIVER NEAR SMITHS PRAIRIE
A man named Swords from Smiths Prairie is reported drowned in the middle fork of the Boise River on Thursday May 28. Theodore Pierce, local resident, brought word. Swords had recently purchased the Don Basil Taneh. He had gone to Boise on business, then returned home and sold the river on a high flood. A rancher reportedly saw him on the river. his horse was found missing.
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Swords
Julius Swords
Mountain Home Republican
Mr. Swords
Smith’s Prairie
Boise
Theodore Pierce
Don Basil Taneh
Elmer
S. S. Grays
Katie Gray
Katie
Fred Simons
Simons
Star
Simons and Williams
Nellie Hart
Luther Hart
Charley McDowell
Wesley Potter
Sam Snyder
Creason
Lister
Star School
Harry Clemans
Milton Gilman
Long Valley
Martin
Nettie
Ida
Amos Procer
Main Street
Christian Church
Baldwin
Charley Farmer
Joe Taylor
Fred Simmons
Eugene Gray
Mary
Cowden sheep case argued in chambers yesterday
The Ralph Cowden sheep case was argued in chambers with Frank Smith of Caldwell and Ww E Borah for the plaintiff and James H Hawley for the defendant, an Omaha commission company. Judge Stewart reserved decision after a prior trial. Other notes include Boise Nampa Emmett league dissolution and local civic items.
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Ralph Cowden
Chambers
Frank Smith
Caldwell
Ww. E. Borah
Cowden
James H. Hawley
Omaha Commission Company
Stewart
Statesman
Graduation Exercises at College of Idaho
Next week features nine graduates seven girls and two boys at the College of Idaho with a full program in Assembly Hall and at the opera house. Events include baccalaureate, board meeting, declamation contest, essays, a public reception and a commencement address by Emma Morgan, reflecting on politics and money, labor, trusts and democracy in a period tone.
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Assembly Hall
J. G. Cowden
Board of Trustees
Opera House
Incendiary Fire and Robbery Run Through Idaho Town
Dispatch from Genesee dated June 16 reports a fire destroying five buildings valued at $5000, with safes rifled and a robber knocked down but escaping. A posse pursued a man matching the description. The blaze began at Machel’s livery barn near the Northern Pacific station at 7:45 AM. Three horses perished. stable boy Gabriel Jackson was rescued from smoke and is recovering. Other robberies and local anecdotes follow, including Boise cyclone tales and Idaho news notes.
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Machel
Northern Pacific
Gabriel Jackson
J. H. Schutte
Bertha
Morgan
Funsten
Boise
Boiselle
Great Northern
Sand Point
Thos
Cleland
Athol
Idaho
Odd Fellows
the Statesman
Teachers and Students Summer Normal in Caldwell
Teachers and students desiring to renew first and second grade branches write before June 15 to Cora B. Bean Caldwell. If a sufficient number apply there will be a summer normal beginning June 22. A carload of buggies has been received by the Caldwell Implement Co.
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Cora B. Bean
Caldwell
The
Caldwell Implement Co
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Boise
Idaho
United States Surveyoreneral For
Boise and
Canyon
Nova Santa Sophia rises as a grand New York church
A sweeping report describes the Nova Santa Sophia roman Catholic cathedral planned in New York. At about 100 feet high it will seat 73 000 people, be 500 by 400 feet, include four semi circular naves around a dome, and cost 25 million dollars. It is hailed as a potential world class church alongside St John the Divine, possibly surpassing the UK Parliament in cost.
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New York
Nova Santa Sophia
St. Peter's
Rome
St. John the Divine
United States
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Parma
Will Leigh
F. J. Smith
Leonard Stockton
Boise High School
John Newport
J. H. Stockton
Ralph Servoss
Sweetser-Burrough Mining Co
Stake River
Brate
C. B. Hurtt
Pontiac Ilinois
Roswell
Mr. Hurtt
Boise River
Middle Fork
Nampa
Emmett
W. J. Boone
California
General Presbyterian Assembly
Los Angeles
Alaska
San Francisco
Portland
Boone
J. B. Stewart
San Monica
Cal
State Dental Association
W.C. Stalker
E. E. Dutton
J. B. Burns
Payette
A. W. Judd
Messrs
J. M. Willoughby
W. R. Smith
O. K. Butler
George Froman
Froman's Ferry
Maggie Davis
Grace Froman
Edna Engel
Gene Dryden
Lillian Harris
Anna Corbett
Anna Hartley
Salem
Oregon
Florence Hartley
H. R. Plughoff
Hailey
C. E. Helman
L. S. Dills
Lewiston
F. D. Joy
John A. Tucker
Maysel Cooper
Caldwell Building & Loan Association
A. K. Steunenberg
College OF Idaho
Emma Morgan
England
Laughlin
Chicago University
Congress
Lincoln
Chase
Supreme Court
Greenback
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Senate
Washington
Hamilton
Commercial Bank
1St Avenue West
Mr. Greenland
Swain Beaty
Jake Horn
Star Locals
Genessee
Owner
Genesee
Flinders
Hanna
Miss Ruth
Cleveland
Joseph Medill McCormick
Rooseveltt
U. Cang
Idaho City
Wm. Craig
Ogden Utah
B. W. Sower
City
Messrs. Craig
Sower
Cambridge
Northern
Craig
Utah
River ST
Nyssa
Eowand E. Garner
Harry J. Syms
Register
International Christian Endeavor Society
Denver
Colo
Union Pacific
Grand Junction
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