This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Skippen, Wackerhagen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3559.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, August 18, 1898 R. Wackerhagen has been a very sick man for more than a week with some derangement of the liver. Dr. Skippen is in attendance and has had Dr. Pogue, of Ontario, and Dr. Numbers, of Weiser, in consultation. We learn that Mr. Wackerhagen is a little better at this writing.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Skippen, Shaw, Decker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3559.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, August 4, 1898 Maggots in a Boy’s Ear. What appears to be a remarkable case came under the treatment of Dr. Alfred Skippen last Sunday morning. Charley Decker, the six-year-old son of Jake Decker, has been suffering for a long time with a chronic affection of the ear, which at times resulted in a mattery discharge. On Sunday morning the little fellow was almost wild with his ear and his father took him to Dr. Skippen’s office for treatment. Upon examination the doctor discovered and removed a couple of grubs or maggots, since which time eight more have been removed. The ear-drum has been destroyed by the disease and the maggots appear to have eaten away the small muscles attached to the little bones of the ear, and would very soon have worked their way through into the brain. Dr. Skippen thinks the maggots are the result of a fly which deposited its eggs while the child slept. We publish the facts connected with this case for the reason that there have been all kinds of stories in circulation. We have before us at this time an account of a similar case, published in the Hood River Glacier, which came to the notice of Dr. Shaw at The Dalles, Ore. The doctor examined the ear of a 12-year-old boy who was suffering intense agony and with delicate forceps extracted a maggot. He then blew in some vapor of chloroform and pulled out five more maggots nearly an inch in length. The boy had remembered of a big fly striking him in the ear only a few days before the pain commenced.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Skippen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3559.1.1 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, June 2, 1898 THE WEEK’S DOINGS We call attention to the professional card of Dr. Alfred Skippen in today’s paper.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Skippen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3559.1 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, March 3, 1898 NEW PLYMOUTH NEWS. Dr. Skippen, of Toronto, Canada, Sundayed in New Plymouth. He is traveling in search of health and declares Idaho all right.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Skippen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3559 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho March 3, 1898 Dr. Skippen, who recently arrived here from Canada, gave us a call Tuesday evening. The doctor will tarry in the Payette Valley for a few weeks, because he thinks it is about the most delightful place he has found in the west.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Macomb, Cates Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3558 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, August 25, 1898 Mr. George C. Macomb and Miss Zora Cates, both of Malheur county, Ore., were united in marriage last Sunday afternoon by Justice of the Peace Thurston.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3557 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, May 26, 1898 Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Asa Smith, May 20th, a son.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3556 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, May 19, 1898 Born-to Mr. and Mrs. Axtel Johnson at Washoe, on May 18th, a daughter.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vandecar Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3555 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho May 16, 1895 Born, May 14, to Mr. and Mrs. Vandecar, a son.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Earl, Small, Watkins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3554 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, July 16, 1903 AWFUL END TO AN ELOPEMENT Caldwell Man Shoots Companion of His Flight and Then Himself to Avoid Capture. A special to the Boise Statesman, from Durkee, Ore., says: A tragedy that ended the lives of a resident of Caldwell and a 16-year-old girl, also of that place, whom he had enticed away from home, was enacted here today. The man was A. A. Earl and the girl Blossom Small. With pursuing officers within earshot of the reports of his revolver, he sent a bullet crashing through the brain of the girl and then turned the weapon upon himself. The bodies are now here awaiting the arrival of the coroner. Sheriff Watkins of Canyon county tells the story of the murder and suicide as follows: “Monday, as charged, Earl, who is a married man, having a wife and two children in Caldwell, ran away with the Small girl, who was an orphan living with some relatives for whom Earl was working. Tuesday a warrant charging him with rape was placed in my hands. I learned he had gone to Huntington. When I arrived there I ascertained the Earl and the girl had left on foot up Burnt river. Today with an officer from Huntington I started up the river after them. About 20 miles above Huntington we passed them. They were evidently concealed in the brush and we did not see them nor did they see us, I judge. Had they seen and recognized us as officers they might have hidden themselves away until after nightfall, when they could have proceeded with the danger of being apprehended minimized. “After we found that we were ahead of them we turned back. They saw us coming and Earl evidently recognized me. He started off with the girl and we saw them running. We tracked them for 5 or 10 minutes when we heard two shots. “Proceeding a little further we found both of them in a dying condition. Earl had shot the girl in the left temple, the bullet passing through her head. He then fired a bullet into his right temple. We had to bodies brought to Durkee and the coroner of this county was notified.”

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Spaulding, Wood Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3553 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, July 16, 1903 FINE NEW BUILDING Two-Story Brick Being Erected By P. V. Bank Company for Wood & Spaulding. Construction work has begun on another large two-story brick business house which will add materially to the appearance of Boise street, Payette’s principal commercial thoroughfare. It is being erected by the Payette Valley Bank Company, adjoining on the south the Bank building, owned by the same company, and will be occupied by Wood & Spaulding, the furniture and hardward dealers. The building is being constructed especially for Wood & Spaulding and will be fitted up to meet the needs of their business. It will be 100 feet deep with a frontage of 30 feet, the lot width, full two stories high with a handsome plate glass front of modern design. In the rear of the building will be installed a freight elevator of the latest device. The first floor will be used as a salesroom and the upper floor for setting up furniture, etc., and for storage. There will also be in the first story a large deck for carpets, and one whole side will be shelved and part of another. Construction work will be pushed right along until the building is completed. It will make most convenient quarters in every way for Wood & Spaulding and will also give them a very desirable location.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Long Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3552 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, July 16, 1903 Engaged in Commission Business. T. B. Long, who recently resigned his position as agent for the Oregon Short Line at Payette, has engaged in the produce and general commission business in this city. Mr. Long has as associate in the venture and the new firm will be known as T. B. Long & Co. In addition to its private business of the Payette Valley Melon Growers’ Association and is now taking active steps getting into touch with all the markets. While in his official capacity as agent at Payette, Mr. Long by his courteous treatment made many friends in the Payette Valley who join in wishing him great success in his new enterprise.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Grothe, Skinner, Shawham, Coughanour, Currin, Clement, Ewing, Rieger, Shawhan, Moss, Clement, Thurston, Wadsworth, Putnam, Pence, Creighten, McDonald, Hunt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3551 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, November 23, 1899 Old Folks’ Concert. On the night of Thanksgiving an Old Folks’ Concert will be given at the Methodist church. The following persons will assist in making the occasion highly entertaining: Mr. A. Grothe, Rev. J. M. Skinner, Mr. B. P. Shawhan, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Coughanour, Misses Amy Currin, Cloe Clement, Fannie Ewing, Mr. F. E. Rieger, Glenn Shawhan, Went Moss, Vern Clement, Clyde Thurston, Mr. and Mrs. Wadsworth, Mrs. Putnam, Mrs. Pence, Frank Creighten, Laura McDonald, Rev. Mr. Hunt. An admission of 10 and 25 cents will be charged.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Moulton, Swauger Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3550 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, November 23, 1899 About 20 Cars Short. The Gem State Rural reports that S. A. Swauger of Weiser, Idaho, shipped a carload of prunes fresh, this year, and also ran his steam evaporator for some time on prunes grown by himself and neighbors; P. H. B. Moulton reported the total shipment of prunes from Payette this year at six carloads.—Oregon Agriculturist. We can’t understand how such an item as the aboe was ever permitted to appear in the Gem State Rural. The editor of the Rural is secretary of the state horticultural board, and he ought to have known better than to make such a statement on the authority of anybody. If our memory serves us right the records at the depot will show that 26 carloads of prunes were shipped from the Payette station in 1899.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Moss, Cossart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3549 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, July 14, 1898 DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE Residence of Frank Moss Completely Destroyed By Fire. FAMILY FROM HOME Most of the Contents Saved—Believed to Have Been Uninsured. About 7:30 this morning the residence of F. C. Moss was discovered to be on fire and in half an hour the building was a heap of smoldering ruins. Mr. Moss and family are now in Long Valley, where he is looking after mining interests. The place was occupied in their absence by Mr. W. H. Cossart and family, who lost the larger part of their effects. The fire started from a stovepipe over the kitchen stove. Mr. A. B. Moss thinks there was no insurance on the house. The desk and private papers of F. C. Moss were lost. As the INDEPENDENT was ready for the press at time of fire we are unable to give further particulars.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Grothjan, Moss Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2417.4 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, July 14, 1898 Miss Lizzie Grothjan and mother take their departure today for Portland to make that city their future home. A farewell reception was tendered to them Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. B. Moss, which was a very pleasant affair.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Skippen, Koelkenbeck Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3548 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, July 14, 1898 Mr. Koelkenbeck’s Accident. Herman Koelkenbeck who resides on Little Willow creek, met with a serious accident last Thursday afternoon. He was thrown from a hay rake, with the result that his right arm was broken about 3 ½ inches from the shoulder, the bone was also knocked out of the socket and the lower part of the socket was broken off, thus making a very complicated case to handle and one that will disable Mr. Koelkenbeck for some time to come. There seems to have been some delay in summoning a physician. Dr. Skippen of this city reached the case Friday evening, when he fixed Mr. Koelkenbeck up so that he could be brought to Payette.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Parke Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2610.1.1 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, July 7, 1898 Opening of Hotel Idaho. This once popular hotel, which has recently been remodeled and refurnished by Mr. H. F. Parke, late of Chicago, will be again thrown open to the public on Saturday evening next. The citizens of Payette are cordially invited to call during the early hours of the evening and get acquainted with the new management.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Parke Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2610.1 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, June 2, 1898 THE WEEK’S DOINGS H. F. Parke, formerly of Chicago, has leased the Hotel Idaho. The building is now being re-papered and painted and thoroughly renovated throughout and Mr. Parke hopes to be able to open the house about the first of July if not sooner. From what we know of Mr. Parke and his family we feel safe in saying that under the new management the Hotel Idaho will soon regain the old-time popularity that once made it the best known hostelry on the Short Line.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thompson Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3547 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, March 24, 1898 Born to Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Thompson a daughter, March 23rd. Thompson says this event will not interfere with the recent cut on harness.