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Domestic News
January 4, 1917
The Daily Progressive Miner
Ketchikan, Alaska
What is this article about?
Former Idaho Governor N.I. Willey, destitute and ill with intestinal trouble from malnutrition, is in an Auburn, California hospital after 15 years of failed mining following political setbacks.
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ALASKA
IDAHO'S SECOND GOVERNOR NOW DESTITUTE IN CALIFORNIA,
Had Political Reverses Fifteen Years Ago.
AUBURN, Cal., Jan. 4.-(Special.)- N.I. Willey, second governor of Idaho, lies in a hospital cot here, destitute.
He was brought from a distant mining claim in the Blue Canyon district where he located 15 years ago, following political reverses in Idaho. He is without vigor to draw him thru his present illness, acute intestinal trouble as a result of having been often without sufficient food, it is said. He has no clear title to his claim. Mr. Willey became governor of Idaho in 1890.
IDAHO'S SECOND GOVERNOR NOW DESTITUTE IN CALIFORNIA,
Had Political Reverses Fifteen Years Ago.
AUBURN, Cal., Jan. 4.-(Special.)- N.I. Willey, second governor of Idaho, lies in a hospital cot here, destitute.
He was brought from a distant mining claim in the Blue Canyon district where he located 15 years ago, following political reverses in Idaho. He is without vigor to draw him thru his present illness, acute intestinal trouble as a result of having been often without sufficient food, it is said. He has no clear title to his claim. Mr. Willey became governor of Idaho in 1890.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
Politics
What keywords are associated?
N I Willey
Idaho Governor
Destitute
California Hospital
Mining Claim
Political Reverses
What entities or persons were involved?
N. I. Willey
Where did it happen?
Auburn, Cal.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Auburn, Cal.
Event Date
Jan. 4
Key Persons
N. I. Willey
Outcome
destitute and suffering from acute intestinal trouble due to insufficient food; no clear title to mining claim.
Event Details
N. I. Willey, second governor of Idaho in 1890, lies destitute in a hospital in Auburn, California, after political reverses 15 years ago led him to a mining claim in Blue Canyon district.