Eleanor B. Day Boyce Papers 1887-1951
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Day, Harry L. (Harry Loren), 1865-1942
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Harry Loren Day, the eldest son of Henry and Ellen Day, was born at Dayton, Nevada, on December 12, 1865. He was graduated from the two-year business course at St. Mary's College, San Francisco, and assisted his father in the family store at Wardner, kept accounts for other merchants, worked in mines in Idaho and Montana, and played a dominant role in the development of the Hercules Mine which he and Fred Harper discovered in 1889. Like his father he was an active Republican in Idah...
Day, Jerome, 1876-1941
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Jerome James Day, the youngest son of Henry and Ellen Day, was born in Truckee, California in 1876, and was working as a union miner when his wealth from the Hercules thrust him into business and politics. He studied at Gonzaga College and the University of Idaho, taking an accelerated program in mining when the Hercules began to turn a profit. He married Lucy Mix of Moscow, Idaho, in 1902 and fathered one son, Jerome James, Jr., b. 1911, and one daughter, Bernice Eugenia, b. 1904. ...
Boyce, Eleanor B. Day (Eleanor Berniece Day), 1867-1951
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Eleanor Day was the second child of Henry and Ellen Day. She graduated from the State Normal School at San Jose, CA in 1887 and moved to Spokane Falls, Washington Territory where she served as and elementary school principal, 1887-1891. From Spokane she moved to northern Idaho, teaching at Wardner, 1894-1894; Wallace, 1894-1896; and Gem, 1896-1901. She is reputed to have invested most of her income in the Hercules Mine. When the Hercules struck ore in 1901, the Days and a small group of investor...
Boyce, Edward, 1862-1941
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Edward Boyce was born and educated in County Donegal, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1882 and worked his way west as a laborer. In 1887 he arrived at Wardner, ID, where he found employment in the Coeur d’Alene mining district. Boyce became active in labor organization and was jailed for his participation in the 1892 labor disputes. In 1893 he joined the Western Federation of Miners, served as president, 1896-1902; and edited its magazine, The Miner’s Magazine, 1900-1...
