Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04
BY ANNA r. DALEY, r. N.
Member st. Alphonsus Hospital

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Member st. Alphonsus Hospital
Alumnae.
The commcmoration on Jan. g. 1920,
by the Sisters Of the Holy Cross and
by citizens of Boise and vicinity of the
establishment Of st. Alphonsus' hospi-
tai will be notable event in the his
tory Of the state of Idaho, st. Alphon-
sus being the largest hospital in Idaho.
ST. Alphonsus' hospital opened its
doors Dec. 81. 1894, with six Sisters or
the Holy Cross to do the work and a
capacity for % patients. No nurses
other than sisters were employed at
that time.
ALL cREEDs HELP
All people of the intermountain coun-
try were interested in the establish
ment Of this pioneer institution for the
care of suffering humanity and people
of every church affiliation or no affili-
alton did their utmost to show the sis
tiers of the hospital that they were well
come and that the service they would
give to humanity in the decades TO
come would be appreciated.
During the latter part of the month
Of January, 1895. a bazaar for the bene-
fit of the hospital was held at Capital
hail. and during the bazaar four
page newspaper, called THE Evening
contained advertisements and con-
siderable amount of news items. The
cosmopolitan support received by the
benefit bazaar is shown by the lists
of donors published in the Evening
Star. These include:
EARLY DONORS
Rt. Rev. A. j. Glorieux. j. r. De-
Lamar. prominent mining man of Ida
no; Peter Soma, John Lemp, c. w.
Moore, General j. Green, A. X. An
dola, r. H. johnson, Eastman Bros,
Timothy Regain, Frank r. Coffin,
Thomas Davis. William III. Ridenbaugh,
James Flanagan, d. p. b. Pride, Faik-
Block Mercantile company, Joseph Per-
rault. T. ]. Jones, Nathan Falk, Sig
mund Falk. John Brodbeck, B. III. Cole
man & Co., Thomas Finegan. John
O'Farrell, John W. Plummer, DIR. ID. l..
Perrault, DR.. George Collister Bishop
rick & Connar, y, Shainwal IL Co., +.
A. Regain & Co, r. A. Nourse & Co.,
Alfred Eoff, Ben Wilson, M. III. Good
win, Jacob Welsch. Mr.. Dacey, James
Murphy. r. w. Spencer. d. Cougha-.
nour. Patrick Walsh, f. w. Barry.
John German. P. Connaughton, John
Haley Mrs. Val Weiss Mrs. John Da-
lev. Mrs. NJ. Steckels, Cornelius Lee
han, John p. Boyle, Bart Healey, Theo-
dore Buckle. Michael Downs, James
Joyce. C. Desjardins, John Hogan,
Owyhee Meat company.
j. Arvidson. A. Needham, $. II. Hail
r. d. McDoughal. r. M. McDoughal,
Martin Cream, ALI Southern, John STAT
terry. William Slattery. Pat Dervin,
Henry McNesby, A. J. Moritz, L. Bayer'
Michael Hayes, John Broadbent, g. IL.
Cooke. NJ. E. McCue, DR.. w. Steven
son. Captain Murray. M. Seller. t.
Kerr. A. Schneider, d. Spiegel. nj. Alex
ander, Joseph Kinney, Weller & kohny
]. H. Caughlin. James McDevitt. j.
Brogan. F. Miller, NJ. Leary, NJ. Cor
.coran, Mrs John O'Farrell, Evaiine
Teresa, Angela and Regina O'Farrel
Mr.. Newbanks. II. McGilvery, Captain
O'Rrien. Mary J. Rankin, Annie McCue
Juliana McCue, w A. Goulder.
O'Conner, Nora Mcnamara, Mr.. wal
burcb. III. c. Parnell. T. e. Beal, M
sullivan, Hugh McGill, James Meehan
Eugene Sullivan, Dan Hays, J. A. NC
Donald, N. Contancinan. Andy Bren'
nan. Mrs. Murnane, John O'Toole
John O'Neil, Mr.. Leary, Richard walsh
Edward Brennan, NJ. Miller, George
McCabe, d. O'Brien, p. O'Brien, r. A
McMullcn, ]. Flanagan, Henry Schro
der. Adolph Engel, Charles II. Reee
Ada Burgoyne, Albert Aust. p. Der
win. william ]. Cusk V. Shepherd. Mr.
Morrison, Louis Hoggman, Julien Has
enstub. Henry Grant. Joseph Myers
James Reed and James Darve.
MRS. COBB A LEADER
Among the many kind hearted wo
men who in the pioneer days OF TN
hospital helped to make successful IN
bazaars and other functions of whicl
the institution was the beneficiary, tn
late Mrs. Calvin Cobb is especiaii
mentioned by those who have know
the history of the hospital. Possesses
Of unusual executive ability and en-
thusiasm she was leader In all tn
works which promoted the good of tn
hospital.
One needs but glance at that lon
,,st ~ men and women who gave gen
.rou.Iv TO an institution for the care Q
the siclx TO see that scores OF them nav
rassed .beneath that low green ten
r,hcsa curtain never outward swings.
r. IL due to them and their memor
That we. OF hurried period In TN
worlds history. may pause In our pus
lives and remember with grautua
what they did to make possible IN
Greater st. Alphonsus which we nov
ss.,cw. and may we not also indulg
ene hone that our generation Will
a. fhia splendid institution Trims
-.scN ( quarter of century henc
y wssS ~.sn for US the grateful apprecia
s,nc ~ the people of future years. 10
~. YORK of st. Alphonsus hospital
rot one which at any time VIII be I'm
ished, but must have an ever-widenin
scope. .,,...e
Through the whole hearted geneva
Nv of these pseopis Of raIner p'onee
period It was posslpls sos sn - 'n q,
e!ness s.r~retal 70 commence worl