Recent stories by Jim

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  April 12, 2013 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago F.J. Kline, the wealthy president and manager of the Lamb-Davis Lumber Co., was sent to the Eastern Washington Hospital for the Insane after a …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  April 11, 2013 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago The seniors of Lewis and Clark High School were seeking the loan of a baby.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  April 10, 2013 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago A “pretty Finnish maiden,” Miss Fulda Aarl, 20, and her brother John, 10, disembarked from a train in tiny Winona, Wash., in the Palouse …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  April 9, 2013 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago The Carnegie Corporation donated $70,000 to the Spokane Public Library, which meant that plans were underway to build three new branches instead of only …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  April 7, 2013 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago The Chicago Grand Opera arrived in Spokane to present its spectacular production of “Thais” by Massenet at the Auditorium Theater.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  April 6, 2013 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago Elizabeth H. Christian, the first female lobbyist in the state, filed a detailed expense account of her stint in Olympia – and The Spokesman-Review’s …

• Sword play

  April 5, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Yes, there will be a parrot. Yes, there will be swordfights.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  April 5, 2013 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago A “maniac” named A. Carlson had vowed that every time he met a “rabbit, a lion or a woman,” he must kill them. 1

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  April 4, 2013 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago The Northern Pacific Railroad gathered together “40 Negro waiters, all of whom boast vocal accomplishments,” to entertain the passengers on its North Coast Limited … 1

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  April 3, 2013 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Fred “Pug” Miller, 17, was the leader of a gang of boys who stole a motorcycle from a garage and spent all night on …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  April 2, 2013 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago A Kennewick butcher was roused out of bed by burglars, forced into his shop and tied to his own sausage grinding machine.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  March 31, 2013 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago A mystery surrounding the death of Myrtle Moode, 22, a stenographer, was solved – but only partially.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  March 30, 2013 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago The Spokesman-Review editorialized over the importance of music as a vital factor in building a city. Commerce and business are important, said the editors, …

• Vestal’s own private Idaho

  March 29, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Next week, Spokesman-Review columnist Shawn Vestal earns a new title: published fiction author. Vestal’s debut collection of short fiction “Godforsaken Idaho” (Amazon Publishing/New Harvest, $15.95) will arrive in bookstores and … 3

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  March 29, 2013 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago The divorce trial of M.C. King, a pioneer Spokane lawyer, and his wife revealed plenty of provocative details about the family’s bizarre domestic life.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  March 28, 2013 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Spokane postal officials acted on a tip and opened up a parcel mailed by William Milson, 40, of Spokane, to President Woodrow Wilson.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  March 27, 2013 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Belle Baker, a vaudeville comedienne who was appearing at the Orpheum, didn’t have an easy path to the stage.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  March 26, 2013 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago “Little Rock Charlie,” aka Charlie Floyd, exhibited “the coolness of a dime novel desperado” in two daring robberies.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  March 24, 2013 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago A crowd estimated at 10,000 lined the banks of Spokane River to watch a group of young athletes – slathered with goose grease against …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  March 23, 2013 in City on Page A7 From our archives, 100 years ago About 80 Japanese residents of Spokane were preparing a big show at a makeshift theater in Trent Alley: a melodrama titled “Kilaleatome.”

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