Jim Kershner’s this day in history

From our archives, 100 years ago

The Rev. Fred Taylor of the Olivet Baptist Church gave his sermon on the evils of swearing. He said it was becoming impossible to avoid. Ladies were overhearing swear words on streetcars, men at barbershops.

And, even worse, the minister once heard swearing in a house of worship, from his own church organist. 

What did the organist say? She said, “Lord a’mighty,” which was taking the Lord’s name in vain. He called it a “senseless, profitless sin.”

From the ethnic beat: Spokane’s Polish community gathered at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church to celebrate the anniversary of the proclamation of the Polish national constitution. There were speeches in Polish and English, along with music. 

It was the first such gathering of the Polish community in Spokane.

From the health beat: Spokane’s physicians declared they were not so certain that cigarettes were more dangerous than pipes or cigars.

However, one doctor did issue a warning about a habit of some cigarette smokers. He said some were actually inhaling the smoke into their lungs, which is “where the true danger lies.”

Also on this date

(From the Associated Press)

1937: The airship Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground.