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From our archives, 100 years ago

A Spokane woman who advertised herself as Lundeen, a fortune teller who specialized in predicting people’s love lives, made an embarrassing confession in court.

She told a judge that when she married her husband, she believed that they would have a happy marriage. She failed to guess that her husband had a secret.

Turns out, he had another wife and two children in Aberdeen, S.D.

The judge granted Lundeen a divorce.

From the theater beat: Actor Homer B. Mason, starring in the comedy “In and Out” at the Orpheum, explained his theory on playing a drunken character.

“I trust that I have succeeded in pruning out all the objectionable features of the drinker, and have left only the characteristics which are truly humorous.”

From the fishing beat: Apparently, the fishing was good in Lake Pend Oreille in 1911. One five-man party out of Bayview reported catching 80 trout.

A local judge said he caught an 18-pound char and his companion caught a 14-pound char. They were probably referring to lake trout.

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(From the Associated Press)

1980: Cable News Network made its debut.