Jim Kershner’s this day in history

From our archives, 100 years ago

Frank Wineland was hunting near Thompson Falls when he saw a bear in the brush. He opened fire.

Unfortunately, it was not a bear at all, but forest ranger Ernest B. Clark, 32, who was dressed in “dark khaki.”

Clark died of a gunshot wound. He left a widow and three small children. 

Wineland turned himself in to the sheriff and was in jail pending an inquest.

From the food beat: The Spokesman-Review was running a daily menu competition, in which homemakers submitted menus for special meals. This week’s winner was a “Warm Weather Sunday Dinner,” submitted by Marion E. Southward.

It consisted of iced tomato bouillon with toasted water crackers; fried spring chicken, Southern style; baked mashed potatoes; cauliflower croquettes; hot baking powder biscuits; fresh pear salad with cheese bon bons; fresh peaches a la mode; and fruit lemonade.

Also on this date

(From the Associated Press)

1971: An Alaska Airlines jet crashed near Juneau, killing all 111 people on board.

1972: U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz won a seventh gold medal at the Munich Olympics, in the 400-meter medley relay.