100 years ago in Spokane: Over 200 unemployed men marched through downtown to demand help
Fri., Jan. 15, 2021
A parade of more than 200 unemployed men marched through downtown to City Hall, demanding relief.
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100 years ago in Spokane: A Portland man was arrested for threatening to sully a daughter’s reputation
Fri., Jan. 15, 2021
Spokane police arrested Glen Mitchell, 21, of Portland, on charges of blackmailing a Spokane couple by threatening to sully their daughter’s reputation.
100 years ago in Spokane: Tragedy struck at a sewer project site, and gun control and unemployment were making news
Thu., Jan. 14, 2021
Chris Harmesen, a Spokane laborer, was working below ground on a sewer project at Post Street and Gordon Avenue when disaster struck.
100 years ago in Spokane: Two Danish nobles were deported after ‘flim-flam’ scheme against businesses around town
Wed., Jan. 13, 2021
Two members of the Danish nobility, Count and Countess Von Holstein-Rathlou, living in Spokane, were being deported back to Denmark on various charges.
100 years ago in Spokane: Two 22-year-olds pulled off one of ‘the most clever’ car thefts police had seen
Tue., Jan. 12, 2021
Two “boys,” age 22, were nabbed for operating a sophisticated car-theft ring in Spokane and throughout the Northwest.
100 years ago in Spokane: Two brokers made a suicide pact over their embezzlement scheme, but only one went through with it
Fri., Jan. 8, 2021
John B. Milholland and Jay E. Hough, Spokane municipal bond brokers, made a suicide pact when their $353,000 embezzlement scheme was discovered.
100 years ago in Spokane: Woman didn’t remember her own name or relatives after getting hit by a truck
Fri., Jan. 8, 2021
Ella Redford of Spokane was struck on the back of the head by an auto – and now she remembered little of her past life.
100 years ago in Spokane: Local jazz band sets sights on vaudeville, Fort George Wright debate continues, typhoid outbreak starts
Thu., Jan. 7, 2021
The Tuxedo Five, a group of Spokane jazz musicians, was heading out onto the vaudeville circuit.
100 years ago in Spokane: Why they wanted to change the name of Fort George Wright in 1921
Wed., Jan. 6, 2021
The Spokane Daily Chronicle proposed that the name of Fort George Wright be changed to Fort Spokane.
100 years ago in Spokane: Expansion plans helped land ‘chili parlor’ on the map for decades to come
Tue., Jan. 5, 2021
Bob’s Chili Parlor, 612 W. First Ave., was one of the most popular restaurants in the region – and it was set to get bigger.
100 years ago in Spokane: How New Year’s looked during prohibition — including a man named Pegleg’s vow to sober up
Thu., Dec. 31, 2020
The Spokane County sheriff targeted the area’s most notorious liquor violators: the country dance halls.
100 years ago in Spokane: Here’s a look a the city’s ‘wet’ — but not rainy — New Year’s revelry for 1921
Thu., Dec. 31, 2020
Police and city officials were breathing sighs of relief because the New Year’s Eve revels were largely peaceful.
100 years ago in Spokane: How the city planned to ring in 1921
Thu., Dec. 31, 2020
Spokane was preparing for a “lively” and tuneful New Year’s Eve.
100 years ago in Spokane: The city sought to move past its recent debauchery for New Year’s Eve
Tue., Dec. 29, 2020
New Year’s Eve revelers were issued a warning by the Spokane Daily Chronicle: “Don’t Let Anyone Imagine That It’s Armistice Night.”
100 years ago in Spokane: Lumberjacks, a bootlegging hostess and a chandelier mishap, all at one post-Christmas party
Sat., Dec. 26, 2020
The wildest post-Christmas party in Spokane resulted in the arrest of 11 lumberjacks, one of whom attempted to swing from a hotel chandelier, “a la Douglas Fairbanks.”
100 years ago in Spokane: A tale of jazz juice, jazz babies and (of course) jazz music
Fri., Dec. 18, 2020
A wild night of “jazz juice” (liquor), “jazz babies” (flappers) and plain old jazz music ended in jail for two Eastern traveling salesmen.
100 years ago in Spokane: Salvation Army matron urged compassion for unwed mothers
Fri., Dec. 18, 2020
A Salvation Army matron in Spokane said that most of girls they assisted at their home for unwed mothers were young and desperate – and worthy of compassion.
100 years ago in Spokane: A fire devastated businesses in Colfax, while Spokane’s needy looked to charity for Christmas
Tue., Dec. 15, 2020
A fire destroyed numerous buildings and autos in Colfax, threatening the entire business district.
100 years ago in Spokane: Another witness came forward in the dragging death of a widow
Sun., Dec. 13, 2020
Another witness stepped forward to describe the moment that Mrs. S.S. Kirkpatrick was thrown from underneath the auto of W.G. Van Skike after being dragged 13 blocks.
100 years ago in Spokane: ‘Resentment’ and ‘indignation’ mounted after the pedestrian death of a widow dragged for 13 blocks
Fri., Dec. 11, 2020
The public outcry was long and loud over the death of a widow, Mrs. S.S. Kirkpatrick, who was dragged to her death beneath a car driven by W.G. Van Skike, 55, a well-to-do Opportunity farmer,