100 years ago in Spokane: The ‘Irish question’ causes a stir at city council meeting
Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Emotions reached the boiling point at a Spokane City Council meeting over the “Irish question.”
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100 years ago in Spokane: Arrested man shows officers how many ways he can use his wooden leg
Wed., Oct. 28, 2020
Frank “Pegleg” Johnson was arrested for the 65th time, again for drunkenness.
100 years ago in Spokane: The name that might have been for Millwood
Tue., Oct. 27, 2020
A move was afoot to change the name of Millwood to Argonne.
100 years ago in Spokane: Harding easily won in local polls — except at these three spots
Sat., Oct. 24, 2020
The Spokane Daily Chronicle’s political poll – called a “test ballot” – showed Republican presidential candidate Warren G. Harding winning in a landslide over Democrat James M. Cox.
100 years ago in Spokane: Waltzing war kicks off between Marine and city’s reigning dancing champion
Fri., Oct. 23, 2020
Hans Berland was the reigning Waltz Champion of Spokane and Waltz Champion of Washington.
100 years ago in Spokane: Chivalrous bank robber linked to another holdup
Thu., Oct. 22, 2020
The Spokane Daily Chronicle splashed the name and photo of the notorious Union Park Bank robber across its front page: George C. Boyd, alias D. Percefull, an escaped convict, still at large.
100 years ago in Spokane: Suffragists in the city celebrate ‘the greatest day of history’
Wed., Oct. 21, 2020
Spokane women crowded the Clemmer Theater to celebrate the ratification of nationwide women’s suffrage.
100 years ago in Spokane: Health official warns of ‘dope’ crisis. Plus, the early days of election polling
Tue., Oct. 20, 2020
Major Roy Brown, the medical officer of Fort George Wright, dropped a bombshell at the Spokane Chamber of Commerce meeting.
100 years ago in Spokane: Army recruiters had plans for city’s unemployed
Fri., Oct. 16, 2020
Spokane’s army recruiters had their eyes on the growing throngs of men crowding the employment agencies on Trent and Main avenues.
100 years ago in Spokane: A town that loved wrestling and helping a patient in need
Fri., Oct. 16, 2020
Star wrestler Marin Plestina, The Tarzan of the Mat, continued to dominate local opponents in a series of bouts at the swanky Auditorium Theater.
100 years ago in Spokane: Inside the origins of the Latah Creek Bridge’s name
Thu., Oct. 15, 2020
The new concrete bridge over Latah Creek on West Riverside Avenue was getting a new name: Marne Bridge.
100 years ago in Spokane: Gambling on election results? You bet
Wed., Oct. 14, 2020
Gambling was illegal in cigar stores and just about everywhere else, but one form of betting was apparently not: wagers on the outcome of elections.
100 years ago in Spokane: Fans could fly to football game and be home ‘in time for dinner’
Tue., Oct. 13, 2020
Spokane football fans now had an extra-speedy way to get to the big Washington State College-University of Idaho football game in Moscow.
100 years ago in Spokane: Neighborhood in a tizzy over ‘burglar’ who wasn’t
Fri., Oct. 9, 2020
Neighbors in the Stafford Addition on the South Hill believed they had cornered a burglar.
100 years ago in Spokane: Why a new school’s single-story design was seen as a ‘modern ideal’
Fri., Oct. 9, 2020
The Spokesman-Review printed an architect’s rendering of the soon-to-be-built Hutton School in the Rockwood district.
100 years ago in Spokane: How rocks were expected to have a ‘wholesome effect’ on prisoners
Thu., Oct. 8, 2020
The city planned to establish a rock pile for prisoners.
100 years ago in Spokane: More water power planned for the city as fallout from streetcar crash grows
Wed., Oct. 7, 2020
The Washington Water Power Co. was planning a new power-generating operation at the Spokane River’s upper falls, near Howard Street.
‘The Sound of Spokane’: Symphony celebrates 75 years
Wed., Oct. 7, 2020
Today, the Spokane Symphony celebrates its 75th anniversary. And, although this past year has been less than kind to the symphony, its members continue to draw hope from the countless other trials and tribulations over which they have triumphed during the previous 74.
100 years ago in Spokane: Fashions caused a stir at North Central High School
Tue., Oct. 6, 2020
The North Central High School girls’ league proposed a ban on certain risque fashions, including “French heels and silk waists.”
Locally Writ: Jim Kershner’s ‘The Sound of Spokane’ spotlights the Spokane Symphony
Sat., Oct. 3, 2020
From the time author and columnist Jim Kershner left high school, more than anything, he wanted to write in whatever style and on whatever subject he could. “It's a tough choice to make,” Kershner said, explaining the difficulty writers face in making a living by their work. But he was determined.