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100 years ago in Spokane: Jilted husband-to-be files lawsuit against woman who scorned him

Mon., Jan. 18, 2021

County clerks believed that “this was the first case ever filed in Spokane County where a man seeks damages from a woman for breach of a marriage promise.”

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.

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: U.S. Marshal’s 16-year-old son back home after joining Navy using false information

Tue., Jan. 12, 2021

Ralph Miguel McGovern, son of the U.S. Marshal in Spokane, was brimming with patriotism and a “desire to see the world.” So he made plans to join the U.S. Navy.

100 years ago in Spokane: Canadian man tries to pass forged check under baseball star’s name

Mon., Jan. 11, 2021

Under questioning, the man who contested he was Jimmy Ring, a star pitcher for the Cincinnati baseball team, could not name where his team played.

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: Roosevelt Hotel landlady arrested after drunken lumberjack escapades

Mon., Jan. 4, 2021

Jennie Sparby, the hotel landlady who presided over Spokane’s wildest holiday party, was facing prison time after she was convicted of three liquor charges.

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 today: Crime was on the rise in Spokane

Tue., Dec. 29, 2020

100 years ago in Spokane: After 1919 flu pandemic, theater attendance skyrockets in Spokane

Mon., Dec. 28, 2020

The city’s theater managers released statistics showing that attendance totaled 5.8 million for 1920. This total included vaudeville theaters, stock theaters (plays) and movie theaters.