Recent stories by Jim

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 22, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives. 100 years ago A north Yakima policewoman proposed a city ordinance barring Yakima residents from doing, for instance, the turkey trot.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 20, 2012 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago The body of Antone Warger, 66, a Spokane landscape gardener, was discovered May 13, 1912, washed up at Seven Mile Bridge on the Spokane …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 19, 2012 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 50 years ago A float in the 1962 Lilac Festival-Armed Forces Parade featured a fire-breathing dragon – maybe a little too fire-breathing.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 18, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago A pair of Spokane boys, Martin Denine and Glen Hemingway, hauled their home-built biplane to the top of a hill near Millwood and made …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 17, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago The American flag and the “red flag” of the Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World) were creating controversy in Spokane in two different ways.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 16, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago The recently fired county physician for Spokane County appeared before the county commissioners and said he intended to “fight you to the finish.”

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 15, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 75 years ago The “fastest bomber in the world” was at Spokane’s Felts Field en route to Langley, Va.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 14, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 75 years ago A detective was amazed to see a man walking down Trent Avenue carrying a load that only Superman could manage.

• By end of ‘Annie,’ theater hopes to find rescued dog a home

  May 13, 2012 in Features on Page D1 There are two stars in the Spokane Civic Theatre’s upcoming production of “Annie.” Both are cute, both have adorable curls, both are talented vocalizers – but only one was rescued …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 13, 2012 in Idaho on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago Spokane’s female teachers were asked what they thought of a controversial proposal at Wellesley College to fine college girls who refused to “cut out …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 12, 2012 in Idaho on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago Harold Stanley, a well-known resident of Opportunity, was fed up with a neighborhood cat raiding his henhouse. So he chased the cat under a …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 11, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Two Colville tribal chiefs returned from a trip to Washington, D.C., where they asked for – and received, in some cases – help with …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 10, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Spokane’s postmaster made a shocking announcement: Sunday mail delivery would be halted.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 9, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Paul Worst, 26, the proprietor of the Lidgerwood Pharmacy, carefully removed his coat and hat, placed them on the Post Street bridge, climbed over …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 8, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago A Spokane man bought a pistol from a secondhand store and used it to shoot a hotel landlady in what he claimed was self-defense.

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 7, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 50 years ago The Greater Spokane Music and Allied Arts Festival (which has evolved into today’s Musicfest Northwest) was in its 17th year in 1962. It opened …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 6, 2012 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago The Rev. Fred Taylor of the Olivet Baptist Church gave his sermon on the evils of swearing. He said it was becoming impossible to …

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 5, 2012 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago Chinese girls were being sold in the U.S. for $800 as “domestic slaves,” according to testimony in a Spokane courtroom. 1

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 4, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Spokane merchants and manufacturers were elated over the success of “Home Industry Week,” which is what today we would call “Buying Local Week.”

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  May 3, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Spirit Lake, Idaho, announced that it would hold the Spirit Lake Chautauqua in the summer of 1912 – a Chautauqua being a cross between …

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