News from the Inland Empire

The Famous Glen Tana Farm

NW

Coming over the hill, 32 year old young Tom Griffith saw a magical scene in front of him.

The Little Spokane River twisted and turned through grasses and marshes. 

On both sides of the river were bluffs set back some distance....

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The City Milk War Starts

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 "Spokane has the lowest price for milk of any city in the northwest." 

"The Inland Empire Dairy Producers Association has announced a price increase from $2.35 to $2.85 a hundred pounds"  said Frank Martin, president of the Hazelwood Farms and...

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Wongs Chinese Restaurant

NW

 Come to Wongs

Finest roast duck, chop suey

Won Ton Soup, pork rolls

Sprague Avenue, 2 doors west of Howard

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Destitution and Consumption

NW

Tuesday afternoon a woman died in one of the small houses in the southwest part of the city of that terrible disease -  consumption. 

The disease starts with a chronic cough filled with blood containing mucous.  There is a high fever,...

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Varsity Girl Is A Box Rustler

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Montana Student jailed Here With Her Paramour.

Maude Bryan, age 21, recently a student at the University of Montana at Missoula, has been arrested yesterday morning for unlawfully living with Roy Holt, a 19 year old boy.

She declared while waiting in...

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The Village’s First Sewer System

NW

September 19, 1886

The city is constructing their first sewer system.  It starts at Howard and Front Streets, runs south on Howard to Riverside, and then west on Riverside until it meets the mill at the river.

Planning

The project is being supervised...

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