Same Streets
Create accountJoin

Research the archive

Narrow 25,688 newspaper stories by words, years, place, newspaper and subject. See when and where they ran, then download what you find.

Put a phrase in quotes ("rent strike") or leave a word out with a minus (strike -baseball). Old scans misspell names, so when little is found, near-spellings are offered.

Refine1 on
Published
Clear all
When they were publishedBusiest year 1883, 4 stories. Pick a year or a decade to narrow to it.
1860s1870s1880s1890s1900s1910s1920s
Show the numbers
YearStories
18834

4 stories matching split

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:splitter, splice, splint, splitcheck, splicer, slit

  1. Spokane Falls Denounces the Legislator Who Would Keep the County Whole

    At Cannon's Hall, citizens passed resolutions demanding that the Territorial Legislature ignore Jacob Stitzel and split Spokane County in two.

    Oct 27, 1883Spokane Falls ReviewSpokane, Spokane CountyCity Hall

  2. The Stolen Petition That Could Have Split Spokane County

    In 1883, a push to carve a new county out of Spokane turned ugly when a 350-name petition vanished from a Howard Street law office.

    Oct 6, 1883Spokane Falls ReviewSpokane, Spokane CountyCity Hall

  3. A Petition Vanishes and the Fight to Carve Up Spokane County Turns Nasty

    As Olympia weighs a bill to split off the new 'Sprague County,' Spokane Falls editors cry foul over a petition with 300 names that disappeared from an office — and defend a rival editor accused of inventing the theft.

    Oct 20, 1883Spokane Falls ReviewSpokane, Spokane CountyCity Hall

  4. Drawing the Lines of a New City

    A called council meeting in September 1883 redrew Spokane Falls’s boundaries, split it into four wards, and argued over who would elect the city’s officers.

    Sep 22, 1883Spokane Falls ReviewSpokane, Spokane CountyCity Hall

Download all 4 as a spreadsheet (CSV)