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  1. The Boycott of the 'Stage Irishman': Spokane’s Hibernians Take on Theater

    In November 1902, a local committee from the Ancient Order of Hibernians launched an organized campaign to banish caricatures of the Irish race from Spokane stages, threatening boycotts against any theater company that dared to perform them.

    Nov 8, 1902The Spokane PressMain Avenue, Spokane, Spokane CountyExclusion & Resistance

  2. Five Years of Waiting: The Silver Rush That Never Was

    Spokane’s mining elite face a bureaucratic delay that threatens to stall fortunes built on the promise of the Spokane Indian Reservation's mineral wealth.

    Nov 10, 1902The Spokane PressSpokane, Spokane CountyExclusion & Resistance

  3. The End of the Road for the 'Manitot' Bunco Ring

    After weeks of shadowing, Spokane detectives cornered three notorious confidence men in a hotel room, closing the book on a string of swindles that had plagued the city.

    Nov 13, 1902The Spokane PressSpokane, Spokane CountyTrue Crime

  4. The Art of Survival: A Spokane Woman’s Fight Against Her Husband’s Cruelty

    In a case drawing attention from Hillyard to the city courts, Maud Coverly accuses her husband of starvation tactics and physical abuse, revealing the precarious legal standing of working women in 1902.

    Nov 11, 1902The Spokane PressHillyard, Spokane, Spokane CountyScandal

  5. The Mayor’s Labor Pact: How Organized Labor Bought Spokane’s City Hall

    Mayor Byrne opens up about the 'organized labor' machine that secured his election and warns of a looming anti-Republican coalition in Washington State.

    Nov 11, 1902The Spokane PressSpokane, Spokane CountyCity Hall

  6. The 50-Year Marriage That Defied Poverty: A Spokane Woman’s Quest for Work

    When a rural Washington couple faced ruin from debt and injury, the wife took a train to Spokane with nothing but her satchel and a fierce determination to earn her keep.

    Nov 10, 1902The Spokane PressSpokane, Spokane CountyWork & Pay · Strange But True

  7. The Bunco King of Riverside Avenue

    A Wisconsin farmer falls for a classic card-sharping trap in downtown Spokane, while local firemen demand more pay for shoveling coal.

    Nov 10, 1902The Spokane PressRiverside Avenue, Spokane, Spokane CountyWork & Pay · True Crime

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