100 years ago in Spokane: The city's 'boy bachelor of the Senate' was sick of the obsession over his love life
Wed., March 22, 2023 (Spokane Daily Chronicle archives) The 'society maids of Washington, D.C.,' had their sights set on a new target: the U.S. sen...
Wed., March 22, 2023 (Spokane Daily Chronicle archives) The 'society maids of Washington, D.C.,' had their sights set on a new target: the U.S. senator from Spokane, C.C. Dill. Or, as the gossip columnists called him, 'the boy bachelor of the Senate.' He was being pursued by women outside of the capital, too. Dill had become 'the object of admiring glances from women all over the country – shy maidens, beautiful society maids, elderly women, yes, and a few widows.' At least, that was the claim of a breathless story on the front page of the Spokane Daily Chronicle.