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Cheney Enterprise

In the introductory note to a compilation of clippings from the Cheney Enterprise and Cheney Sentinel, J. Orin Oliphant writes:

The Cheney Enterprise was started in Cheney as a weekly newspaper on January 11, 1890. During the following summer it was consolidated with The Cheney Sentinel, and The Cheney Sentinel was retained as the same name of the newspaper issued under the new organization.

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Cheney Enterprise, March 20, 1890

B. Codrington

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer that lists upcoming WCTU conventions, news from Granite Lake, Lance Hills, and the Farmer's Alliance, the passage of the state bill to place the normal in Cheney, and a proposed cheese factory in Cheney.
Cheney Enterprise, March 6, 1890

B. Codrington

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer that includes the White Pledge of purity and a proposal to begin an inquiry on alcohol-related vice in Spokane, news from Granite Lake and the Farmer's Alliance, and Cheney's new postmaster S.C. Cramer.
Cheney Enterprise, February 27, 1890

B. Codrington

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a short note about a gambling raid in Spokane, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union Leader Lucy A. Switzer on the evils of gambling, news from the Farmer's Alliance, a letter to the editor complaining about votes by African Americans for African American candidates, a railroad lawsuit against the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern railroad, and a Cheney fire that burned a two-story building at Main and E, as well as other buildings in six blocks.
Cheney Enterprise, February 20, 1890

B. Codrington

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer about lectures by Dr. Baldwin and Dr. S.N. Davis, a Washington supreme court decision on the territorial incorporation act, a report on livestock by Crab Creek rancher H. E. Parker, and competition between flour mills in Cheney and Spokane.
Cheney Enterprise, August 7, 1890

James Fitzgerald

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer, a letter to the editor trying to fill county vacancies with candidates outside of Spokane, and people who try to get out of paying city taxes.
Cheney Enterprise, July 31, 1890

James Fitzgerald

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer, news from Lance Hills, and the appointment of Cheney Normal School trustees.
Cheney Enterprise, July 24, 1890

James Fitzgerald

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer, and articles on farmer's rights and Cheney's future.
Cheney Enterprise, July 17, 1890

James Fitzgerald

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer, and news from the city council and Farmer's Alliance. Stories about the Northern Pacific Railroad were repeated from the previous issue.
Cheney Enterprise, July 10, 1890

James Fitzgerald

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer titled "Canteen System", a promotional story on the Northern Pacific Railroad, news from Granite Lake and Tucker Prairie, and the Fourth of July celebration in Cheney.
Cheney Enterprise, July 3, 1890

James Fitzgerald

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer titled "Overworked Workers", a meeting of a Spokane area press association, the census, a letter about the Northwest Industrial Exposition in Spokane, and news from Lance Hills.
Cheney Enterprise, June 26, 1890

James Fitzgerald

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer, an editorial questioning a column appearing in the Northwest Tribune about southern sentiments about the union, an article promoting the economic advantages that exist in Cheney and its surroundings, and news from Tucker Prairie, Marshall, and Lance Hills.
Cheney Enterprise, June 19, 1890

James Fitzgerald

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer, an appeal to create a city jail, a report from the mayor, a letter from the Farmer's Alliance, and news from the city council.
Cheney Enterprise, May 22, 1890

James Fitzgerald

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer about parenting, farm unions, a portrait of Cheney form Northwest Magazine, and city council news.
Cheney Enterprise, May 8, 1890

James Fitzgerald

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer, an article summarizing Cheney's challenging past and promising future, news from the Farmer's Alliance and the city council, and the resignation of Mayor Garrettson.
Cheney Enterprise, May 1, 1890

James Fitzgerald

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer about a child who wants to use candy money to buy cigarettes, news from Marshall, the Farmer's Alliance, Stevens, and Granite Lake, and a WCTU meeting in Colfax.
Cheney Enterprise, April 24, 1890

James Fitzgerald

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer, news from Deep Creek Falls and Marshall, an update from the Farmer's Alliance, news on the city councils agreement with the local electric company, and a fire that burned down the Elite restaurant and the Oakes residence.
Cheney Enterprise, April 17, 1890

B. Codrington

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer that includes a summary of a meeting in Spokane, a letter from the Farmer's Alliance, a letter to the editor about a need for another bank in Cheney, and a rail line from Latah to Cheney.
Cheney Enterprise, April 10, 1890

B. Codrington

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer that includes a resolution by the local chapter against several manners of vice particularly on the part of grown men, news from Deep Creek Falls, a Snake River fruit growers association, the goings on of the Washington state senate, and the police docket, which includes violations related to "aimless wanderers" arriving on freight trains.
Cheney Enterprise, March 27, 1890

B. Codrington

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer, news from Deep Creek Falls, a letter to the editor from the Farmer's Alliance, a story on eastern Washington soil, the passage of a bill to locate the Washington state normal school in Cheney due to efforts by Senator Watt and others.
Cheney Enterprise, February 13, 1890

B. Codrington

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer about newspapers that support prohibition, news from Lance Hills, Granite Lake, and Deep Creek Falls. the potential successor of Post Master Harris, and the proposed electrification of Cheney.
Cheney Enterprise, February 6, 1890

B. Codrington

Amongst the many news items in this issue are a listing of prices from the Portland Market, a column by Women's Christian Temperance Union leader Lucy A. Switzer, the Granite Lake school district, the Farmers Alliance, a message from the Cheney mayor about his recent election, and a proposed state science college in Spokane.