A. Ray Williams
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- Jan 30, 1908Newport Merchants Agree to Close at 6:30 — and Fine Themselves $50 If They Don’tIn 1908, local shopkeepers signed a pact to shorten business hours, hoping clerks and owners alike could finally take part in public life. Violators owed $50 to the Commercial Club.Newport, WA
- Mar 4, 1909Safe Cracked, Bloodhounds Baffled in Newport BurglaryThieves work a safe for $100 in gold and currency, then vanish toward Halford addition despite a packed manhunt.Newport, WA
- May 13, 1909The Marked Five-Dollar Bill That Unmasked a 'Good Citizen'A trusted expressman caught by a trap bill confessed to a March safe robbery — and a man his friends thought beyond reproach was sentenced to up to fourteen years.Newport, WA
- Jun 24, 1909Newport Will Vote on Going DryA Baptist church meeting launches a petition drive to put local option before Newport's 210 electors on September 7, 1909.Newport, WA