Commercial Club of Newport
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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
- Oct 14, 1909Newport to Great Northern: Where Is Our Depot?Newport's Commercial Club tells state regulators that promised Great Northern depot improvements have stalled—and that the new fast mail train now rushes past too quickly to load the mail.Newport, WA
- Jul 7, 1910The Railroad's Traveling Salesman for the Whole NorthwestA Great Northern exhibition car of grains, grasses and fruit photographs drew hundreds in Newport — and will head east again to sell the Pend Oreille valley to the nation.Newport, WA