Dr. Phillips
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- Nov 16, 1907A Young Man's Last Ride: Edward Kowald and the Cost of Hopping FreightEdward Kowald, 23, tried to hop a freight to Newport after quitting work at Penrith. He fell, lost both legs, and died the next morning—joking with friends until the end.Newport, WA
- Nov 29, 1907A Fall in the Kennedy MillFloyd More was repairing machinery at the Kennedy mill in Dalkena when he fell and shattered his leg — a routine catastrophe in a trade with no safety net.Dalkena, WA
- Feb 6, 1908Fifteen Years, Rate Caps and a Free Phone: Newport Bargains With the Telephone CompanyThe city council cut a proposed 35-year franchise down to 15, capped rates at $1.50 for a two-party line, demanded a free city phone and reserved wire space on every pole.Newport, WA
- Feb 13, 1908The Axe Slip That May Have Cost a Newport Boy His FootWill Scott, 15, was helping his father at a Jackson wood camp near Penrith when the axe glanced from a log, severing cords and crushing bone in his foot. Dr. Phillips dressed the wound.Newport, WA
- Sep 17, 1908The Electric Company Cut His Lights—Now It’s Due in CourtDr. Phillips says Northern Electric refused to restore service at his office despite his offer to pay the ordinance rate. A Colville judge will hear the case Sept. 21.Newport, WA
- Oct 15, 1908Found Dead in the Cabin at Downs' LandingA well-known Pend Oreille River pioneer dies of carbolic acid, leaving a sleeping lumberjack, a neighbor who discovered the body, and a brother who insisted it was an accident.Newport, WA
- Oct 15, 1908Two Gun Mishaps in One Week Leave Newport Men WoundedA hunter swapping rifles and a 10-year-old boy with a .22 both shot themselves in the foot. Both were brought to Newport for treatment.Newport, WA
- Oct 22, 1908Sixty Houses in One SeasonNewport's 1908 ledger of construction: sixty residences raised or under way, a three-story hotel foundation at Washington and Second, and a lumber mill going up across the river.Newport, WA
- Nov 5, 1908The Hook Slipped: A Scaler Killed Two Miles From NewportJames Wall, 50, was loading logs for the Panhandle Lumber Co. when a heavy log fell and fractured his skull. He lived only five minutes.Newport, WA
- Dec 10, 1908A Panic Year Boom: Newport Built Through Hard TimesDespite a national financial panic, Newport added 87 homes, six concrete business blocks, new depots, churches, and a reshaped downtown—proud evidence of a town betting on itself.Washington Avenue, Newport, WA
- Dec 31, 1908A Rancher Found on the Riverbank—and a Family That Suspected MurderThomas Johnston was found dead near Blueslide in December 1908. A justice's inquest blamed exposure; his relatives demanded a second look, and a postmortem found no broken neck.Blueslide, WA
- Mar 11, 1909The Tattooed Stranger in Fifteen Inches of WaterA man is found drowned in a shallow slough near the Little Spokane River. No wallet, no name—only tattoos, a pocket comb, and an old razor blade.Newport, WA
- Mar 18, 1909Two Men Crushed in a Railroad Cut — and Fifteen Walked Off the JobA 35-foot construction cut collapsed at Gilbert Brandt's camp opposite LeClerc Creek, killing Otto Blad and Gus Nelson and injuring two others.Newport, WA
- Aug 12, 1909Ten Cases of Diphtheria and Four Homes Under QuarantineIn August 1909, Newport’s health officer counted about ten diphtheria cases, quarantined four households, and waited on antitoxin from the State Board of Health.Newport, WA
- Oct 28, 1909Diphtheria Shuts Newport’s Schools and ChurchesCity health officer orders classrooms, congregations and public gatherings closed as ten homes are quarantined; a teacher is among the sick.Newport, WA
- Dec 9, 1909A Heroic Rescue in the WildernessAfter a tragic hunting accident, six homesteaders carry a wounded youth nine miles through sleet and snow to reach medical help.Blueslide, WA
- Feb 3, 1910Smallpox Scare Hits NewportA logging camp worker arrives in town carrying a contagious disease, forcing the city to confront the need for a pest house.Newport, WA
- Mar 17, 1910The Bullet That Vanished in the HospitalA loaded .22 goes off in a Newport hospital room, and the bullet disappears—X-rays suggest Mrs. France swallowed it.Newport, WA