M. M. Sammons
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- Nov 29, 1907Fired Railroad Workers Were Paid in Paper—So Their Lawyer SuedAfter the Idaho Washington Northern let go 26 men, it handed them orders for time certificates instead of cash. Newport's courts became the battleground.Newport, WA
- Jun 4, 1908A Packed Council Chamber, a Railroad Franchise, and a Fight Over Public StreetsNewport's city council meeting drew a standing-room crowd as aldermen tangled over an Idaho Washington Northern street-vacation request, a conflict-of-interest accusation, saloon licenses, and an electric-light contract.Newport, WA
- Jun 11, 1908The Railroad Wanted the Streets. The Nagles Wanted Compensation.Newport's council granted the Idaho & Washington Northern a franchise through Second and Third streets while Philip and Mary Nagle warned it would damage their property. A letter from M. M. Sammons also pressed the railroad to donate ten acres for a public park.Newport, WA
- Oct 29, 1908The Saloon Men Had a Precinct MapA liquor-dealers' lodge in Stevens County picked its candidates and funded paid workers at every precinct—openly—in 1908.Colville, WA
- Nov 26, 1908Seventeen Citizens Pick an Entire City TicketTwo caucuses, seventeen voters and a third ballot to break a tie: Newport's parties choose their men for council and treasurer in a campaign almost nobody seems to care about.Newport, WA
- Apr 21, 1910A Sunday Train Ride Saved the Family, but Not Their HouseThe Sammons home in north Newport burned to the ground while the family was already aboard a train for a day trip; insurance covered barely half the loss.Newport, WA