Newport Telephone Co.
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- Oct 1, 1908Newport's Fire Alarm Was a Church Bell—Until It MovedWhen the Congregational church bell left its old belfry, Newport lost the only way to sound a fire alarm. A telephone company offered a $100 fix.Newport, WA
- Dec 17, 1908Three Wires Over the Pend OreilleNewport's phone company suspends steel wire across the river to the Fidelity mill, clearing steamboat stacks by 50 feet.Newport, WA
- Apr 8, 1909Town Says No to the Fire Alarm, So the Telephone Man Hoists It Up the City Hall Tower HimselfNewport declined to keep the trial alarm Manager Anderson installed. He couldn't ship it back, so he bolted it to the City Hall tower and handed the town a free one anyway.Newport City Hall, Newport, WA
- May 13, 1909Usk Sells Its First Lots as a New Town Rises on the Pend OreillePromoters unload $8,000 in lots on opening day as Newport businesses buy in; a lumber yard, bank, telephone line and hotel follow.Usk, WA
- May 20, 1909A Battery Factory in the Pines: Newport Bets Its Future on Dry CellsOne of only two dry-cell battery plants west of the Mississippi opens in Newport, promising 25 jobs by September and a thousand cells a day by fall.Newport, WA
- Jul 8, 1909The Day Newport Showed Off: Fourth of July, 1909A rain-threatened holiday still drew crowds for an industrial parade, patriotic speeches, baseball, log-rolling and a dance—without a single arrest.Washington Avenue, Newport, WA
- Nov 18, 1909A Sudden Freeze Caught Newport With Its Pipes Down — and Its Engines TooThe first hard cold of November burst water pipes, temporarily shut the Jurgens mill and damaged gasoline engines at the telephone office and The Miner.Newport, WA