Security State Bank
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- Apr 16, 1908A Banker's Last Note: G. S. Thomas Dies by Poison in a Spokane HotelThe cashier of Newport's First State Bank was found dead in the Colonial Hotel after months of strain over the bank's suspended payments and last-minute sale.Spokane, WA
- Jul 23, 1908Newport Bets $12,000 on a Concrete Hotel — and a Street of New HomesA three-story, thirty-room hotel at Washington and Second leads a summer building rush that will remake several Newport blocks.Newport, WA
- Jan 21, 1909Kansas Lumbermen Buy the Eagle Mill and Bet on NewportMoeser Bros. of Topeka take over the idle sawmill south of the Great Northern depot, promising a planing mill, timber holdings and a steady run.Newport, WA
- Jun 3, 1909The Gray-Haired Con Man Who Left Newport's Saloons Holding Bad PaperPosing as a copper-company man with money in local banks, William Andrew cashed worthless checks across Newport and Sandpoint—then vanished before anyone could collect.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
- Dec 2, 1909Two Tickets, One Town, and the Question of Who Can Run a TreasuryWith the saloon fight settled by local option, Newport's December 7 municipal election turns on competence: bank cashier F. C. Krause against former Wisconsin mayor M. Fox, with both parties pledging to enforce the dry law and straighten out the town's tangled finances.Newport Town Hall, Newport, WA
- Jun 23, 1910A Bank Buys the Corner — and Newport's Frontage Keeps ClimbingThe Security State Bank pays around $4,000 for the McMorran corner at Washington Avenue and Third, planning a brick building and proving that inside business property here only goes up.Newport, WA