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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1907 | 21 |
| 1908 | 187 |
| 1909 | 197 |
| 1910 | 107 |
512 stories
- A Circus Train Wrecked on the Grade Near Newport
A switch engine pushing a loaded boxcar crashed head-on into the Campbell Brothers' circus train between Ione and Grange City, wrecking three cars and killing the show's horses.
- Fifty Citizens Ask the Railroad to Let Them Cross Their Own Main Street
Newport's council petitions the Great Northern to open Fourth Street over its tracks — but the company's prior right-of-way may make a condemnation suit the only way through.
- A Mine, a Mystery Blast, and $20,000 to Find Out What's Down There
The Conquest mine pumps out its flooded lower workings and bets big on a new season of development — but a strange underground explosion nearly knocks the crew off its feet.
- The Railroad That Became a Levee
Property owners along the Calispel petition to join Diking District No. 2, where a rail embankment and a concrete culvert will hold back the Pend Oreille and reclaim a swath of farmland.
- An Axe Slip in the Timber
A lumberjack working a mile and a half from the Clark Saddler camp fell onto his axe, suffering a deep scalp wound and a severe hemorrhage. Dr. Boudwin patched him up, and by Wednesday he was back at camp.
- The Maid of Honour, Nine Years Later
Anna Peterson stood at Myron Spath's first wedding. Now she came to Newport to marry the groom herself — and he failed to arrive.
- A Freight Train Chases Three Horses Into Newport
One of Ed G. Harris's horses is struck near Hardscrabble, then driven miles into town by an eastbound freight before City Marshal Jenne puts the injured animal down.
- A Steamboat Arrives by Rail: Newport's New River Excursion Queen
A $35,000 steamer, built in Portland and shipped knocked-down by rail, would run daily excursions from Newport to Box Canyon.
- Newport Builds Its Way to the Water — One Petition at a Time
Rail engineers run spur lines to the Pend d'Oreille River Navigation Co. docks while the Commercial Club passes the hat for lumber to extend a sidewalk down Pine Street to the Idaho line.
- A Palace on Rails Arrives in Newport
Idaho Washington Northern's new Pullman coaches—steam-heated, electric-lit and brass-trimmed—began service out of Newport, promising a new through line to Spokane.
- The County Seat Crowd Had Already Picked Its Winners
Colville's paper publishes the Republican slate for 1908, and Newport notices that the west side of Stevens County is once again after everything in sight.
- The Valley That Wanted the Railroad Bad Enough to Move It
Calispel Valley landowners planned to meet Idaho & Washington Northern officials at Spirit Lake to argue that the new line should run up the west side of the Pend d’Oreille, not the east.
- The Town Hauls the Groom Home on a Baggage Truck
Charles Bell slipped off to Spokane to marry quietly. Two hundred neighbors had other plans — and a mule, cowbells and a slasher saw.
- Five Minutes Through Box Canyon
The launch Nancy sets a river record while the Metaline returns with a new boiler and Newport's waterfront hums with new boats and schedules.
- The Opera House Gets Moved for a Concrete Block
H. M. Lund will replace Newport's Opera House with a two-story reinforced-concrete hardware store, while the old theater is sold and rolled north on Washington Avenue.
- The Ione Is Coming: Newport Builds the River's Largest Excursion Steamer
Material arrives for a 135-foot, 400-passenger steamer as Pend d'Oreille River travel booms and promoters dream of tourists.
- The Riverfront Gets Rearranged for the Railroad
Houses are moved, cedar poles shifted, and the Idaho & Washington Northern prepares to start its loop through Newport’s old riverfront.
- Newport Residents Band Together to Establish Public Library
A group of civic-minded citizens incorporates a library association, elects trustees, and seeks city hall space for a free public library.
- The Newport Hardware Man Who Went Through Johnstown — and Kept the River Mud to Prove It
In his store window, E. E. Reid displays a gilded St. George torn from a clock and a rocking chair pulled from the 1889 Johnstown flood — silt still hardened in the crevices — and jokes that he is still selling hardware because the flood only went through him, not over him.
- New Owner, New Wires: Newport Telephone Service Gets an Upgrade
After selling the local telephone line to Mr. Anderson, Newport sees longer hours and a new central office planned for the Antler Hotel's former sample room.
- High Water on the Pend Oreille
Spring runoff threatens Newport's ferry, scatters log rafts and tests the piers at Jurgens boom while boatbuilders race to float the Ruth.
- A Church Built of Cement Blocks and Small-Town Pride
Hope Congregational Church dedicated its new $7,400 edifice, filled the pews, and raised $1,200 on the spot to pay down the debt.
- A Warning Ignored, a Blast That Broke Four Ribs
A Great Northern worker was badly injured near Newport when a heavy blast threw a rock into his chest, despite warnings to move.
- A Railroad Asks Newport to Vacate Streets—and Promises to Give Them Back
The Idaho & Washington Northern offered a written pledge to reopen any street or alley on 30 days’ notice as the council weighed a deal for new freight yards.
- A Wagon Road Debt Comes Due at the Ballot Box
Stevens County Republicans begin to field a slate, and A. W. McMorran's defense of the Newport-Orient road makes him the local favorite for re-election.