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| Year | Stories |
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| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 4 |
| 1909 | 3 |
| 1910 | 2 |
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- The Man Behind Newport's Electric Lights
A Chicago utility magnate's company invests $100,000 to bring electric power to Newport, promising modern service at fair rates.
- Two Telephone Companies Race to Wire the Pend Oreille Valley
Newport expected telephone connection to Metaline and the Calispel country in 1908, with two companies promising to build the line.
- A Niagara-Scale Power Play Comes to Newport
A Spokane-backed electric company takes over Newport's service, seeks a city franchise, and eyes 75,000 horsepower at Cabinet Gorge.
- Three Chicago Banks Vouch for the Company Buying Newport's Power
As the Northern Electric Co. takes a 60-year franchise on local water power and electric light, the Miner prints its references — and a Chicago bond man cheerfully describes the firm 'invading your territory.'
- Newport Saloon Owners Sue the Railroad That Remade Their Street
John Koch and Max Weinkauff say the Idaho Washington Northern turned Fourth Street from a business center into a smoky, obstructed nuisance—and they want $10,000.
- Newport Switches On Its Electric Night
After months of waiting on parts, the town's new $5,000 street-lighting system blazes to life — eight 2,000-candlepower arc lights and 26 tungsten incandescents, billed to the city at $82.50 a month.
- Newport's Water-Land Lease Fight Heads to the Voters
Ahead of the Dec. 3, 1907, municipal election, the Citizens' Independent Party asks whether the city should spend public money to defend a controversial 99-year lease on the Carter water land.
- Newport’s Railroad Future Takes Shape in a $150,000 Yard
The Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad unveils plans for terminal yards, depots, switches and a loop through old and new Newport—and west-side farmers lobby for the line down the Calispel valley.
- Newport Council Digs In Against Electric Company's Meter Rates
A 25-year steam-heating franchise request collides with a fight over streetlight bills and what the town can afford.
- Newport's Telephone Revolution: A 600-Line Exchange Built for Growth
A Wisconsin telephone man bought out the old exchange, discarded it, and spent $11,000 to give Newport one of the most modern switchboards in the Northwest.