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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 12 |
| 1858 | 5 |
| 1859 | 7 |
| 1860 | 6 |
| 1861 | 21 |
| 1862 | 11 |
| 1863 | 7 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1865 | 2 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 21 |
| 1876 | 120 |
| 1877 | 81 |
| 1878 | 81 |
| 1879 | 11 |
| 1880 | 23 |
| 1882 | 20 |
| 1883 | 125 |
| 1884 | 71 |
| 1885 | 130 |
| 1886 | 62 |
| 1887 | 73 |
| 1888 | 75 |
| 1889 | 161 |
| 1890 | 28 |
| 1891 | 136 |
| 1892 | 377 |
| 1893 | 306 |
| 1894 | 324 |
| 1895 | 423 |
| 1897 | 7 |
| 1898 | 24 |
| 1899 | 61 |
| 1900 | 13 |
| 1902 | 11 |
| 1903 | 114 |
| 1904 | 95 |
| 1905 | 4 |
| 1907 | 7 |
| 1908 | 43 |
| 1909 | 110 |
| 1910 | 25 |
| 1911 | 6 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 18 |
| 1915 | 12 |
| 1916 | 22 |
| 1917 | 23 |
| 1918 | 4 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 8 |
| 1924 | 11 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1928 | 5 |
| 1929 | 4 |
7 stories matching name
- Two Caucuses, One Name, and a New Newport Party
After rival caucuses claimed the same ballot name, Newport's People's Progressive Party met at Judge D. R. Lusher's office and nominated a full municipal ticket for December.
- A Poisoner Walked Chewelah by Night, and Twenty Dogs Never Came Home
Poisoned meat was scattered indiscriminately through town on a Friday night. Fourteen dogs were dead by the next noon, nearly twenty by Sunday morning, and the owners put up a reward for a culprit who was never named.
- Horrific Industrial Accident Near 15th and Dock Street
A man is struck by a Northern Pacific engine and suffers a severed leg while watching a separate engine approach.
- The Great Buggy Heist of Stevens County
Ten horse-drawn rigs were stolen in Spokane and scattered across the countryside, leading to a swift manhunt near Addy.
- The Launch of the Colville Examiner
A newly formed publishing cooperative pledges to keep printing local and challenge the status quo in Stevens County.
- Two Caucuses, One Town, and a Fight Over Water
A planned Citizens' Independent caucus split into rival meetings, producing two tickets and a resolution that candidates oppose the town's pending water-rights purchase.
- Fired Railroad Workers Were Paid in Paper—So Their Lawyer Sued
After the Idaho Washington Northern let go 26 men, it handed them orders for time certificates instead of cash. Newport's courts became the battleground.