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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 9 |
| 1858 | 11 |
| 1859 | 16 |
| 1860 | 6 |
| 1861 | 22 |
| 1862 | 14 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1872 | 24 |
| 1876 | 90 |
| 1877 | 73 |
| 1878 | 46 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 28 |
| 1882 | 15 |
| 1883 | 124 |
| 1884 | 75 |
| 1885 | 126 |
| 1886 | 82 |
| 1887 | 80 |
| 1888 | 66 |
| 1889 | 198 |
| 1890 | 31 |
| 1891 | 172 |
| 1892 | 383 |
| 1893 | 389 |
| 1894 | 400 |
| 1895 | 445 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 16 |
| 1898 | 33 |
| 1899 | 100 |
| 1900 | 12 |
| 1902 | 8 |
| 1903 | 183 |
| 1904 | 159 |
| 1905 | 15 |
| 1907 | 7 |
| 1908 | 71 |
| 1909 | 183 |
| 1910 | 60 |
| 1911 | 27 |
| 1912 | 8 |
| 1914 | 35 |
| 1915 | 30 |
| 1916 | 55 |
| 1917 | 30 |
| 1918 | 9 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 17 |
| 1924 | 19 |
| 1925 | 8 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 2 |
7 stories matching report
- The Postmistress Who Handled the Mail Through Smallpox
An outbreak at Maud sickened about fifteen families, exposed the mail, and brought a special quarantine officer to town in the winter of 1907–08.
- An Editor's Grump at the Panic of 1907
Amid a national financial collapse, a local newspaper editor offers a biting critique of 'high finance' and presidential rhetoric.
- Newport's $300 City Hall Was a Secondhand Newspaper Office
The council accepted the Idaho Washington Northern's offer of the old Miner building, then appointed a committee to move it to Washington Avenue for use as fire apparatus storage, council chambers and police court.
- A Railroad Wins the Right to Run—and a Neighbor Says It Cost Him 60%
A judge suspended an injunction against the Idaho Washington Northern Railway, clearing freight service into Newport as a property owner blamed the new tracks for wiping out most of his land's value.
- A $35,000 Sternwheeler Will Turn the Pend d'Oreille Into Newport's Excursion Stage
A luxurious new tow-and-excursion boat, built in Portland and shipped knocked down to Newport, promised river trips, towing power, and free advertising for the valley.
- 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.
- A Mining Boom Bites at the Metalines
New concentrators, a wagon road, a rich strike and a $1.5 million company put Newport at the center of a swelling lead-and-silver rush.