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4 stories matching competit
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:competitor, compet, compel, compeer, compens, comp
- Lynden Prepares for a Massive Community Picnic
A multi-band parade, athletic contests, and the installation of a giant wooden axe are set to draw a massive crowd of excursionists from Bellingham.
- Fidelity Lumber Says the Mill Will Rise This Summer
A 25-million-foot sawmill across the Pend Oreille, a Great Northern spur, and a cable ferry: Newport's timber future looked certain in 1908.
- The Pend d'Oreille Valley Sells Itself as the Next Fruit Country
A Spokane Chronicle report touted Stevens County fruit, $10-an-acre land, and a new railroad from Newport to the Metaline mines—and predicted a land rush.
- Five Million Apples and a Telegraph From Roosevelt
In December 1908, Spokane promised 80,000 square feet of fruit, international prizes and a presidential telegraph—all to crown itself the apple capital of the world.