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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1872 | 7 |
| 1876 | 27 |
| 1877 | 26 |
| 1878 | 7 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 7 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 24 |
| 1884 | 11 |
| 1885 | 12 |
| 1886 | 6 |
| 1887 | 11 |
| 1888 | 11 |
| 1889 | 38 |
| 1890 | 3 |
| 1891 | 42 |
| 1892 | 48 |
| 1893 | 49 |
| 1894 | 48 |
| 1895 | 94 |
| 1897 | 7 |
| 1898 | 18 |
| 1899 | 19 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 32 |
| 1904 | 20 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 12 |
| 1909 | 34 |
| 1910 | 8 |
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 9 |
| 1915 | 13 |
| 1916 | 22 |
| 1917 | 9 |
| 1918 | 3 |
| 1923 | 8 |
| 1924 | 5 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1928 | 2 |
| 1929 | 1 |
12 stories matching experiment
- The Mystery of the Apple-Boring Wasp
An entomologist from Pullman descends on Lynden to investigate a bizarre fruit-eating worm that defies known science.
- Luther Burbank's Berry Finds a Home in Lynden
Local gardener V. S. Steinhauer cultivates a hybrid berry developed by the famous botanist Luther Burbank.
- Lost for Days, 'Scotty' Crawls Out of the Metaline Woods
A young hunter loses his way near Sullivan Lake and survives on luck, hunters, and sheer endurance—shoes worn through and fingernails down to the quick.
- The Outsider Candidate Fighting the Political Ring
Frank W. Bixby of Lynden emerges as a reform-minded candidate for prosecuting attorney, bucking against established county political machines.
- The Steamboat That Played Tow Truck at Blueslide
When a touring car couldn't climb one of the worst grades in the district, Captain Stewart rigged a tackle to the steamer Spokane and hauled it up.
- 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.
- An Engineer Bets Newport Could Rival Spokane
A Spokane mining engineer reports on the Bead Lake and Conquest claims, arguing that capital, a concentrator and a five-mile rail spur could turn a dormant district into Newport’s future.
- A Photograph Was Not a Crime: Newport Candidates Beat Back a Newspaper's Bid to Rule Them Off the Ballot
When the Colville Statesman-Index declared two Newport men disqualified for running photo advertisements under the new direct primary law, Dr. G. W. Sutherland wrote the attorney general — and came back with a ruling that the law said no such thing.
- The Nancy Comes to the Pend d'Oreille
A fast gasoline launch purchased in Portland will run daily between Metaline and Newport, promising same-day connections to Spokane.
- The Judge, the Primary, and the Socialist Scare
A Newport lawyer begs Stevens County voters to put judicial fitness above party—then a Chewelah paper warns that Socialists could capture the superior court.
- 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.
- 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.