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| 1877 | 30 |
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- A Tragic Loss for the Women's Relief Corps
The local chapter mourns the death of a member killed in a dynamite explosion while processing a report of illness and community updates.
- Newport Residents Band Together to Establish Public Library
A group of civic-minded citizens incorporates a library association, elects trustees, and seeks city hall space for a free public library.
- Newport Builds Its Way to the Water — One Petition at a Time
Rail engineers run spur lines to the Pend d'Oreille River Navigation Co. docks while the Commercial Club passes the hat for lumber to extend a sidewalk down Pine Street to the Idaho line.
- 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.
- A Lumber Company Builds the Ferry
Fidelity Lumber Co. will take charge of the Pend Oreille crossing after Newport residents pledge $1,000 toward a $2,300 ferry.
- Twenty-Four Miles of Missing Road Between the Mines and the Smelter
Citizens of Northport, Orient and Metaline pay for their own survey, then head to Olympia to ask the legislature for a wagon road that would tie Metaline's ore to a smelter — and Metaline to Newport.
- 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.
- 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 'Non-Partisan' Judgeship Descends Into Mud, Ink and a Socialist Wildcard
Stevens County's race for superior judge turns into open personal warfare between newspaper offices, while a Socialist candidate from Northport quietly builds what his rivals fear is an 800-vote bloc.
- Three Wires Over the Pend Oreille
Newport's phone company suspends steel wire across the river to the Fidelity mill, clearing steamboat stacks by 50 feet.
- Newport Bets on the Railroad
The Idaho & Washington Northern will break ground on a brick passenger station next week, with a freight depot and $75,000 in yard improvements close behind.
- New Steel, New Docks, and a Railroad That Won't Say Which Side of the River
Crews are relaying 102 miles of Great Northern track through Newport and building a freight dock that lets a train meet a steamboat — while the town waits to learn whether the Idaho & Washington Northern will run up the Washington or the Idaho bank. One west-side rancher is so sure he has ordered ten cars of wood.
- The Railroad Wanted the Streets. The Nagles Wanted Compensation.
Newport's council granted the Idaho & Washington Northern a franchise through Second and Third streets while Philip and Mary Nagle warned it would damage their property. A letter from M. M. Sammons also pressed the railroad to donate ten acres for a public park.
- Three Trains a Day: Newport's Railroad Boom Arrives
The Idaho & Washington Northern's new equipment, a nearly finished depot, and Sunday river excursions promise to bring tourists and growth to the Pend d'Oreille valley.
- 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.
- The Prosecutor's Record: 'Arrest on Suspicion, Investigate Afterwards'
A Stevens County election fight turns on the county's criminal docket — who jailed innocent men, and who got his convictions.