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3 stories matching interf
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:inter, interfac, interfer, intern, interv, interim
- Another Railroad Rumor, Another Promise That Newport Will Be a Railroad Town
A Northern Pacific engineer says the Burlington wants its own line from Sandpoint through Newport to Chewelah, Conconully and Rockport — and the Miner is already dreaming of division-point shops.
- The Fake Postal Inspector Who Robbed the Great Northern — and Got Away With Less Than $5
A bogus federal inspector bound two mail clerks, rifled registered pouches, and slipped off the Oriental Limited at Spokane, leaving Newport authorities to piece together a brazen, almost profitless heist.
- A Packed Council Chamber, a Railroad Franchise, and a Fight Over Public Streets
Newport's city council meeting drew a standing-room crowd as aldermen tangled over an Idaho Washington Northern street-vacation request, a conflict-of-interest accusation, saloon licenses, and an electric-light contract.