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| 1854 | 4 |
| 1858 | 3 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1872 | 8 |
| 1876 | 20 |
| 1877 | 6 |
| 1878 | 7 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 22 |
| 1884 | 16 |
| 1885 | 14 |
| 1886 | 17 |
| 1887 | 9 |
| 1888 | 7 |
| 1889 | 48 |
| 1890 | 3 |
| 1891 | 39 |
| 1892 | 66 |
| 1893 | 53 |
| 1894 | 66 |
| 1895 | 78 |
| 1898 | 9 |
| 1899 | 16 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 27 |
| 1904 | 29 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1908 | 11 |
| 1909 | 44 |
| 1910 | 10 |
| 1911 | 4 |
| 1914 | 7 |
| 1915 | 4 |
| 1916 | 23 |
| 1917 | 16 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 5 |
| 1924 | 7 |
| 1925 | 5 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 1 |
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- Sullivan Lake's Summer Resort Dream Hinges on Roads and the Government
A new resort permit and a push to turn old trails into wagon roads promise to bring pleasure seekers to Sullivan Lake—if federal officials do their part.
- Newport’s Bank Comes Through the Panic Still Paying Dividends
Directors of the First National Bank of Newport report a clean balance sheet, a 5 percent dividend and a 17 percent year despite the financial stringency.
- The Old Folks' Day and the Empty Pew
Newport's Methodist congregation honored its elders with lined-out hymns and a shared meal—then buried an invited guest before the day was over.
- County Printing Contract Sparks Legal Fight
Stevens County commissioners award the county printing contract to the Colville Examiner, but a rival paper sues, alleging the process was unfair.
- Eighty Men, a Night Crew, and a Forest of Logs: Newport's Timber Boom in Full Swing
New rail spurs and new mills put scores of men to work across the Pend Oreille country — until the cold snap and the frozen lake threaten to slow the saws.
- A Valley Drowns Every Spring—and One Farmer Wants a Better Dike
A correspondent warns that the Pend Oreille freshet has wrecked $50,000 worth of Calispel Valley crops—and argues the proposed diking districts are too piecemeal to save the basin.
- A Panic Year Boom: Newport Built Through Hard Times
Despite a national financial panic, Newport added 87 homes, six concrete business blocks, new depots, churches, and a reshaped downtown—proud evidence of a town betting on itself.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Newport Council Digs In Against Electric Company's Meter Rates
A 25-year steam-heating franchise request collides with a fight over streetlight bills and what the town can afford.