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| 1858 | 1 |
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| 1861 | 8 |
| 1862 | 7 |
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| 1864 | 3 |
| 1872 | 7 |
| 1876 | 27 |
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| 1882 | 2 |
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| 1886 | 29 |
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| 1890 | 5 |
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| 1892 | 94 |
| 1893 | 86 |
| 1894 | 109 |
| 1895 | 114 |
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- The Electric Company Said It Couldn't Power the Mill. Newport Said It Had Better.
When Northern Electric refused to supply power to the Pend d'Oreille River Lumber Company's planing mill, the town council declared the franchise violated and ordered service restored—or else forfeiture.
- 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.
- A Deathbed Promise Fulfilled
A Bellingham widow travels thousands of miles to marry her brother-in-law, honoring her late husband's final request.
- The Struggle for Lynden's Main Street
Business leaders and the city council clash with the Whatcom County Traction Co. over plans to lay tracks through town.
- “This Ends Everything Between Us”: A Spokane Hotel Room, a Revolver, and Two Children
Mark McCiammy shot his wife twice and turned the gun on himself in a downtown Spokane hotel. She survived twelve hours — long enough to ask that she not be buried beside him.
- A Tie Vote Leaves Newport's Telephone Franchise Hanging
The old council adjourns sine die after deadlocking on a telephone ordinance; the new mayor and marshal take office amid a 154-name petition.
- The Railroad Gets Its Street Vacations—and Newport Gets a New Grade
Mayor Appel signs the I.W.N. street-and-alley vacations, clearing the way for regrades, depot improvements and a rebuilt riverfront rail corridor.
- 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.
- A Mother with a Rifle: Newport Woman Shoots Intruder Who Broke In
Mrs. O. F. Allen, alone with seven children on a ranch east of Newport, fought off a drunken man who forced his way into the house and shot him twice before the constable could be summoned.
- The Mayor Won't Sign, the Railroad Can't Build, and a Saloonkeeper Sues the Town
Newport's council spends a long evening tangled in street vacations for the Idaho & Washington Northern, unsafe crossings, a disputed plat of survey monuments — and trades a lawsuit for a liquor license.
- 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.
- A Wall of Fire Above Tacoma Creek
A lightning-sparked blaze burns 2,000 acres, jumps a three-mile trench and pulls lumber companies, settlers and the state fire warden into a desperate fight.
- 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.
- The Rails Come to Newport: Yards, Depots, and a Town Betting Its Future on the I. & W. N.
Railroad brass walk the ground for new yards, surveyors push down-river, a depot rises, and the town council is asked for a franchise — as high water stalls the Great Northern bridge at Albeni Falls.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.