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18 stories matching togeth
- The Tragedy at the Bremerton Wharf
A fatal altercation between two naval shipmates reveals the volatility of racial tensions in the maritime workforce.
- Newport Left in the Dark as Town Council and Electric Company Deadlock
A standoff between the town council and Northern Electric leaves Newport without streetlights, prompting fears of crime and a possible new franchise.
- The Horror in Happy Valley
A husband confesses to murdering his wife and burying her remains under the roots of a stump, only to be discovered months later after tending to the site.
- Newport Telegraphers Brace for a Strike Over the Nine-Hour Day
With Newport as headquarters for the Great Northern grievance committee, operators await a national conference that will decide whether the new federal nine-hour law is applied—or fought.
- He Fired a Salute—and Killed His Best Friend
Sam Kay was trying to greet J. McGraw before a hunting trip when a revolver shot struck McGraw in the stomach. Kay is in custody while the Stevens County coroner investigates.
- 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 Stern-Wheeler for the Pend d'Oreille: Newport Bets on the Metaline Trade
Seven thousand dollars subscribed, a hundred-foot boat drawing two feet of water, and a captain promising to be running ore to Newport by June 1.
- 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.
- Two Newport Homes Burn as Volunteers Fight Without Enough Hose
A lightning-sparked fire destroyed the Seeley house and spread to the Montzheimer home, exposing the town’s thin fire protection.
- Twenty Thousand Acres vs. the River: Calispel Valley Takes Its Case to Congress
Farmers around Usk and Cusick organize a diking district and send a committee to Spokane to beg a rivers-and-harbors congressman for a dredge, a dike, and a federal appropriation.
- A Steamboat Arrives by Rail: Newport's New River Excursion Queen
A $35,000 steamer, built in Portland and shipped knocked-down by rail, would run daily excursions from Newport to Box Canyon.
- Found Dead in the Cabin at Downs' Landing
A well-known Pend Oreille River pioneer dies of carbolic acid, leaving a sleeping lumberjack, a neighbor who discovered the body, and a brother who insisted it was an accident.
- 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.
- The Chambermaid Who Foiled a Newport Crime Spree
Two well-dressed thieves from Butte stole pants and shirts from local merchants—then a rooming-house maid overheard their plan to rob a saloon bartender.
- Five Million Apples and a Telegraph From Roosevelt
In December 1908, Spokane promised 80,000 square feet of fruit, international prizes and a presidential telegraph—all to crown itself the apple capital of the world.
- 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.
- Five Hundred Men and a Steam Shovel: Newport Becomes a Railroad Town
The Idaho & Washington Northern finally signs Grant Smith Co. to grade the line up the Pend Oreille to Ione — and Newport bets its winter, its wages and its warehouses on the boom.
- 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.