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20 stories matching winter
- A Tiger Family's Home Burns to the Ground Weeks Before Winter
Jesse Shepherd was away when fire took his house; his wife escaped with the children but not a single household good, and cold weather was already on the doorstep.
- A Copper Strike Four Miles North of Newport
Spokane investors return enthusiastic from the Bornite claims as crews push an 800-foot tunnel through the winter.
- Nine Residents, Then None: Wolf’s Landing Goes Bust
A Newport correspondent reports that Wolf’s Landing has lost every resident, its steamboats no longer whistle, and even the real-estate men have fled to Newport. A lone police chief will watch the deserted village this winter.
- The Railroad Comes Down the River: Metaline Line to Run by Summer
With the financing closed and the election safely out of the way, the Idaho & Washington Northern will start building south from Newport this month — and Newport merchants are already counting the payroll.
- Fifty Jobs and a Logging Camp Pull Newport Out of the Panic
A new McInnis Brothers logging contract south of town gives nearly fifty men six months of work and eases a winter of post-panic unemployment.
- Newport Bought Its Fire Hydrants — Then Never Had Them Installed
The town paid for fire plugs in September, but the council never ordered the water company to set them. Now the work can't be done until spring — and the paper is warning that the town may pay for the delay.
- The Rise of Artificial Stone
A local entrepreneur transforms Lynden's construction landscape with a new concrete block plant that promises to revolutionize architecture.
- Three Hundred Men to Build the Pend d'Oreille Bridge
The Great Northern will put 300 workers to work at Newport on March 1 to finish its new river bridge and the cutoff toward Albeni Falls.
- 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.
- The Silver-Lead Company Bets on Metaline
Ore assays, new concentrators, and a bunkhouse point to a mining camp shaking off its slow start—and Newport money is buying in.
- Four Steamboats and a Free Bus: Newport's River Boom
The Ruth began regular runs, the Nancy returned, and new boat houses rose at the Stevens dock as Newport became the busy hub of Pend Oreille River traffic.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Minister's Daughter and the $300 Check
Winifred Moter — adopted as an infant by Rev. R. C. Moter — is jailed in Spokane on a forgery charge, and Newport weighs its sympathy for the parents against the wreck of a young life.
- A Banker's Last Note: G. S. Thomas Dies by Poison in a Spokane Hotel
The cashier of Newport's First State Bank was found dead in the Colonial Hotel after months of strain over the bank's suspended payments and last-minute sale.
- The Councilman Who Lived Across the State Line
A lawyer’s residency challenge nearly voided a railroad franchise—and forced Councilman Eckerson to offer his resignation.
- 1,500 Men and a Steam Shovel: Newport Builds the Metaline Line
The Idaho & Washington Northern extension turns Newport into a construction boomtown, with subcontractor camps, mule trains, dynamite barges and a temporary hospital.
- Copper, Silver, and a Close Call: Newport's Mining District Heats Up
Promising strikes at the Bornite and Last Chance mines draw new capital and extra shifts—but a hoist accident leaves one miner badly hurt.
- A Church Built of Cement Blocks and Small-Town Pride
Hope Congregational Church dedicated its new $7,400 edifice, filled the pews, and raised $1,200 on the spot to pay down the debt.
- 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.