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| 1854 | 62 |
| 1858 | 29 |
| 1859 | 52 |
| 1860 | 27 |
| 1861 | 101 |
| 1862 | 87 |
| 1863 | 69 |
| 1864 | 32 |
| 1865 | 11 |
| 1871 | 11 |
| 1872 | 140 |
| 1876 | 812 |
| 1877 | 678 |
| 1878 | 526 |
| 1879 | 64 |
| 1880 | 180 |
| 1882 | 130 |
| 1883 | 911 |
| 1884 | 499 |
| 1885 | 838 |
| 1886 | 492 |
| 1887 | 484 |
| 1888 | 440 |
| 1889 | 1,324 |
| 1890 | 287 |
| 1891 | 1,115 |
| 1892 | 2,855 |
| 1893 | 2,829 |
| 1894 | 2,116 |
| 1895 | 1,830 |
| 1896 | 2 |
| 1897 | 62 |
| 1898 | 196 |
| 1899 | 446 |
| 1900 | 114 |
| 1902 | 34 |
| 1903 | 1,332 |
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| 1905 | 124 |
| 1907 | 53 |
| 1908 | 351 |
| 1909 | 1,545 |
| 1910 | 413 |
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| 1912 | 73 |
| 1914 | 261 |
| 1915 | 300 |
| 1916 | 545 |
| 1917 | 332 |
| 1918 | 45 |
| 1919 | 5 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 18 |
| 1923 | 185 |
| 1924 | 151 |
| 1925 | 64 |
| 1928 | 14 |
| 1929 | 19 |
413 stories
- The Eccentric Engineer Who Vanished on His Honeymoon Comes Back
H. L. Russell, the self-styled "Lord" who laid the Idaho & Washington Northern's line into Newport, deserted his bride in Chicago a year and a half ago — now he has reappeared, bound for Metaline.
- The Usk Station Forgery
A railroad operator's attempt to cash stolen money orders in Newport leads to a swift arrest and a multi-year sentence.
- A Father's Seventeen-Year Search Ends
After a divorce and years of wandering, a father reunites with his daughter thanks to a newspaper advertisement.
- The Football Star Who Wandered Off and Forgot His Own Name
James Joy Miller disappeared on January 5. He turned up near Walla Walla on a fruit ranch, with no memory of his former life or his Michigan football fame.
- The Courthouse Contract That Took Three Tries
The lowest bid lacked a certified check; the next-lowest contractor balked at its own price; the job finally went to Colville builder Lee Gayman.
- A Railroad Injury Suit That Lasted Ten Minutes
Jack Harper sought $10,000 for an engine that struck him in the Newport yards. A Sandpoint jury sided with the railroad almost instantly.
- Yakima's Sheriff Rounds Up the Jobless and Puts Them on the Chain Gang
With the valley crying out for labor at $2.50 to $3 a day, the county decides that any man without a job is a vagrant — and sentences him to hard labor.
- The Shoe-Polish Salesman Who Vanished Before the Tacoma Deputy Arrived
F. L. Schaefer posted bond, promised to move his family across the line, and then disappeared — leaving Newport's marshal and a Tacoma deputy empty-handed.
- The Man Who Went to Canada to Make a Fortune in Wheat — and Came Back Broke
A local settler sold everything, hauled his plows and harvester north, and paid duty twice for the privilege of staring at an empty prairie. The lesson: the acres of diamonds were at home all along.
- The Great Northern Replaces the Telegraph Key With a Telephone
Starting May 26, the Great Northern begins dispatching trains by telephone between Spokane and Leavenworth, with portable sets aboard every train — and telegraph operators' jobs left hanging.
- Gold Under the Lawns: A Sewer Dig Strikes It Rich in Spokane
City workmen excavating a sewer in a fashionable Spokane neighborhood turn up ore assaying over $2,000 a ton — and neighbors start talking about sinking shafts in their front yards.
- A Desperate Shot, and a Family That Had Tried to Prevent It
Mrs. Henry Vossberg, in poor health and despondent, shot herself with a .22 rifle west of Tweedie; doctors had warned the family she was suicidal and the ammunition was supposed to be gone.
- A Fire Alarm in the Middle of Commencement
Newport's first accredited high-school graduation nearly ends in a stampede when a candle sets the neighboring Koch building alight.
- Plundering the Friendless Dead: King County Doctors Under Investigation
The medical society opens a probe into members accused of padding bills against the estates of patients who died with no heirs.
- The Fishing Preserve That Would Not Be Shared
A landowner tired of trespassers chases two Spokane fishermen through the dark and hauls them out of a schoolhouse they broke into to sleep.
- Millionaire's Son Ruled Insane After Fatal Gambling-Raid Shooting
Wallace A. Bussell, son of a wealthy Seattle tide-land owner, is declared insane after killing a bartender during a raid on a King-street gambling resort.
- A Mind That Failed, a Family Left Behind
A Penrith farmer died at the state asylum at Medical Lake, leaving a wife and three children — and neighbors who came to bury him.
- The Human Cost of Industrial Progress
Former mine workers' leader John Mitchell calls for an end to the 'iniquitous' liability system that leaves injured American laborers without protection.
- A Jury in Colville Wastes No Time on a Wife Poisoner
George Pepoon showed no more feeling at his murder conviction than he had through the whole trial — the jury reached its verdict in 67 minutes, on a single ballot.
- The Passing of Governor John H. McGraw
A look back at the life of one of Washington's most influential and determined political figures after his death at the age of 60.
- Farmers Take On the Pend Oreille With a Dike — and No Bonds
A railroad contracting firm agrees to build Calispel Diking District No. 1 for warrants instead of cash, giving 6,500 acres of bottomland one season to prove it can beat the high water.
- Tragic Accident Claims Life of Young Girl
A minor injury from a fall against a stove leads to a fatal case of blood poisoning for a child near Scotia.
- Local Option Petition Secures Enough Signatures
Proponents of the anti-saloon movement in Newport have gathered sufficient signatures to force a local option election on the sale of liquor.
- The Judge, the Railroad and the Case That Fell Apart
Prosecutors in Spokane can barely get evidence before the jury as M. J. Gordon, a former Washington chief justice, stands accused of embezzling $9,200 in railroad settlement money.
- The Anti-Saloon League Plots Its Hottest Campaign
Bert P. Doty of the Anti-Saloon League of Washington lays out a three-part legislative push — county option, shipping restrictions, and the power to shut down breweries — and predicts the fight of 1910 will be the hottest in state history.