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3 stories matching collar
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- A Dangerous Fall at the Calispel Spur
A railroad inspector suffers a broken collarbone after stepping off a train in the dark and falling twenty feet into the river bank.
- Cedar Poles vs. White Collars: A Ballgame to Buy the Firemen Beds
Newport's pole men and professional men square off for 25 cents a head, all proceeds to furnish sleeping rooms so unmarried firefighters can answer night alarms.
- The Poor Man's Stump Burner: Newport Farmers Pack Kelly's Hall
In 1909, 150 farmers crowded a Newport hall to hear a state expert explain how to clear land by charring stumps—a low-cost method that promised to open Pend Oreille County fields.