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| 1854 | 2 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 11 |
| 1876 | 28 |
| 1877 | 30 |
| 1878 | 22 |
| 1880 | 6 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 35 |
| 1884 | 16 |
| 1885 | 24 |
| 1886 | 13 |
| 1887 | 13 |
| 1888 | 19 |
| 1889 | 61 |
| 1890 | 13 |
| 1891 | 55 |
| 1892 | 73 |
| 1893 | 66 |
| 1894 | 54 |
| 1895 | 79 |
| 1897 | 2 |
| 1898 | 15 |
| 1899 | 20 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 40 |
| 1904 | 27 |
| 1905 | 1 |
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| 1908 | 10 |
| 1909 | 71 |
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| 1911 | 4 |
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| 1917 | 11 |
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- The Fire Limit That Couldn't Stop a Rebuild
Newport's council tried to block repairs to a burned wooden building — only to discover its fire ordinance had no power over rebuilding.
- Fifty Citizens Ask the Railroad to Let Them Cross Their Own Main Street
Newport's council petitions the Great Northern to open Fourth Street over its tracks — but the company's prior right-of-way may make a condemnation suit the only way through.
- The Dry Wave Hits Stevens County
Voters mandate the closure of saloons outside incorporated towns, leaving the region scrambling for legal spirits.
- The Strategic Limits of the Strike
United Mine Workers President Thomas L. Lewis argues that strikes should be a final recourse in the ongoing tension between capital and labor.
- Who Polices the Strikers?
Everett labor leaders demand transparency after discovering private companies were deputizing their own strike-breakers as law enforcement.
- The Tyranny of the Injunction
An editorial critique of the judiciary's increasing reliance on court orders to break labor strikes and circumvent legislative power.
- A Wall of Flame Closes In on Spirit Lake
A long dry spell turns Pend Oreille County's logged-over hills into a tinderbox, and a fire that starts almost inside Spirit Lake's town limits sends mill crews, surveyors and railroad engines scrambling to hold the line.
- The Strychnine Widower: Northport Man on Trial for Poisoning His Insane Wife
George L. Pepoon stands accused of killing the mother of his three children for $1,000 in insurance and a new bride — with a paroled convict as the state's star witness.
- Stevens County Must Hand $15,315 Back to Its 44 Saloons
When local option shut the taps on August 23, the county discovered it had already spent the license money — and now had to borrow to refund it.
- A Dry County, a Thirsty Town, and the January 1st Loophole
Ione voted on whether to license saloons weeks after the county unit went dry. The Anti-Saloon League's superintendent said the law forbade it — and produced out-of-state precedents to prove the town had to stay closed until 1911.
- The Conquest Mine Strikes a Twelve-Foot Vein—and Newport's Mining District Wakes Up
A rich assay at the Conquest mine promised dividends, new work and a revival for the Pend Oreille mining district.