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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1860 | 4 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1872 | 6 |
| 1876 | 62 |
| 1877 | 49 |
| 1878 | 42 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 19 |
| 1882 | 10 |
| 1883 | 52 |
| 1884 | 19 |
| 1885 | 57 |
| 1886 | 16 |
| 1887 | 22 |
| 1888 | 38 |
| 1889 | 85 |
| 1890 | 12 |
| 1891 | 71 |
| 1892 | 166 |
| 1893 | 164 |
| 1894 | 153 |
| 1895 | 169 |
| 1897 | 2 |
| 1898 | 6 |
| 1899 | 36 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 58 |
| 1904 | 42 |
| 1905 | 5 |
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| 1908 | 30 |
| 1909 | 55 |
| 1910 | 16 |
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- The Lynden Telephone Upheaval
As the local exchange upgrades its equipment, a wave of bad connections and misdirected calls leads to fraying tempers and frustrated operators.
- The 'Dry' Candidate for Congress
A. E. Veatch, backed by the anti-saloon league, runs on a progressive platform in the Third Congressional District.
- Keep Your Eye on Veatch: A Colville Republican Pitched Against the Spokane Machine
With the next U.S. senator likely to hail from Spokane, a Fairfield paper argues the Third District's congressman should come from somewhere else — and boosts A. E. Veatch of Colville as no friend of 'the big fish.'
- A Bank Buys the Corner — and Newport's Frontage Keeps Climbing
The Security State Bank pays around $4,000 for the McMorran corner at Washington Avenue and Third, planning a brick building and proving that inside business property here only goes up.
- Electrical Workers Poised to Strike Everett Railway
After failed negotiations over wage scales and working rules, unionized utility workers prepare to walk off the job.
- A Community Mourns a Young Father in Tiger
Ardin Olmstead, a 30-year-old resident of Tiger, passes away following a series of strokes, leaving behind a young family.
- Newport's Boys Wake Up in the Eighth to Even the Series with Spirit Lake
A rain-soaked, three-hour ballgame at the Newport park ends 8 to 5 as an unlikely pitcher named Mooney strikes out three in the ninth.
- Washington State's 1910 Political Shake-up
A wave of progressive 'Insurgent' Republicans swept the primaries in 1910, routing the party establishment and shaking the confidence of federal power brokers.
- A Mayor's Daughter, a Botched Kidnapping, and a Crushed Rib
In Tacoma, would-be abductors snatched the wrong 10-year-old girl, then dumped her bleeding in the street—hours before her father was injured in a city hall elevator accident.
- The Benefit Smoker for Striking Switchmen
Everett workers filled Fraternal Hall for a night of wrestling and boxing to support switchmen during their long-running strike.
- The Railroad Wants the County Road — and Newport's Businessmen Sign On
Panhandle Lumber's proposed logging railroad would require the county to vacate a public road up a gulch west of town; practically every businessman in Newport petitions to hand it over.
- A Memorial Day Blaze Nearly Takes the Block on Washington Avenue
Fire breaks out in the Little Gem restaurant kitchen while the town is at the ballgame; volunteers save the row but the restaurant and an electric company's stock are wrecked.
- A Poisoned Wife and a Verdict at Last: The Pepoon Murder Case
A Stevens County jury convicts George L. Pepoon of first-degree murder for the strychnine death of his wife Edith — but the man who helped him remains at large, and the county only acted after private citizens forced its hand.
- A Spokane Banking Combine Swallows Newport's First National Bank
The Union Securities Co., which already controls 25 Inland Empire banks, buys into Newport's First National — and installs its own man as president.
- The Saloon Was Their Paycheck: Everett Labor’s Fight Against Prohibition
In November 1910, Everett’s union locals — cigar makers, brewery workers, bartenders, cooks and waiters — urged a vote for license, warning that Prohibition would throw hundreds out of work and scatter their families.
- The Newport Club Burns: A Saloon's Last Call Comes as Smoke
A midnight blaze in 1910 destroys one of Newport's oldest business buildings — the former miners' saloon that went dry after local option — and the owners say they won't rebuild.