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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1907 | 31 |
| 1908 | 304 |
| 1909 | 440 |
| 1910 | 223 |
998 stories
- The Ruth Takes Shape for the Wildest Steamboat Ride in America
With her machinery unloaded at Newport, the new steamer Ruth is expected to make her trial trip by early September, hauling Metaline ore and passengers through Box Canyon.
- $10,000 for a Road, and Not a Shovel of Dirt Turned
A $10,000 appropriation for a Newport-to-Columbia road vanished into surveys and clerical work, The Miner charged, leaving Stevens County without a graded mile to show for it.
- The New Steamer Ruth Takes Her Maiden Run Down the Pend Oreille
Fitted out at the Transportation Co. dock and steered by a set of 'monkey rudders,' Newport's newest riverboat proves herself on a trial run to Downs' Landing — if only the government inspectors would hurry.
- Passing the Hat for a Ferry—and a 100-Worker Mill
Newport citizens organize to build a free river ferry, hoping to keep the Fidelity Company's new mill and its payroll on this side of the Pend Oreille.
- 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.
- 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.
- Two Lost Hunters Stayed Alive for Two Days Without Food or Fire Near Sullivan Lake
Fred Douglass and a companion wandered off the deer trail, soaked their matches, and survived by walking until they stumbled onto a miners' cabin at Happy Camp.
- The Mail-Order Bride Who Chose Another Man
Katherine Glad traveled west to marry a Northport farmer, but a chance meeting with Gus Maki changed everything.
- Fire Takes the Jay Gould Shaft House at Chewelah
A Friday-night blaze destroyed the mine's shaft house, its tools and cable, and the blacksmith shop — blamed on heat from the compost packed around the water pipes.
- The Dairyman Who Waited at the Jail Door for the Jury
Jurors touring Colville's new county prison met a freshly convicted man, Dan Elgie of Onion Creek, who called every man on his panel by name and told him exactly what he thought.
- When the Forestry Agent Came for the Homesteaders’ Timber
In Republic, a federal forestry agent pressed charges against settlers for cutting timber on their own homesteads, raising a hard question: how else was a family supposed to clear land and survive?
- Five Tons of Powder, and an Earthquake Scare
A railroad crew's mammoth Sunday blast north of town shook every building in Newport — and convinced half the town the Spokane Chronicle's predicted earthquake had finally arrived.
- The Rare Earth That Could Take On the Powder Trust
A deposit near Blue Creek is promoted as a safer, cheaper ingredient for blasting powder—and as a way to loosen DuPont’s grip on the explosives trade.
- Safe Cracked, Bloodhounds Baffled in Newport Burglary
Thieves work a safe for $100 in gold and currency, then vanish toward Halford addition despite a packed manhunt.
- The Millionaire Who Came Back: A Wife, Two Husbands and a Double Divorce
Margaret Broderick thought Frank Berwert was murdered. Four years into a new marriage, he appeared at her door—alive, wealthy, and legally still her husband.
- A Niagara-Scale Power Play Comes to Newport
A Spokane-backed electric company takes over Newport's service, seeks a city franchise, and eyes 75,000 horsepower at Cabinet Gorge.
- Saloon Keepers Challenge Dry Vote, Test Case Heads to Higher Court
After Spokane County townships vote dry, John W. Kritzer of Elk opens his saloon, gets fined $25, and appeals—setting up a legal fight over local option.
- City Hall Hands a 50-Year Power Franchise to the New Electric Company
Newport’s council approves a long-term electric franchise, ties up a telephone ordinance in restrictions, orders street grades, and hears complaints about street preachers.
- Japanese Cabinetmakers Arrive in Seattle for A.-Y.-P. Exposition Despite Labor Exclusion Laws
Ten skilled Japanese workmen are granted special entry to build the Japanese exhibit, highlighting the complex intersection of immigration policy and international spectacle.
- The Marked Five-Dollar Bill That Unmasked a 'Good Citizen'
A trusted expressman caught by a trap bill confessed to a March safe robbery — and a man his friends thought beyond reproach was sentenced to up to fourteen years.
- Anglers Point Finger at Japanese Workers in Trout Dispute
Local fishermen accuse Japanese laborers of netting trout for market, calling for the game warden—a familiar pattern of racial scapegoating in the West.
- The 'Jack-the-Hugger' Who Put Tacoma's Schools on Edge
An unknown young man ambushed girls near school lavatories, hugging them and running off—a harassment scare the era's press described with unsettling whimsy.
- The Fur Vaults That Were Not Vault Enough
Burglars tunneled through brick, scaled a bridge, and carted off $5,500 in furs from Seattle’s Hudson Bay Fur Company.
- An Unknown Assailant, a Blow to the Head, and a Cut Throat in Walla Walla
A company agent was attacked at his letter-press and left unconscious for hours; no suspect was named.
- Three Hours Flagging a Freight Train Past a Broken Rail — The Railroad Offered Him $1.50
With no telegraph in reach, John Ryan stood on a broken Northern Pacific rail for three hours and waved down a rushing freight. The company's thanks came to fifty cents an hour.