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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1907 | 21 |
| 1908 | 187 |
| 1909 | 191 |
| 1910 | 100 |
499 stories
- Heroic Rescue at Newport Steam Laundry: Quick Thinking Saves Worker's Hand
When Mrs. O'Connor's hand was caught in a mangle, Miss Margaret Ripley sprang into action, stopping the machine and preventing a worse injury.
- Newport Makes Its Case for a Court of Its Own
Five hundred signatures back a push to carve a new judicial district out of the east side, with Newport as the place to hold court.
- Newport Wants a $5,000 City Hall—and the County Court to Go With It
Citizens back a bond issue to build municipal quarters and offer them to the new judicial district as courthouse and jail.
- Dry Forces Gather Steam in Stevens County
Backers of a local option election say they have more than 30 percent of registered voters signed on — and they vow to keep pushing.
- Stevens County's $14,640-a-Year Interest Bill Goes to the Voters
On Sept. 7, Newport taxpayers were asked to swap stacks of high-interest county warrants for cheaper bonds — a refinancing the commissioners swore would save $6,400 a year and touch nothing but the old debt.
- The Fastest Mail Train on Earth Passed Through Newport This Week
The Great Northern's new Chicago-to-Seattle mail train cut 12 hours off the coast run, and Newport got a front-row seat to the record.
- A Truck Tongue Knocks a Logging Contractor Into the Barge
Rufus Williams is badly injured while loading equipment for a Dalkena Lumber Co. log contract, pinned in a barge hold with part of a truck on top of him.
- Newport's Battery Makers Go Big
Local investors incorporate the Newport Battery Co., raise $7,000, and plan to turn out 1,000 dry cells a day for the Inland Empire.
- Ten Thousand Pamphlets and a Depot Deferred to Spring
Newport's boosters open a showroom on Third Street, print the best advertising booklet in the territory — and then agree to stop nagging the Great Northern about a station.
- New Trains, New Track — and Three Railroads Circling Priest Lake
The Bonners Ferry local comes back, the Idaho & Washington Northern creeps toward Ione, and the Miner's editor sniffs hot air in a Spokane paper's talk of a Priest Lake line.
- After the Fire, Penrith's Mill Will Rise Bigger and Electric
The King Sash, Door & Lumber Co. bought a new sawmill outfit in Idaho and planned a modern Penrith plant with a mill pond and electric lights.
- Dry Forces Name a Ticket and Expect to Run Newport Unopposed
In a caucus at the Lusher & Chrysler office, the Municipal League put up Mike Fox Sr. for mayor and a full Citizens' Ticket for the December 7 election — and nobody expects a rival slate.
- Two Tickets, One Town, and the Question of Who Can Run a Treasury
With the saloon fight settled by local option, Newport's December 7 municipal election turns on competence: bank cashier F. C. Krause against former Wisconsin mayor M. Fox, with both parties pledging to enforce the dry law and straighten out the town's tangled finances.
- The Final Watch of 'Tamarack' Booth
A Civil War veteran and local pioneer who lived a life of adventure from the high seas to the Pend Oreille valley passes away suddenly in Newport.
- Newport Schools Aim for University Accreditation
A state inspector visits the local schoolhouse, potentially opening a direct path for Newport graduates to enter the University of Washington without further testing.
- The Inspector Checks the Sheets and the Fire Escapes
A new state lodging-house law brought an inspector to Newport, where rope escapes and alarm gongs were ordered—and innkeepers grumbled about fees and red tape.
- The Mine That Waits on New York
Rich ore was struck at the Conquest, but the pumps stay idle and the men stay home until eastern stockholders cable back their instructions.
- Eleven Carloads of Cedar Poles Roll Out of Newport in a Single Day
220 tons of poles bound for Ohio and points east — the biggest day's shipment ever to leave the station — as Newport cements its claim as the cedar pole capital of the region.
- The Dry Crusade Draws Its 1911 Battle Lines
Washington's Anti-Saloon League maps out its legislative program — county local option, import bans, and a pledge to publish the names of anyone holding a federal liquor license in dry territory.
- Half a Million Dollars Bets on Newport's Future
A 70-mile high-tension line from Little Falls will light Newport and Sandpoint — if the outside capitalists are right about this town.
- Newport Wants the Firemen's Tournament — and the Crowds That Come With It
Fresh off joining the Inland Empire Firemen's Association, Newport's department and business men weigh an $800 prize purse to host the 1911 tournament and put the town on the map.
- A Brick Depot Rises, and Newport Bets on the Railroad
Pressed brick arrives from St. Paul as the Great Northern builds its new Newport station — and freight figures show the town's lumber and brick trade climbing month over month.
- One Landowner's $1,000 Demand Stalls a $200,000 Logging Road
The Panhandle Lumber Co. may abandon its Newport-area logging railroad because a five-acre property owner wants $1,000 in damages and the county won't vacate the old road until a substitute is built.
- A Barn Burns at Midnight and Two Neighbors Are Arrested
W. H. Knapp's barn goes up in flames three miles east of Newport, killing a valuable cow. A kerosene-soaked rag under the doorstep points the deputy sheriff toward neighborhood gossip — and two young men.