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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1908 | 2 |
| 1909 | 2 |
| 1910 | 2 |
6 stories matching overcom
- A Teamster Struck Down by the Heat at the Pole Yard
Si Perkins, hauling for the Northern Mercantile Co., is overcome on the job, rallies on Sunday, then relapses into serious condition.
- A Logger's Long Road to Recovery
After a devastating accident in the timberlands, a local man returns home to Newport with hopes of overcoming paralysis.
- The Ione Is Coming: Newport Builds the River's Largest Excursion Steamer
Material arrives for a 135-foot, 400-passenger steamer as Pend d'Oreille River travel booms and promoters dream of tourists.
- 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.
- The Dries Sweep Stevens County—and 39 Saloons Get Their Notice
A local-option election gives the dries a 677-vote majority, closes 39 saloons, and leaves Newport's saloonkeepers pinning their hopes on a court challenge.
- 651 Bills, 13 Laws: Inside Olympia's Frantic Last Two Weeks
A deadlocked local-option fight, a women's eight-hour bill that ended in fisticuffs, and a marriage law barring 'drunkards' and the 'feeble-minded' — the 1909 legislature's chaotic home stretch.