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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1909 | 3 |
3 stories matching fea
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:fear, feat, feast, featt, fealti, featur
- Grandma Fea Crossed an Ocean, a Yellow Fever Epidemic and a Sawmill Explosion to Die at 94 in Newport
Ann Liddle Fea, the Scotch widow who arrived with the Great Northern and became the town's beloved 'Grandma,' was buried from her daughter's house on May 20 — leaving 23 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren behind her.
- After the Fires, Newport's Young Businessmen Build a Fire Department
A city-hall meeting called by the Commercial Club elects Charles Luce chief and signs more than twenty volunteers, answering a season of business-district fires.
- Fire Limits, Flying Switches and a Fifty-Year Franchise: One Evening at Newport's City Hall
In a single session the council moved to outlaw frame buildings downtown, chased street grades on three avenues, turned back a second telephone exchange, and heard that trains were nearly killing people at the Fourth Street crossing — three times in one day.
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