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| Year | Stories |
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| 1908 | 5 |
| 1909 | 8 |
| 1910 | 2 |
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- Knockout Drops and a Beating in the Lumber Yards
Two railroad men lost a week's wages in two nights behind Newport's main street — one drugged in a saloon, one knocked down and stripped of his new mackinaw.
- Over the Side of the Ferry Dock
A horse balks at the free ferry landing and takes the buggy — and Mrs. Edith Olson — ten feet down toward the water. She rolled clear with bruises and a smashed rig.
- A Broken Canthook, a Crushed Spine: Newport Logger Rushed to Spokane
Samuel McGeelies was loading logs for the Fidelity Lumber Co. when a second-tier log broke loose and struck him; he was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in critical condition.
- 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.
- The Northern Pacific's Unsurveyed Empire Goes on the Tax Rolls
Congress orders the survey of hundreds of thousands of acres of Northern Pacific grant land in Washington and Idaho — with the railroad footing the bill or forfeiting the ground.
- The Opera House Gets Moved for a Concrete Block
H. M. Lund will replace Newport's Opera House with a two-story reinforced-concrete hardware store, while the old theater is sold and rolled north on Washington Avenue.
- 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 Councilman Who Lived Across the State Line
A lawyer’s residency challenge nearly voided a railroad franchise—and forced Councilman Eckerson to offer his resignation.
- The Day Newport Showed Off: Fourth of July, 1909
A rain-threatened holiday still drew crowds for an industrial parade, patriotic speeches, baseball, log-rolling and a dance—without a single arrest.
- Eight Hundred Men, a Tunnel, and a Bridge
The I.W.N. extension put hundreds of laborers to work on grades, bridges and the Blueslide tunnel—while a bridge contractor was hurt by a falling timber.
- Newport Council Digs In Against Electric Company's Meter Rates
A 25-year steam-heating franchise request collides with a fight over streetlight bills and what the town can afford.
- Newport Council Cracks Down on Saloons—and Swears In a New Clerk
The city council passes a strict liquor ordinance, warns saloon men against Sunday trade, and fills the clerk's office after a resignation.
- A Battery Factory in the Pines: Newport Bets Its Future on Dry Cells
One of only two dry-cell battery plants west of the Mississippi opens in Newport, promising 25 jobs by September and a thousand cells a day by fall.
- The Chambermaid Who Foiled a Newport Crime Spree
Two well-dressed thieves from Butte stole pants and shirts from local merchants—then a rooming-house maid overheard their plan to rob a saloon bartender.
- A Midnight Council Fight Over Rails, Rubbish and Residency
Newport's council spent a long May evening weighing a railroad franchise, ordering alleys cleaned, and questioning whether one of its own members actually lived in town.