Coffee-O the Alchemist
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The random reel for this week contained the following article from the Dec. 17, 1920 issue of the South Bend Journal: “COFFEE-O”, ONCE A RESIDENT, RETURNS AGAIN TO SOUTH BEND Had Troubled Career — Is Sure He Can Make Gold — Fears Government Will Stop Him — Has Improved His Coffee Substitute. “After over two years absence Albert Cornell, better known as ‘Coffee-O’ after a…