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The Killing Season

The Killing Season

From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: “One of the lusty, colorful eras in the history of the Pacific Northwest,” writes Jim Gibbs, “centered around the pelagic sealing industry. It gained great proportions by the 1890’s when every year more than 100 small schooners, propelled only by canvas, set sail from Victoria, B.C. and Puget Sound ports fanning throughout the North Pacific, in the harsh open seas of the Bering Sea, and…

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The 1020-year old man

The 1020-year old man

  Random News from the Newspapers on Microfilm Collection: The 1020-year old man and a mathematical puzzle. Found in the Bellingham Herald, Jan. 2, 1914, page 8: FOUTS REVEALS AGE NOBODY KNOWS;   “How Old Is Fouts?” Eternal Question — Submits Mathematical Problem Showing Him to Be 47 or 1,020 — Which Is Correct? “Several millions of people, in as many aeons of time, have puzzled over that staple problem of how old is Ann. At the city comptroller’s office, however, the…

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WSL Makes the Front Page

WSL Makes the Front Page

The Washington State Library made the front page of the Olympian this morning. Unfortunately the headline reads: “State Library Faces Cuts.” I’ll keep my fingers crossed that one day in the future we’ll make it to the front page again with a better headline, something like “State Library prospers in new age of cultural awareness.” In the meantime, the article has some information on what’s going on at the State Library and the sorts of cuts we’re anticipating. Similar versions…

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