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A Ruse By Any Other Name

A Ruse By Any Other Name

Arlington Buckingham Wadsworth From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The Nov. 15, 1902 issue of The Spokane Press has a news account of a well known international con artist being arrested in Australia. The writer reminds the readers this criminal had made Spokane his home at one time:   HE WAS A SOCIETY MAN IN SPOKANE  Now Arrested in Australia—Wanted in Many Places for Similar Offences.  “The following telegraphic dispatch from Chicago will…

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Bremerton Wants Charleston to Annex, (Like the Wolf and Lamb)

Bremerton Wants Charleston to Annex, (Like the Wolf and Lamb)

From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Charleston was a city that used to exist just to the southwest of Bremerton. The settlement was still young when talk of the two cities merging first came up, given their mutual interest in the Naval shipping area. The book Kitsap County History (1977) presents a detailed chronology of Charleston, ending in December 1927, when voters decided in favor of consolidation. One person who almost…

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