From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Naturally the word “Library” in the following headline is what first caught my eye, but as the story unfolded I knew it had to be shared as the tale of a true Washington State original. This was found at random in The Oakville Cruiser, page 1 top of the fold, Jan. 28, 1916. Champion Designs New Saw in Law Library “The law library of the…
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Sometimes the inside joke behind these eccentric pioneer news articles is just as entertaining as the work itself. Such is the case with this essay I found in The Weekly Vidette (Colfax, Wash.), April 19, 1883: LIMBURGER How a Colfax Lawyer had Probably Been Cured of a Bad Habit “Some fiend incarnate, during the past two weeks, has introduced within the city limits of Colfax,…