“An odd sight”– Snowballs Put Out a Housefire
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: This entertaining bit of creative thinking was covered by the Leavenworth Echo, March 25, 1904, page 3: WEDNESDAY’S FIRE SECOND THIS YEAR G.S. Merriam’s House and J.H. Mitchell’s Household Goods a Total Loss SNOW BALLS SAVED THE HOUSE Mrs. H.A. Anderson’s Lodging House Saved by Heroic Work “As if to show how utterly this town is at the mercy of the elements, and…