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Blackie Carroll and Irish Slim, a Couple Rotten Yeggs

Blackie Carroll and Irish Slim, a Couple Rotten Yeggs

From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The term “yegg” really has some power to it and was used frequently by reporters in the course of telling the story of Blackie Carroll and Irish Slim. Melisa Sevall, a Public Services librarian who had worked in the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center Library before the WSL Central Library staff, pointed me to the reference work, Language of the Underworld / by David W. Maurer…

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The Civil War’s Youngest Soldier

The Civil War’s Youngest Soldier

Random News from the Newspapers on Microfilm Collection: The Civil War’s Youngest Soldier Although this article was found entirely at random, I do have some history with this case. So some of the information was already filed away at home, but I could’ve easily found it here at the Washington State Library if I wanted to invest some time researching. The newspaper in Montesano, Washington known today as The Vidette has a long genealogy of titles going all the way…

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