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Random news – Meteors, or UFOs?

Random news – Meteors, or UFOs?

From the desk of Steve Willis, former Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Through pure randomness I ran across a couple mysterious events experienced by Washingtonians in the north central part of the state in late December, 1921. One of the benefits of working in a library with the largest collection of Washington State newspapers in the world is that I can focus on singular events from a multitude of views. Such is the case with…

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Tramp Printers or Passing of the Old Time Print

Tramp Printers or Passing of the Old Time Print

From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The January 2, 1920 issue of The Oroville Weekly Gazette introduces us to an occupation that even in the 1920s had become antiquated by technological advances– the tramp printer, also known as the tourist printer or hobo antimony jerker: PASSING OF THE OLD TIME PRINT One day during the week this office had a call from that extreme rarity nowadays, a tourist printer. He was…

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