Never let the facts get in the way of a good yarn.
From the desk of Steve Willis, Former Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: My father was a master storyteller who had a saying, “Never let the facts get in the way of a good yarn.” I think some reporters must have that motto as well, or at least they did in 1890. The following article was found at random in the Columbia Chronicle, September 20, 1890. This was the newspaper for Dayton, Washington: A GASTLY FIND…