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Random News from Washington State History
A new column covering random news from the newspapers on microfilm collection of the Washington State Library in Tumwater has recently been launched. This is just part of the broader Between the Lines blog.
Not everything is online. Washington State history buffs are welcome to come to WSL and view any of the reels from the world's largest collection of Washington State newspapers. Or it can be sent to your library via interlibrary loan.
Or, you can Ask a Librarian for further help.
[Updated] Topics covered so far:
Strange rumblings in central Washington 1888
Poverty party in Ridgefield 1910
The 1020 year-old man in Bellingham 1914
A weird coincidence brings a long-time fugitive to justice in Kittitas County 1889
A Vancouver mayor vanishes and then turns up as a ghost on the Interstate Bridge 1920
Snowballs are used to kill a fire at Mrs. Anderson's Lodging House, Leavenworth 1904
The sea serpent that got away, McNeil Island, 1899
Pranky Frankie gets a lesson in Karma, Colfax, 1905
A scathing review of a circus, Colville, 1900
The Legislature Votes to Move the Capital to Tacoma, 1905
The proposed new State of Lincoln, 1915
A jury redraws a county boundary for one day to protect illegal booze, Wellington 1894
Saloons only serve the worst appetites of men, Burlington, 1900
The Civil War's Youngest Soldier, Montesano 1909
James Fitzgerald, the Human Ostrich, Prosser 1916
The Dark Side of Prohibition, Ellensburg, 1921
Washtucna Stopping Typhoid at the Outhouse, 1915
Dental Con Artist in Blaine, 1902
Harry Tracy, "The Last Desperado," killed by a citizen posse in Creston, 1902
A newspaper lost to history? Clarkston, 1913
Anna Agnes Maley, 1st women to run for Washington State Governor, 1912
Ghost sighting in Centralia, 1909
The Goliah and a Fata Morgana on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, 1911
Charleston Resists the Blandishments of Bremerton, 1909
Vigilantes and secret societies in Dayton result in violence, 1878
Beaver, Washington agitates for a new county, 1895
DungeNessie, the Juan de Fuca sea serpent, 1892
War horses from the Okanogan, 1915
Cigars in Utopia, Burley, 1900
A ruse by any other name, Spokane, 1902
Voters are unfair to Dr. Fehr, Georgetown, 1910
Mysterious inky cloud turns day into night, Harrington 1908
Ulcer County Gazette, Puyallup, 1922
A rainmaker meets his match in Ephrata/Moses Lake, 1920
A freak egg within an egg, Chesaw, 1912
The Mystery of Buckskin Joe, Marblemount, 1914
Too good to be true, the Hubbard Coil, Seattle, 1920
A Day of Accidents on the Sternwheeler Toledo, Cowlitz River, 1887
Strange Freak of a Cat, Chico, 1891
Coffee-O the Alchemist, South Bend, 1920
Amor De Cosmos juggles a sour grass steak in Kalama, 1873
Seattle Public Library burns down, 1900/1901
Hikin' Nell arrested in Pasco, 1909
Fort Colvile, former Hudson's Bay facility, burns down, 1910
A "Perpetual Ovation" for Major Morris, Port Townsend, 1877
A Monument for Melody Choir and Hobo the Dog, Seattle, 1907
Free drinks on the house, courtesy of a train wreck, Buckley, 1891
Limburger Fiend Raises a Stink, Colfax, 1883
Sea Serpent at Devil's Head, 1855
Mr. Fairweather Goes to Olympia, a comment from the Wilbur Register, 1889
A Bounty on Flies, Pasco, 1921
Nink, Schlumpf, and Dee-- Comedy works in threes, Seattle 1907
A Minister chooses booze over libraries, Zillah, 1903
Ghosts in downtown Spokane Falls, 1885
Boundaries of free speech are tested in Tacoma, 1916
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