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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

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