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Profiles of Washington Territorial Librarians - Walter Newlin and James Ferry

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The One Minute Jail Sentence

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From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library The following news article describes what was most probably the shortest jail sentence in Washington State history.

Profiles of Washington Territorial Librarians – Elwood Evans 1877-1879

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WSL Updates for October 10, 2013

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Volume 9, October 10, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WSL – 160 YEARS OF SERVING THE PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON 2) WASHINGTON HISTORY – ONLINE! 3) DIGITAL LITERACY GRANT CYCLE NOW OPEN 4) CAYAS WORKSHOP – CONNECTING, MAKING, HACKING 5) MEDICAID EXPANSION TOOLKIT 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) WSL – 160 YEARS OF SERVING THE PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON Did you know that the Washington State Library is 160 years old this year?