Volume 14 , Issue 33

Duchess of Weaselskin

It has been eighteen days since the 30th Summer Olympics began in London 2012. I would like to applaud London and the United Kingdom for sponsoring of the XXX olympics of 2012. Did you get to watch the Sunday finals; the unlighting and passing of the torch? What about the Americans and their showing of 104 medals? Great job, London!

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100 Years Ago Today - 13 August 1912

One hundred years ago today there was "another big split among republicans." On Tuesday, August 13, 1912, in The Democratic Banner, out of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, on the front page reported "Vacancy On the Ticket For Governor Is Filled" and "Resulting in Resignations of Eight Members of Committee."

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NW Okie's Corner

As we learn more about our past and the "old times" of the our pioneers, we find the old times were unlike the present times, so much so that . . . can we truly understand them very imperfectly unless we give no little time and thought to the points of difference?

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Pendleton County, (West) Virginia - Early Laws & Customs of Virginia Colony

This week in our journey through the History of Pendleton County, West Virginia we learn a bit about the early laws, customs and usages of when the settlement actually began and reaching in 1818 and through a full natural term of of seventy years with the Middle years around 1865.

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Highland Recorder, 18 March 1910

We find in the The Highland Recorder, dated 18 March 1910, Friday, out of Monterey, Highland County, Virginia, that The History of Pendleton County would be ready in April, 1910 and would have about 450 pages with strong binding, good paper, clear type, map and 12 illustrations. It would also be a limited number of copies.

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1912 - Governor Wilson Accepts Nomination

In The Democratic Banner out of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 13 August 1912, on page 2, there was the headlines: "Six Thousand persons, two thousand of them being women, listened while Governor Wilson accepted nomination."

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1905, November - Highland Recorder Local News

In the Highland Recorder, out of Monterey, Highland County, Virginia, dated 17 November 1905, page 3, we find personal brief items of interest to some home folks about their friends and acquaintances of Pendleton county, West Virginia.

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1755 - Orders To Peter Hogg Regarding Ft. Dinwiddie (Virginia)

Gerald Mclaughlin sent me the 1755 Orders to Peter Hogg Regarding Ft. Dinwiddie that can be found in the Library of Congress, pages 207 thru 209, in the manuscript division. It was hard reading some of the words so please excuse if I misspelled or misrepresented some of the names or words. Also see the following George Washington writings -

To CAPTAIN PETER HOGG 65 September 6, 1755 - [Note: Washington inclosed these instructions in a short note, reminding Hogg that he was the senior captain, and that as the orders admit of no delay "I must again repeat, that I expect your immediate compliance; and that no excuse shall occasion the least delay." ]

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