Volume 15 , Issue 21

NW Okie's Corner

With Memorial Day and memories upon us all, I have been researching Memorial day and for the origins of "Taps" in the old newspapers online. Here is to the memories of all veterans of wars, first responders, firefighters, public service workers and volunteers who have given of their time and their life.

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One Hundred Years Ago - 27 May 1913

On hundred years ago today (27 May 1913), Tuesday, in Aberdeen, Washington, the Semi-weekly Aberdeen Herald front page headlines read: "Will Observe Memorial Day." George Crook Post, G.A.R. invited General Observation of Historic Day.

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Duchess of Weaselskin

There was some excitement as we woke up the morning of 24th May 2013, after a big bear visited our "Bird Diner" at the north end of Vallecito Reservoir, North of Bayfield, Colorado. We do remind everyone to take in their bird feeders at night, and "Do NOT Feed the Bears!" We are reminded, "Feed bears are dead bears."

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Mary Harriman Marries Charles Rumsey

The Salt Lake Herald-Republican, dated 27 May 1910, section one, front page headlines mentions that Charles Carey Rumsey "Captures Rich Bride." Miss Mary Harriman, the daughter of the late E. H. Harriman, who refused scion of wealthy Gotham family to wed man of her choice, a poor scepter, who made the monument for her father's grave.

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1910 - Col. Roosevelt Receives Degree (Doctor of Laws)

In Cambridge, England, May 26, 1910, former President was honored by Cambridge University with undergraduates in evidence. Theodore Roosevelt received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, in a ceremony that was brief and shorn of much of the usual splendor, but was marked by much enthusiasm on the part of the faculty and students, who gave their guest a splendid reception.

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1912 - A Lyric For Memorial Day

We found the following lyric by Joel Benton, in The Bemidji Daily Pioneer, dated 30 May 1912, Thursday evening.

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1898 - What Veterans Had To Say About Their Campaigns

In The National Tribune, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 17 1898. The Editor received from veterans (volunteers and regulars0 articles of from 500 to 1000 words, written exclusively for "The National Tribune," and for publication in the news feature entitled: "Fighting Them Over."

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Origins of Taps

In The National Tribune, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 17 1898., page 3, there was a feature entitled, "Origins of Taps." Gen. Butterfield composed it while on the Peninusla. The following letter was dated, Chicago, Ill., Aug. 8, 1898, and sent to the Editor of Century Magazine, New York.

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Origin of Sounding "Taps"

In The Richmond Climax, out of Richmond, Kentucky, dated 25 August 1909, page 5, we find yet another "Origin of Sounding of Taps."

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