Volume 17 , Issue 26

NW Okie's Journey

Where did July 2015 scamper go? David and I celebrated our 46th wedding anniversary, 30 July 2015 (1969-2015). We have had our ups and downs, but nothing too serious that we could not work through. Thanks, David, for some great years, putting up with this independent NW Okie.

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Walking With Sadie

Woof! Woof! Did you see the "Blue Moon" a few days ago, 31 July 2015? NW Okie snapped this view of the "Blue Moon" while we were down in Houston this last weekend at 11 o'clock PM. But it wasn't at midnight, and it wasn't blue.

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One Hundred Years Ago, 4 August 1915, Wednesday

One hundred years ago today, 4 August 1915, The Tulsa Daily World was reporting on their front page the following headline: "Accounts Short, Says Creek Judge," via Sapulpa, Oklahoma, August 3, 1915.

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(1915) Two Soldiers Are Killed, Explosion

Also on 4 August 1915, The Tulsa Daily World was reporting on their front page the following headline reported "Two Soldiers Are Killed, Explosion."

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(1915) Get Health First & Ballot Later Is Advice To Women

This is what some people were talking about in August, 1915 when the woman suffrage movement was going beginning. The Tulsa Daily World was reporting on their front page the following headline reported "Get Health First and Ballot Later Is Advice To Women."

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(1942) 101 Ranch Work Is Ended For Duration

In the Miami Daily News-Record, in Miami, Oklahoma, 20 July 1942, Monday, the following story was reported: 101 Ranch Work Is Ended For Duration."

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(1914) Suffragists Not Discouraged

It was 17 January 1914, Saturday, in the "Lead Daily Call," in Lead, South Dakota that we found the following article about "Suffragists Not Discouraged."

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1952 Democratic National Convention Oklahoma Delegation

Convention included the following. But ... Delegates may be incomplete.

We did find out that Marion S. Monfort, of Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma, a Democrat, was alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention, in 1952. Does anyone knowledgeable about politics remember any stories of Marion S. Monfort campaigning for State Senator in 1952 against a Woodward man, W. P. Williams, and what year that was?

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