Volume 17 , Issue 27

NW Okie's Journey

We arrived back in cool SW Colorado a few days ago, leaving the dog days of August in Oklahoma and Texas behind with rising temperatures in the three digits and the 79th Cimarron Stampede Rodeo in full swing in Waynoka, Oklahoma. This coming Thursday thru Saturday is Freedom's "Old Cowhand Reunion & Rodeo."

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Walking With Sadie

Woof! Woof! It was good to get back to Colorado and see my dog friend, Ruff and his human! They were a welcome sight to these pug eyes.

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One Hundred Years Ago, 10 Aug 1915, Tuesday

One hundred years ago today, 10 August 1915, Tuesday, the Oklahoma City Times reported on its front page that the "Suffragists Joyous." Illinois women would receive from State Same wage scale as men. The opinion was that it would help everybody.

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1952 Stevenson's "Hole-In-the-Shoe" Campaign

Do you remember back to 1952 and Adlai Stevenson's "hole in the shoe" campaign for President? Some were saying, "If Ike would only come up with a hole in his sole, us poor folks would vote for him next month for sure. And so would all the other poor folks in the country."

They were referring to the celebrated picture of Governor Stevenson which revealed that the Democratic nominee was practically walking around in his socks insofar as one foot was concerned.

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(1915) Calmly Rob As Citizens View

It was also 10 August 1915, Tuesday, the Oklahoma City Times reported on its front page: "Calmly Rob As Citizens View," as the bandits holding 100 men at bay while accomplices blow bank vault at a bank in Maple Hill, Kansas.

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(1896) Mrs. Bill Doolin Here

It was in The Guthrie Daily Leader, 22 January 1896, page 4, that we found this headline: "Mrs. Bill Doolin Here." The outlaws wife and baby arrived from Payne county. The newspaper also reported on the courtship and marriage of the outlaw; Good words from a former employer; Incidents of his career.

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(August, 1915) Johnson Testifies In His Own Behalf

Tuesday, 10 August 1915, the Tulsa Daily World reported on its front page the following: "(Charles) Johnson Testifies In His Own Behalf." It seems there were questions of an identity principal factor in a Stroud, Oklahoma Bank robbery trial. The defendant, Charles Johnson, tallied with the description of Liege Higgins, it was claimed.

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Nicknames of Presidents

Searching back to 11 June 1897, through old newspapers, we found in The Jewish South, in Richmond, Virginia, page 4, an interesting article talking about "Nicknames of Presidents."

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