Volume 17 , Issue 13

NW Okie's Journey

The person who bought the "Old Sam Lindsay" place south of Monterey, Virginia, sent me a recent photo taken this last Saturday of a view of my paternal grandmothers relatives, who showed up in a misty aura over the Gwin/Eckard cemetery. The family plot is situated in a pasture, beside the creek. Can you see the mist hanging over the graveyard in the photo on the left?

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Walking With Sadie

Woof! Woof! May is in the air! Where and when did April disappear?

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100 Years Ago, Tuesday, 4 May 1915

One hundred years ago, Tuesday, 4 May 1915, the Guthrie Daily Leader, out of Guthrie, Oklahoma, was reporting on their front page headlines: "French Cruiser Gambetta Sunk With 500 Loss." Other headlines included: "Why Prices Of Oil Were Whittled" and "Protected By A Terrific Fire The Allies Land."

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April, 1919 Far West Troops of 40th Division Home On 2 Ships

The Evening World, Saturday, April 5, 1919, had the following headlines: Principals In Alleged Plot To Get Aged Woman's Riches," "War Minister Talks of Bigger Germany After The War," and "Far West Troops of 40th Division Home On 2 Ships." Just a few of the many front page headlines on that date.

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1900 - Outlaws Work!

It was Monday Afternoon edition of The Albuquerque Daily Citizen, dated 28 May 1900, had the this front page headline: "Outlaws Work!" The subheads read: "Utah Sheriff and Deputy Shot to Death."

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1900 Eclipse Of Sun!

Monday Afternoon edition of The Albuquerque Daily Citizen, dated 28 May 1900, was reporting "Eclipse of Sun!"

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1908 Wyckliffes Outlaws Surrender

It was in the Palestine Daily Herald, dated 26 May 1908, that we found this mention of a headline that read: "Wyckliffes Surrender." It was concerning Oklahoma Outlaws with rewards out for them that gave up to the Sheriff at Muskogee.

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