Volume 14 , Issue 2

Duchess of Weaselskin

That NW Okie is always finding ways to snap a shot of this Duchess Pug! I declare! She must think that I am something special, huh?

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On This Day In History (9 January)

On January 9, 1968, the Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon, asking the end of the American series of unmanned explorations of the lunar surface. READ MORE.

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NW Okie's Corner

I have fallen in love with an epistle novel entitled The History of Eliza Warwick, that takes place in the 1700's in London, England. I am wondering why this 1778 novel of two volumes was not made into a masterpiece theater movie of some sort.

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100 Years Ago Today 9 January 1912

100 Years ago Today, Tuesday, 9 January 1912, the evening edition of The World, in New York, front page headlines read: Half Billion Buried In Ashes of Burned Equitable Building; Democratic Convention Captured by Baltimore; June 25 is the Date set; Richeson to die in chair May 19; Pleads Guilty; Wealthy Woman uses Gas and Gun to End her life; Fire Chief Walsh Dead, Ordered his men back, lost his life in smoke.

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1905 News Remains of Mrs. James Near Weatherford (OK)

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Obituary - Capt. (Ret.) Roger D. Zehr (1929-2012)

This obituary is for Capt. (Ret.) Roger D. Zehr of copperas Cove, Texas and Ellis Raymer asked us to pass it along. Did anyone know Roger D. Zehr? The obituary is below.

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Sketches of Jacob & Mary (Vance) Warwick

Back side of the Jacob's portrait (on left). Back side of Mary Vance's portrait (on right side) Image portraits on left and right are Jacob and Mary Vance Warwick of the Virginia area.

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History of Eliza Warwick (Fictional 1778, Vol. I & II)

I have been reading The History of Eliza Warwick, Vol. I that was printed and published in 1778 in two volumes, in London, printed for J. BEW, in Pater-Noster-Row. It is somewhat hard to read at times because you have to stop now and then to decipher some of the text where the "s" is printed to look like an elongated "f."

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The History of Eliza Warwick, Vol. I

It begins . . . "To Miss Eliza Warwick. My son is distracted, Eliza -- he complains of my -- of your rigor, He knows not the necessity (as we do) of your absence from England. He asks for your story -- demands it with wildness in his aspect -- implores me to unravel this mystery, this dreadful enigma, that is to put an end to all his hopes -- he kneels -- he bedews my hands with his tears -- then rises -- swears he will find you out -- no convent -- no Altar -- no place, however sacred, shall protect you -- shall hide you from him.

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