Volume 17 , Issue 40

NW Okie's Journey

It turned cool down in Houston, Texas a few days ago. Nice outside weather, but this NW Okie misses her Colorado, snow-packed mountains. But the research goes on, a day late as usual.

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Walking With Sadie

NW Okie says for me to take you back to the nineteenth century, 1896 to be exact, to research for the four Earp brothers sister, Jessie Earp Clanton. We find in The Times, out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated 30 March 1896, the following headlines: "How Jessie Earp Was Pursued."

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Longfellow, The Poet

It is in The Princeton Union, in Princeton, Minnesota, Thursday, 21 February 1907, page 3, written by Robertus Love, that we find this article: "A Poet Who won The Hearts of His Countrymen." The serene and noble life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born a century ago (1807).

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Referee Earp's Frontier Life

It was in The Times, out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, 6 December 1896, page 23, that we find this frontier life story of the kind of man that defeated Bob Fitzsimmons. That man was Wyatt Earp. But who was Bob Fitzsimmons? Let us explore this and find out.

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The Horseless Vehicle of the Future

It was in The Times, out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, 6 December 1896, page 15, that we find this headline: "The Horseless Vehicle of the Future."

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1896 - How Old Is Niagara?

It was in The Times, dated 6 December 1896, Sunday, page 15, that they were asking the question: "How Old Is Niagara?" This question had bothered scientists and was unanswered still in 1896.

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1896 - Fitzsimmons Gets An Injunction

The San Francisco Call out of San Francisco, California, dated 4 December 1896, Friday, page 1, had this headline concerning the Fitzsimmons prize fighter: "Fitz Gets An Injunction, The Courts Will Decide the ownership of the Purse." A majority of sporting men still believed that Fitzsimmons was robbed of the decision and the purse. And ... Wyatt Earp was arrested the day before for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit.

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