Volume 14 , Issue 41

Duchess of Weaselskin

The last couple of nights in the Southwest Rockies of Colorado turned chilly, below freezing, reaching into the teens Sunday night. Forgot to take in the flowering begonias, so they did not quite make it through the hard freeze, and were looking a bit on the wilty side Monday morning.

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100 Years Ago Today - 8 October 1912

One hundred years ago today, 8 October 1912, we might have read in the El Paso Herald, out of El Paso, Texas, that "Boston Wins First of World's Series," scoring three runs in the seventh inning.

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NW Okie's Corner

We went to the book, The Oklahoma Red Book for a bit of history of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Northwestern State Normal in Alva, Woods, Oklahoma Territory. Some of the links listed here lead to the research, history we have on our "OkieLegacy" websites.

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Pendleton County, (West) Virginia - 1910-12

In chapter XVIII of History of Pendleton County, West Virginia, by Oren F. Morton and published around 1910 to 1912, we learn that Pendleton was divided into three well defined valleys, with broad, timbered ridges lying between.

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West Virginia Civil War Near End

In The Day Book, dated 22 April 1913, page 34, we found the following article concerning "West Virginia Civil War Near End." Charleston, W. Va., April 22, 1913 -- West Virginia's civil war seemed to be near an end today.

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Northwestern Normal Homecomings Of the Past

With Northwestern OSU Homecoming just around the corner we have combined all of our NWOSU homecomings of the past few years over at our PicasaWeb Photos for your viewing pleasure.

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WIR HomeComfort Cook Book

Some other photos we moved over to our Picasaweb Photos are a few pages of the "Home Comfort Cook Book" dated around the early 1930's for the "Model CB" Wrought Iron Range [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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April 1913 - Ty Cobb & Navin Talk of Salary Fight

Remember when baseball players salaries were below millions of dollars? We found this article in The Day Book, dated 22 April 1913, page 6, where Ty Cobb and Navin talk of salary fight, as written by Ty Cobb. Ty Cobb was playing in the Major in 1907 when my Grandpa Bill McGill was a Major league pitcher for the St. Louis Browns. Wonder what Grandpa's salary was back then?!

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