Volume 15 , Issue 12

Duchess of Weaselskin

The last that we spotted those rascally, swinging gangster raccoons was around 21st March, between the hours of 3:33am and 5:48am MDT, and 22nd March, between the hours of 2:19am thru 3:33am MDT, at the north end of Vallecito Reservoir, Bayfield, Colorado.

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World War I, April 6, 1917

On April 6, 1917, two days after the U.S. Senate votes 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany, the U.S. House of Representatives endorses the decision by a vote of 373 to 50, and the United States formally enters the First World War.

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NW Okie's Corner

Let us reflect back to the day of our graduation from high school. Some of us who graduated from high school in the year of 1966 while listening to the following music on KOMA Radio.

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History of Rockbridge County, Virginia - World War I

Until the United States entered the war in April, 1917, the Rockbridge newspapers gave little space to the conflict, except as to the telegraphic news on the front page. As in 1861, the people of this county were not precipitant. yet they were quick to rise to the situation when the crisis did arrive.

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24 March 1913 - Tornado Sweeps Omaha

It was one hundred years ago that The Seattle Star, dated Monday, 24 March 1913, out of Seattle, Washington, reported "Tornado Sweeps Omaha; Reports Indicate 200 Killed." Other towns in the storm zone were wiped out.

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The Friedmann Cure for Tuberculosis - 1913

It was Monday, March 24, 1913, in a Seattle, Washington newspaper front page headline, that reported that "Dr. Noble Declares the Friedmann Cure For Tuberculosis Is Genuine."

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1913 - Wealthy Society Woman Exposes Traffic In Girls

It was in that same 24 March 1913, Monday, Seattle, Washington newspaper the the following headline read: "Wealthy Society Woman Exposes Traffic In Girls." It was the startling disappearance 2 years ago (1911) of the beautiful Dorothy Arnold, that shocked James Lee Laidlaw, the millionaire New Yorker banker and his wife, Harriet Burton Laidlaw, that they made a study of the white slave traffic. Mrs. Laidlaw was then after considered the foremost authority on the subject in America.

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Titanic Footage & Survivors Interviews

Titanic footage and survivors interviews. On 14 April 1912, on her maiden voyage, the passenger liner RMS Titanic hit an iceberg. More than 1500 men, women and children perished. This is a short television documentary about the sinking of the Titanic, including interviews with survivors talking about their experiences and their escape. ~ britishpathe.com

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Hit Parade USA 1945

Remembering the Hit Parade of 1945 in the United States. This is the music, hit parade, 1945, usa, top, billboard, chart, list, old, oldies, best., hits, songs, classics, bigbands, big band, orchestra, Johnny Mercer, Harry James, Doris Day, Sammy Kaye, Les Brown, Kitty Kallen, Vaughn Monroe, Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Perry Como.

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The Suffragettes WWI & Winning The Vote

We find during 1917, that women over the age of 30 won the right to vote. January 1917, unmarried Women and wives of soldiers over age of 30 be allowed to vote.

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