Volume 9 , Issue 16

Back Home Again

This NW Okie is happy to report that she made it back to southwest Colorado, Friday afternoon with enough time to unload, rest up and pet on her pugs while they gave me their special pug kisses.

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1/4/1924 Obituary - Osborne Family

While we were at the news archives in the Oklahoma History Center earlier this week we found this obituary in the January 10, 1924, The Daily Alva Review-Courier [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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1/4/1924 - Fatal Farmhouse Fire

[Taken from The Daily Alva Review-Courier, Alva, Woods Co., OK, dated Friday, January 4, 1924, Vol. XV, No. 157.]

This is the 1924 frontpage story concerning the fatal farm house fire that killed 4 of the Osborne family members in the early morning hours, January 4, 1924.

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OkieLegacy Centennial Moment

It will have been 100 years, November 16, 1907, 9:00 o'clock Central and 10:00 o'clock Eastern Time. On November 16, 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt, with an eagle quill pen, signed the statehood proclamation that merged Indian and Oklahoma Territories as the 46th state of the United States. The signing of the proclamtion put into motion the machinery of the state government at Guthrie, Oklahoma. The pen was then turned over to the historical society of the new state of Oklahoma. It was flashed over the wires that there was a new star in America's constellation.

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Feb., 1924 - Oklahoma Marriages

We thought you might get a kick out of the way some of these February, 1924 marriage announcements were written up in the paper [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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The Rest of the Story

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2/8/1924 - News In The Alva Record

The first week of February, 1924 we discover that Woods County, Oklahoma is prosperous. According to president George Bell and Secretary W. G. Lamont of the Alva Chamber of Commerce, with the assistance of local bankers, a summary showed that the financial conditions were "decidedly on the mend."

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Why Gasoline prices Rise In Summer

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Country Schools Reunion

"Linda I was notified today that the "Country School reunion was to be May 6th [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Made In Oklahoma Recipe Contest

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Knowles, Oklahoma

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NWOSU's New Parking Lot & Green Space

"Here's one of a half-dozen photos I took today of the paving work on the new parking lot at NWOSU in Alva, on the site of the former OKLAHOMA HALL [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Oklahoma Gas & Weather

"Earlier this week, Perry's gas prices (regular unleaded) DROPPED to $2 [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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MORE 2/8/1924 News - The Alva Record

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1924 - District Court In Session

The following news article was found on the frontpage of the Friday, February 8, 1924, Volume 23, No [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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1903 Damage Trial At Alva, O. T.

This early 1900 damage trial was held in Alva, Oklahoma Territory (O [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Feb., 1924 - Alva Chamber of Commerce Officers

The first week of February, 1924, the Alva (Oklahoma) Chamber of Commerce held their weekly Monday luncheon and re-elected George Bell as Chamber president with G [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (1 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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