Volume 7 , Issue 19

Travels With Duchess

Last Sunday Duchess and this NW Okie headed East from SW Colorado to NW Oklahoma -- leaving the cool, mountain climate behind us for a few weeks. Some of the sights we left behind in Colorado were the snow-capped mountains. We did view a few herds of antelope grazing in the early morning hours east of Raton, New Mexico along hwy 64 towards Clayton. We reached our NW Oklahoma destination Monday mid-afternoon. AND... Our eyes have been itchy,watery ever since we arrived in Oklahoma.

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WPA Projects in 1935 - Park Plan Sketched

ARC News article dated July 19, 1935 -- "The special committee enumerated this morning the projects it had in mind for Hatfield park, designed to make it a playground for northwest Oklahoma [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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The Alva Review-Courier - July, 1935...

Besides traveling from the cool mountains of SW Colorado to NW Oklahoma, we have been traveling back in time to "1935" by way of a local NW Oklahoma newspaper, The Alva Review-Courier, dated 19 July 1935 [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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July 1935 - Town Tattler...

"One of the busiest corners of the city hall these days is the library [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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1935 - Waynoka Port Work Started - Towers are Shipped To Fort Worth...

ARC News -- dated 19 July 1935 -- "Towers at the Transcontinental Western Airport at Waynoka have been dismantled and haved been shipped to Fort Worth to complete the first step in a change which may make the Waynoka port one of the keys in a nation-wide air safety system. By October 1, a government crew will be moved in to Waynoka to set up the radio 'cluster.' Work on the radio station will be completed within 60 days after it is started and it will be opened on January 1.

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Enid Fly-in Event...

"I was trying to reach the Enid chapter of Red Hat Ladies [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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John David WARWICK & Ina A. Bacon Marriage Certificate...

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1904 Pioneer Article Agitator by David Payne

"May I have permission to link to your page: 1904 Pioneer Article - Agitator by David Payne from an online Oklahoma Curriculum I am writing for homeschoolers? This page has some interesting information I would like the children to read about David Payne [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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2nd Lt. Quartermaster Raymond F. RALL ...

"My mom had met my dad in Okmulgee when he was stationed there [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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1933 - Farmers and the New Deal...

"The farmers of America did not prosper in the so-called Roaring Twenties. They were simply too successful in that they produced far too much for the American market. With western Europe as a market effectively closed to them as a result of a tariff war, the farmers could only sell in America. Too much product for too few people caused prices to plummet. Bankruptcy followed bankruptcy in the mid-West. In January 1933, Ed O'Neal, the farmers union leader had said: Unless something is done for the American farmer we will have a revolution in the countryside within less than 12 months. [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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1935: The Work Progress Administration (WPA) Established...

"1935: The Work Progress Administration (WPA) was established by New Deal legislation on a semi-permanent basis to take the place of the Civil Works, the CCC, and the ERA [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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1935 - Three Youths Held On Bonds of $2,000...

"Bonds of $2,000 each were set this morning by County Judge J [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation...

Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) was a poet who co-published the anti-slavery newspaper The Commonwealth with her husband, Samuel Gridley Howe. In 1861 she wrote the words to The Battle Hymn of the Republic, which became the recognized theme song of the Union during the Civil War.

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July 1935 - Legal Assaults On Act Continue...

The Alva Review-Courier dated July19, 1935 takes us back to a time of AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933). According to one of the frontpage headlines in this NW Oklahoma newspaper, legal assaults on the Act continued all the way to the Supreme Court. The Boston U. S. Circuit Court held the AAA wheat processing tax unconstitutional, sending the issue to the supreme court.

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1935 - 175 Names To Office of NRS - To Be Checked For Registration

ARC News article dated July 19, 1935 -- Names of 175 clients on relief rolls were sent to Woodward Thursday for a checkup with the National Re-employment Service's (NRS) district office, Dr [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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MORE ARC News Articles Dated July 19, 1935...

1935 - Enid Man Hired As County's Engineer J. Ralph Houghton, Enid, Thursday afternoon was named by the board of county commissioners as part-time engineer. With funds insufficient to hire a full-time engineer, the board will probably permit towns and school districts to use his services in drafting WPA projects. Mr. Houghton will go to work Monday on three projects which commissioners have outlined for him. He was in Oklahoma City today.

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