Volume 17 , Issue 42

NW Okie's Journey

After the example of our ancestors, pioneers whose names had made the Plymouth colony immortal, we should never cease to give thanks for the goodnesses and the mercies showered upon us and our land during the past decades.

Do you find it a little strange that our earliest National holiday, the one at least which had its origin in the very early days of our country, should always be associated with the dinner table? Thanksgiving Day and Thanksgiving Day dinner are synonymous terms with a great many people. Did you realize that our immigrant ancestors feasted for three days, giving thanks in mid October for a bountiful harvest?

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Walking With Sadie

Well! Thanksgiving is just a few days away, around the corner. What did your pioneer ancestors give thanks for on that alleged first Thanksgiving in 1621, Plymouth?

It is in The Daily Chronicle, dated 26 November 1975, Wednesday, page 6, that we find this "The First Thanksgiving" story of how it was and what they supposedly ate on that mid-October day.

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1956 Suspicious Death of Mildred Anne Reynolds

The Iola Register, out of Iola, Kansas, dated 15 March 1956, Thursday, had the following front page headlines: "Still Are Unsure of Crime In Oklahoma Coed's Death," courtesy of (AP) Alva, Oklahoma.

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1956 Reynold Dead In a Burning Car

It was The Kansas City Times, out of Kansas City, Missouri, dated 14 March 1956, Wednesday, page 7, that the following headlines were found concerning the mysterious death of Mildred Anne Reynolds: "Dead In A Burning Car."

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1920, Wife & Son of Prominent Oklahoma Politician

The Wichita Daily Eagle, out of Wichita, Kansas, dated 14 March 1920, Sunday, page 30, had the following headlines: "Wife and Son Of Prominent Oklahoma Politician," Mrs. John B. Doolin and young son, John, Jr.

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1920 - Pioneer Alva Woman One of City's Leaders

The Wichita Daily Eagle, out of Wichita, Kansas, dated 14 March 1920, Sunday, page 30, had the following headlines: "Pioneer Alva Woman One of City's Leaders," Mrs. J. P. Renfrew.

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1920 Alva - City Federation of Women's Clubs

The Wichita Daily Eagle, out of Wichita, Kansas, dated 14 March 1920, Sunday, page 30, had the following headlines: "City Federation," concerning the City Federation of Women's Clubs organized in Alva, Oklahoma a few years before 1920. [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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1887 - No Mans Land

It was in the Indian Journal, dated 2 March 1997, Wednesday, out of Muskogee, Oklahoma, page 2: "No Mans Land," that we found this mention of the text of the Bill extending the laws of the United States over the strip of land in the Oklahoma panhandle.

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