Volume 14 , Issue 48

Duchess of Weaselskin

The last week of November 2012 finds us enjoying sunny, cool, dry weather in the Southwest Colorado Rocky mountains at an elevation of approximately 7000 feet, with the early morning sunrise temperatures in the range of of the high teens to the 20s on some mornings. This Duchess Pug still likes to find a sunny spot of ground during the day to be outside napping near her owners pickup truck.

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1912, Goshen, NY - Gibson On Trial For Choking Rosa Szabo

In The Washington Times, dated Monday evening, November 25, 1912, one hundred years ago today, we find the continuing drama of the Burton W. Gibson, the New York lawyer, accused of having choked Mrs. Rosa Szabo to death July, 1912 while they were boating on Greenwood Lake. Burton insisting that he had no fear of the outcome, came into court on 25 November 1912 to learn his fate.

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100 Years Ago Today - 26 November 1912

One hundred years ago today, 26 November 1912, Tuesday, The San Francisco Call, front page headlines read: "War Clouds Hang Low Over Nations of Europe;" "German kaiser Holds Peace of the Old World In His Keeping;" and "Austria Has Great Force Massed On Serb Border," Written by Paul Lambeth.

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NW Okie's Corner

This week in our old newspaper research and YouTube, we found some interesting articles and videos to share with you.

One of those is about a William B. Magill (45 years of age) and his second wife, Lola Taylor (29 years of age), who had died in Mt. Vernon, Ohio in an alleged murder, suicide incident. I know of no connection to my McGill ancestors, though. But do know the Magill and McGill are surnames have been found with both spellings in my ancestry family tree.

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History of Rockbridge County, Virginia - Civil Government (1737-1852)

This week we continue with the civil government of Colonial Virginia (1732-1852). For about forty years after the beginning of settlement, the laws and institutions under which the people of Rockbridge lived were those of Colonial Virginia. For almost twice as long a period, or until the constitution of 1851 went into effect, there was no very striking change. The coming in of the new order was an illustration of the fact that progress is ordinarily by easy steps and not by jumps.

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1912 - William B. Magill Kills His Wife & Seeks Own Life

This story takes us back to 19 November 1912, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and the story that ran on page three of The Democratic Banner, with the headlines: "William B. Magill Kills His Wife And Then Seeks His Own Life."

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1912 - Death Comes To Magill

In The Democratic Banner, out of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, dated 26 November 1912, page five, we find the headlines of "Death Comes To Magill." Whether this Magill is related to our McGills, I do not know, but I found it to be an interesting article anyway.

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1893 - Perry (O.T.) Points

In The Wichita Daily Eagle, out of Wichita, Kansas, dated Friday, 3 November 1893, this front page article entitled, "The Outlet Towns" with a subheading of "Perry Points" mentioned that Perry was now a city of the first class, with a full set of officers. William Tighlman, formerly city marshal of Dodge City during the palmy days of that city, was appointed city marshal. There were nine patrolmen also appointed, and Perry now had a regular metropolitan police system.

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Home Comfort Steel Range No. 66

According to the Home Comfort Range Cookbook & Manual, they had sold 277,188 Home Comfort Ranges to January, 1894, in the United States, Canada and foreign countries. Their ranges were better adapted to the wants of housekeepers, and gave better general satisfaction than any others manufactured.

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FDR's The Fala Speech

This could apply to the Republicans today! I love FDR's sense of humor when he humoriously calls out the Republicans of his time. Listen to see if you can find the similarities of then and now with the Republican party.

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