Volume 18 , Issue 5

NW Okie's Journey

What will the groundhog (woodchuck) bring us in 2016? May his shadow grow less. Is that what your weather predictions might be for 2016? What's it doing in your neck of the woods?

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Walking With Sweet Silly Sadie Dawg

Woof! Woof! "With the relentless march time, groundhog day approaches. Let her approach and give the countersign. Groundhog day is purely an American institution, and as such re respect the day and the ground but not the hog. The only groundhog the news has any respect for comes in the shape of sausage."

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The Groundhog's Day

Since Groundhog day is upon us (February 1st or 2nd), we decided to do some research on "Groundhog Day." No! We are not watching the Bill Murray movie "Groundhog Day" that we have watch umpteen times already. We went to the newspaper archives, back to 1894, January 31, Wednesday, to see what "Groundhog Day" was like in the late 19th century.

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1894 - A Chance For Marriage In Oklahoma

Here is an interesting article for Oklahomans out there looking for some of their history, legacy. In The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Indiana, dated 31 January 1894, Wednesday, page 8, had the following headlines: "A Chance For Marriage." It seems a hundred men in Oklahoma wanted wives right away.

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1887 - Ground Hog Day

It was in the Staunton Spectator, Staunton, Virginia, 9 February 1887, Wednesday, page 3, we found this interesting article concerning the groundhog not finding his shadow, February 2nd, 1887: "Ground Hog Day."

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1887 Groundhog Day Story

It was in The Macon Republican, Macon, Missouri, 17 February 1887, Thursday, page 3, that we found this editorial concerning the groundhog:

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1887, Kansas Groundhog Day

The Belle Plaine News, of Belle Plaine, Kansas, dated 12 February 1887, Saturday, page 2, presented fragments from the diary of A. G. Forney, of Belle Plaine, concerning a little history and the past nine years of February 2nd, Groundhog Day.

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