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Author: Dave Tabler

stillman snow against kidnap background
October 20, 2017 Kidnapping / Virginia

He was laboring to prevent the sudden discovery that he was the lost child

Brother Stillman came out of the hands of his captors one of the most conscientious beings, not excepting my own Mother, that I have ever known.

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olive campbell and students
October 19, 2017 Folk Schools / North Carolina

To make their life in the country better

This course is designed to help young people take advantage of their natural powers and to make their life in the country better, more efficient and more interesting.

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October 18, 2017 Educators/teachers / West Virginia

WV teacher sells $50,000 of War Bonds, wins contest

In October of 1951, 27 year-old Marjorie Ramsey of Logan, WV won a statewide US Defense Department Bond Selling Contest for schoolteachers.

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three restless spirits created by dream generator
October 17, 2017 Appalachian scary tales / Georgia / Ghost stories / Halloween

The three restless spirits of Sarah, Will, and Clem

On a dark moonlit night Sarah can be seen standing on the back deck at the Depot watching for the brother that Will refuses to leave.

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bedraggled woman created in dream generator
October 16, 2017 Appalachian scary tales / Ghost stories / Halloween / West Virginia

The Girl who had been in an Accident

Three boys driving along a deserted road on a snowy night discover a badly hurt girl. But she’s not what she appears to be. A WV ghost story.

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