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Author: Dave Tabler

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February 8, 2017 Newspaper / Tennessee / Writers

Now don’t tell a soul I told you this…

“The everlasting ‘Now don’t you ever tell I told you this’ ought to place the speaker on a level with a fellow that carries brass knucks.”

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elmer gantry book and stidger quote
February 7, 2017 Evangelists / Preachers

A flamboyant man who in many ways resembled Elmer Gantry

Unaware of the kind of novel that Elmer Gantry was to be, he boasted that the central character was to be modeled on himself.

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marijuana being handed out at a party
February 6, 2017 Drug laws / Virginia

Virginia outlaws marijuana

The Uniform Narcotic Drug Act of 1934 was the first mention of marijuana, or any of its derivatives, in the Virginia Code.

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Käthe Kollwitz Woman with Dead Child (Frau mit totem Kind) 1903
February 5, 2017 Family life / Honoring the dead

As I think about your sorrow, I have wished I could have taken Beatrice’s place

Although it was over forty years ago, it is as fresh in my memory as though it were but a day. I remember how I felt, how I thought I never could become reconciled.

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Man arms outstretched in church painting
February 3, 2017 Judges / Kentucky / Religious practices

Superabundance of Religious Fervor Lands Holy Roller in Police Court

Her religious feelings overcame her so that she shook and rolled, thereby throwing those present at the service into a state of alarm.

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