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Author: Dave Tabler

Lighting a fire with pair of glasses
October 17, 2019 Manhattan Project / Tennessee

He removed his eyeglasses and lit the pipe by focusing light through the glasses

“Memories of farm life pleasant for Chestnut Ridge resident,” by Charlie Smith, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Reporter, October 2007

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hand holds vaccine against polio slide
October 16, 2019 Doctors / Public endangerment / West Virginia

Did the early polio vaccine cause cancer?

Dr. Bernice Eddy’s work led to safe polio vaccines through thorough testing, & provided major impetus for further research on cancer viruses.

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photo collage of woman's body in smoke
October 15, 2019 Appalachian scary tales / Folklore / Halloween

Haints and Hags on Halloween

The apparition was a pure white body floating about a yard above the ground and “about the size and length of a weaver’s beam.

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stella fuller settlement and stella
October 14, 2019 Appalachian charities

Was Stella Fuller ousted, or did she resign?

Stella Fuller, who’d been snubbed for the Salvation Army post’s top position, spent 37 more years ministering to Huntington’s poorest.

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artificial 1930s leg on pile of coal
October 11, 2019 Black Appalachia / Coal mining

Dey didn’ pay me nothin’ fer gittin’ my legs cut off

Naw, dey didn’ pay me nothin’ fer gittin’ my legs cut off. Dey aint never give me one cent. Dey give me some artificial legs.

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    January 12, 2024
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    November 9, 2023
  • 1930s Ford truck untended in a garage / Library of Congress The Historic Role and Contemporary Allure of Vintage Appalachian Farm Trucks
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