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  • #27735
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    Traveling thru the small town of
    Mannington WV today, (Population 2063)
    I stopped at the Mannington public library.
    I always stop at small library’s, Used Book-Stores,
    and local Bakeries.

    Across the street from this library there were two houses
    flying confederate flags.

    Inside the library, i found myself standing in front
    of a shelf that said “100.00 PHILOSOPHY.” So, i scanned
    the titles in the Mannington West, by God, Virginia, Philosophy section.

    Here were the titles in that section. I wrote them down:

    1. Howard Cossell: the Many and the Myth
    2. Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui
    3. Tales of Witchery
    4. Weird Hauntings.
    5. Sylvia Brown’s, Past Lives.
    6. Proof of Heaven, by E Alexander M.D.
    7. Philosophy Rocks, by Stephen Law
    8. Masterpieces of World Philosphyy

    Those are the eight books in the Mannington WV, Philosophy section.
    I don’t know, quite what to make of this.

    I moved on to the Biography section. These were the
    biographies the folks in Mannington could choose:

    1 Cleopatra
    2 Princess Diana
    3 Brooke Shields
    4 Paul Anka
    5 Charles Manson
    6 Tim Tebow
    7 Rod Serling
    8 Ronald Reagan
    9 Al Michaels
    10 Johnny Unitus
    11 Billy Ray Cyrus
    14 Bill Cosby
    15 Billy Graham.
    16. Joe Hill

    Thats it. Those were the choices. And thank God,
    for Joe Hill. There is hope, in the darkness. Joe Hill.
    There he was. Between Billy Ray Cyrus and Billy Graham.

    Thats my West Virginia Library report.

    The Bakery in Mannington was awesome, btw.
    Great hot mustard, Hot Pepper Sauces, Apple Butter,
    Pear Butter, Honey, and Italian Bread.

    Carry on,
    w
    v


    • This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by Avatar photowv.
    #27758
    bnw
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    Small town libraries have never had the resources to acquire quantities of books. Most rely upon donations of books especially contemporary offerings. They would be grateful for any contribution you would make.

    The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.

    Sprinkles are for winners.

    #27759
    Avatar photocanadaram
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    I always stop at small library’s, Used Book-Stores…

    That’s a pretty cool idea. Do you find some consistent themes that run through the towns’ libraries/used bookstores in your region?

    #27762
    Avatar photowv
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    I always stop at small library’s, Used Book-Stores…

    That’s a pretty cool idea. Do you find some consistent themes that run through the towns’ libraries/used bookstores in your region?

    Yes, the consistent theme in small libraries is — no books on anarchism, socialism, or anti-capitalism.
    No ‘radical’ stuff.
    Basically just mainstream Duplicat or Replicant notions.

    Used book-stores are all different though. Just depends on the owner.
    Some of them used-book-store owners are purty radical and quirky.
    They’ll have anything on the shelves. Not many used-book-stores left though.
    Internet has kilt most of em.

    w
    v

    #27764
    Avatar photocanadaram
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    …no books on anarchism, socialism, or anti-capitalism.
    No ‘radical’ stuff.

    Don’t want to rile up the locals, I gather.

    #27766
    Avatar photowv
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    …no books on anarchism, socialism, or anti-capitalism.
    No ‘radical’ stuff.

    Don’t want to rile up the locals, I gather.

    Thats right. We dont want any of them
    weird Canadian ideas trickling
    down on us, either.

    w
    v

    #27768
    Avatar photojoemad
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    Joe Hill:

    In 1914, John G. Morrison, a Salt Lake City area grocer and former policeman, and his son were shot and killed by two men.[6] The same evening, Hill arrived at a doctor’s office with a gunshot wound, and briefly mentioned a fight over a woman. Yet Hill refused to explain further, even after he was accused of the grocery store murders on the basis of his injury. Hill was convicted of the murders in a controversial trial. Following an unsuccessful appeal, political debates, and international calls for clemency from high-profile figures and workers’ organizations, Hill was executed in November, 1915. After his death, he was memorialized by several folk songs. His life and death have inspired books and poetry.

    The identity of the woman and the rival who supposedly caused Hill’s injury, though frequently speculated upon, remained mostly conjecture for nearly a century. William M. Adler’s 2011 biography reveals new information about Hill’s ostensible alibi, which was never introduced at his trial.[7] According to Adler, Hill and his friend and countryman, Otto Appelquist, were rivals for the attention of 20-year-old Hilda Erickson, a member of the family with whom the two men were lodging. In a recently discovered letter, Erickson confirmed her relationship with the two men and the rivalry between them. The letter indicates that when she first discovered Hill was injured, he explained to her that Appelquist had shot him, apparently out of jealousy

    #27776
    Avatar photocanadaram
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    Thats right. We dont want any of them
    weird Canadian ideas trickling
    down on us, either.

    Yeah, well we are an ornery bunch of tree hugging socialists for sure.

    http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_may2012/TreeHuggers.jpg

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