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Evil Air: Malaria in the American South
Image shows the range of Plasmodium Falciparum in North and South America.From 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created Feb. 6, 1692: Taken ill a Seventh time: with a Tertian Ague: about 3h p.m...
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Racial Violence in North Carolina
Tomorrow at five in the assembly room I am hosting two JD candidates from Northeastern Law School in Boston, MA. They are giving a presentation of their findings on the 1940’s era murders of 3...
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Old Barns of Wilson NC
Barns not Barnes We have a new book about the barns of Wilson County by Ann T. Baker. It consists well made photographs of various barns from Wilson County with a vague description of where they are...
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North Carolina’s Rich Dialect Diversity
My father used to tell me, “I swanny Will if you don’t stop scaring your sister with that Admiral Akbar mask, I am going to tear it half in two!” Well the mask (I had won it in a Return of the Jedi...
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The Boykin Family of Wilson in 1935 and 1963
Uriah W. Boykin (1856-1936) is in the center and to the far right with the white hat is his son, Stephen Ransom Boykin (1895-1982). Stephen owned Wimpy’s, a lunch counter and pool hall on Tarboro...
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Contentnea Cigarettes and Tobacco Cards
Contentnea Cigarettes- the taste of a muddy creek in every inhale. Image taken from Ebay. Contentnea cigarettes were produced by the Erwin-Nadal Company in Wilson, North Carolina, a subsidiary of the...
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