by Dale Wayne Slusser – December 10, 2024 O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love And I’ll no longer be a Capulet. ‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy. In her above soliloquy from...
by Dale Wayne Slusser – December 2024 “More than 1,000,000 new spindles were added to the Southern textile mills in 1924 and 1925. While Eastern and Northern capitalists continue to purchase established plants and erect new mills, Southern capital is being...
By Dale Wayne Slusser- September 10, 2024 In the heart of Asheville’s historic Charlotte Street neighborhood, in the shadow of the historic Manor and Albemarle Park grounds, is a humble two-story house built by African-American John William Bowman and his wife...
By Dale Wayne Slusser- June 11, 2024 “NEW TYPE HOUSE FINDING FAVOR- River Rock Bungalows Are Unique And Material Is Plentiful”, announced the May 14, 1926 edition of the Asheville Citizen-Times.[1] In the opening line of the article, the reporter further announced...
By Dale Wayne Slusser- May 14, 2024 Tuberculosis, first called “phthisis” or commonly, “consumption”, had been around since ancient times, but during the 18th and 19th centuries it had turned into an insidious epidemic in Europe, Great Britain, and the United States. ...
