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Potpourri: Feb. 18, 2013
Oliver Gallagher, dubbed "Ol Gallahue," was a flamboyant legislator from Wetzel County more than a century ago. He's remembered for bombastic speeches saying Wetzel "produces gas enough to light the world, oil enough to lubricate it, and brains enough to rule it."
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Potpourri: Feb. 18, 2013
Oliver Gallagher, dubbed "Ol Gallahue," was a flamboyant legislator from Wetzel County more than a century ago. He's remembered for bombastic speeches saying Wetzel "produces gas enough to light the world, oil enough to lubricate it, and brains enough to rule it."
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