Tag: alcohol
Prohibition Has Come To Stay
Prohibition is here to stay? Fortunately, this particular commissioner was incredibly wrong. After all, you can have my beer when you pry it from my…
Prohibition Alcohol Smuggled In Christmas Trees
Prohibition was a joke. The idea that the government can ban people from drinking alcohol proved to be a huge waste of everyone’s time, since…
10 Street Peddler Jobs From The 20th Century
Street peddlers and hawkers were pretty much like the kiosks in the malls today. Some people find them fun and some people are completely irritated…
10 Strange Old Uses For Castor Oil
During World War I, newspapers reported that Italian battle heroes were horrified by the thought of taking a dose of castor oil. Anyone who has…
7 Historical Alarmist Beliefs About Absinthe
Absinthe, commonly called the green damnation is one of life’s guilty little pleasures. Real absinthe is expensive these days, but so worth the extra money…
8 Types of Drunk
Published in 1874, shortly before the time of Prohibition in the United States, this article details the eight types of drunks you can find on…
