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Senator Nesmith and Crisp Tales on Prohibition Humor
A column recalls Senator Nesmith of Oregon and Speaker Crisp sharing jokes about prohibition. It notes Nesmith’s raspy witticisms and Ingalls sharp quips, plus Governor Stone and Colonel Crisp stories, finishing with a Georgia judge’s tale of Uncle Reuben outrunning a bull in a lively race.
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Nesmith
Crisp
Pine Tree
John James Ingalls’ Bright
Stone
Oregon
Washington
Oregonian
Bn Iim
Major Salmon
Charles Frederick Crisp
Georgia
Mr. Crisp
Solomon
Francis Bacon
House of Representatives
Lstald
Maine
John
Conetesy
Kansas
Ingalls
House of Congress
John James Ingalls
Senate
William Joel Stone
Missouri
National Democratic Committee
House
John T. Crisp
Independence
Sir John Falstaff
Flanders
Mark Twain
Artemus Ward
Governor Stone
Colonel Crisp
Holden
Patrick Henry
Demosthenes
Cicero
Warrensburg
Malden
Judge Griegs
Reuben
Darky
Paul Revere
John Gilpin
Ben-Hur
Sarah
Ten Broeck
Mollie McCarty
Uncle Reuben
Champ Clark