Stormy Jordan Ottumwa anti prohibitionist jailed for 300 days
Ottumwa correspondent reports that famous saloon keeper known as Stormy Jordan has been jailed in Wapello county for 300 days for allegedly convincing neighbors to drink. Despite his notoriety and profanity laden temper he showed frankness in early days, including a provocative basement tavern sign with grinning devils and serpents.
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Ottumwa
Gyes
Jordan
Towa
Louis Globe-Democrat
Probaly
Wapello County
Kinsley
Union Depot
Notable Bar Notices Stir Reading At Stormy’s
A weary reader confronts warning signs and sees notices scattered about in Stormy’s bar area. The fragment hints at warnings and local notices read in a grim, confrontational setting.
Stormy Jordan’s Saloon and the Prohibition Era Myths
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Stormy Jordan’s saloon in a prohibition era, detailing his strict bar rules, generosity to drunken families, and clashes with activists. The excerpt hints at legends of his family ties and a colorful, cautionary frontier ethos.
Underground distillery raid near Stone Mountain
U S Marshal McDonald and Deputy Marshal Chisholm uncovered a large illicit operation led by Benjamin Franklin Kilgore two miles from Stone Mountain. The seizure included a gun house engine boiler still cap worm cottonseed and other items. Kilgore was arrested in Atlanta after a night-time search revealed a hidden cellar under the gin house. A guard was stationed as officers transported the confiscated goods to Atlanta.
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Atlanta Constitution
Pee Marshal McDonald
Stone Mountain
Benjamin Franklin Kilgore
Chisholm
McDonald
Paulding County
Mr Neither
Mr. Chisholm
Gainesville
Thane
Dolan
Kilgore
Atlanta
New York paper notes risky drinking habits in eastern cities
The piece describes men burning stomachs with acid phosphate to drink Moxie, and using bitters, patent medicines, quinine, and ice water. It links city life to disordered systems and frequent cravings for stimulants or nervines.
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New York
An Inventor's Advice and Early Struggles of George Stephenson
A quotation frames Stephenson as an example of perseverance before he perfected the locomotive. The text notes dramatic improvements in health for users of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and claims relief from liver, blood, and lung ailments. It also mentions John W. Mackey causing a stir in London.
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George Stephenson
Pierce
Longfellow Birthday Book and Various Advertisements
A collage of 19th century notices extolling health tonics tonics and patent medicines. Advertisements promote Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Purgative Pellets, McCaine’s St. Paul Oil, Hall’s Hair Renewer, Ayer’s Pills, Perry Davis’s Pain Killer, Brown’s Iron Bitters, Allen’s Iron Tonic, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, Cole’s Carbolic Salve, and an array of papers praising medical remedies and products. Also notes about 4,000 Americans in London, a cattle stud sale, Cuba sugar output, and other miscellany.
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Longfellow
R. V. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N
New Obscenity Law Bans Gift Sale and Advertising
A stringent new law prohibits the gift or sale of obscene literature and bans advertising of such material in newspapers. It targets secret advertisements and even discontinues publications like the Police Gazette. Penalties include confiscation of contraband goods and severe fines. public carriers are barred from transporting them.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Benefits
Readers praise Hood's Sarsaparilla for blood disorders stomach issues and liver and kidney trouble. Testimonies claim it improves digestion rheumatism and general vitality. Sold by druggists priced one dollar for 100 doses with six for five dollars.
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Hood
Cuxsesro
Fire Dept
Stonington, Ct
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