Alcohol
Dwile Flonking
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 02, 2023 -
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Category: Games, Ridiculousness, Foolishness, Public Ridicule, Silliness, Goofiness and Dumb-looking, United Kingdom, Alcohol
Trick Bass Viol
I would have enjoyed seeing the dogs emerge from the viol itself, but--as I interpret the patent--they are in the box at the base of the instrument. Still, a musical instrument filled with beer is also acceptable.Original patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 06, 2023 -
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Category: Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, Music, Patents, Dogs, 1900s, Alcohol
Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 12
Source: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) 17 Feb 1949, Thu Page 21
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 03, 2022 -
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Category: Crime, Death, Feet, Alcohol
Thanksgiving Hair Tonic Cocktail
In 1909, Friedrich Wilhelm Emil Müller of Chicago received a patent for a hair tonic that, so he claimed, would cause hair "to grow on bald spots of the head." All you had to do was thoroughly rub it into the scalp with the tips of the fingers several times a day.The tonic struck some at the patent office as sounding quite tasty. So it was served as an aperitif at the 1936 Thanksgiving-week banquet in Washington DC celebrating 100 years of the American patent system.
Tacoma News Tribune - Nov 24, 1936
Posted By: Alex - Thu Nov 24, 2022 -
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Category: Inebriation and Intoxicants, Patents, Thanksgiving, Hair and Hairstyling, Alcohol
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Brewery
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 30, 2022 -
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Category: Destruction, History, Stereotypes and Cliches, Advertising, 1970s, Alcohol
Champagne-Flavored Chewing Tobacco
Would this be popular today? I'm amazed they got the cooperation of the famous champagne maker.Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 19, 2022 -
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Category: Smoking and Tobacco, 1910s, Alcohol
Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 10
Source: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) 17 Feb 1949, Thu Page 21
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 29, 2022 -
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Category: Death, 1940s, Alcohol
Follies of the Madmen #542
Which booze does your doctor recommend?Source.
Source of second ad.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 27, 2022 -
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Category: Medicine, Advertising, 1950s, Alcohol
America Never Took Water
Sing along to this rousing anti-Prohibition ditty! Full lyrics here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 23, 2022 -
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Category: Government, Law, Music, Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, Alcohol
Drunken Dancers Arrested In Street
A more-innocent era. Not a single gun confiscated!Source: The NYT for July 8, 1923.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 17, 2022 -
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Category: Noises and Other Public Disturbances of the Peace, Urban Life, 1920s, Alcohol
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