ALCOHOL AND TOE-NAILS
The township of Ottawa, in Kansas, is what is usually termed “a dry town,” or one where liquor can only be obtained for medical or industrial purposes from druggists. Each purchase has to be signed for in books which each druggist must keep. These records show that tipring March it took 82gal of whisky,’ 88gal of alcohol, 38gal of wine, 14gal of gin, 2&gal of brandy, 4gal of beer, 3gal of ale, and 4gal of malt to cure the ills of this small community for a month. The diseases for w,hch this medicine was certified were multitudinous, and —so the report says—“ ranged from ingrowing toe-nails to appendicitis.” Besides this use for medicine, these liqnors can also be obtained for “ mechanical and industrial arts,” and quite a quantity was sold in addition to the above under this heading. Under this “industrial” clause one purchaser obtained 4gal of whisky, besides some brandy and gin. “ Barn raising was the particular industry for which this supply was needed.
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Evening Star, Issue 11609, 20 June 1902, Page 2
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168ALCOHOL AND TOE-NAILS Evening Star, Issue 11609, 20 June 1902, Page 2
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