This humorous article was on the front page of the Spring Valley Herald,
Nov. 2, 1911. They offered a lot of advice on leading a proper life, but I
thought this was especially amusing. This was in a era before national
prohibition, but during a time when most counties were voting on being "wet"
or "dry" (BTW, Orange County voted overwhelmingly to stay "wet" at
every
vote)
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WILL MARRY AND FORGET DRUNKEN HUSBAND
To the man who can't do without his drinks, an exchange offers the
following as a solution to his bondage of the habit.
Start a saloon in your own house.
Be the only customer.
You will have no license to pay.
Go to your wife and give her $2 to buy a gallon of whiskey and remember
there are 69 drinks in one gallon. Be sure and buy your drinks from your
wife, and by the time that the first gallon is drunk she will have $4 to put
in the bank and $2 to start business again.
Should you live ten years and continue to buy booze from her and then
die with snakes in your boots, she will have money enough to bury you
decently, educate your children, buy a house and lot, and marry a decent man
and quit thinking about you.