Very funny! It was probably home brew, which was made by made households thru the l930's. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie (Noland) Nitsche" <Diamonddeb@comcast.net> To: <OHWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 11:11 AM Subject: [OHWASH] Ad in Mtta. Times Will Make You Laugh > Here's an advertizement, that I found in the newspaper, that you might get a > chuckle out of. > > FOUND WHISKEY FATAL TO FLEAS > FLEAS ON DOGS---I have found, says a correspondent, that the following > recipe is most effectual in killing fleas on dogs, viz: to rub them all > over with whiskey. It acts like magic, killing them instantly. If all are > not polished off in one operation, one more will do the work.--Marietta > Register, June 12, 1862. > > Marietta Ohio, Times, Thursday, April 7, 1938 > Section 5; Pg. 10; Col.8 > Extracted by Debbie (Noland) Nitsche > April 2004 > > > I thought this was funny. :o) LOL I wonder if it was Jim Beam or Vodka?? > lol > > > > Debbie (Noland) Nitsche > Diamonddeb@comcast.net > > WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO HISTORICAL & GENEALOGY "LINKS" > http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory/Intropage1.html > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >