Look Back: The effects of alcohol
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Go Slow
Day before yesterday, one Johnson, from the country, took on a load "Lightening Whiskey," and mounted his steed for a ride, but being unable to "go slow," was handed over to the Recorder, who fined him one dollar and costs for fast riding.
The Parkersburg Daily Times
July 4, 1867
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The distillery belonging to Mr. Dollmeyer, about a mile above the city, was entirely destroyed by fire this morning at 3 o'clock. We have not learned the amount incurred, but the loss must have been heavy.
The Parkersburg Gazette
Sept. 23, 1869
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That Beer
We have no disposition to say a word of encouragement about drinking lager to those who do not indulge. If it is their faith not to use it, we say alright, and respect them for it. But to those who use the foaming nectar, especially in dog days, we say, use none other than HEBRANK & RAPP. Some of our dealers are in the habit of sending off to Cincinnati and getting stuff here that oftentimes would make a pig squeal; while if they would spend the same money with our brewers here, it would enable them to make extensive improvements and deal as liberally as those Cincinnati monopolists. HEBRANK & RAPP make a better and purer article than any Cincinnati cellar ever yet contained, and can compete with them in price. They ought to receive the patronage of every devotee of lager in this community.
The Parkersburg Weekly State Journal
July 28, 1870
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Four Evils
Whoever habitually uses any alcoholic preparations as an "appetizer," will be likely to suffer from four evils, viz: an overplus of food in the stomach, impaired ability to digest it, the pangs of dyspepsia, and a doctor's bill. Dr. Walker's Vegetable Vinegar Bitters, the great Teetotal Restorative of the age, without overstimulating the palate or irritating the stomach, imparts a healthful appetite, promotes digestion, regulates the liver and bowels, purifies the blood, and thus, instead of entailing four evils, effects four inestimable benefits.
The Parkersburg Weekly Times
Dec. 7, 1871
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From One Editor to Another
There is not an illicit distillery or distillery of any kind in Roane County, Gen. Duval, O.G. Scofield and the Associated Press Dispatches to the contrary notwithstanding. -- Roane County Appeal.
There you are again Mike [the editor], -- off at half cock. It won't do to get so excited when the thermometer is cavorting around among the nineties. Nobody has charged, intimidated, or hinted that there are any illicit distilleries in Roane [county], except a sensational Washington reporter for The Pittsburgh Commercial, whose penchant for dishing up sensation is only equaled by the brazenness in nosing around among Government pigeon holes.
The Parkersburg State Journal
July 19, 1877
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An Irishman who gave his name as J.J. Bradley, and said he had been living in Parkersburg for the last four months, was arrested last Friday by Marshall Dye and lodged in the lock-up. He had been drinking very freely and was bordering on mania a potu. Nothing unusual was noticed in his conduct until Tuesday afternoon, when he got possession of a case knife and attempted to cut his throat -- He made a gash on the left side of his neck about an inch and a half long, cutting the wind-pipe slightly. He was discovered by policeman Davis and engineer Hancock but he kept them off with his knife, threatening to kill anyone that approached him. Marshall Dye and Sheriff Stedman were sent for. The Marshall tried to scare him into submission by shooting at him with his revolver, but he disregarded it as if it had been a toy whistle instead of a revolver. Finally, a stream of water from the pump was turned against his face which distracted him so that the Marshall sprang into his narrow cell and knocked him down and secured him. He is a large and powerful man. He is now under care of a doctor and is getting along. -- The Marietta Times
The Parkersburg Sentinel
Aug. 10, 1878
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Bob Enoch is president of the Wood County Historical and Preservation Society. If you have comments or questions about Look Back items, please contact him at: roberteenoch@gmail.com, or by mail at WCHPS, PO Box 565, Parkersburg, WV 26102.