3 Inch Tall Runaway Sought By Police, 1969

3 Inch Tall Runaway Sought By Police   “Police demanded entry into apartment.  Making up a fairy tale about a runaway boy, they left no possibility untouched. Evidently the suspect is quite small as they, 2 males and 1 woman, Read More …

Smuggling Mariguana Territory, 1897

Point of no return, front gate Yuma Territory Prison   Smuggling Mariguana Territory This small catch by a Yuma Territory prison guard in 1897 gets treated like the crime stop of the decade, with the tale getting reprinted for years Read More …

Don’t you care, I’m only smokin rope, 1909

The Kendrick gazette March 19, 1909 Article: In Self Defence   “Moderate smoking will be permitted subject ot restrictions as to the size of pipe and the quality of the material smoked. Onion leaves, cabbage leaves, hemp rope, horse blankets Read More …

Lock Jaw Cured by Cannabis, 1846

Jeffersonian Republican, newspaper July 16, 1846 titled: Lock Jaw Cured   “Dr. Isaac Hiester, of Reading, PA, in the month of April last, cured Charles Sassaman, a lad, sixteen years of age, by the use of a solution of the Read More …

Hot Air Balloon Duel, 1808

  Snap, Crackle, Pop It was 1808, Monsieur de Grandpré was dating a famous opera singer by the name of Mademoiselle Tirevit, she even lived with him at the time. Jolly Ol’ Grandpre comes home to catch Monsieur Le Pique Read More …

Joy for the Toppers, 1892

“In a world of cares and unsatisfied longings it is natural that the soul should sometimes court oblivion and turn wearily from the realities of life to seek short surcease of sorrow in the illusive glories and dreamy imaginings of Read More …

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