The Old Cob Pipe, 1912
Mountains of corn cobs waiting for being transformed into pipes. The cobs are stored for two years. Aging makes the cobs harder and dryer. The Missouri Meerschaum Pipe Co The Old Cob Pipe Why do I stick to the Read More …
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Cosmic Honey, 1972
Cosmic Honey “The federal government long claimed that it knew evreything about marijuana that was necessary; it was, as US Narcotics Commissioner Harry Anslinger used to say, “a killer drug.” But during the sixties, as middle class college students Read More …
A Bloodless Duel, 1881
“When the two duelists met each assumed the same attitude as they had been directed, and for several minutes stood perfectly motionless, each thinking that the other would advance. The bystanders looked on in amazement, the seconds were astonished, and Read More …
The Hemp Body Molding Method, 1934
“The hemp body molding method is REAL FUN and GUARANTEES reduction where such reduction is most needed. It embodies ancient principles known to the Greeks hundreds of years ago. With new body beauty comes improved health and well being.” -The Read More …
Mr. Binns tries Hahseesh, 1884
Mr. Binns tries Hahseesh Funny article from the “Baltimore Sun, March 6, 1884” republished the next day by “The New York Times, March 7, 1884” Some poor chap in Baltimore in 1884 walks into the hospital high as hell… I Read More …
Wax for Lead, 1906
“I received the warmest of welcomes. It was difficult to think so amiable a man could ever find himself a duellist perforce. Gentle of speech, clear of eye, wondrously steady of hand, spare, lithe, and muscular of body, a man Read More …
Dynamite Dreams, 1909
Dynamite Dreams With the railway industry as large as it was in America, someone was bound to try and claim dynamite as a narcotic. They would put a pills worth of dynamite grain in a alcohol drink to ingest it. Read More …
Furthur Down the Magic Trip, 1964
“It isn’t by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.” Read More …
America’s First Cannabis Cup, 1790
“He who can make two ears of corn grow where only one grew before, ranks as a benefactor to society before all the heroes that ever existed” -Jonathan Swift Medal of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Read More …
Rope of Hemp around the Neck of Liberty, 1859
“it is better that this union be a rope of sand around those who are willing to stay together, than a rope of hemp around the neck of Liberty” -Carl Schurz Interesting speech by Carl Schurz leading up to Read More …