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Rolando @lemmy.world

6mo ago

Don't test Everett True's sobriety (October 15, 1909)

Printed 115 years ago today in The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal. Image cleaned up a bit, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

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Oof, imagine a drunk Everett True.
- Maybe he would be a chill drunk, not an angry drunk. I wouldn't be brave enough to test that idea.

Oh god, the spittoon.
- oooh THAT's what it is.... I thought it was just a flowerpot or something...

Some interesting articles on the page where this cartoon appeared:
an editorial on Charles Morse, who was a convicted swindler. Fun fact: he was eventually imprisoned and shared a cell with Charles Ponzi, before tricking his way out of jail.
"Our Romantic Vegetables"
A story about Robert Peary disparaging Frederick Cook's claim to be the first person to reach the North Pole.
A diplomatic incident in which the American ambassador to China had to be dismissed

I had a friend who "joshed" me like this, we're still friends, actually, but he had to grow up a bit.

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