Category Archive for honey syrup
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Hattie Bo Baddy
This week back in 1932, an Arkansas housewife suddenly became the first elected female Senator in U.S. history...and that was the easy part. Learn all about the woman reporters called "Silent Hattie," and then toast her memory with a blend of potent southern poisons that'll leave you speechless. Read more...
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Edison 77
This week back in 1877, Thomas Edison announced he'd invented the first working recording device -- the phonograph. 134 years later we've got Dolby, THX... and this custom cocktail inspired by the phonograph's special sound. Read more...
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The Annuity
This week in 1883, gentleman thief Black Bart finally botched a job...after pulling off 27 stagecoach robberies. The lyrical larcenist left poems - but never dead bodies - at the scene of his crimes. Read more...
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The Hawkins Ordinance
This week back in 1908 women in NYC were barred from smoking in public. Hear about how they won back their right to kill themselves, then celebrate your right to partake of this vice. Read more...
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The Butterfly Sting
This week in back in 1967, Muhammad Ali -- a practicing Muslim -- suffered a major blow in his battle to be recognized as a conscientious objector; a jury sentenced him to 5 years for draft-dodging. Read more...
