Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1919 — MANY DEATHS HAVE RESULTED [ARTICLE]

MANY DEATHS HAVE RESULTED

From Effects of a Vile New “Hardware" Now Being Sold. More than half a hundred deaths have occurred throughout Che country within the. past week from drinking a decoction of which wood alcohol is said to form the “kick" ingredient. Lots of this dope has been surreptlously made and sold by bootleggers, with terrible results to those who are foolhardy enough to drink the stuff. Government agents are trying to round up the makers and dispensers of this "booze," and several arrests have already been made.