Jesse E. STEWART

STEWART

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/2/2013 at 18:49:53

July 24, 1886 --- February 16, 1913

Jesse Stewart, a barber of Jewell, drank a bottle of his own hair tonic because he could not buy liquor. He died shortly afterward. Stewart was from Dows and had been in Jewell but a short time.

The Correctionville Argus -- Correctionville, Iowa
Friday, February 28, 1913

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Barber Drinks Hair Tonic

Webster City—Unable to buy any intoxicating liquors in the town, Jesse Stewart, a barber at Jewell, drank hair tonic and died from the effects. His home was in Dows where the body was shipped. Stewart was addicted to the use of intoxicants. He had been in Jewell only a short time. There are no drug store liquor permits in Jewell, and his own hair tonic was all he could get to drink. A wife and one child survive him.

Greene Iowa Recorder
February 26, 1913