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The shakes are always the worst part of the day, if he could somehow get over the shakes, maybe the rest of the day would be bearable. In the searing summer heat of Hillsboro, Ohio, John Langley, a third-generation dirt farmer wants nothing more than a swig of an ice cold beer or an ale, a stout or a cider to quench his parched lips.

Kermit had some issues. (Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay)

But unfortunately for Langley, the year is 1929 and the town which became synonymous as the epicenter of Prohibition (the banning of alcoholic beverages) for the latter part of the 19th century, took to it once again with fervor in the first half of the 20th century.

Which means that Langley will have to find some other way to cope with the shakes.

For a nation built on alcohol (America once ran on booze before it ran on…