From the March 4, 1932 edition of the Eagle Valley Enterprise., comes this clip -
"'Inspired by Hasheesh?'
It is generally supposed that the 'Arabian Nights,' and others of these weird strange Eastern tales were written under the influence of hasheesh, which lends such a marvelous brilliancy to the imagination"
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