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Whiskey and the Monkey and the Drunkard’s Wife Tale
A fragmented nineteenth century vignette recalls temperance debates in Sus-Vayk and Annapolis. a speaker denounces alcohol’s harm as a monkey incident at a tavern prompts faith leaders to pledge abstinence. Memoir fragments show family struggles with drunkenness and social pressure to drink.
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Sus Vayk Cy
Huhumone Temperance Society
Am. Temperance Union
Volar
Iva
Wilvunhard
Ivan
Anne Arundel
Jack Cate
Jacke
Jack
Elis
Aly
Klia
Kot
Souween
Hauwelder
Tengil
Gio
Sivcller
House of God
N. Langdon
Treble
Ave
Ginax