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Vast sums wasted on drink could fund nation wide progress
The piece argues that the United States wastes over 1.5 billion dollars yearly on intoxicants, suggesting the money could pay off national debt, irrigate deserts, fund universities and libraries, build homes and churches, and improve living conditions for millions. It contrasts this with praise for Electric Bitters as a health remedy and includes other miscued paragraphs on flowers and saved children.
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