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Carrie Nation wrecks bar in Wichita public smash
Friday, 1985 marked Carrie Nation’s first public smashing of a bar at the Carey Hotel in Wichita Kansas. She used a cane and red iron to break bottles and furnishings shouting Peace on earth Good will to men. The fragmentary text also notes Pasteur born 1822 Darwin sailing 1831 and other era references.
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Miss Nation
Carey Hotel
Wichita
Kaw
Louis Pasteur
Dole
France
Charles Darwin
Pacific
H.M.S. Beagle
Darwin