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Sermon Attacks liquor as social poison and tax drain
A 1908 sermon by William Ashley Sunday uses a biblical cast to denounce the liquor trade as a corrupt force hurting families, taxes, and public morality. He argues temperance drives prosperity, cites crime and poverty data, and touts local option as a path to reform.
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