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Banished wine and a temperance epilogue tale
A long temperance parable recounts John Woolf and family ruin through drunkenness, murder, and eventual repentance led by a judge. The tale ends with a vow of abstinence by Harry Gordon, later Governor, while detailing prison reform, hospital needs, and state budget notes amid a collage of historical snippets and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mao
Harry Gordon
Milan
John Wood
John Won
John Wool
John Woolf
John
Mary
Arthur
William
Westrand
Artur
Williamn
Jonth
Havel
Dronken
Wood
Arthur Wood
Frenay
Nistego
Thor
Tin
Bank
Hell
Harry Goronware
Gordon
Judge Halliston
John Wood Max
Batan
Harry
Ellen Hakliston
Sovexeu