Slop beer menace leads to Peoria tragedy and reform talk
The Peoria area faces a brutal impact from drinking beer slops. A distillery altercation ends with Lester Smith shot and killed by a day watchman as he resisted orders. The Transcript warns the habit breeds brutality and theft, urging local laws to curb access to fermenting tubs.
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