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Harris County Prohibition Ads Misstate St. Louis Grand Jury Report
The Harris County Statewide Prohibition Committee repeated a claim from a St. Louis grand jury alleging saloons caused most crime and pauperism, then retracted and corrected the dates from 1911 to 1910. It produced affidavits refuting the claim and noted omissions in later advertisements.
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