Repeal's Fifth Birthday: Nation Still Faces Hangover
Five years after repeal began the liquor era, consumption has leveled off but a rising alcohol problem persists. Tax revenues from liquor reach about 3 billion annually while per capita use remains high with widespread social costs including accidents, crime, and a growing number of female drinkers. Authorities note partial gains in employment and revenue but stress ongoing illicit activity and enforcement gaps.
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America
Lquor
United States Treasury
Keeley Institute of
Dwight
Martin Nelson
Institute
Nelson
Keeley Institute
United States
Midwest
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
New York
Chicago
John Barleycorn
Ziggy the Orchestral Watchdog Narrates a Day
A fragmented vignette follows Ziggy, self described as boss of Orchestra Leader Frankie Mas ters’ household. Ziggy questions daily routines, notes Mas ters’ late-night rehearsals, and hints at confronting the boss while proposing new musical arrangements for a title tune.
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Ziggy
Frankie Masters
Yowre
Monster in the Box: Moe Aarons and the Burmese Python
Moe Aarons, a New York circus man, recounts a 1931 voyage incident aboard the Az Reveau where a 26 foot python escaped its box. He fought the reptile with sailors absent and his wife Minnie aided by pulling and sealing the snake, saving his life after a brutal struggle.
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Ello
Moe Aarons
New York City
Moe
Far East
Burma
Singapore
France
Minnie
Harvard Benefactor Jubn Harvard and the Long S
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Jubm Harvard’s donation of 800 pounds and a private library, with notes on statues and gravestones. The garbled text mentions the long s typographic history, Harvard’s early days, and references to Revolutionary era sites and figures.
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Jobo
Harvard
Harvard University
Jubm Harvard
Fulding
Petted
Dyspepsia Causes and Fever as a Healing Agent
A medical overview notes dyspepsia as the common stomach ailment, from functional causes to organic and reflex origins, based on a 10 000 patient Mayo Clinic study. It highlights functional dyspepsia as leading at 25 percent, with cancer risk rising after age 40 and stress, worry, and nervous exhaustion as major factors. fever and malaria therapy are discussed as historical treatments, with emphasis on fever as nature’s defense and modern shifts in fever management.
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A. B. Rivers
A. E. Mendes Ferriera
Mayo Clinic
F. H. Redewell
SBNL
Penalized for That Which Was Unavoidable
W B Maxwell recounts Lord Hals bury with a caddie forcing a second stroke after the ball was pulled from a bush. The lord chancellor calls it a harsh decision and argues if the ball was playable in law, it was not playable in fact. He questions penalizing unavoidable actions in golf.
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W. B. Maxwell
Lord Halsbury
Three Days Cough Signals Danger and Remedies
An ad urges readers to treat a persistent cough with Creamulsion as a remedy. It promises relief and offers a refund if not satisfied, highlighting the product’s supposed potency over other remedies and encouraging readers to ask their druggist for it.
Two Necessities of Eloquence According to Shedd
A quotation from Shedd asserts that the highest effect of eloquence requires both an eloquent speaker and an eloquent hearer. It emphasizes mutual engagement as essential to powerful oratory.
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