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A Tale of the First Glass in Early New Orleans
Ellen Canning marries Marston a temperance pledge signer whose fall to drink ruins their home. After poverty and tragedy, Marston’s remorse follows a fatal beating of their infant, a crippled boy, and Ellen’s long illness amid ruin, yielding a grim portrait of ruin from one man’s drink.
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London
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House of Representatives
House of Commons
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Andy ‘ Porrible Wranher
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Germany
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Bouth
New York Sun
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New York Morning News
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