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City Women and Society Liquor Debate Exposed
A Chicago feature alleges brewery press agents fund and stage investigations into upper society nightlife. Leopold Neumann, envoy for United Societies, reports on two drink classes, banded by secrecy, with society leaders and debutantes amid highball scenes. The piece criticizes temperance claims while detailing nightlife and mercantile influence.
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Terre Haute
Federal
Leuven
Board of Alder
St Louie
State Penitentiary
Chicago
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United Societies
Rick
Leopold Neumann