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Sweden and Norway adopt liquor law curbing saloon sales
Sweden and Norway now showcase sobriety under new city controlled liquor systems. City governments set wholesale purchases and outlets, limit hours, and appoint saloon managers chosen for probity. the result is a steady drop in drunkenness. The Rochdale cooperative movement in England began with 28 weavers sharing goods to cut costs, leading to a nationwide co op store system with about 1,000,000 members and capital around $90 million.
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