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Temperance and liquor woes color a frontier town
A temperance column edited by A. J. Rank decries new saloons in Weiser, touts Keeley and Envor cures, and warns former drinkers to avoid temptation. It cites San Francisco Examiner and Rockford Monitor on drinking's social ills, from insanity to national spendings, and condemns liquor-driven politics. It also advertises patent medicines and local legal notices amid a flow of period voices.
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Keeley
Envor
Wiese
Rockford Monitor
United States
Dramshop
Tammany Wall
David B
America
Wern
Washington County
Mano
Tinarest
Weiser and
Sinkevers
Welder
Basiwin
Middle States
Muir
Funer
Beigutia
Wis
Onlalde
Herale
California