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Alcohol as a future rival to electricity and steam
Washington March 23 Alcohol was hailed by Dr. N D Crothers at a convention as a future rival to electricity and gasoline in powering civilization He argued cheap alcohol could fuel light power and transport transforming breweries into manufacturers of energy while others warned against abuse and noted alcohol varies by race and nationality in its effects Dr W B Parks discussed temperance and ethnicity noting varied reactions among English French German Italian Irish American and Jewish groups to alcohol usage
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Washington, D. C
N. D. Crothers
Hartford
Dr. Crothers
Crothers
W. B. Parks
Atlanta
Altruist
H. O. Marcy, M. D
Boston
Mass
American Medical Association
South
Howard A. Kelly
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University