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Re: reduction in numbers
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"j.s. blocker" <[log in to unmask]>
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Alcohol and Temperance History Group <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 08:47:26 -0400
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On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, David M. Fahey wrote:

> In late 19th and early 20th cent. England reduction in the number of
> premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic drink for on-premises
> consumption became popular as a method of temperance reform.  Was there any
> similar enthusiasm for reduction in numbers in the USA or other
> English-speaking countries?
>
        Perry Duis in THE SALOON reports the use of effective
license-reduction measures in Boston during this period.

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