Traveler reports and reform narratives are selected testimony, not a representative consumption survey.
Chapter-level paraphrase checked against the sequential September29 reading; the former single-sheet locator only identified a chapter opening.
High consumption, public drunkenness, reform rhetoric, and changing middle-class norms helped make alcohol a central subject of social discipline.
PDF sheet 80
PDF sheet 73
Chapter 6 — The Dark Age of American Drinking
2026-09-29: PDF sheets 73–80 (supplied303-sheet screenshot PDF; not print pagination). Verified as a representation of this source, not independent factual corroboration. Embedded fineprint gaps and overall source limits remain in LIT-277.
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