American-whiskey context or explicitly comparative research; retain attribution and limits.
Curtis, revised-and-updated2018edition; PDF page numbers are supplied-file positions, not inferred print pagination. Historicmedicalclaims/spontaneouscombustion/adulteration accusations not scientific facts. TomCollins/Rickey andTomandJerry priority claims141need checking;1851firststateprohibition qualification andNationlastcrusade uncertain. 1919ratification describedless-than-yearafterCongress conflicts1917;effectivedate wording/exemptions oversimplified. No legaladvice.
BenjaminRush1785; local societies1808/1809/1813;1833pledges;WCTU1874;Maine1851;ASL1893/1895;Wheeler andindustrialbackers;1917Congress,1918-19ratification,1920effect. DemonRum often means all alcohol, not literal rum. Campaign rhetoric, immigrant/class/gender tensions and saloonpolitics distinct layers.
PDF 132-145
Temperance institutions, rhetoric and Prohibition
Entire supplied PDF read and visually inspected1–275. Verified means paraphrase located and faithful, not independent validation of all source claims. No direct quotation designated.
No access / Whiskey Excerpts Database (USWA)
Located original paraphrase; fidelity to the source is not independent validation of every claim.
Evidence
BenjaminRush1785; local societies1808/1809/1813;1833pledges;WCTU1874;Maine1851;ASL1893/1895;Wheeler andindustrialbackers;1917Congress,1918-19ratification,1920effect. DemonRum often means all alcohol, not literal rum. Campaign rhetoric, immigrant/class/gender tensions and saloonpolitics distinct layers.
Location and context
Curtis2018, supplied PDF 132-145. Temperance institutions, rhetoric and Prohibition. Full supplied-file reading and visual review complete.
Historicmedicalclaims/spontaneouscombustion/adulteration accusations not scientific facts. TomCollins/Rickey andTomandJerry priority claims141need checking;1851firststateprohibition qualification andNationlastcrusade uncertain. 1919ratification describedless-than-yearafterCongress conflicts1917;effectivedate wording/exemptions oversimplified. No legaladvice.
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