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Many of those who have lately invested a dime in a ride on the subway that so conveniently links Cambridge and Boston must have noticed the advertisement, paid for by the W. C. T. U., which, accepted as truthful, would carry a pofgnant and commanding appeal. "Protest your children," it reads, "Make out highways dryways. Vote No for the repeal of the Bady Volstead Act on Nov. 4th." To make the message more arresting, the advertisement carries a realistic picture of what seems to be a drunken driver, a smashed automobile, and a mangled body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WE'LL SEE TO U'ERS | 9/23/1930 | See Source »

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