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This page is primarily **advertisements** with one significant editorial piece. The main content is an article titled "W.C.T.U. Should Favor Beer," featuring Miss Phoebe Cousins, a prominent women's suffrage leader from the West. Cousins argues that the Women's Christian Temperance Union should support beer as a substitute for hard liquor rather than pursuing total prohibition. She cites statistics showing increased beer consumption correlates with decreased intemperance, and references an Army officer who successfully operated beer-only canteens that undersold local saloons. The article contends that beer's low alcohol content (citing Pabst Blue Ribbon at 3% ABV) and food value make it a practical harm-reduction approach. The piece represents an early 20th-century pragmatic temperance position—not opposing alcohol outright but promoting weaker beverages over spirits. This contrasts with prohibitionist ideology, which ultimately prevailed in American policy. The surrounding advertisements (Cook's Champagne, Old Crow Whiskey, liqueurs) create ironic juxtaposition with the temperance discussion.

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