Posted on 01/17/2020 7:38:02 AM PST by NRx
Liquorless Era Greeted in Broadway Cafes With Little Ceremony; Few Farewell Parties
Church Bells Ring in Joyous Acclaim
Persons of Many Creeds Gather in Hempstead for Service of Thanksgiving
Demon Rum, who has had more funerals of late than even the most robust cat could expect, had the last and positively final obsequies said over his bier along Broadway last night. The service was as dolorous as even the most mournful could ask. In fact, the occasion was so gloomy that there was scarcely any ceremony at all.
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-Evangelist Billy Sunday January 17, 1920
Geez, it’s not quite 10am and after reading this I need a drink!
Prohibition was good for my family.
What are you squawking about?
What are you squawking about?
You folks that said the world mustnt drink
Youve got Prohibition, so what do you think?
You say the whole country is dry,
And you cant get a drink if you try.
Now that may be so, but dont it seem queer,
When good, honest people are hungry and bare,
And the bootlegger making a million a year,
Well, What are you squawking about, about?
What are you squawking about?
Sure, business has stunk and Wall Street is sunk.
We're all of us broke and ready to croak.
We've nothing to dunk, can't even get drunk,
And all the while, they tell us to smile.
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