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WRVM Collection, 1992.0010.017B, Gift of Mel & Johnie Sinex
Bourbon Bottle, c. 1895
Some temperance advocates claimed that 95% of people who went to prison in 1911 had “intemperate habits.” Alcohol and criminality was often linked using vague statistics like this, though “intemperate habits” could also refer to behaviors including occasional drinking not resulting in drunkenness or illegal drug use.