Neenah Times, February 20, 1904
Appleton Post-Crescent, February 25, 1904
Young love, particularly in the month of Valentines, is especially valued as an ideal; what could be a better subject? Meanwhile, long-standing moral invectives against alcohol abuse are readily apparent in this missive. It is hard to overcome this prejudice as these were values engrained in people for hundreds of years before alcoholism was finally recognized as a disease in the 1950's.
Presented today, we see two decidedly different human interest stories, one to cheer about with another to wince at.
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