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Guv Bob
Jan 17, 2012, 10:03:09 PM1/17/12
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I notice that a lot of soft drink trademarks, like Nehi, Crush, etc., were registered in the 1920's and wonder if that was because a new market opened up for the dranking folks looking for substitutes for legal drinks.
Interesting to read that one reason women were at the forefront (sorry ladies)of the temperance movement was to cut down on men coming home drunk and beating their wives and chillun. I think most of those groups were for 'moderation' and not outright prohibition.
Interesting to read that one reason women were at the forefront (sorry ladies)of the temperance movement was to cut down on men coming home drunk and beating their wives and chillun. I think most of those groups were for 'moderation' and not outright prohibition.
Scott Dorsey
Feb 3, 2012, 11:49:02 AM2/3/12
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Guv Bob <guvbo...@yahooooooooooooooo.com> wrote:
>I notice that a lot of soft drink trademarks, like Nehi, Crush, etc., =
>were registered in the 1920's and wonder if that was because a new =
>market opened up for the dranking folks looking for substitutes for =
>legal drinks.
Definitely the case. Also, the temperance movement opened up a lot of places
where people could go and do something other than drink alcohol, so there
was a big market there.
>Interesting to read that one reason women were at the forefront (sorry =
>ladies)of the temperance movement was to cut down on men coming home =
>drunk and beating their wives and chillun. I think most of those =
to force the Volstead act down the country's throat.
However, when it finally became possible for women to divorce men, the
temperance movement pretty much fell apart. Yes, the WCTU still exists
today, but it's a pale shadow of what it once was. Now that women can
get rid of worthless drunken husbands, the push to reform them is not so
great.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
>I notice that a lot of soft drink trademarks, like Nehi, Crush, etc., =
>were registered in the 1920's and wonder if that was because a new =
>market opened up for the dranking folks looking for substitutes for =
>legal drinks.
Definitely the case. Also, the temperance movement opened up a lot of places
where people could go and do something other than drink alcohol, so there
was a big market there.
>Interesting to read that one reason women were at the forefront (sorry =
>ladies)of the temperance movement was to cut down on men coming home =
>drunk and beating their wives and chillun. I think most of those =
>groups were for 'moderation' and not outright prohibition.
There were a lot of pretty extremist prohibition groups, though. Enough
to force the Volstead act down the country's throat.
However, when it finally became possible for women to divorce men, the
temperance movement pretty much fell apart. Yes, the WCTU still exists
today, but it's a pale shadow of what it once was. Now that women can
get rid of worthless drunken husbands, the push to reform them is not so
great.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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