Word: liquorless
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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This Dennett owned a chain of 17 restaurants which sprawled across the continent from Manhattan to San Francisco. People called him the "temperance proprietor," because the walls of his liquorless and gruesome eating places were adorned with texts from the Bible. The Lord Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want confronted those who had money enough to eat in Dennett's. Be Sure Your Sins Will Find You Out. Proprietor Dennett failed, in 1901, for $92,000. Most of his creditors were women and missionary societies. His asset was one $20 hand-me-down suit. But young Mr. Childs...
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