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Marie5656 said:
OK, I post this because of the fine print at the bottom "Serving all legalized beverages" What exactly is a legalized beverage? What if I wanted an illegal beverage?
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I don't know for sure, but if that ad was from the 1930s, FDR had signed a law that legalizef the sale of beer or wine-- this was prior to the repeal of the Volstead act later in 1933. So perhaps the phrase "legalized beverages" is referring to beer and wine.
 

Imagine a versatile product that can be used to line hosiery drawers, store displays, instrument cases, display cases, glove compartments… or for 1001 other uses! You could have become a distributor. Imagine how wealthy you might have become if—when you were 10, 15, or 20—you had invested and become a distributor for this astounding product… Micro-Fluff.
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ChiroDoc said:
I don't know for sure, but if that ad was from the 1930s, FDR had signed a law that legalizef the sale of beer or wine-- this was prior to the repeal of the Volstead act later in 1933. So perhaps the phrase "legalized beverages" is referring to beer and wine.
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Absinthe was banned in France in 1915. Perhaps that was considered banned here too?
 
Pepper said:
Absinthe was banned in France in 1915. Perhaps that was considered banned here too?
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Yes, according to Wikipedia, it had been banned in the U.S. by 1915.
I think it had gotten a bad rap, mostly from exaggerated stories from Europe. The major problem with absinthe was that it had a very high alcohol content of up to 74% (148 proof). So unless it was cut heavily with a mixer, a person could get drunk pretty quickly.

I think that the absinthe sold today, at least in the U.S., is a thick liqueur, which probably no longer contains wormwood. Not sure about that.
 
Why not?

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I love Cream of Wheat!
 
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