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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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In Oklahoma, prohibition was repealed in April's election (396,845-314,380), leading to calm opening of ~500 liquor stores yesterday, first legal sales since 1907. August liquor stamp sales yielded ~$4M in taxes, opposed by temperance leaders.
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OKLAHOMA CITY. (AP)--Oklahomans took their legal liquor soberly yesterday. Curiosity stood in for jubilation as almost 500 liquor stores opened their doors. Sooners bought their jugs in public for the first time since statehood in 1907. There was no singing, no dancing in the streets. A state tax commission official reported sale of liquor stamps in August netted Oklahoma close to four million dollars. A Woman's Christian Temperance Union leader said "We don't need the taxes. Nobody needs anything that comes from the devil." Five times the wets failed to repeal prohibition in statewide election. But last April they mustered the strength, 396,845 to 314,380.
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Oklahoma City
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Last April
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liquor stores opened; sale of liquor stamps in august netted close to four million dollars; repeal passed 396,845 to 314,380
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Oklahomans bought legal liquor for the first time since 1907 with curiosity but no jubilation as almost 500 stores opened yesterday. Five previous attempts to repeal prohibition failed, but succeeded last April. A Woman's Christian Temperance Union leader opposed it, saying 'We don't need the taxes. Nobody needs anything that comes from the devil.'