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Wet & Dry Counties & Alcohol Prescriptions During Prohibition.

AP article from October 23, 1921:
Washington (AP) - Regulations permitting the manufacture and prescription of beer and wine for the sick will be issued immediately by the Treasury Department, Sectetary Mellen announced today. Drawn in accordance with the interpretation of the law by former Attorney General Palmer, the regulations will make a case of beer the unit for prescription of that beverage. There will be no limit to the number of prescriptions physicians may issue. The wine prescription is two quarts at a time with no limits to the number of prescriptions.

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