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Show Puritans Were Hard Drinkers, Says Educator BOSTON, Fob iR Dr Charles W. I Elliott, president emeritus of Harvard I University, In I letter submitted Fri-I daj to the legislative committee on il affairs, nrk'in.: ihit Massachusetts Massachu-setts take hep share in putting prohibition pro-hibition measnrst Into force, declared ithat "the Puritan's w re bard drink era," and thai th-lr descendants still1 I Illustrate the evil consequences. "People that knew nothing of th-Furit.ms th-Furit.ms oft) n say that the Puritans! were joy killers. ' the letter said I "Some of theii religious dogmas t nd-eel nd-eel in that direction, but the Purl-' 'tans were hard drinkers and their le-scendants le-scendants .till illustrate tho evil consequences" |