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Show WET AND DRY IN MISSOURI. With Wood row Wilson having urped tho defeat of Senator James A. Reed H and the people of Missouri having re- nominated the man who was so offen sive to the former president, the H question arises has the demoenrcy of Missouri ceased to be guided by Wood H There arc many angles to the.con- H test. Perhaps the greatest inlluence at work to assist Read was the for- H elgn vote Furthermore, in Missouri H there is a bitter fight being waged H over the issue of wet or dry. Read is on the side of the wets. St. Louis, prior to prohibition, was a brewery H center, where thousands were em- H ployed in the making of beer. The H hope of re-establisliing the industry H may have swayed tens of thousands of the voters. H But with Read on (tie side standinK H for the "wets" and Brewster on the Republican side "as dry as tho eigh- H teenth amendment," the contest will be well worth watching. 9 |