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Beware of Booze
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This old button was purchased by our friend at the 2016 National Button Convention in Denver. Â The Chinese/Japanese characters read as follows:
戒 admonition, precaution, to prohibit
é…’Â alcohol, sake
鴉片(compound noun)opium
煙 smoke
Back marked “D. Evans & Co. Superfine”.
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