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Cornhusker Hotel as the Inter-Com Club, and primarily served as an officer's club for military personnel stationed in Lincoln. At the time, Lincoln remained a mostly dry city, and private social clubs were one of the few places where residents could buy
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liquor by the individual drink rather than by the bottle, with the city eventually banning all alcohol sales outside such premises by 1957. The club quickly grew to include non-military members, and by its second year membership stood at over 400 members, over half of whom were civilians.
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