Many Views on Dry Law by Post Readers
A Prohibition Editor page collects reader letters from Massachusetts and New Hampshire weighing in on the 18th amendment and local enforcement. Contributors urge stricter enforcement, oppose prohibition as overreach, or advocate for light wine and beer with government supervision. Names include HERBERT I. NICKERSON, SUMMERS, JOHN M. BOYLE, HAROLD M. DROWN, JAMES BROWN, and J. A. DOHERTY.
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Post
Massachusetts
Union
Evelyn Harris
Boston
Police
New England
Herbert I. Nickerson
Laconia
N. H
the Post
United States
Somersworth
John M. Boyle
White House
Harold D. Wilson
James Brown
First Street
Cambridge
Bition
J. A. Doherty
School Street
Webster
Taxpayers call for vote on 18th Amendment’s repeal
A letter to the Post argues prohibition failed to stop liquor sales and crime and urges a public vote on liquor laws. Writers from Worcester and Rochester voice support and critique, calling for beer and light wine access and criticizing lawmakers and enforcement.
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Cora Hurd
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N. H
Viscount Bryce Dies Suddenly
Obituary recalling Viscount Bryce born Belfast 1838 educated at Glasgow and Oxford. Noted author diplomat and Britain’s former ambassador to the United States, he shaped Anglo American links, held posts from Law Professor to Foreign Office official, and led a Belgium atrocities commission before his death.
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Oxford
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Bryce
London
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Gladstone
Board of Trade
Rosebery
Campbell-Bannerman
Edward VII
Henry Mortimer Durand
Panama Canal
England
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