Women Temperance Union Holds Meetings at Methodist Church
The Temperance Department announces new meeting times for the Women’s Temperance Union led by Mrs. Henderson and others. Meetings are set for the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 5 p.m. at the Methodist church with several committees named for publication and leadership.
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Women’s Temperance Union
Methodist Church
It Is Not My Business A Wealthy Man Learns Duty
In St Louis a rich man refused temperance meeting calls, saying it is not his business. Soon his wife and daughters face a railroad accident twenty five miles away, prompting a dramatic turn as he seeks aid, offering money for an engine while others scramble to respond.
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Mississippi
Whiskey Caused Derailment Halting Tragic Train Crash
A railroad catastrophe ended in mangled bodies and fading life as a man found his wife and one daughter dead in the tender and another daughter dying in the following car. A railroad worker had drunk a quart of whiskey fifty miles earlier, cited as the cause of the crash.
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Hape
We Need Broad Changes in Liquor Laws
The article calls for drastic amendments to liquor regulation including a uniform license for beer and spirits, higher license fees, elimination of cheap beer licenses, and curbs on dives. It argues this would reduce saloons, improve law enforcement control, and end free lunch practices in saloons. It also includes an oversized advertisement for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with testimonials and sales claims.
Prominent figure urged liquor law reform in forthcoming session
The speaker praises a future House member, the Hon. A. W. Terrell, for enacting stricter liquor laws. He vows to pressure brewers to oppose a uniform license law and calls for public support as the Legislature prepares to convene.
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A. W. Terrell
Texans seek law to allow rail merger purchase in 1905
Notice states intent to apply to the Texas Legislature convening January 1905 for a law authorizing the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company to purchase or lease the Cane Belt Railroad Company and its property. Signed by BE P. Ripley president and officers of Cane Belt Railway Company.
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Gulf, Colorado and Senta Failway Company
Cane Belt Railroad Company
Gulf, Colorado and Santaway Company
Colorado and Fe Railway Co
BE. P. Ripley
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