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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
4
The report notes a treaty signed by thirty five others to end opium traffic. It critiques public talk on pests of society and urges resilience, hard work, and integrity for farmers. It highlights brewing laws aiding enforcement and mocks the sly transport of liquor in suitcases under Prohibition.
A blind tiger keeper named Sunday in Muncie has fallen on hard times. Reports do not indicate any relation to Billy the evangelist.
In Carpentersville Illinois four local option elections produced dry wins with close margins at the second and third ballots. The fourth vote had women voters participating for the first time in Illinois and the drys won 17 to 155. Benton Illinois saw women outnumber men in favor of prohibition, with fourteen women voting wet and 408 voting dry. The Logansport Times notes that saloon interests push to curb woman suffrage.
Clinton N. Howard contrasts the illicit blind tiger with licensed saloons in a sarcastic critique. He argues the blind tiger hides drinks unlabeled and unseen, while the saloon flaunts displays on a prime corner, drawing crowds who linger and mingle.
An overwhelming majority of Lebanon residents oppose the liquor traffic and favor strict law enforcement. The Lebannon Pioneer urges residents to support city and county officers to rout lawbreakers, warning that public willful inaction is to blame if laws are not upheld.
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