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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1885
Page
4
Fragmented adage filled piece urges Tennesseans to unite in the prohibition fight urging voters to express their will through the ballot. It warns against liquor, links temperance to Christian duty, and cites public figures to condemn alcohol’s influence on society.
An Atlante Constitution excerpt argues that temperance progress in Georgia over sixteen years reduced widespread drinking in government. It notes heavy whisky use during Reconstruction and postwar sessions, with clerks and members drinking in rooms and on the floor, though this orgy-like behavior ceased in recent years and drunken legislators have become rare.
A weary charity solicitor provokes Mr. Briggs with constant requests until an aggressive eruption ends a visit. Moments later a caller arrives to repay five hundred dollars owed, prompting Briggs to lash out by yanking the phone from the wall and exiting in a fury.
A sweeping, if imperfect, portrait of global leaders scientists and clergy uniting to oppose alcohol as a societal evil. The passage cites Housley Darwin Richardson and others labeling alcohol a poison and a threat to economy and law. It calls for united action with the cry to arms and to make prohibition the defining issue of the hour.
A Chicagoan in Boston disputes an Eastern journal’s claim that Chicago girls use slang. He notes he has not seen a pretty woman in six months and a Michigan belle defends Chicago slang while praising Boston girls’ hustle and charm.
At a Brooklyn meeting of Irish sympathizers appointed to aid in Parnell and associates campaigns, Congressman P A Collins and John Boyle O Rielly said they would not go. Collins declared no one will go and urged sending money instead. D C Feely of Rochester also declined to go but cited sympathy with the movement.
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