Temperance Reform and Women’s Rights in Early U S Movements
The piece reports on three W C U unions organized in India and a Syracuse conference, notes Franklyn Howland elected to the Massachusetts Senate, and highlights Miss Willard’s paper on temperance history. It discusses the Home Journal as an official organ of temperance lodges, debates on temperance education, and reactions to suffrage resolutions amid Prohibition era politics. It closes with observations on brewing’s fallouts and religion in politics during Tennessee votes.
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Franklyn Howland
Massachusetts Senate
Miss Willard
Tennessee
Knoxville
Athens
Peace and reform ideals frame a wary public mood
The piece discusses abstinence and moral progress amid political shifts in Des Moines. It notes a peace department push by the W C T U and arbitration as a rising international method, while critiquing tariff reforms and party shifts. The Nebraska Journal editorial voice questions republican fidelity to free trade ideas.
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Des Moines
Owa
Earth
Pugh
Senate
Tribune
Nebraska. Journal
Sullivan challenges Smith in England for thousand dollar fight
The fragment notes Joan L Sullivan challenging Smith of England to a boxing bout for $1,000 amid unrest in Parliament. It mentions landlords seeking protection and free agricultural imports, claiming farming rents have fallen and labor costs rise by about $26,000.
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Joan L Sullivan
Smith
England
Great ‘Britain
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