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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
4
John A. Oates calls North Carolina temperance supporters to a final seven days of intense effort to secure prohibition. He warns whiskey advocates will flood the state with money and lies, urging every man and woman to unite, endure, and vote for victory this week.
A verse describing prohibition’s reach across the South from Kentucky to Missouri. It laments lack of moonshine and alcohol, noting dampened social life, water wagons, and the shift from old times to dry days. Prominent figures like the Colonel and General are invoked in a satirical tone about local option and temperance.
A speaker denounces saloons as engines of crime and asks men to vote against them while praising women’s role in temperance. She argues prohibition boosted Maine and condemns liquor ads, urging voters on the 26th to march to the polls and banish saloons.
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