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Prohibition in Hilo Sparks Mixed Public Views
Debates in Hilo feature plantation managers laborers and police voices on prohibition. Residents discuss liquor law history, potential effects on plantations, and social impact among Hawaiians Japanese and Portuguese, with officers warning of unintended trouble and advocates urging tempered temperance education.
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C. Campbell
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John Watt
Olan
Leon
Board of Compticaion
Fetter
Hilo
Islands
Ald Y Fetter
Lional
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Bellowe
Avery
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