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Temperance Movements and Prohibition Battle in County History
A historical account traces the rise of temperance groups in Bloomington and surrounding areas from the 1840s, detailing cadets of temperance, the Sons of Temperance, and Rescue Lodge No. 154. It covers women’s membership debates, the 1882 Prohibitory Amendment adoption, enforcement struggles, riots, and legal challenges culminating in re enactment and eventual calm in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Old Capitol
Far West Division
Wim. Patterson
Wm. Pers Clarke
J. D. W. Marsh
James Robinson
Anson Hart
Henry Murray
Wm. McCormick
Edward Redhead
James Clarke
Joseph T. Fales
G. J. Palmer
Hugh D. Downey
James Balan
George 8
Hampton
Thomas Snyder
Silas Foster
John Crummey
S.C. Trowbridge
John M. Coleman
Peter Moriarty
Columbus C. Catlett
M. T. Patterson
James Franklin
Nelson King
Beary Ward
Anthony Cale
Ken J. Morseman
EB. P. Moore
A iNoble
A. W. Sweet
Robert M. Secrest
Oliver J. Phelps
Charles Pinney
Charles Cartwright
Israel Fisher
Channey Swap
Samuel Magill
Sl Yanus Johnson
Anthony F. Thompson
Alsings Young
Dr. Abraham
C. Price
Samuel McCord
W. A. Henry
Dean E. Reynulds
John L.gordon
Lewis &. Swafford
John J. Sanders
Samuel M. Coleman
W. S. Street
Samuel T. Hess
O. J. McCormick
William Hamilton
Isaac V. Dennis
Charles Gayman
Dwight C. Dewey
R Frice
Robert Hutchinson
Cadets of Temperance
Sons of Temperance
Archon
Wm. P. Hepburn
Mechanics Institute
Judge Coleman
Rescue Lodge
Worthy
J. Norwood Clark
E. Metcalf
Frances Clark
A. B. Walker
Amandla Calkin
J. N. Clare
G.R. Bent
Athenias Bishop
John Templie
The
Press
Republican
Post, Volksfreund
Oxford Democrat
Slovan Ameriky
Oxford Journal
Sherman
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
H. 8. Osmond
Fanny White
N. H. Brainard
Scott Township
Walter I. Hays
Davenport
Superme
Hays