Temperance and Prohibition Debate in America and England
A detailed discussion contrasts Neal Dow's Act and the Maine Law with Adair and Ohio laws. The author notes England's limits and American political factors, including German influence, local vs national prohibitions, and the need for teetotalism as a prerequisite to prohibition. The piece emphasizes that true success depends on personal abstinence.
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Neal Dow
Ohio
Friends of Temperance
Maine
England
United States
America
York
Terald
Newngland
Wilfrid Lawson
Templars
Northern University
New York State
London
New York City
Itvery
Working Men Clubs to Deposit Rules for Protection
Sir William Stephenson, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, backs requiring clubs selling excisable liquors to file their rules. If approved, such clubs will be shielded from prosecution. In Berkhampstead a stained-glass window memorializes poet William Cowper, funded by subscriptions led by Mr. W. Longman, Earl Brownlow, and Rev. J. W. Cobb.
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W. Stephenson
Board of Inland Revenue
Port Cowper
Berkhampstead
Cowper
W. Longman
Earl Brownlow
J. W. Cobb
Jeremiah
William Cowper
John Cowper
Ann
Imperial Parliament debate on State control of the Church
Mr Al Tin argues the National Church is under state control and calls for Parliament to oversee its ten million revenue. He cites Ireland Wales Scotland and America to show voluntary systems fund churches and says the Established Church should be brought under legislative purview. Opponents warn a full inquiry is impractical and that church property will always exist.
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al Tin
Frome
Clouse
Ireland
Church of England
Friend
West Riding
Halifax
Oxford University
Wales
Merthyr
Principality of Wales
United Kingdom
Scotland
America
United States
Poe
Heine
Church of
Mriscopal
Chistian Church
House of Commons
Dolinger
Guardian
England
Bradford
National Church
Cunror
Tis
Atj
Hear