Abolish the saloon to fund productive use says Durant speech
In Philadelphia Ledger Horace B Durant urges abstinence from liquor and recasts charity as a revenue source. He recounts a castle scene in The Temple of Peace where Gladstone's library inspired men to pledge sobriety and become ministers, with lasting memory of the moment.
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Philadelphia
United States
Horace B. Durant
Philadelphia Ledger
Temple of Peace
Teetotal Lawyers in Great Britain Temperance Drive
The Middle Temple Hall hosted the Royal Courts of Justice and Legal Temperance Society for its annual social, with Lord Chief Justice and other judges present. Archbishop of Canterbury urged unity in fighting drunkenness to improve English life and home nobility.
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Great Britain
Daily Graphic
Middle Temple
Royal Courts of Justice and Legal Temperance Society
Britain’s Liquor Bill Estimated for 1903 by Rev Dawson Burns
Rev Dawson Burns estimates the 1903 UK drink outlay at 179,499,817 pounds, down from 174,445,271 the previous year. He cites a per capita consumption of 2.12 gallons with 2.20 for England, 1.04 for Scotland, and 1.99 for Ireland, noting much alcohol is in fermented drinks with low alcohol content.
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Britain
Dawson Burns
London Times
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Ireland
Rescued by Gladstone in village tale of two youths
A historical note recalls how Mr. Gladstone aided two infamous young men in a village many years ago, an act that altered local memory of a troubled era. The item emphasizes the enduring impact of Gladstone's intervention and the village's subsequent reflection.
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Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Milk Becomes Liquor Substitute In Sweden Machines
Prof Curt Wallis praises a Stockholm method to fight liquor by serving warm milk via coin operated machines. Two units started last winter. in four months 18000 mugs sold. Four more machines added as results proved, aimed at night workers to curb tavern visits and provide warming, stimulating drink.
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Curt Wallis
London Christian Herald
Mik
Miss Utrech
Stockholm
America
Wallis
Sweden
Fisherman Finds Salvation In a Scottish Fisher Village
Lady Somerset recounts a northeast Scotland tale of a drinking fisherman who, after purchasing a picture of the Savior from a pub, prays for forgiveness. He declares the Savior has changed him, removing the desire for alcohol and making him a leading figure in his village.
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Lady Somerset
Scotland
Jesus
Work of Public House Trust in England
The Public House trust gains public favor by converting pubs into well managed venues. Licensed houses are fitted with paid staff, reading rooms, games, and parties while selling temperate drinks. The old bar-room is replaced, drunkenness and profanity decline, and a club like atmosphere develops. A government adoption of the scheme is urged.
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Public House Trust
England
Parents sin on children in Milwaukee permits
Milwaukee records show twelve hundred working permits issued for youths aged fourteen to sixteen by parents. In nearly all cases the permit actions arise because the father is addicted to intoxicants, affecting child employment in the city.
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Milwaukee
Temperance Notes from the Ram's Horn
In Kristiania Norway five of six local breweries did not pay dividends last year. Dr Willard Parker notes one third of New York deaths are from alcoholic drinks. Rev A W Orwig of Cleveland publishes Twin Devils to advocate liquor and tobacco reform. A pledge campaign in Massachusetts has 105000 signers and church membership stands at thirty six percent nationwide.
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Norway
Willard Parker
New York City
A. W. Orwig
Woodland Avenue
Cleveland
Ohilo
Twenty five ladies win trips to St Louis Exposition
Defiance Starch Co offers four round trip tickets to five winners per state Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri for sending in the most Defiance trade marks from a 16 ounce package. Entries must be received by September 1, 1904 at Omaha Nebraska. Tickets arrive by registered mail September 8. Starch advertised as 16 ounces and non sticking.
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BeGance Starch Co
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Defiance
Defiance Starch Co
Omaha
Nebr
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