Flashes from the Battlefield on Temperance Meetings
Local reports describe temperance gatherings across England in February. Canon Barker spoke at Bromley. James Worsey lectured at Whiston with son Ernest. the Women’s Total Abstinence Union hosted a large Grosvenor House event presided by Lady Elizabeth Biddulph, with support from the Duke of Westminster and notable attendees. An Irish postman, Murray, entertained the crowd with brogue recitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwig Wesleyan Mission
Bromley
Kent
R. White
Canon Barker
Whiston
Lancashire
Jas. W. Worsey
Ernest Edward
Worsey
Union
Grosvenor House
Duke of Westminster
K.G
Elizabeth Biddulph
Louisa Lady Ashburton
B. Mallett
T. P. Whittaker
Norman. Kerr
Canon Fleming
Brooks
Covent Garden
Total
Scottish Episcopal Church
Russell Street
W.C
H. E. Millar, Esq
Hampstead
Philps
Murray
Isle
Frances E Willard Dies A Temperance Pioneer
Frances E Willard died suddenly on February 17 in New York. Born September 28, 1830 in Churchville New York she rose to lead Northwestern Universitys women and later headed the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Her career spanned education journalism and activism shaping the temperance movement worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances E. Willard
New York
Miss Willard
Churchville
Rochester
N. Y
Evanston University
Illinois
North Western University
Chicago
Syracuse
North-West Female College
Evanston
Communion Wine Debate on Bible Wines and Holy Communion
The letter dated 24 March 1897 urges persistence in arguing for non alcoholic wine in communion. It cites Dr Norman Kerr on publishing relapse cases and notes clergy and laywomen seeking non intoxicating options. It highlights a vicar and churchwoman debates over real wine versus non fermented substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Raper
Norman Kerr
Kerr
East End
Christ
Jesus
England
Nurses' National Total Abstinence League meeting held at Ludgate Hill
The annual meeting convened at 9 Taunton Street with Mrs. T. P. Whittaker hosting. President Hon Mrs. Eliot Yorke presided. officers Miss Holland and Miss Whittaker spoke. Elizabeth Biddulph and other additions named as vice presidents. Tea followed with music by Mrs. Finlay and Miss Shepherd. nurses are invited to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Total Abstinence League
Taunton Street
T. P. Whittaker
Eliot Yorke
Finlay
Norman Kerr
Orme
Ashworth
Hooker
Minshall
Welsh vicar leads temperance efforts in Bromley
The portrait subject, Tue Rev. T George, a Welsh and teetotalling vicar of Christ Church Bromley, is praised as a liberal, outspoken worker in Temperance and other causes. He chairs the Bromley Temperance Society, the town’s oldest unsectarian temperance group, and supports broader church collaboration with Ironsides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Church, Bromley
Bromley Temperance Society
Bromley
George
Ironsides
Bromley Friends
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Willard
The
Methodist
Alice Hughes
Gower Street
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