Temperance week in Barry ends with Ironsides Anniversary
A Barry South Wales Temperance week featured daily meetings August 15 to 18 with the Ironsides anniversary on the 17th. The gathering was chaired by Captain F Murrell and included Alderman J Jones Griffiths and Revs. Coultas Morris Honey Evans, who read a letter from T Kyffin Freeman. Speakers urged churches to sever ties with alcohol trade and join the Ironsides society. The event closed with prayer, pledge signing, and charity sales.
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Barry
South Wales
Sons of Temperance
B.W.T.A
F. Murrell
J. Jones Griffiths
Glamorgan County
Ton Evans
T. Kyffin Freeman
National Society of Ironsides
London
Tennyson Smith
Ironsides’ Society
Morris
Jones Griffiths
Ironsides
Charles Garrett
Thomas Champness
J.C. Howery
United Prayer Meeting
Brewster
Cuairman
Mesdames Bumford
Cook
Cambridge No License victory and city valuation shift
Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a population around 85 000, voted to expel public houses in 1886. Since then the measure has been reaffirmed. In the decade before the No License victory the city valuation fell by about 600 000 pounds and in the ten years under Prohibition rose to 4 800 000 pounds.
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Cambridge
U.S.A
Temperance Notes From Margate to Bath and Southampton
Flashes from the Battlefield report various temperance activities and personal notices. Mrs. John Fisk visits Margate. Robt Rae and Robt Skinner recover from injuries and promote sobriety. Richard Coad rests at Morthoe after a campaign and restarts work. T P Whittaker MP undergoes surgery at Brighton and improves. Hackney Teetotal Evidence Society holds outdoor meetings in Victoria Park. Geo Garlick conducts a mission in Southampton and Woolston. Bath hosts a temperance demonstration with speakers Robt Cameron and Amos Scolefield. Wilfrid Malins eyes Wesleyan ministry. Tennyson Smith thanks for press publicity of Wesleyan Conference activities.
Kettering Band of Hope Union Annual Festival
The Kettering Band of Hope Union held its Annual Festival on August 2. A large procession of children marched through the streets and open-air games and related amusements followed.
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Kettering Band of Hope Union
Temperance pledge drive at Royal Sailors' Rests
Mrs Stephen Matthews joined a Norfolk United Temperance Council demonstration in Yarmouth on August 20. Miss Weston continues welfare work among bluejackets as 447 pledges were taken at the Royal Sailors Rests last month, with Devonport 2453 and Portsmouth 202 pledges recorded.
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Stephen Matthews
Yarmouth
Norfolk United Temperance Council
Temperance Efforts Expand in North London With Outing
The King's Cross United Good Templar and Temperance Mission push anti drink work in North London with successful open air efforts. Hon. Secretary F W Manning joins the Ironsides Executive. Central Temperance Association held a Southend outing on August 2 with about 4000 participants and 300 poor people benefited.
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King’s Cross United Good Templar
Temperance Mission
London
F. W. Manning
Ironsides
Central’ Temperance Association
Southend-on-Sea
Resting Mr Tennyson Smith Writes On liquor question
Mr Tennyson Smith at Deganwy has not lectured or traveled recently. His rest consists of writing unnumbered letters to newspapers across the kingdom about how the Liquor Question was treated at the Hull Wesleyan Conference.
Manchester group calls for Tennyson Smith campaign visit
Friends of Manchester urged inviting Mr. Tennyson Smith to lead a rousing campaign. A meeting on August 18 in Salford unanimously resolved to invite him if funds could be raised, with several donations promised at the gathering.
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Manchester
Manchester Guardian
Tennyson Smith
Salford
Blackpool Sands Mission Readies Third Year Series
The local United Kingdom Alliance committee organized a Sands mission at Blackpool for the third year with addresses by W Pearson of Leeds and J H Musk of Manchester. Presiding ministers included Revs Bramwell Dutton J P Hodgson H C Wagnall T Ashcroft and E S Cole with J F Farrar and Francis Jackson.
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Blackpool Sands
U.K.A
Sands
Blackpool
W. Pearson
Leeds
J. H. Musk
Manchester
Bramwell Dutton
J. P. Hodgson
H. C. Wagnall
T. Ashcroft
E. S.cole
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Barry Dock
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Randolph Churchill
Ton
Evans
Alderman Griffiths
John Fisk
Margate
Robt. Rae
Robt. Skinner
Blackfriars
Richard Coad
Morthoe
Devonshire
T. P. Whittaker
M.P
Brighton
Hackney Teetotal Evidence Society
Victoria Park
Geo. Garlick
Chelsea Coalheaver
Southampton
Woolston
Bath
Robt. Cameron
Amos Scolefield
Wilfrid Malins
Malins
G.C.T
Wesleyan Ministry
Wesleyan Conference
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