Prohibition debates and temperance notes across nations
The column cites cables from London and Atlanta on April 1908 about Prohibition reducing crime, the closing of 219 saloons in Massachusetts towns, and a clash of opinions in Alabama. It reports on temperance campaigns and a Naperville march led by the WCTU, plus calls for abstinence and proof from sources like the Christian Standard and the Union Signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
London
Mayson
Cameron Corbett
House OF Commons
House of Semmens
Massachusetts
Sedalia
Bro
Rudy
Christian Standard
Quincy
Board of Education
Kawllox
T. 1. Law
Mies Mabel Reed
Madison School
Ieorge
Reckmeyer
Irving School
Union
Fifteenth District Delegates Chosen For May Primary
The Marion County Democratic Executive Committee sets May 15 1908 as the precinct primary day to elect delegates and alternates to the Thirteenth Congressional District convention at Tiffin Ohio May 26. Apportionment is based on votes for John M Pattison in 1905 with at least one delegate per precinct. Polls open 7 to 8 pm Central Standard Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Del
Alt
Ohio
Wyandot
Tiffin
John M. ‘Pattison
Tota
Democratic Central Committee
John M. Patthon
Congressional Committee
D. R K. Crissinger
Marlon County
Charles F. Close
Wyandot Toounty
R. J. Delgle
Erie County
Ber- Tgeant
Democratic Congressional Committee
Jos
Arnold
Atonl
Pitede
Guthery
Bec Pra
Waldo
Waldo Village
Marion County Democratic Executive Committee
Democratic Congressional Convention Holds in Ohio District
The Democratic members of Ohio's Thirteenth District meet in Tiffin on May 26, 1908, to nominate a Congress candidate and a Presidential elector, and to select two delegates and two alternates for the Denver National Convention. Delegates awarded per one hundred votes for Governor Pattison at the November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Congressions Committee
Thirteenth
Ohio
Crawford
Kirie
Marion
Sandusky
Seneca
Wyandot
Tiffin
Congress
Denver
Colorado
John M. Pattison
Candle Ldare
Act
That Dreadful Merry Widow Swayed Streets and Minds
A sensational piece recalls the merry widow fashion, its hypnotic influence and the so called Merry Widow hat. It cites priests asking women parishioners to avoid the sailor style and recounts incidents from the Midwest to Cleveland involving hat pins, rescues, and a jail encounter. The story also notes a sea turtle sale at a North Male Street restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Widow
mid-West
Ae Sherley
Powenmeyer
Cleveland
Ohio
Willer
P. Dt
Notdig
North Male Street
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the Opera
By Franz Lehar
Tooke At
Sala Orl
Jo Lie
Dane Jong
Rene Imr
Musnay Music Co
Tribune Building
New York
Misten
Tim Ten
Tae Oe
Snersk
Eo Sese
Ted O Deard
Dite
Yee
Bea
Her
Francis Willard W. G. T. U
Dr. Dagan
Naperville, Fl
Naperville Union
Northwestern
Soblege
Alabama
Jefferson County
Vlena
Alabama Oldeen
Supreme Court of the United States
Wallace
Kansas City
Jaime
Christinn Standard
J 4
Allegheny
Oklahoma
Prohibition
Georgia
T. J. Giraird
Columbus
Toon
Sam
Old Georgia
Talon Aignal
Janmwaty
Tem
Perance Board
Church of Heist
Homer J. Hall
Jefferson St. Franklin
Ind
Christan
del Big Island
Dowling Green Township
Claridon Township
Claridon Village
Grand Township
Grand Prairie
Green Camp Township
Green Camp Village
Toed Lane Village
Marion Ownship
Marion ‘Township
City OF Marion
Pirat
Montgomery Township
Weat ‘Morral
J. W. Jacoby
Elmer J. Schoenlang
Sec
Tex
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