Modern Crusaders Drive 10 Regulate Personal Conduct
Nearly 5,000,000 Americans belong to groups seeking to regulate public behavior through legislation. Major bodies include Anti-Saloon League, Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, Women's Christian Temperance Union, and Lord's Day Alliance. National and state agents act as lobbies during Congress, defending personal liberty against prohibition and related moral reforms.
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United States
East
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
The
Lord’s Day Alliance
National Capital
Washington
Congress
Land
Association Against the
Exhumation Ordered in Baby Farm Death Case
New York court orders exhumation of two infants from the East Eighty-sixth street baby farm run by Mrs. Helen Geisen-Volk. Assistant District Attorney Ryan seeks evidence for a grand jury indictment on serious case charges and investigates potential broader mistreatment of children. Witnesses and hospital records link mistreatment and falsified names to the suspect, with a total of 23 babies reportedly dying while in her care.
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New York
East Eighty-sixth Street
Helen Auguste Gelzen-Volk
Supreme Court
Cotilla
Ryan
Geisen-Volk
Red Cross
Toohey
Margaret Toohey
Militants push temperance and Sabbath laws across states
The Anti-Saloon League and Lord's Day Alliance press aggressive campaigns to restrict tobacco use and enforce strict Sunday observance. The Anti-Saloon League targets tobacco ads and public smoking, while the Lord's Day Alliance seeks broad blue laws, backed by church groups and reform bodies nationwide.
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America
Anti-Saloon League
Anti-Tobacco League
Lord’s Day Alliance
Congress
District of Columbia
New York
Board of Prohibition and Public Morals of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Anti- Saloon League
States push laws to curb public morals and conduct
Across several states reform groups push Sunday closing and anti Darwin bills. Alabama rejects measures to close amusements and criminalize teaching evolution while Tennessee passes such a law aided by William J Bryan and church funds. Similar drives expand nationwide.
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Anti-Tobacco League
Alabama
Tennessee
William J. Bryan
Presbyterian Church
Arrival of Arabic Numerals in Spain and Europe
The text notes that Arabian numerals were introduced to Spain near the end of the tenth century by the Moors, who acquired them from the Hindus by the sixteenth century. It states that in Europe these numerals did not gain general use until the sixteenth century.
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Spain
Europe
Railroad Schedules for Thomasville Stations
Arrival and departure times for passenger trains at Thomasville stations on A C L and A B A railways. Schedule figures are for information, not guaranteed. Times reflect Eastern Standard Time north, east, and south of Thomasville and Central Standard Time west of Thomasville.
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Thomasville
Atlanta
Birmingham 4
Atlantic
Georgia
Railroad Schedule Fragment Reflects Timetables
A historical rail timetable lists arrival and departure times among Savannah, Jacksonville, Montgomery, Atlanta, Albany, Monticello, Dothan and other points. Entries show morning and evening departures such as 2:18 a.m. Savannah to Jacksonville to Montgomery and 7:16 p.m. Atlanta to Albany, with multiple intermediate stops and various days noted.
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Thos
Ville
Atlanta
Albany
Fanien
Monticello
Montg y-Sar-Jax
A. m. Dothan
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Hart Schaffner
Marx
Dixie
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Bers
National Temperance Bureau
Daylight Savings Associations
Optometrists
American Legion Endowment Fund_AT
the Grand Theatre
Powder River
U. S
France
American Legion
Lord's Day Alliance
New York City
New York State
Berry Wates
Steyerman’s Style Shop
Birmingham
James Watt & Bro
Kirby Lumber
Kirby's
Kirby Planing Mill CO
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