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Young People’s Department letter excerpts reflect temperance and gossip themes
Readable letters discuss Sabbath observance, temperance, and gossip in a Tennessee community. Contributors name Georgia and Tennessee figures, urge personal virtue, warn against careless talk, and invite more youth correspondence with hopes of constructive discussion.
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Washington
Jefferson
Young People’s Department
Tennessee
Georgia
Nashville
Georgia Rose
Wally
Dooly
M Hall
Hall
Moral
Lady Bird
Star Jasmine
Everyaone
Mrs. Nation
Willie
Perry
Hope
Trixie
Pansy
Sam Slick
Xenie
Bas