How One Community in India Fought the Drink Traffic
Mary J. Campbell recounts Pathankot, Punjab efforts to curb alcohol through a cross religious temperance alliance. A Muslim secretary, Sikh leaders, and Christian Miss Sahiba form the first Men’s Temperance Society in 1913, drawing officials and townsfolk to pledge sobriety and confront liquor licensing rise. The Chief Magistrate and Amr Nath lead pledges, converting a broad cross section of Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim residents.
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Sahiba
Punjab
Hindustan
Allah
Miss Sahiba
Arm Nath
Miss Campbell
Campbell
Mohammedan
Mem
Bers
Pathankot
House of God
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Ming
Ishwar
Amr Nath
Arrests in Des Moines Rise Among Women in 1919
Des Moines police report shows 8 245 total arrests for the year ending March 1 1919 with 1 233 women taken into custody an increase attributed to army camp vicinity. Alcohol traffic and vagrancy rise while bootlegging falls as accidents and recoveries are noted.
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Des Moines
National Army
James Cavender
Altho
Summer Complaint Quickly Relieved by Remedy
Mrs. Henry Jewett of Clark Mills N Y reports rapid relief from a severe summer complaint after using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. The advertisement promotes the medicine as an excellent remedy to keep for every family with Lemmon's Drug Store as a supplier.
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Chamberlain
Henry Jewett
Clark Mills
Lemmon's Drug Store
Advt
Depressing Reflection
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat note states that while virtue or right prevails, patience may require many centuries before justice is seen. The short reflection laments the slow pace of historical outcomes aligning with truth.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
One Language Law Enacted in Lowden Iowa
The Lowden Iowa city council and Mayor H F Pancroft veto foreign language use with a new rule requiring English in all conversations and business. The resolution allows those unable to use English to speak their mother tongue and urges citizens to embrace Americanization.
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Lowdon
Lowden
New Lenox College head welcomed at Hopkinton reception
Hopkinton Iowa July 7 public reception honors Dr J F Hinkhouse president elect of Lenox college. Mayors and local leaders praise his background in Iowa religious work and Parsons Buena Vista ties. Town commits 10000 dollars to support his leadership and college advancement.
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J. B. Hinkhouse
Hopkinton
J. F. Hinkhouse
Lenox College
W. S. Beels
B. E. First
Community Club
B. M. Ferguson
W. A. Odell
Methodist Churches
T. J. Joseph
Doctor Hinkhouse
Pioneer College
Iowa
Parsons College
Buena Vista College
Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
Advertisement for Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy promoting its use. Claims of favorable opinion from users with a prompt to try the medicine, mentioning Lemmon's Pharmacy as the supplier.
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Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Child's gentle rebuke to rooster spares tiny birds
A five year old girl named Mary pleaded with a rooster not to sit on his chickens. Her plea shows her kindness toward animals as she warns the bird to spare the little birds.
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Mary
Children Must Stay in Iowa Injunction Granted
Charles Dickman secured an injunction to keep his two children in Iowa after a 1918 divorce and the mother’s remarriage to Roy Stuart. The decree gave the children to Dickman but allowed visitations. he fears the mother may remove them to New York or elsewhere and cannot afford travel.
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New York
Iowa
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M. J. Campbell
United Presbyterian Church
King George
Scotland
Catherine Forester Peyton
Willi
Council
Goody Land
Wrigleys
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