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W C T U Advances Iowa Bootleg Law and Welfare Aid
Des Moines women’s temperance union backs new laws to fingerprint and record bootleggers across counties. Offenders face higher penalties and longer imprisonment as state leaders plan broadened enforcement and county attorney cooperation. The group also funds comfort bags for soldiers and promotes Ida B Wise Smith speaking engagements and radio broadcasts.
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