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Library of Congress1907

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 21, 1907

NATION MAY BE DRY Hovember Elections Help to Swell the Roll of Prohibition States The temperance people who are light ing the saloon and the saloon influ ences in politics have reason to feel elated over the result of the November elections Democrats and Republicans lost and won but the returns show a steady gain for the cause of prohibition Following is a statement of actual con ditions in all the States up to date as compiled and issued by the Chicago RecordHerald AlabamaFortyone counties have voted to stop the sale of liquor entirely and the same result is said to be cer tain in nine others where arrange ments have been made for elections These nine include Montgomery the third largest in the State This will make titty out of sixtyseven against whiskey Four of the seventeen left have dispensaries that cannot be dis turbed for two years yet It is well established that the incoming legisla ture will make all the State prohibition ArkansasFivesevenths of the pop ulation live in dry territory License majority of 52000 in 1894 has changed to an aggregate majority of 10000 for prohibition in 1900 CaliforniaFour dry counties and much dry territory in

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Library of Congress1910

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 1, 1910

fgS injrohibitton Portland Business Man Ad a Urge Audience in Dover V6 Jw cne of the prominent j K Ll of Portland addressed a jni Methodist Episcopal ednCver on the subject Shall r ti a License System eReturis a forceful speaker and Jk tion hi such a manner as t at ion of his hearers scourse A man of Otif nd opportunity to j va t of prohibition as a liaise or local option in mpu a not hesitate to state nns that he thorough ly i i hit ion for Maine native of this State J v t the great men from if cfOti high in the coun on in the past fifty years so pressmen and giants gov j Maine has furnished ii md many other States SI standing well every seeking employ Jer r great commercial t that he was reared if j rt to success in find f Hi That no State has t ns more comfort es and he earnestly i prohibition is not list ii h very much to do P iii our State id ist between former If aker said that in if where he was rear t irj law was enact ij

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Library of Congress1923

Image 1 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), June 25, 1923

WEATHER Partly cloudy and continued warm tonight and tomorrow probably local thundershowers Temperature for twentyfour hours ended at S pm today Highest 93 at 380 pm yesterday lowest 74 at 6 am today Full report on page 7 i Closing N Y Stocks and Bonds Page 20 Vo 9ft 000 Entered as secondclass matter p os t office Washington D C PRESIDENT SERVES NOTICE OF A FIXED DETERMINATION TO ENFORCE DRY LAW Declares in Denver Address Readiness to Assume Bur den If States Continue to Shift It to U S Shoulders CONVINCED PROHIBITION WILL NOT BE REPEALED Cites Spectacle of a State Nulli fying Own AuthorityScores Buyers of Illicitly Sold Liquor as Arousing Resentment of Millions Less Rich BY DAVID LAWRENCE DENVER Colo June 25 President Harding today appealed to the Amer ican people to stop drinking intoxi cating liquors And the President went further than he has ever gone in any prohibition speech arguing that there are literally American millions who resent the lawful pos sessions of the few the lawless prac tices of a few and rebel against the denial to the vast majority Mr Harding made himself 101 per cent dry politically and otherwise in his formal

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Library of Congress1934

Image 4 of The Lexington advertiser (Lexington, Miss.), May 10, 1934

Lexington Advertiser The Advertiser Pub Co Publishers Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Hiss as Mail Matter of the Second Class SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year200 Six Months Three Months jr Single Copies each B A POVALL___Managing Editor TOM SHEPHERD _Editori MRS R M OWIN Society Editor t Announcements For CongressThird District JOE P McCAIN of Cleveland A COUNTRY CODIFIED By Clayton Rand Codes increase to cover the country bold experiments in the program of National Recovery Among all complicated codes of busindsa conduct none is as im portant as those that govern the press Should publishers and printers codes fail of their purpose editorial columns that have such a penterat ing effect on public opinion would reflect this failure and undermine the recovery program It is for that reason that the whole structure of the New Deal depends so much upon the cooperation of the printers and publishers Their patriotic response to the Presidents program is essential to National Recovery REGULATION NOT PROHIBITION As the date for Mississippians to ex press themselves on prohibition nears many newspapers politicians dry lead ers and others are trying to befuddle the peoples minds Instead of recogniz ing a fact that we have never

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Library of Congress1902

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 17, 1902

I MOUNTAINS OF OREGON tirape and Other Beautiful i u aeade Bane Mounts Hood I Helen Uie Springfield Republican jive passed their lives t i l Washingtons birth iutlissolubly associated i ice with cold winter id naked trees and agen filiation But even in a Naturelover though iay prohibit woodland amis and realizes with eh that life is still there ati tlie snow or ice or1 tae pulsing current still but lelt and realized To iheied ill by a glorious witn the air warm and meadow lark singing pti ol Ins cheery little inspiration to a tender It in mined to climb lort i 11joy tlie mild sunshine limy spring air view the uriy and gather some i e beautiful Oregon ml them 8501 miles to Mass cars landed me at the i t where the long flight the top of the heights evergreen whose dark much delight in this climate Step by step iw ith plenty of resting way the summit was it with the exertion of i step is a delight With f building the long flight has been content to let and the overarching mon 11 rest are there in all their tidiness and beauty Ail cssgrown

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Library of Congress1906

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 25, 1906

NEW YORK STYLES Fashionable Household Belongings About the Choice of Floor Coverings The Modern Bathroom Equipments House hold Linens A Word about Toilet Table and Couch Pillow Covers Correspondence of The Journal The tasteful woman who likes to make her home look artistic as well as comfortable will be delighted with the choice afforded this season in door coverings Of course fitted carpets are quite ont of date convenience and hygiene have combined to favor the use of rugs and carpets have been gradually discarded or made into rugs which is a practical way of disposing of them Certain firms take old carpets clean them and return them in the shape of rugs very attractive ones too woven of the yarns raveled from the carpets A Wilton rug is a safe invest ment and the most practical choice if the price of the Orientals which last a lifetime is prohibitive A good Wilton rug will last for years if treated with proper care Small geometrical designs are a feature this season and it is pos sible to procure shades of oue tone to match the color scheme of a room it desired Brown or wood color and green is a

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Library of Congress1909

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 25, 1909

Nearly Three Centuries Of Temperance Agitation and Legislation in Maine16361909 BY FRANK W GOWEN NO 6 In 1891 the Peoples Prohibitory En forcement League of Maine was organ ized and incorporated by the legislature Although this organization was rather shortlived yet it did much good in strengthening our prohibitory law and aiding in a more rigid enforcement of the law Dr John C Stewart of York was president of this organization and John W Mitchell of Freedom was its secretary Both gentlemen were promi nent members of the Good Templar or der and the best of feeling and harmony existed between these temperance or ganizations Dr Stewart is still living and only the past winter I met him at the State House in Augusta He is the same earnest and zealous champion of prohibition as in the days when he was an active Good Templar and a power as a debater in our grand lodge John W Mitchell the able secretary of the En forcement League was one of the most fearless temperance workers we have ever had in the State of Maine and his sad ar d tragic death by drowning in the Kennebec at Augusta in 1894 brought

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Library of Congress1911

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 23, 1911

FRANK W GOWEN Frank W Gowen widely known in temperance work and as a very active business man left Waterville last week to locate in Southern California Mr Gowen has been one of the most active workers in Maine for Prohibition by voice and pen and from a boy an earnest Good Templar in which organization he became very prominent He has held high office in this order in Maine also in the Supreme Lodge of the world having been Supreme Lecturer and organizer and visited many States in the Union in its interest also Canada and only a few years ago was sent to Europe twice in succession by the Maine Good Templars to represent them in the worlds sessions of the order Mr Gowen has also been engaged in the insurance business for many years and it is understood that he will engage in the same business in Cali fornia He is a gentleman of dis tinguished presence and will be missed in Maine but all of his friends throughout the State will wish him suc cess in his business undertaking on the r acuu tuasi COST OF LIVING THE SAME TODAY AS FORTY YEARS AGO In the

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Library of Congress1911

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 28, 1911

MAINE STATE GRANGE The Maine State Grange met in Lewis ton last week The feature of the day Tuesday was the address of State Mas ter C S Stetson He gave a brief re port of the doings of the National grange referring to the position he took as an insurgent and said that his sole ob ject was the bettering of the conditions in the National grange He spoke of the Kegley trial and explained the posi tion taken by the representatives from Maine He was heartily applauded when he said that he felt that the machine of the National grange is brok n and said that the increase in membership had been satisfactory Dishonest officials and political combinations have discredited the Prohibitory law he declared Hon est men men of courage and integrity men in whom the people have confidence are needed in public office They can be found and the grange should aid in the finding I have faith to believe that the frange of the future will use all its in uence in creating a widespread public sentiment and demand for an honest en forcement of the law prohibiting the manufacture and sale the use and

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Library of Congress1962

Image 2 of The Lexington advertiser (Lexington, Miss.), January 25, 1962

UosUaii But Not UN Legislature Can Decide State Reapportionmenf The men in the Legislature seem to be spending a lot of time talking and listening to talk memorializing Con gress on matters which are complete ly outside their jurisdiction and final ly politics as usual with tthe little petty squabbles and infighting the public has come to regard as the nature of the Mississippi Legislature Let us hope that if and when these gentlemen get down to work they will be consistent in their approach to the solution of the states many serious problems and it wont be another ses sion of saying Dont do as we do but do as we say do We refer specifically to their memorializing the United States Con gress to limit contributions to the United Nations and prohibit the U S from participating or buying any bonds that may be issued by the United Nations This action was said to be inspired by House Speaker Walter Sil lers and others It received a highly favorable vote in the House and over whelming approval in the Senate Tt is well and good that we stand for fair play in the United Nations and we agree

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Library of Congress1913

Image 1 of The Caldwell watchman (Columbia, La.), December 12, 1913

VOL MVII COLUMBIA LA FRIDAY DECEMIBE 12 11913 ENGLA 0 TR 0 STOEI i CABINET ORDERS IMPORTATION OF ARMS INTO ARELAND STOPPE SEEKS TO SECURE f E Ulster Leaders Declare However That Asquiths LEfforts at Conciliation Came too Late Weetern Newspaper Union News S rvirc LondonThe British cabinet by a royal proclamation prohibiting the im portation of arms and ammunition into Ireland for the first time grasped the nettle of the revolution in Ulster which it had hitherto ignored alhough the followers of Sir Edward Carson for months have been advertising their military preparations in every possi ble way and daring interference with them Almost at the time of publication of the proclamation Premier Asquith made the longest step toward the con ciliation of Ullterites that the govern ment has taken announcing his ac ceptance of the principles of a basis of agreement which Sir Edward Car son suggested in his last speech Demands of Ulsterites These principles are FirstThat the settlement must not be humiliat ing or degrading to Ulster second Ulsters treatment must not be differ ent or exceptional from that meted ont to the other parts of he United Kingdom third Ulster must retain full protection of

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Library of Congress1886

Image 4 of The Brookhaven leader (Brookhaven, Miss.), April 22, 1886

TALMAGETS SERMON Discount ou the Trlels of News paper Editors and Reporters Tt Shim Thr See and the TtmptMltM They Meet In Their Search for News Aa rnderpald Clema a Rule and Their SoaU tohodyi Care Rev T DeWitt Talmage In a recent aertnon took up the cudgel for the news paper men illustrating their trials temp tations and almost ceaseless labors in the fight for current news in a forcible man ner He took for his text Tthnld a flying rollZacharlah v1 Dr Talmage said This winged sheet of the text hd on it a prophecy The flying roll today is the newspaper In calcu lating the influeneea that affect society you can no more afford to ignore it than you can ignore the noonday son or the Atlantic Ocean It is high time that I preach a sermon expressing my appreciation of what the nwspaper press has done and is doing No man living or dead is nr has been so indebted to it as I am for it gives me perpetual audience in every city town and neighborhood of Christendom and I take this opportunity before Clod and this people to thank the editors and publishers and

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