Complex sentence: The government was also a strict enforcer of temperance measures, amidst mixed publicity; in 1920 an Provincial Temperance enforcer, The Reverend J O L Spracklin, shot and killed an illicit liquor trader.
Split into simpler sentences: The government was also a strict enforcer of temperance measures, amidst mixed publicity. In 1920 an Provincial Temperance enforcer, The Reverend J O L Spracklin, shot and killed an illicit liquor trader.