Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-01-01
WY >.>..~~>.s 1890 -
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time OF an organizer and le rer.
There are one hundred al , co.
burg. IN rus
Since June 80 Texas countie. .ore
e CRY; making a total Of Isl go Of 24o
VII, The Be w Ss'a Is d " G. y
Sill, 1908. , juno
Buffalo, N. Y, will work for til,
state ssait ts.o = = D the
Hillsboro, O., the ~---s--.- won.
ans crusade" went dry Dec l. ten
saloons moved out Jan. !.
Philadelphia Prohibitionists have held a
memorial service for their comrades who
have fallen while fighting FOR humanity.
condemn by popular vote the high license
and local option bill passed by the legts-
lature.
Rev. C. M. Sheldon heads a movement
to organize a life insurance company at
Topeka to insure only Christians and total
abstainers.
The North Dakota w. c. T. U. number
ed 2,228 members at the last convention
They maintain 80 circulating libraries and
reading rooms.
The Meneley Concert Company have
completed successful month in Mime
sofa. They have gone to the Pacific
coast for six months work.
State President Scovell, of the w. c.
T. u, has had what she calls a real va
cation Of two weeks in the hills OF YER
mont among childhood scenes.
The owners Of q blind pig at Barnes
vile, O.. placed "a dynamite torpedoes
where they would blow into eternity any
officer who should endeavor to uphold the
Pennsylvania Prohibition and Alliance.
workers hold conference at Phlladel-
phia on the 14th inst. There will also be
a conference at Trenton, N. j., on the
10th.
venango county, Pa, has today over
the Prohibition ticket. The idea of Pro-
hibition candidates running to win is
gaining ground.
The Scandinavian Grand Lodge 7; 0. e:
T. met at Minneapolis Dec. 29-31. It's
q % Sa Rna Carlson n was ysa se
G. c. r. and Grand Sec. Void was re-
elected.
The Kansas City court of appeals has
decided that the combination of brew
ers that exists in that city. Is trust,
which is expressly forbidden by the
statutes of Missouri and cannot collect
bills due it.
We have not yet secured the lacking
u
our file of the first six years OF publica,-
ton. They are Nov, 1898, Sept, 1901,
and Feb 1902. Can you send us copy
of any of these issues?
Milwaukee papers are boasting Of the
largest shipment Of beer ever sent to the
December 18th, and consisting Of forty
seven carloads, containing 100000 bot
ties. This cargo goes to Hongkong and
Manila. Shame!
The army nurses of the Spanish -Amert-
can War Association vehemently voted
down resolution in favor of the restora-
cent convention at Washington. But pos
sibly they don't know anything about the
workings Of the institution!
A jury in the s. D. circuit court has
awarded Mrs. Mary Garrigan damages In
the sum Of $1,000 against Dell Rapids
saloonkeepsr. After she had notified ah IN. him
ended a drunken carousal with suicide
This is her third successful suit against
Dell Rapids saloonists.
Joseph Patson, the bicycle inventor an6
once a big manufacturer, was recently
Wit ssesa money and friends pf he has com,
to the life Of tramp and q drunkard
Whisky did it. To a reporter he said
Some Of my twenty patents I sold fo
good prices, but others went for q glass
Of whisky.
The general officers Of the w. G. 7. y
call upon all unions in states which d.
Immediate steps to secure. through thei
state legislatures, law prohibiting ga
looms within four miles Of United State
forts, army posts camps and all premise
used for military purposes BY the govern
ment. Good!
Temperance statistics Just issued q
Stockholm show that the progress Of tn
movement against alcoholism in Swede
has been SO great In the last ten year
that the temperance societies Of the coun
try have a total membership Of 249,0 0l
Five per cent Of Swedes belong to then
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