Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-09-01
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take place at La Crosse, WIS., Oct' IL
10. ,r,.
As in most states, the Nebraska Prohibl-
tion party platform contains a. oecIala-
ton in favor of the 1nltlatlVe anu ieioioi
dunn. x,,
State Chairman Durkee Of New YORK
is successfully pushing his plan TO erecs
Prohibition bill-boards In every part VI
the state.
Hon. H. P. Faris of Missouri has been
added to the speaking force OF the per tIro
manent committee on Temperance Oh the
Presbyterian church.
The Convention of the Five Qndlan44
M 81 demanded that indian Territory be
admitted as prohibition state.
democratic National Chairman Io rom
Taggart's palatial gambling nell AT eTe nnn
ceremopiously by order of Gov. Hanly.
victoria, Australia, recently ,h yote &c +b TO
give full suffrage to women: I1 tH f 20 Iv
last of the Australian states u foa noo
New Zealand in adopting equal suffrage
There have been 112 arrests in Mime.
anoiis for selling liquor Sunday, al pus
one have been convicted or nave saz pi aad
guilty. They have been ilneo @Ao anu
costs. ..,o;ns
+r,1a 70 its record of opposition 10 lqu ol
Selling. gambling and fakes. It secured secured
the arrest and conviction oi seVoi"
blind piggers. o 80
oliver w. Stewart addressed two ex-
oe1Iant rallies at the State Fair groun1s
1ast month in connection with the North
western Bible Conference "hoso
covered three weeks. x,,+
BEACON Light, South Dakota's bright
Prohibition state paper, mas won He0u ,,1ith
class privileges after a long tuss,1 s mae
the Postoffce department. pa nag,'ar IS subscribers
to more than 2'ooo res ui"l 49,. o,aos+
Mrs Margaretta Danielson, the OLDEST
nerson in the state according to the .; cem-
p sns returns, has just died at Camprlog 1d
Mimi, aged 49, Her youin s a ioyal Pro-
hibitionist.
More than 100000 total, abstinence .sace
,,od~as have been secured IN Great
Britain under , the a Go7pnci An attempt
will he made to secure total Oh oile
million. oaors
Before this issue reaches our read es;1i
the National Temperance &c Coi IL Coz connec-
tinn with the Exposition. The dates are ne
Sept. 1928. A considerable. n nra '1nder
the leaders of the. movement are uiAooA
engagement to be there' ... ,a
The exposures of the pr0hilpitt1hoan T amu
religious press have compelled the Pr Pr =
nriefors of Duffy's Malt Whlskey t4 CIV VII ~ q
draw from their adyert1seeimen,iss, w which
pr pr eiWoWs exaggerated and largely fakeo'
az investigation has clearly sno"h'
The Kennedy (Minn) Star ai,,i says: reform form
w. G. Calderw19db,, tae a remarkable ar
1e ain f., WI" nt, first mage, is regular con-
tributor to Backbone, pra1nX anu riua ct T.
tional reform paper y, we ad VAN s' sub
scription to the Star.
One hundred eighty six millions OF ooi7
lars 1S186. 956, $50 was the aggregate ppi i,u
into the national of tbe drns traffic during
f and ysar endng June 1865 according
the t preliminary report of Commissioner
Yerkes just made public ~ ans Is oh III
crease over 1904 of 81, o59l.
Twenty-six states and territories SEN sem
Tx GeIegates to the National Woman SUI
frage Association convention at Foa "a
land. Ore. Although S5, years Oh az ~
Susan B. anthony tb was recipient Of every
honor which it was possible for the COIL
vention to bestow upon her.
Such square Prohibitionists as Bis Ia o2
Berry Col se6iI IL We're e AMONG those who
appeared on the platform OF inc ,; Sai1 r
Cieghorn assembly at Waupaca, WIS. y
was managed by II; a. ;a Larson for the M iegislac
such a brilliant campaign lol 'iio ie
ture a year ago.
COMPARING the arrests in st: LOUIS
during the four months In Wnlcn itS
saloons have been closed on SUNDAY o Wiel %
fhe same months in the three preceding
Years. il is ascertained that drunKenness
on Sunday has decreased SS9G aS dls snd aa-
ces of the peace on SUNDAY 1870 alo do
saults with intent to kill 5O%.
The christening of the new battleshlp
Kansas with water, while commendable'
IS not a new thing. Beside the * Ken 4.
6 fGw SaTe b aga e eTG
oned with Water-the Hartford and the
Cons Nor is the alleged super,
stition" against such use OF water
found among sailors
patriotic Studies is volume OF 20
,,.ges Containing quite a full resume o.
the reform work done since 1888 i in con con
gress It is valuable work oths for ev {he ef Br
VIZ + - Crafts. superintendent of the Ma
t M REFORM Bureau, washington, D. Pc c;
will Wits supply it free as long as the stoci
holds out. -,
recentiv banished liquor advertisement
from it's Columns, contained in its avg ts
mst number a handsome write. up OF In u
temperance reform, with graphlc Ske'c an,