Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-11-01
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Boston next October.
A Monday payday may be one of the
Rev. ]. H. Hector, the Black Knight, has
been campaigning in Pennsylvania.
Have you signed an enrolment caro- TOT
special work yet? See Backbone for Oct
It was rather funny that Mayor Jones
first dry" Sunday was one OF the rainlese
days of the year. -.
'"The staunch Backbone" is the way edit
ress Julia B. Nelson of the White Ribbon
refers to our paper.
Nebraska Prohbitionists now boast the
Nebraska Beacon, with a brilliant array or
contributing editors.
The postal department will, so far as
possible, exclude indecent souvenir post
cards from the mails
The Minnesota Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton met in annual convention at Mime
apolis on the 18th and 10Th.
The Minnesota delegates to the worlds
w. c. It. U. convention are Mesdames SEQ,
veil, Minneapolis; Nelson, Red Wing, and
Church, Mortified.
Well, the National Temperance Congress
took place at Portland, Ore, even If Back
report of that gathering last month.
''Surely Minneapolis is in these days an
inspiration to the rest OF U.s. so writes ties
Young Peoples Christian Temperance
over 600 enthusiastic Christian young
people crowded Willard Hall, Chicago, on
the 18th in the interest of Sunday closing.
letter from Mayor Jones of Minneapolis
was read.
Governor johnson at the State Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs: The ballot In the
hands of you women would satisfactorily
solve every question before the American
public today.
100000 persons living in no-license dis
tricts. Out of 1871 townships, 975 are
dry Of the 763 municipalities, 46O are
now under Prohibition.
to cd % T,
the logical candidate for governor of Penn
sylvania at the next election Many pc
lieve that if nominated by the prohibition
party he will be elected.
A large share of the current number of
the Beacon Light is occupied by an excel
lent program for Thanksgiving Prohibition
socials which the state committee desires
shall be held in every community.
Miss Clara NJ Leighton encloses her
check in payment of her pledge of 30 to
our Free Circulation Fund and says you
are doing a noble work. hope we shall
all live. to see our land freed from the
curse of rum"
The growing prejudice of the Emperor Of
Germany against strong drink is becom-
ing known to all the world. Now comes
an order from him that only total abstain
ers are to be employed in running the royal
automobiles.
Eleven prominent candidates on the two
old party tickets in Louisville, Ky. were
bartenders, saloonkeepers or distillers while
a twelfth man who ran for the legislature
openly announced that he would introduce
bill legalizing prize-fighting in the state.
believe It will win by nearly 100000. l
will campaign the state for prohibition"
There has been this month the usual
number of MURDERS stabbing ARRAYS, sui
cides, divorces and other deviltry on ac-
count of legalized saloons We pass them
by and hurry on to talk with our readers
rather about the remedy for these great
wrongs
>Jcs, to
now fact. Geo. f. Cotterill, Seattle was
elected National Grand Chief Templar, W.
H. Clark, Ripon, Wis, National Grand
Secretary and Miss Lizzie p Cole, Mime
Junior Work.
White Ribboners and other friends of
Mrs. B. l.. Scovell have recently presented
her with $3.50 toward clearing the $3.50
mortgage on her home. She hopes to put
ize it and then make it ". c. T. U. head
quarters. Did you ever
Eleven st. Paul policemen were sum-
moned before the Board of Police Com
missioners this month to answer charge
Of drunkenness while. on duty. All pleaded
guilty and a fine Of $35 was imposed on
nine of the number and two were re-
quired to pay $14 each.
The National Universalist Convention, in
session in Minneapolis during the month,
by resolution re-affirmed it's "historic posi-
IlOu Oh lie temperance QucSClOu, VI tOIdl
abstinence for the individual and prohibit
tion for the state" 1t also declared in
favor of equal suffrage for women.
The. Pennsylvania Liquor Federation
warned the saloonists of the Keystone state
that the candidacy of VIM. H. Berry for
State Treasurer was endorsed by the obi
goted Silas c. Swallow" The good Doc
tor is now enjoying a hearty laugh on
every inch Of his six or more feet.
The Hamm Brewing Co., st. Paul. has
bought through a third party a valuable
torium. A saloon will doubtless be opened
here Mr. Hamm evidently had an eve
to business as we'll as to philanthropy in
his activity in behalf of the auditorium
project.
camps with good literature by having
each w. G. T. U. interested In mother
ing two lumber camps and mailing every
week good package Of home literature