Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-10-01
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Mr.. Stewart put in a hot week in Wis
consin en- route to Minnesota -.
Ex-Governor st. John is having a tri-
umphal tour through California.
Frank Beard, the celebrated Christian
and Prohibition cartoonlst, is dead.
Prohibition conference at Long Beach.
The Patriot PhalanX, Indianapolis, is
now publishing nearly $4,000 copies week
The national w. c. T. u convention
&. takes place at Los Angeles Oct 81
Clinton N Howard has been holding
some fine meetings on his way back from
the Pacific coast
Everybody who, met or heard MISS
Ting-a ling agreed that she must pe the
BELIZE of her town.
Frank j. Sibley and Mrs. Mary, Charl-
ton Edholm, widely known in Prohlbltlon
and purity circles, are now one
State chairman Letson proposes to or
ganize a Prohibition Alliance in every
one of the AZ wards OF Philadelphia; e,vo
months work in Kentucky, addressing
$50 successful rallies in so counties.
Laphams Renting Agency G 55l rigbf
Mr.. Lapham is hustler, sure enough.
Virgil G.. Hinshaw is booked for work
among the colleges of Minnesota, South
Dakota and Iowa in the next few months
The Illinois state convention of the Pro-
hibition party has been called to meet IN
Representative Hall, Springfield, April
1918.
The Meneley Quartette are in the midst
of an eight weeks engagement in Wis
consin under the direction of Chairman
Clayton.
The Woman's Prohibition Club of Min
neapolis now numbers about fifty, mem
bers and new names are being added at
ev aon. % Wm. f. Berry, mayor of Williams
port, Pa. and Prohibition and Democratic
candidate for state treasurer, is making
The State Committee has engaged
Oliver w. Stewart from Jan. 9-29 inclu-
sive. One-half Of these dates are al
The Philadelphia Prohibition party plat
form claims truly that that party has
long advocated most of the reforms set
Owing to the cowardice of the old part
les, Virginia Prohibitionists find them
selves in a position of unexpected
strength and they are making the most
VIM F. Clark, founder and senior edi-
tor of the Patriot Phalanx, Indianapolis,
Committee at lunch one day during the
Northern California Prohibitionists
s sep 2s Natona cha
man Jones and G. N. Howard were among
the speakers
California Voice and Of whom the world
is not worthy, is taking greatly needed
"rest"-several weeks of platform work
along the Pacific coast.
secretary of the State Committee and who
also ran for Secretary of State is dead.
His home has been in Iowa for number
Homer l.. Castle, Prohibition candidate
for judge of the supreme court OF Penn
sylvania has created sensation with his
exposure of several new items in the
rottenness of the Quay-Penrose gang.
There are ten liquor agents in Vermont
now where there was one under u prohibit
voting no-license so rapidly that license
towns have decreased two-thirds within
the year.
Every reader of Backbone determines.
in part, what kind of a paper it shall
be, how good. how large and how often
published. These points are determined
in a number of ways which will occur to
our readers.
The Presbyterian state Synod, in ses-
sion at Fergus Falls, instructed its clerk
to forward to President Roosevelt a reSo-
luton urging him to appoint no. one. ex-
cept total abstainers as commissioned Of
ficers in the army or navy.
posters comes from Seattle. The letter
says the plan meets long felt want"
Three sets are ordered. committee will
bring the matter to the attention of other
temperance organizations in that city.
A course of study adopted by the Inter
collegiate Prohibition Association for its
152 college Prohibition leagues. is now
unQer way. OlXCeen SIuUISS run IIOI!!
Sept to May This study in Methods"
MS one of series of three yearly courses.
DIR. E. L. Eaton, Pittsburg, has now
accepted the call to the national Prohibi
field as organizer of the Ministerial Pro-
hibition Alliance movement. This pro-
misses great things for our party and
cause.
A national convention of Good Templars
is to meet at Chicago on the 25th inst for
the organization Of the National Grand
Lodge international Order Good Templars,
which was authorized at the Interna-
tional Supreme Lodge at Belfast, Ireland,
in August.
State Chairman VIM A. Taylor of Mi
chigan recently called at headquarters.
With his wife he is on his way to the
Do oific Goa t where he will Snend the