The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-08-01
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Sept. l. h,s
Scandinavian Good Templaren mas
80 enlarged to an eight-page paper.
Oooon Grove. N. j., Detroit and Den,
yer are the latest bidders for the nauonal
convection. -, c,-;.;o,
Temperance Union is eneaseo III
bill board campaign
So far as we can learn, saltwater now
enioys the distinction OF being the only
no-lid city i'll the state.
A number of prohibition county con- on,
yentions have been held throughout 'ho
state during the summer.
Oklahoma will vote for or against an; 5he
new constitution Sept. II. Inc protti .or,,
ton question is voted on separately iiohi
the main body OF the lhstruiiio.
prohibition Songs of Victory is tns
title of a new song book just pubnsnneo
NV the Home Defender PUBLISHING 70,
Chicago. Most of the compoSl'iohe "'e
new Price Is cents.
tablished a Temperance Press Burea1
which will keep the church papers VI
the denomination posted with regard 10
the progress of prohibition ehoeavoi,
The New Hampshire. Anti saloon
League has commended the Prohibltlon
candidate for governor as the best nom
inee for temperance men 10 support. We
would like to cheered by more such an
nouncementS.
Nine thousand of the 10000 employees
of Sears. Roebeck and Co., Chicago, tne
largest mail order house in the world
recently voted in favor OF total apstin.
ence and absolute prohibition so far as
the employees of the firm are concerheu'
In accordance with the imperial decree
recently issued, the opium dens OF canton,
China, were closed permanently on tne
9th inst. Professions headed by bands
celebrated the event. Heathen Cnlna
should have a Day of Prayer for Chris
tian America
The Commonwealth, published monthly
of a
started by the Renville county commlttee
1t aims to represent our party INTERESTS
throughout the 18th congressionai G1S'rict
Eiselein. manager Success to the enter
prise!
In Observation-Disclosures e, mind you.
the city council has refused nee license Isl VIZ, ~
saloons near tine messmer Of the arch
diocese of Milwaukee, has barred f,;rs
toXicating liquors from plcnlcs, Ia ,,rs
and other gatherings neio ioi onui0 p
poses. ..o+ tho
U. S. Senator Tillman predlcts taa' Viii .liH
adontion of prohibition by. Georgia wiz
he initiated by North Caronna anu anu I Ioodl
S ers have declared in executive session
for Statutory and constitutional prohlbi-
ton and viii lay siege to the next gen.
eral assembly for that purpose.
Portland, Me, recently held me tn9 la
service in his honor. He was elected on
the Prohibition ticket, pledge9 70 Sioie
the saloons OF Portianidi anu ns urr fashion
It is believed by many that ne iaiG ao"h
his life as the price Of his falth1uiness'
Julius Hortvet, State Chemist, ma nas
completed an examinaSit onrs y, witch have
been sent in for analysis on the groune
that they contained many aduiterIaelio1ItS
harmful than art tae aeeapes that al
cohol is without doubt the worst S' opS 3lsS1,,
in whisky whether pure or plenoeo'
The idea of the publication of a papel
by the National COMMITTEE lto mas abe ne' ar,
Several strong reasons against it. One i
that it could not win without the practI
cally unanimous sgd a fbs # is now Clear
II would not receive. Let us rather buii'
IN the Defender of New York and tn
Home Defender OF chicago.
Douglas county papers e ia saloan III
County Law and Order League recent
held a most successful temperance 5est i
val at Evansviile A ba 9ogn W ah ao Hon
E. E. Lobeck made an appear Ior i arnn
for carrying on the work $3S were drop
ped into the hat MI Lon sfiRg IS a pie
mics and elsewhere.
On Temperance Rally Day at IN
Devils Lake Chautauqua Mr. Ueiani
author of the bill for the proposed lntt :,
alive and referendum stIieHoliout - 49,.
North Dakota constitution admltIeo tns
the clause providing that it shall affet
the constitution as we'll as statutory ia
was added in committee by resubmisslon
lists and consented to in order 70 WI
their support Gov. Burke, Pres. Rober'
son and Elizabeth Preston Anderson OK
posed the bill in it's present form
On the last seven Mondays before TT
lid there were 253 new cases before tf
St. Paul police court On the first SIEVE
Mondays of the late regime there wei
1877 cases, loss of little more tina
cases brought before the court on tt
morning following Sunday The fallir
off of cases of drunkenness is mo-
marked. On the same seven Monda.
before the lid there were 129 cases; und