Practical ProhibitionT. C. Johnson & Company, 1887 - 383 pages |
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... Whisky- Dr. Talmage on License . 206 CHAPTERS XII & XIII . Prohibition and the Bible .... Prohibition and Natural Laws .. CHAPTER XIV . RROHIBITION AND THE PRESS . The Daily and Weekly Papers - Anti - Prohibition Speak- ers and Leaders ...
... Whisky- Dr. Talmage on License . 206 CHAPTERS XII & XIII . Prohibition and the Bible .... Prohibition and Natural Laws .. CHAPTER XIV . RROHIBITION AND THE PRESS . The Daily and Weekly Papers - Anti - Prohibition Speak- ers and Leaders ...
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... whisky , otherwise I would have in all probability , sought refuge from myself in the deadly wine cup ; but , when I contemplated such relief , I thought of my resolution , which I would rather die than to break ; such had been the ...
... whisky , otherwise I would have in all probability , sought refuge from myself in the deadly wine cup ; but , when I contemplated such relief , I thought of my resolution , which I would rather die than to break ; such had been the ...
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... whisky element of the State . They know that whisky is practically invincible at the ballot box , and they know full well that if they incur its displeasure and combined opposition , they will be left " when the roturns are all in " and ...
... whisky element of the State . They know that whisky is practically invincible at the ballot box , and they know full well that if they incur its displeasure and combined opposition , they will be left " when the roturns are all in " and ...
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... whisky , brandy , rum , etc. , are usually enumerated as intoxicants , there are many other things regarded as entirely harmless as articles of ordinary diet , which are quite stimulating in their nature , and while they might not be ...
... whisky , brandy , rum , etc. , are usually enumerated as intoxicants , there are many other things regarded as entirely harmless as articles of ordinary diet , which are quite stimulating in their nature , and while they might not be ...
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... whisky , or to know its peculiar effects , is more absurd than otherwise . It is better that he learn all that his curiosity may lead him to find out before he passes beyond the pale of parental control . Next to what may appear to some ...
... whisky , or to know its peculiar effects , is more absurd than otherwise . It is better that he learn all that his curiosity may lead him to find out before he passes beyond the pale of parental control . Next to what may appear to some ...
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Page 173 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following amendment to the Constitution be, and hereby is, proposed to the states to become valid as a part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of the several states as provided by the Constitution: ARTICLE "SECTION 1.
Page 380 - ... brings down mourning age in sorrow to the grave. It produces weakness, not strength; sickness, not health; death, not life. It makes wives widows, children orphans, fathers fiends, and all of them paupers and beggars. It feeds rheumatism, nurses gout, welcomes epidemics, invites cholera, imports pestilence, and embraces consumption. It covers the land with idleness, misery, and crime.
Page 344 - Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer or other person, who shall be injured in person or property, or means of support, by any intoxicated .person, or in consequence of the intoxication, habitual or otherwise, of any person...
Page 259 - What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted ? Thrice is he armed, that hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Page 380 - It violates obligations, reverences fraud, and honors infamy. It defames benevolence, hates love, scorns virtue, and slanders innocence. It incites the father to butcher his helpless offspring, helps the husband to massacre his wife, and the child to grind the parricidal axe.
Page 366 - The Legislature shall not pass any act authorizing the grant of license for the sale of ardent spirits or other intoxicating liquors.] SEC.
Page 357 - No person shall manufacture for sale, or sell, or keep for sale, as a beverage, any intoxicating liquors whatever, including ale, wine, and beer. The General Assembly shall by law prescribe regulations for the enforcement of the prohibition herein contained, and shall thereby provide suitable penalties for the violation of the provision hereof.] [The foregoing amendment was adopted at a special election held on June 27,1882.
Page 223 - Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging : and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Page 151 - The legislature shall at its first session enact a law whereby the qualified voters of any county, justice's precinct, town...
Page 345 - Republican party of this state, in the senate and assembly, to support a resolution providing for the submission to the people of an amendment to the constitution, under which amendment it will be the duty of the governor to appoint the secretary of state, the state treasurer, the comptroller, the attorney-general, and the state engineer and surveyor, leaving only the governor and lieutenant-governor as elective state executive officers.