Word: islands
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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April 13-Staten Island, at Cambridge...
...Staten Island Cricket Club, at New Haven...
...Staten Island Baseball Club at New Haven...
...Prohibition has failed to accomplish its purpose (1) in Massachusetts-Christian Union, Feb. 28, 1889; American Journal of Social Science, 14, 90; (2) in Rhode Island-Nation, Feb. 14, 1889; (3) in Maine-American Journal Social Science, 14, 118; (4) in Vermont-Popular Science Monthly, 25, 47; (a) Constitutional prohibition would not be supported by many good citizens-Professor J. B. Thayer, Cambridge Tribune, March 9,1889; American Journal Social Science, 14, 90; (b) it would be an unwarranted interference with personal liberty-Forum, 3, 152; New Englander...
...tenths prohibition is the present condition of Massachusetts. There are numerous objections to the adoption of the prohibitory amendment, viz, it would be unconstitutional and degrading, and a prohibitory law could not work where there is no local option. Such an amendment would then be a farce, as Rhode Island and many other states can testify...