Word: liquors
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...convention will be opened at 3.30 o'clock this afternoon by Arthur Beane '11. At 4 o'clock Corporal George Steward, of Camp Devens, will discuss prohibition from the point of view of the soldier. The relation of the liquor traffic to other social problems will be taken up by Professor L. J. Johnson, of the Engineering Department at M. I. T., who will speak at 4.30 o'clock...
...wets." Massachusetts is the eleventh state to ratify and more significant, the fifth wet state. New York alone, of all the states that have been so far called upon to face this problem, has refused to pass the amendment: It has been successful even in such strongholds of the liquor interests as Kentucky and Maryland...
...main feature of the Saturday night session will be an oratorical contest in which the various colleges will enter representatives to speak on some phase of the liquor traffic. Two prizes of $50 and $25, respectively, will be offered for the best speeches...
...overlook the increased efficiency of all classes which is sure to result from the abolition of the liquor business. When Lloyd George made his famous statement: "We are fighting Germany, Austria, and Drink, and so far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is Drink," he was thinking of the slowing-down of the production of munitions by the drunkenness of the workman. America, too, has drunken workmen, and they should be made sober. Moreover, the cost of food is, and will be, very great, so that no man should be permitted to spend on liquor...
...majority of 23,061, Boston will continue in the license column as a result of yesterday's election. The victory of the license forces came after a heated campaign in which the influence of "Billy" Sunday against the liquor interests was a prominent feature. The anti-saloon forces were defeated by a two to one vote, a larger proportion than in several years past...