Word: neigther
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...much the cause resembled the cause of slavery, how hopeless both had seemed at first. The first league was formed in Chicago, in 1877, with the purpose of enforcing the liquor laws passed in Illinois in 1860. During the intervening eight years, only two arrests had been made, neigther of which resulted in conviction. In a very short time the League had turned into the city treasury, over $1,300,000 from fines had effectually enforced the existing laws, and originated new ones, and had set an example which has been followed very generally over the whole country. The speaker...
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