Word: thanked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Thank God there is no prohibition in Sweden."--William, Prince of Sweden...
Seemingly parallel to Dr. Straton's venture is the drive for funds now staged by the Anti-Saloon League. At a meeting in a Boston Church Rev. William, Harmon van Allen pleaded for contributions of from ten to one hundred dollars partly as a thank-offering to God for the blessings of Prohibition, and partly to fight, "any conspiracy of pocketbooks empty bottles, or of bums" who should make attempt at repeal the Volstead Act in 1928. So far as can be learned no specific mention was made as to the use of these funds. It is not vitally needed...
...many cults, though, thank-offerings to God are used for the support of His priests. We harbour an uncomfortable suspicion that a large part of the earnings of the Anti-Saloon League are used not to fight Rum but rather the wolves from the doors of Wayne B. Wheeler and his fellow pioneers of abstinence...
This letter is written by a plain common white man who does not feel like establishing a shrine in his own honor because he is white but who does really thank God that he is a College Product and not an ignoramus...
...Thank God there is no prohibition in Sweden...