History for ready reference, Volume 7 : $b Recent history (1901 to 1910)Larned, J. N. (Josephus Nelson)
History
History for ready reference, Volume 7 : $b Recent history (1901 to 1910)
Larned, J. N. (Josephus Nelson)
History -- Dictionaries
Tennessee* 8 License cities. State Prohibition passed
Liquor men threatened January, 1909.
repeal of Adams Effective July 1, 1909.
local-option law. Liquor manufacture
prohibition.
Law effective
January 1, 1910.
Remarkably beneficial
effects of Prohibition
immediately shown in
Nashville and other
cities.
* A proposal to embody state-wide prohibition in a constitutional
amendment was voted down heavily in Tennessee on the 29th of
November, 1909.
Texas 140 Prohibition 154 Prohibition counties.
counties. State Prohibition
referendum narrowly
defeated by Legislature,
only increased agitation
for that object.
Vote expected within
two years.
Utah No Prohibition County Prohibition and
territory. State referendum
defeated in Legislature,
expected at next session.
Vermont Prohibition 216 towns "dry."
repealed 1903. Demand for resubmission
138 Prohibition of State Prohibition growing.
towns out of Prohibition majority
240 in 1904. of 8,819 in whole State.
Virginia Local-option law 71 Prohibition counties.
passed 1903. Democratic primary being
fought out on Prohibition
issue.
Washington Few Prohibition towns. Compromise local
Prohibition law,
passed Legislature, 1909.
Prohibition sentiment
growing. Alaska-Yukon
Exposition, Seattle,
first big "dry" exposition.
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