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History for ready reference, Volume 7 : $b Recent history (1901 to 1910) — John Shaqi

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)

Name: History for ready reference, Volume 7 : $b Recent history (1901 to 1910)
Author: Larned, J. N. (Josephus Nelson)

Larned, J. N. (Josephus Nelson)

History -- Dictionaries

West Virginia.  40 out of 54              Some local gains.
                counties "dry"            Charleston, state capital
                                          "dry" since July 1.
                                          Only three wholly "wet"
                                          counties.
                                          State campaign on.

Wisconsin       300 Prohibition towns     789 towns "dry."
                                          Prohibition sentiment
                                          growing rapidly;
                                          4,000 business men
                                          cheer argument for
                                          Prohibition in great
                                          debate at Milwaukee
                                          March, 1909.

Wyoming         No Prohibition            New law effective
                territory.                January, 1910, puts
                                          whole State under
                                          Prohibition outside
                                          of incorporated towns.

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ALCOHOL: A. D. 1908-1909.
   Diminished consumption of whiskey and beer.

   According to the annual report of the Commissioner of Internal
   Revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909, there were
   about 5,000,000 less gallons of whiskey contributing to the
   Federal revenue than in the fiscal year preceding, and
   something like 2,500,000 fewer barrels of beer and ale. "This
   seems clearly to mirror the effect of the prohibition movement
   which has lately gained such headway in certain sections of
   the South and West. Ordinarily, the consumption of spirits and
   malt liquor is fairly steady in times of depression; and when
   an industrial revival is under way, their use increases and
   reflects itself in larger revenue returns. The absolute
   shrinkage in consumption in the past fiscal year, therefore,
   is doubly significant."

   ----------ALCOHOL: End--------

ALCORTA, Jose Figueroa:
   President of Argentine Republic.

      See (in this Volume)
      ACRE DISPUTES.

ALDERMAN, Edward Anderson:
   President of the University of Virginia.

      See (in this Volume)
      EDUCATION: UNITED STATES: A. D. 1901-1909.

ALDRICH, Nelson W.:
   Work on the Payne-Aldrich Tariff.

      See (in this Volume)
      TARIFFS: UNITED STATES.

ALEXANDER, King of Servia:
   His murder.

      See (in this Volume)
      BALKAN AND DANUBIAN STATES: SERVIA.

ALEXEIEFF, Admiral:
   Appointed Viceroy in Manchuria, 1903.

      See (in this Volume)
      JAPAN: A. D. 1901-1904.

ALFARO, General Elroy:
   Made President of Ecuador by a revolution.

      See (in this Volume)
      ECUADOR: A. D. 1905-1906.

ALFONSO XIII.:
   His Coronation.

      See (in this Volume)
      SPAIN: A. D. 1901-1904.

ALFONSO XIII.:
   Marriage.
   Attempted assassination.

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