PROHIBITION IN THE UNITED STATES.
The American correspondent of tht) Danedln Evtning Star says i— The sin* of the tint- ■, m indicated at poptuae eleotloni In towns and oltles, are tanking more and more towards prohibition of. tht drink traffic and the complete overthrow' of oar taloon system. Recent election*) In the State of MasMohasetti wsro partlcalarly significant Th» temperano* Issue was voted op In s^veotaen of the larftest towns m the State outside of Boston, and oat of them thirteen voted for no lioease, or prohibition. Some of these cities which v^ted *'no Hoenia" •re: Fall River, 70,000 population; Sprlnefield, with 40,000 Inhabitants ; and New Bedford, with 30,000, These places) had tried high license, and it h«d failed so greatly and was so hard to enforot thai the people now tarn to prohibition.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1489, 22 February 1887, Page 2
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134PROHIBITION IN THE UNITED STATES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1489, 22 February 1887, Page 2
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