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The Forerunner. Containing a few selections from a prospective volume to be known as

The Forerunner. Containing a few selections from a prospective volume to be known as "Who and What.

by Hoyt, Belden C.

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1946
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Nashville, MI: B.C. Hoyt, 1946. Pamphlet. [2], 54p., notated music, illustration (frontispiece portrait), wraps. 7.75 x 5 in. Minor spotting to frontispiece portrait. Page 51 has been pasted over with a corrected sheet. Very Good. Prohibitionist fiction and poetry and an anti-tobacco song. Hoyt continued fundraising and organizing for prohibition well into the 1940s.
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After Repeal: A Study of Liquor Control Administration

After Repeal: A Study of Liquor Control Administration

by Harrison, Leonard V. and Elizabeth Lane; foreword by Luther Gulick

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1936
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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1936. Hardcover. xx, 296p., cloth-covered boards, one fold-out chart, very good first edition. No dust jacket.
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Platform of the National Party. Founded October 4th, 1917. Principles, spirit and aims

Platform of the National Party. Founded October 4th, 1917. Principles, spirit and aims

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1917
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Chicago: National Party, 1917. Pamphlet. 14p. staplebound booklet, 3.5x6 inches, pages toned. Cover has pencil notations: "Pro-War Socialist Party, 1917... Spargo et al" (the latter being a reference to the participation of John Spargo, listed among the officers as Director of Propaganda and Education). The Chicago-based National Party was founded by defectors from the Socialist Party who opposed its… Read more about this item
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Platform of the National Party. Founded October 4th, 1917. Principles, spirit and aims

Platform of the National Party. Founded October 4th, 1917. Principles, spirit and aims

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1917
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Chicago: National Party, 1917. Pamphlet. 14p. staplebound booklet, 3.5x6 inches, minor smudges to cover, very good. The Chicago-based National Party was founded by defectors from the Socialist Party who opposed its 1917 anti-war position, joined by members of the Nonpartisan League and others from the Prohibition Party, suffragist and Single Tax movements. This platform states that "We entered the… Read more about this item
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The National Party and what it stands for

The National Party and what it stands for

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1917
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Chicago: National Party, 1917. Pamphlet. Six-panel brochure, 3.5x6 inches; cover has a piece of brown paper tape covering the word "Party," which has been restored in pen; "Pro-War" has been penned right below. On the rear panel is a penciled note, "Spargo et al" (a reference to the participation of John Spargo). Some pen underlining in the text. The… Read more about this item
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Partisan Prophets: A History of the Prohibition Party

Partisan Prophets: A History of the Prohibition Party

by Storms, Roger C.

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1972
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Denver: National Prohibition Foundation, 1972. Paperback. 71p. paperback, 5.25x8.5 inches, very good. Illustrated with portrait of John Russell.
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Are we free men? From the Monitor of April 29, 1886 [leaflet]

Are we free men? From the Monitor of April 29, 1886 [leaflet]

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1886
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n.p., 1886. 5.5x8.5 inch leaflet, printed both sides, creased and toned, with a long split along the vertical fold, going almost the length of the sheet. Calls on the reader to vote for prohibition. "The Knights of Labor are right in their declaration of principles, but they will never succeed while they themselves help divert according to actual revenue… Read more about this item
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10 Things Every Parent, Teenager & Teacher Should Know About Marijuana
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10 Things Every Parent, Teenager & Teacher Should Know About Marijuana

by Family Council on Drug Awareness

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1990
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Los Angeles: Family Council on Drug Awareness, 1990. 6-panel brochure folded to 3.75x8.5 inches, photocopied on blue paper stock, very good condition. The FCDA was "founded in 1989 to develop and present reliable, factual information about drugs and drug policy." Sample question: "Q. Is Marijuana Addictive? A. No, it is not. ... On a relative scale, marijuana is less… Read more about this item
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The wet parade

The wet parade

by Sinclair, Upton

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1932
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Pasadena, CA: Self-published by the author, 1932. Hardcover. 431p., later printing of Sinclair edition lacking Farrar emblem. Some dulling and fading to cloth along spine. Previous owner's name and date to top right corner of front free endpaper. Slight wear to corners. No dust jacket. *AhouseA47a. Sinclair's novel about temperance and regret at the evident failure of prohibition. … Read more about this item
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La Prohibition: Boutade in vers

La Prohibition: Boutade in vers

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1919
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Quebec: L'Imprimerie Nationale, 1919. Pamphlet. 31p., stapled wraps, 5.75x8.5 inches, name rubberstamped on front cover, evenly toned, wraps beginning to split along bottom of spine otherwise very good. French-Canadian poetry on Temperance, with a statement by Cardinal Gibbons calling for the continued legality of sacramental wine.
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Frances E. Willard:

Frances E. Willard: "Yours for home protection

by Mitchell, Norma Taylor

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1977
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Lake Junaluska, NC: Commission on Archives and History, the United Methodist Church, 1977. Pamphlet. 36p., staplebound wraps, 4x6.5 inches, staples rusted, title page and verso of front wrap stained, rear wrap lightly foxed, else good condition. Biographical booklet on the temperance and women's suffrage activist.
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Character is bounded on the north by sobriety, on the east by integrity, on the west by industry, and on the south by gentleness. - Frances E. Willard [poster]

Character is bounded on the north by sobriety, on the east by integrity, on the west by industry, and on the south by gentleness. - Frances E. Willard [poster]

by Willard, Frances E.

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Evanston, IL: Woman's Christian Temperance Union, n.d.. Poster. 18.75x24.74 inch poster with portrait of Willard, quote beneath; minor edgewear, near fine. This quote was widely used in Temperance materials.
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Social democracy explained: theories and tactics of modern socialism

Social democracy explained: theories and tactics of modern socialism

by Spargo, John

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1918
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1918. Hardcover. 337p., maroon boards with gilt, corners bumped, mild scuffing; ownership name penned on title page, else very good condition. Includes a lengthy section on "Socialism and the liquor traffic," supporting the concept of prohibition.
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The Republican Party in Massachusetts

The Republican Party in Massachusetts

by Hoar, George Frisbie

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1877
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n.p.: n.pub, 1877. 24p., wraps, 6x9 inches, wraps mildly smudged and wrinkled, pencil checkmarks in margins of several pages, overall a very good copy. An overview of the post-election situation, with a section on prohibition and the text of the state's Republican platform for 1877.
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County option, where labor stands at present on the liquor question. Address delivered in the debate on county option in the Wisconsin Legislature, March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and nin
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County option, where labor stands at present on the liquor question. Address delivered in the debate on county option in the Wisconsin Legislature, March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and nin

by Gaylord, Winfield R.

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1909
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Milwaukee: Social-Democratic Publishing Company, 1909. Pamphlet. 20p., wraps edge worn with minor chipping, previous owner's stamp on front wrap, some creasing, 5.5x8.5 inches.
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