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  • Prisoners support prohibition [editorial]
    Prisoners support prohibition [editorial] Newspaper
    Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 16 Oct 1914, p. 4     Twelve hundred inmates of the penitentiary at Joliet have signed a petition asking for state prohibition, recognizing alcohol as one of the causes of their fall. Little heed will be paid to them. "Th
    Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 16 Oct 1914, p. 4   Twelve hundred inmates of the penitentiary at Joliet have signed a petition …
  • Nation Leader of W. C. T. U. On the Victory
    Nation Leader of W. C. T. U. On the Victory Newspaper
    Anna A. Gorden, Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Jan 1915, 1, 6     Organization considers vote in the House the most remarkable, in view of opposition they had. Way Illinois voted. Former President Taft's position the same as always has been Poor quality photograph
    Anna A. Gorden, Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Jan 1915, 1, 6   Organization considers vote in the House the most remarkable, in view of …
  • Albert J. Braun (1911-1991) oral history
    Albert J. Braun (1911-1991) oral history AudioText
        Interview with Albert J. Braun by Rhea Adler in Wilmette, Illinois, on October 15, 1978. ABSTRACT Interviewee: Albert J. Braun Interviewer: Rhea Adler Date of Interview: October, 1978 Account of Brau
      Interview with Albert J. Braun by Rhea Adler in Wilmette, Illinois, on …
  • Denman leads raid on moonshine place
    Denman leads raid on moonshine place Newspaper
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 23 Nov 1923, p. 1     Major Albert L. Denman, Wilmette police superintendent, and Henry Brautigam, policeman, raided Henry Zeutschel's place in effort to clean cut blind pigs at Point on Ridge Avenue; Zeutschel arrested a
    Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 23 Nov 1923, p. 1   Major Albert L. Denman, Wilmette police superintendent, and Henry Brautigam, policeman, raided …
  • Three Classes Oppose Hobson Amendment
    Three Classes Oppose Hobson Amendment Newspaper
    Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Jan 1915, p. 5     The U.S. House of Representatives rejected last week the "Hobson Resolution," which proposed a constitutional amendment prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in the United States. Charles M. T
    Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Jan 1915, p. 5   The U.S. House of Representatives rejected last week the "Hobson Resolution," which …
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