Anti-Saloon League — The Anti Saloon League was the leading organization lobbying for prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century. It was a key component of the Progressive Era, and was strongest in the South and rural North, drawing heavy support from … Wikipedia
Anti-Saloon League — ▪ American political organization the leading organization lobbying for prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century. It was founded as a state society in Ohio in 1893, but its influence spread rapidly, and in 1895 it became a … Universalium
New York Anti-Saloon League — The New York Anti Saloon League was an American organization that worked toward the prohibition of alcohol and the closing of saloons. Located at 156 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, it was an offshoot of the Ohio based Anti Saloon League. Adna W.… … Wikipedia
Anti-Saloon League of America — /an tee seuh loohn , an tuy / a national organization, founded in 1893 in Ohio, advocating the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. * * * … Universalium
Anti-Saloon League of America — /an tee seuh loohn , an tuy / a national organization, founded in 1893 in Ohio, advocating the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages … Useful english dictionary
World League Against Alcoholism — The World League Against Alcoholism was organized by the Anti Saloon League, whose goal became establishing prohibition not only in the United States but throughout the entire world. As ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment creating… … Wikipedia
Western saloon — Judge Roy Bean’s Saloon in Langtry, Texas Seth Kinman s bar in 1889 in … Wikipedia
William Hamilton Anderson — (1874 c1959) was the superintendent of the New York Anti Saloon League. He worked toward the prohibition of alcohol and the closing of saloons. In 1924 a jury convicted him of skimming contributions to the league. BiographyHe was born in… … Wikipedia
Wayne Wheeler — Wayne Bidwell Wheeler (November 10, 1869 – September 5, 1927) was an American attorney and prohibitionist.Wheeler was born at Brookfield, Ohio to Mary Ursula Hutchinson and Joseph Wheeler. [ [http://www.wargs.com/other/wheeler.html Ancestry of… … Wikipedia
Temperance movement — The Temperance Movement attempted to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed within a community or society in general and even to prohibit its production and consumption entirely. The Woman s Christian Temperance Union is a prominent example of a… … Wikipedia
Joseph Pomeroy Widney — (December 26, 1841 mdash; July 4, 1938) was a polymathic pioneer American physician, medical topographer, scholar educator, clergyman, entrepreneur philanthropist, proto environmentalist, prohibitionist, philosopher of religion, controversial… … Wikipedia
