Men even contract the dirty, filthy habit of chewing tobacco, and when the habit gets a good hold upon them they are never satisfied except when they have a wad of the stuff in their mouth. So with drinking. It is largely a habit.
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I beg you to look at the promising boys and beautiful girls in your homes and in your communities, and then you will not put these temptations in their way.Thomas Jordan Jarvis
I not only urge you to vote that ticket yourself, but I beg that you will persuade others to do so. Personal effort can accomplish a great deal, and I beg that you will use your personal influence with your friends to get them to go with you to save the boys.
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I beg you do not vote for stills and open bar-rooms in the county.
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The school-room sends men to the Legislature, to the bench, and the executive office. The bar-room sends them to the scaffold and hell.
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Yes, it is worse than thrown away, because every fair minded man must admit that the expenditure of this sum of money in the county for intoxicating liquor creates lawlessness, makes criminals, wrecks homes and brings trouble to innocent women and children.
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