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- "Colored Citizens Mass Meeting."
- 1900
- Flyer for a prohibition meeting organized by African American ministers in Birmingham, Alabama. The meeting was held "to protest against colored women visiting barrooms and barroom premises. Also against children visiting such places, for whisky...
- 2010-11-12
- "Holcombe, Boykin Win Appeal; Court Rules Indictment Defective."
- 1926-00-00
- This article announces the reversal of a 1925 indictment against Boykin, when he was charged with bribery of a federal agent during a Prohibition scandal in Mobile.
- 2009-09-15
- "Homes Searched! Stores Searched!"
- 1909
- "White Men Thrown Into Jail With Negro Criminals, Their Baggage Seized and Searched. For What?" Broadside opposing the proposed prohibition amendment to the Alabama constitution; it includes statements from several Alabama citizens whose property...
- 2010-04-23
- "Prohibition in Alabama after Jan. 1, 1908."
- 1907-11-12
- Map indicating "wet" and "dry" counties in the state. At the bottom of the page, a statement by W. B. Crumpton asks legislators to pass prohibition laws. Crumpton was a Baptist minister and president of the Alabama Anti-Saloon League.
- 2009-09-11
- "Selections: Giving the Truth About the Amendment," published by the Prohibition Campaign Committee of Montgomery County.
- 1909-11
- This leaflet reprints articles and editorials from Alabama newspapers supporting the proposed prohibition amendment to the Alabama constitution. The pieces address arguments from opponents of the amendment; discuss the corruption and activities of...
- 2010-04-23
- "Senator Bankhead Votes 'No.'"
- 1909-11-09
- This leaflet reprints a letter that Senator John H. Bankhead wrote to Frank V. Evans, editor of The Walker County News. In it he explains why he does not support the proposed prohibition amendment to the Alabama constitution. He argues that...
- 2010-04-23
- "Underwood and Prohibition."
- 1923
- Leaflet issued by the Underwood Campaign Committee for Alabama, during Senator Oscar Underwood's run for president of the United States. The publication defends his position on the prohibition issue; while Underwood originally opposed the...
- 2010-04-23
- Flier describing the aims of the Alabama Anti-Saloon League.
- 2009-09-11
- Letter from Ray Rushton, chairman of the Montgomery County Campaign Committee Against the Constitutional Amendment, to Thomas M. Owen in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1909-11
- The committee opposed the adoption of a prohibition amendment to the Alabama constitution. In the letter Rushton explains that his organization is trying to determine how many citizens are against the amendment, though he never specifically...
- 2010-04-23
- Letter from Sergeant E. A. Hall to his aunt in Alabama.
- 1918-10-09
- In the letter Hall discusses political issues in Alabama: prohibition, women's suffrage, and the recent election of Thomas Kilby as governor.
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from the general secretaries of the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, and Soft Drink Workers, to Congressman R. M. Guy in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1919-01-14
- In the letter the union representatives ask the congressman not to support the proposed prohibition amendment to the United States constitution: "We urge you to use your influence individually and collectively to prevent the ratification; to...
- 2010-04-23
- Letters between George Lang, a professor at the University of Alabama, and Oscar Underwood in Washington, D.C.
- 1919-08
- In the first letter, written May 23, 1919, Lang pledges his support for Underwood in the upcoming election, despite some disagreements over prohibition and the League of Nations. He also asks Underwood to support his friend, Lloyd M. Hooper, for...
- 2009-06-25
- Letters between John G. Cooke in Marietta, Alabama, and Oscar Underwood in Washington, D.C.
- 1918-11
- In the first letter, written November 22, 1918, Cooke discusses claims some of the prohibitionists have made against Underwood. In the second letter, written November 30, 1918, Underwood thanks Cooke for his support and denies the accusations of...
- 2009-06-25
- Letters between Thomas W. Gilmer in Bay Minette, Alabama, and Oscar Underwood in Washington, D.C.
- 1919-06-11
- In the first letter, written June 11, 1919, Gilmer pledges his support for Underwood in the next election; expresses his disapproval of President Wilson, especially regarding the League of Nations; and criticizes the method of ratifying the recent...
- 2009-06-25
- Pages from the manuscript of BOYS OF THE 90'S by Thomas Klinge.
- 1975-00-00
- In this autobiography, Klinge describes notable people and events in the history of Montgomery, Alabama. The pages included here mention William Jennings Bryan's visit to Montgomery, the election of President William McKinley, a yellow fever...
- 2009-06-25
- Prohibition postcard from Alabama.
- 1908
- "Alabama, 1908. / Good bye, little bar room, don't you cry, / You'll be an ice cream parlor, bye and bye."
- 2009-09-04
- Report of J. L. Moon, sheriff of Lee County, listing "seizures of whiskey" made from March 15, 1915, to April 28, 1916.
- 1916-06-05
- For each seizure, Moon gives the name of the offender; the dates of the arrest and conviction; the amount of whiskey seized; and the date the alcohol was destroyed.
- 2009-12-03
- Report of J. W. Livings, sheriff of Covington County, listing "seizures of intoxicating liquor" made from July 14, 1915, to June 9, 1916.
- 1916-06-15
- For each case, Livings gives the name of the offender and the judge who issued the search warrant; describes the investigation of the premises; and tells whether or not any alcohol was found. When liquor was confiscated, he gives the amount and...
- 2009-12-03