PROMINENT AMERICAN WOMAN’S WARNING. (The. following' is a letter from Mrs. Henry B. Thompson, wife of the famous Cotton Manufacturer, Pacific Mills, Philadelphia. .Her husband is also Deputy Chairman of the federal Reserve Bank, and a life trustee of the Princeton. University.) worst s. t st« r; form sold liqu to arre Brook wood Farm, Greenville, P. 0., Delaware, June 15th, 1928... •> that, prohibition is one <M the effls' that has come tj» ates. .’ It teaches#, hmlessoffs at the lfjr adding.' Isonal . '* keeper as liable ,yS L a if I 1 s ipmonmant. Now “moonshine whiskey to boys tdPgive. them a taste for. it. I am aJffcrustee in the public school in •my 'Jistrict— a rural school. .ten miles, frUn. a. big- town. ; When we have entertainments at the school we call' the State Highway Police and have two'bicycle-police to watch the roads .to ; the School ■to prevent bootleggers bringing their. wares to Sell and get the boys excited j and . unstrung-..': * , • ’ I sincerely hope the women of New Zealand -will fight- ib off 'and keep the moral of tip peoji’e 'clean and only make laws , that will lie obeyed. . " With best wishes, ' ' : Yours sincerely, ' ■ . • ' • (Signed) - . • . MARY .WTLSON- THOMPSON. V .* • (Mrs. Henry Bo‘ j • Few out the dangers' that prohibition • bring ,by voting Continuance.*
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10741, 12 November 1928, Page 3
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