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foi purchasing alcohol, the deal hanu n\ at dew n. Beer doubles Um (hath rat< children in the first fp. ol life. Children ol parents, onl) 13 cent, died DBdW tiv. . Of boor driakere, II pot coat, died; of ■Oto r parents, on' p- i OMI died under one rear old. but 51 o< r cent of i>m r irli '.vers' ehUdren. Latlnen, in Finland, itodiod 20.000 children in 1,751 tamlboa. Twi iiiaii> ehlldn 'i died in drink' in abstaining famile-s
Phe NOW York Health IVpartment display. i "You can't drink Honor and hare etronc, health; haiu. s. Which.' Make row oho* in our of n Domini hi. what care . tint our pig our ih<
our hoi br< d V. that '..ii' l b< no sei ub male parent °/l such tint the litt' : it th.it it i- only the cMldn n * h i>t matt In th< llwaj travelling in a back count i j ; ram, complained of IOW transport. The ;d r"piii M "Weil, phj do > M • i bj train. w. don'l wont i Duisan< • This Wl o! the Kallwaj Depertau nt though it wm a< i freelj • d. \m(l to da). thouj h m li i" ' into words, tin Ifhole tOBOI <»i OUr statute Booh is: "Toki can of the lambs, tli.' pius. tin- horeee; n the hawthcra b< dg< Ira t i n\ not touch OUT fruit tr« hut m ror mind the babms. Like Shr lock ( l old. UK Goi ••rnnient laments mOTf for tht loss Ol Itl ducats, than the ruin of its daufhtera it is wall that our animals should !»•• well bred, hut it
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draw OB QlO Wttl Of the nation To Improve tin- barn and the p» n; Bufl what are foil doing, ni> brother, T<» bettor the brood of moo? And what Of JTOfUT DO) ! b»V€ measared Hi • ►ur math, m ! ill his !<-atur»-s Metii .1 much m your brand on ■ Thoroughbred to I >ur oat word For itable and pasture and p< I Is your wind for th< home ad? Ai - of men. Then then 1 lie boj ill i». coming ■ drunkard. AI up to t. ■ •I ! he old dl ink» ri who pass on. w • tie Liquor Trade !i i for recruiti when the drunkard on? The British "Bn Journal," roacian ISth, tits, aayi "Yearly, tern of thousands cohol drlnk< With the i Isli generation, and \\mthor or not the) to alcohol, rests the futUFI our trad • political!). coinim trciall) , and economically." <rlasgow meotini ol 8.M.A., pas following resolution: — Ucohol, a nan ot he dm. PQjrpal stimulation duo io iond* alcohol on bight rol ling control ol an of the mind MD- to a release from eoatrol ol the evolutionary low. i »•. uitiAmerican Medical Association this one: "The nae ol nlcohol In medicin* ■ ionic i stimulant, i r for food, has ■ • ntiflc \aliu , and should 1»Wh) allowed to flourish in OUT hind? Partly custom, w ■ have i». come nood to it.- Iniquiti* i, ii> appetite, people like li and refute to giYe it up. and largel) i .ieod. Th< people aho mak» mone) h\ it. ar» io on ' ' proted their trade and its monopol) and privih • Politiciani fear the liquor rote; t h. j .i r. always thinking ol i In next election. The who are thinking of the nexl - eneration are
Bad bob are i lected to Parlia moot by the good people who at home on i lection day. When you come to the i nd ol • h ction da Winn vou sit all alone with your thoughts. Win >ou bean be glad or bowed with ilnuno Por the h 'i have « I (MIL lit'.' 3OU \ • l>id you pi a .'■mi work all da> ? I' ■ ■ our conscience sa>. do When t b BUD 'V. n on day, '. j our chance for • done. Thei - li no uae to kith «hen deed \* done, to weep then my 11 lend. Tin- time a hen the ract i- i i da) ad. til! eh ctlon day. On work till the day I \\ i< ii ; li. - iiii goee doi d on laj. Then \ qui chance for a m i Ii done.
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White Ribbon, Volume 35, Issue 409, 18 August 1929, Page 1
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