. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. her custom to visit him two or three times a week, and since his deathshe is recognized throughout the entire state as the leader of the prohibi-tion forces. Indeed, in the well-fought battle of 1884, which placed prohi-bition in the state constitution, Mrs. Stevens won for herself a fame asorganizer and agitator hardly second to Neal Dow himself. She visitedevery county and nearty all the large towns, holding meetings constantlyand throwing the whole force of her strong personality into


. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. her custom to visit him two or three times a week, and since his deathshe is recognized throughout the entire state as the leader of the prohibi-tion forces. Indeed, in the well-fought battle of 1884, which placed prohi-bition in the state constitution, Mrs. Stevens won for herself a fame asorganizer and agitator hardly second to Neal Dow himself. She visitedevery county and nearty all the large towns, holding meetings constantlyand throwing the whole force of her strong personality into the battlewhich resulted in such signal victory. Some of the triumphs of the Maine Womans Christian TemperanceUnion under her leadership have been, the school suffrage law, the raisingof the age of protection to sixteen years, a strong scientific temperanceinstruction law, which is well enforced, and the constitutional amendmentto which we have already referred. In addition to her distinctive temperance work, Mrs. Stevens is wellknown in the other reform and philanthropic enterprises of the state. She.


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