SIX STATES IN FAVOR REPEAL OF VOLSTEAD
The drys were successful only in Missouri, where repeal of the state law was lost by one hundred thousand, and in Colorado.
Ballot questions on prohibition laws were decided in eight states at Tuesday's election.
In the election Tuesday the question of Prohibition came up in eight States. The result of the election shows that the wets won in six states and lost in two. Incomplete returns show that the voters of California favor a repeal of the State law by a vote of five to four. Illinois favored a modification of the Volstead Act by a vote of five to two. The vote in New York was four to one in favor of modification. Nevada voted by three to one in favor of calling a constitutional convention to make changes in the Eighteenth amendment. Wisconsin favors light wines and beer. Montana voted three to two in favor of the repeal of the State Prohibition law.
The only States in which the Drys were successful were in Missouri and Colorado. The question of a repeal of the State law in Missouri was lost by one hundred thousand.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 4, 1926, page 8.
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SIX STATES IN FAVOR REPEAL OF VOLSTEAD
The drys were successful only in Missouri, where repeal of the state law was lost by one hundred thousand, and in Colorado.
Ballot questions on prohibition laws were decided in eight states at Tuesday's election.
In the election Tuesday the question of Prohibition came up in eight States. The result of the election shows that the wets won in six states and lost in two. Incomplete returns show that the voters of California favor a repeal of the State law by a vote of five to four. Illinois favored a modification of the Volstead Act by a vote of five to two. The vote in New York was four to one in favor of modification. Nevada voted by three to one in favor of calling a constitutional convention to make changes in the Eighteenth amendment. Wisconsin favors light wines and beer. Montana voted three to two in favor of the repeal of the State Prohibition law.
The only States in which the Drys were successful were in Missouri and Colorado. The question of a repeal of the State law in Missouri was lost by one hundred thousand.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 4, 1926, page 8.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 4, 1926, page 8.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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SIX STATES IN FAVOR REPEAL OF VOLSTEAD
The drys were successful only in Missouri, where repeal of the state law was lost by one hundred thousand, and in Colorado.
Ballot questions on prohibition laws were decided in eight states at Tuesday's election.
In the election Tuesday the question of Prohibition came up in eight States. The result of the election shows that the wets won in six states and lost in two. Incomplete returns show that the voters of California favor a repeal of the State law by a vote of five to four. Illinois favored a modification of the Volstead Act by a vote of five to two. The vote in New York was four to one in favor of modification. Nevada voted by three to one in favor of calling a constitutional convention to make changes in the Eighteenth amendment. Wisconsin favors light wines and beer. Montana voted three to two in favor of the repeal of the State Prohibition law.
The only States in which the Drys were successful were in Missouri and Colorado. The question of a repeal of the State law in Missouri was lost by one hundred thousand.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 4, 1926, page 8.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 4, 1926, page 8.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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November 3, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, The Indianapolis Times, Seward Daily Gateway, The Bismarck Tribune, Brownsville Herald, The Daily Worker, Spirit Of Jefferson, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Smyrna Times.
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SIX STATES IN FAVOR REPEAL OF VOLSTEAD
The drys were successful only in Missouri, where repeal of the state law was lost by one hundred thousand, and in Colorado.
Ballot questions on prohibition laws were decided in eight states at Tuesday's election.
In the election Tuesday the question of Prohibition came up in eight States. The result of the election shows that the wets won in six states and lost in two. Incomplete returns show that the voters of California favor a repeal of the State law by a vote of five to four. Illinois favored a modification of the Volstead Act by a vote of five to two. The vote in New York was four to one in favor of modification. Nevada voted by three to one in favor of calling a constitutional convention to make changes in the Eighteenth amendment. Wisconsin favors light wines and beer. Montana voted three to two in favor of the repeal of the State Prohibition law.
The only States in which the Drys were successful were in Missouri and Colorado. The question of a repeal of the State law in Missouri was lost by one hundred thousand.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 4, 1926, page 8.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 4, 1926, page 8.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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SIX STATES IN FAVOR REPEAL OF VOLSTEAD
The drys were successful only in Missouri, where repeal of the state law was lost by one hundred thousand, and in Colorado.
Ballot questions on prohibition laws were decided in eight states at Tuesday's election.
In the election Tuesday the question of Prohibition came up in eight States. The result of the election shows that the wets won in six states and lost in two. Incomplete returns show that the voters of California favor a repeal of the State law by a vote of five to four. Illinois favored a modification of the Volstead Act by a vote of five to two. The vote in New York was four to one in favor of modification. Nevada voted by three to one in favor of calling a constitutional convention to make changes in the Eighteenth amendment. Wisconsin favors light wines and beer. Montana voted three to two in favor of the repeal of the State Prohibition law.
The only States in which the Drys were successful were in Missouri and Colorado. The question of a repeal of the State law in Missouri was lost by one hundred thousand.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 4, 1926, page 8.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 4, 1926, page 8.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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