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Anti-Saloon League of America

American  
[an-tee-suh-loon, an-tahy-] / ˌæn ti səˈlun, ˌæn taɪ- /

noun

  1. a national organization, founded in 1893 in Ohio, advocating the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.


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That the nation definitely had its back turned on Prohibition sentiment was evident at the 28th annual meeting of the Anti-Saloon League of America in St. Louis, at which nothing was new but the songs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thomas Nicholson, Detroit Bishop, president of the Anti-Saloon League of America, explained that the Kresge's private morals had nothing to do with the case.

From Time Magazine Archive

Azariah Smith Root, 65, "Dean of U. S. College Librarians" and one of the founders of the Anti-Saloon League of America; of heart disease; at Oberlin, Ohio.

From Time Magazine Archive

"To Make a Better Country" On the slope of Capitol Hill, in neat position to help the U. S. government function, lives the Anti-Saloon League of America.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the "Constitution's" champion "leg artists" was Sam W. Small, now an evangelist and member of the "flying squadron" of the Anti-Saloon League of America.

From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Morgan, Wallace

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