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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Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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When Rev. Francis Scott McBride, D.D., general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America, appeared upon the stand, he said: "There is no doubt we are lobbyists."

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Last week's subjects for scrutiny: the anti-Smith movement of 1928; the anti-Saloon League of America.

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As a final snapper to their side of the argument, the U. S. Drys, Consolidated, prepared to close their case this week before the Judicial Committee with such professional advocates of Prohibition as Clarence True Wilson, lobbyist for the Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition & Public Morals, and Dr. Francis Scott McBride. lobbyist for the Anti-Saloon League of America.

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