Records, 1894-1949.

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Records, 1894-1949.

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Collection includes a volume of minutes of the Enforcement League of Waterville, 1894-1897; included in the volume are minutes from April 1897-1898 of the Christian Civic League of Waterville. Records of the Christian Civic League of Maine include by-laws, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings and publications mostly concerning prohibition, and information about the Prohibition Party. Collection also contains correspondence, 1949, of Paul K. Stewart, superintendent of the League, relating to gambling and prohibition and containing letters and a questionnaire to members of the Maine Liquor Research Commission. Included also is a copy of a contract between the Anti-Saloon League of America and the Christian Civic League of Maine dated March 28, 1919; a typescript of "A brief history of prohibition in Maine from 1820 to 1912" by Wilbur F. Berry, superintendent of the League; and information about an attempt by Benjamin Bubar while a member of the Maine legislature to enact a prohibition law in Maine in 1949.

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Prohibition Party (U.S.)

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Christian Civic League of Maine

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The Christian Civic League of Maine was established in 1897 in Waterville, Maine. An earlier organization for male residents of Waterville and vicinity, the Enforcement League of Waterville, was established in 1894 to campaign against intemperance and to encourage the enforcement of Maine's laws against the sale of intoxicating liquors. The name of this organization was changed in April 1897 to Christian Civic League of Waterville. The Christian Civic League of Maine was incorporate...

Christian Civic League of Waterville.

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Anti-saloon League of America

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Temperance organization, with offices in Columbia, S.C., at 1302 Main Street near Lady Street; founded, 1893, in Oberlin, Ohio. From the description of Records, 1919 July 14-1920 Feb. 17. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 56526390 ...

Enforcement League of Waterville.

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Berry, Wilbur F.

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Maine. Liquor Research Commission.

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Stewart, Paul K.

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Bubar, Benjamin, Jr.

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Benjamin C. Bubar, the son of Luther Benjamin and Eliza Noble Bubar, was born in Blaine, Maine, in 1878. He married Mary Heal, the daughter of John and Hannah Bedell Heal of Danforth, Maine, in 1915, and they had six children. Educated at the Ricker Classical Institute and the MacFadden Physical Culture College, Bubar taught in the public schools and studied law before being ordained as a Baptist minister. He traveled as an evangelist as well as preaching in Maine. He was active in politics and ...