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A leaflet appealing to Shawnee County, Kansas, citizens on the November 4th election to vote for prohibition. The leaflet also tells the story of Jake Kilroy indictment. Kilroy, who was on trial for murdering his wife, blamed his behavior on liquor and asks that support of this vice be stopped.
Date: Between 1890 and 1910
Item Number: 211899
Call Number: K 178.5 Pam. v. 3 no. 60
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211899
Business and Industry - Retail - Liquor
Collections - Library
Date - 1890s
Date - 1910s
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Prohibition and temperance
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Handbill
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Printed materials - Pamphlets
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