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-i Let us take Sears Roebuck and Co for instance, -^f you wcre^in i Cl'iieago and v/ent out to v/here this great plant is situated, the greatesbo of its kind in the world,and v/ent in and asked the n.anager of • I that concern v.hat they think of the saloon,he would tell you the "-^7 I ' . *. following story* As- soon as we beg.an to build this plant of ours : saloons saloons slatted to grow, up around us like mushrooms • We :; Saw at once 'that something must be aone to v^rotect our help so we pas::;e \ the eight block rule v/bich -moans tbat any employe of our Qoneern ,1 enters a saloon r^at amy tiaie in business hours or.out of them v/ithln j eight blocks of our plant he looses bis sjob .#,|;^'MM//l'l<i^?^M#J^TM^estion . ; That is whal the greatest .aiail order house in ,tb£ v.'orld thinks of tiie I saloon* And remerber that Sears roebuck and co is not do ng this for 1 any ^^oral purpose at all . t is a business proposition with them that '^ they knov/ that they can't affors to keep.F^r:y thing but sober clerks I they keep sober clerks and sober salesmen, * , ' 1 and then if you would go back to the center of the city and go to -i^^arsh ;j Marshall field and' co and ask them what the thing of tbe saloon they .1 would tell you tbiat they never liire a nan under any circun-;£tances if 1 if to tliere knowledge hhe^aknar5!yb.tj-iing to dx aa ib bie saloon . |
Object Description
Page Title | Selected Anti-Saloon League of Wisconsin Records, 1917-1918 |
Author | Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League |
Source Creation Date | 1917-1918 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | XML |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
Digital Identifier | TP489000 |
Description |
The Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League was established in 1897 to unify anti-alcohol sentiment, enforce temperance laws, and advocate for prohibition. Presented here are nearly 300 pages from the organization's unpublished records, consisting mostly of detectives' reports and correspondence from 1917-1918 investigations of "blind pig" cases (surveillance of businesses that sold liquor illegally). The first group of records (box 1 folder 4; ca. 150 pages) depicts alcohol use in Delavan, Walworth County; the private investigator's reports describe a carnival-like atmosphere of wild dancing, excessive drinking, lewd behavior, and prostitution. The second group (box 1 folder 13; ca. 130 pages) contains detective H.W. Hubbard's reports of his undercover investigations in the northeastern Wisconsin mill town of Oconto Falls, Oconto County; his account includes detailed descriptions and diagrams of the Flatley Saloon and a "John Doe" legal action against John J. Flatley. These detectives' reports are accompanied by correspondence with Anti-Saloon League attorney James J. MacDonald, whose prohibition speeches (box 3 folder 7) comprise the third group of records. Two ephemeral pamphlets published by the organization (from box 3 folder 9) are included at the end of the collection. The materials shared online here are only a small portion of the entire collection of Anti-Saloon League records (just 4 of nearly 50 folders); for a detailed description of the rest, see the register to the papers. Selected issues of the Anti-Saloon League newsletter, The Wisconsin Issue, are included elsewhere at Turning Points in Wisconsin History. |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | Anti-Saloon League of Wisconsin. Records (selections). Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1703 |
Document Number | TP489 |
URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1703 |
Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
Owner Object ID | Mss 604; WIHVA1635-A |
County | Oconto County; Walworth County; |
City | Oconto Falls; Delavan |
State/Province | Wisconsin |
Sub-Topic | Brewing and Prohibition; |
Event Date | 1917-1918 |
Event Years | 1917-1981 |
Food Industry and Trade | Breweries; |
Social Relations | Prohibition; Temperance; |
Service Industries | Prostitution; Resorts; Restaurants; Taverns (Inns); |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | Page 2 |
Author | Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League |
Source Creation Date | 1917-1918 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | JPG |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
Digital Identifier | TP489278 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
Format | Text |
Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
Owner Object ID | Mss 604 |
Full Text | -i Let us take Sears Roebuck and Co for instance, -^f you wcre^in i Cl'iieago and v/ent out to v/here this great plant is situated, the greatesbo of its kind in the world,and v/ent in and asked the n.anager of • I that concern v.hat they think of the saloon,he would tell you the "-^7 I ' . *. following story* As- soon as we beg.an to build this plant of ours : saloons saloons slatted to grow, up around us like mushrooms • We :; Saw at once 'that something must be aone to v^rotect our help so we pas::;e \ the eight block rule v/bich -moans tbat any employe of our Qoneern ,1 enters a saloon r^at amy tiaie in business hours or.out of them v/ithln j eight blocks of our plant he looses bis sjob .#,|;^'MM//l'l |
Event Date | 1917-1918 |
Event Years | 1917-1981 |
Type | Text |