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Feature Article on Carry Nation. Topic: WOMEN &
PEOPLE
Written by Jim Sayre in February,
1997
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT HAD ROOTS IN SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO...Pg 9 |
| Alcohol imposed one last indignity upon Carry
Nation. Thirteen years after Carry’s burial in an unmarked grave in the family’s
Belton, Missouri, graveyard, Prohibition agents discovered on her late father’s
nearby farm one of the "largest moonshine stills ever uncovered in that part of
Missouri." The still was "manufacturing whiskey with the water of the
stream...beside which she had strolled on moonlit nights with her lover, young Dr. Gloyd,
whose tragic alcoholic death had been the chief motivation for her life-long hatred of
drinking and her incredible crusade" (Beals). Sidney’s contribution to the
temperance movement extended to the arts. George D. Buchanan, a Sidney music teacher,
wrote a stirring call to the fight against alcohol in his "Unfurl the Temperance
Banner." This song and his "Class Song," dedicated "To
Class of 1888, Orange Township, Shelby Co., 0," appear in Buchanan’s 1888
songbook, "The Souvenir." Brenda Browning of Sidney recently donated this
songbook to the Shelby County Historical Society.
Unfurl the Temperance Banner
Unfurl the temperance banner, And fling it to the breeze,
And let the glad hosanna, Sweep over land and sea.
The drunkard may not perish, In alcohol’s domain
But wife and children cherish, Within his home again.
The blaze is brightly burning, In this and ev’ry land,
And multitudes are turning, To join our temp’rance band.
Soon will a brighter morrow, Succeed this glorious day
When drunkenness and sorrow, Far distant flyaway.
All hail the temperance banner, With colors all unfurled
And let the glad hosanna, Ring out through all the world.
The homes where want and sadness, Once entered to annoy
Shall soon be filled with gladness, And songs of love and joy.
The dawn is now appearing, That drives the gloom away
Rejoice for we are nearing, A brighter better day
All hail the glad tomorrow, O, may it quickly come
When drunkenness with all its sorrow, Shall flee from ev’ry home.
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| An advertiser in the January 1, 1886, Shelby
County Democrat added the commercial voice to the anti-alcohol forces -- "Victims
of Alcohol who have discovered your terrible mistake, you only have to let rum and tobacco
alone and resort promptly to the famous Temperance Restorative, VINEGAR BITTERS, in order
to be cured, not only of your original ailments, but of those which the poison you
have been taking has caused. It will soon put you on your feet again." But, a Sidney
Journal (July 16, 1886) advertiser may have been giving only lip-service to temperance ______________________________
PURE WHISKY
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If your physician recommends
Whisky for Medicinal Use,
Or for a STIMULANT,
no finer can be found than
SHINE’S
Old hand made Sour Mash Whisky,
GUARANTEED STRICTLY PURE. |
The author wishes to thank the following for assistance,
Barbara Adams, Janet Becker, Tom Homan, Jim Oda, Russell Sayre and Rich Wallace
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