The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union led the battle against “demon alcohol” from the 1880s into the 20th Century. The WCTU even used occasions such as Ashland’s summer Chautauqua to bring its message about the dangers of alcohol to family and society. The Chautauqua was a national traveling program of lectures, seminars and entertainment, and Ashland had been selected in 1893 as the location in Southern Oregon. An unusual aspect of the temperance [...]
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