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2020 Volume 31 #1&2
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover Photo: Photograph from 1910, of attendees of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Conference. It is believed that the tall woman in the back (4th from left) is Della Decker Davis, first wife of Glenn Davis. She died June 1913, 8 mo. Pregnant, of a burst appendix.
Letter from the Curator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 03
To the Women of Susquehanna County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 04
Women Show Interest In Enrolling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 05
America is First to Banish Liquor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 06
Women Take Readily to Suffrage Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 09
Keystone State For Suffrage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 10
Whiskey Gone from the County Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 10
How Women Must Qualify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 14
Women Plan Active Enrollment Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 15
Owner Can Store and Move Liquor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 16
Even Sweet Cider Will Be Prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 18
Farmers Can Make and Sell Vinegar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 18
Turn Excess Apples Into Boiled Cider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 19
Whiskey Laden Auto is Seized . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . Pg 20
Liquor Violator Is Sentenced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 21
Forest City Liquor Case Tried Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 22
Women Form a Republican Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 24
Women Showing Great Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 25
Republican Women Meet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 26
Storm Does Great Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 27
Mrs. Armour Gives Temperance Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 28
Help Stop Spread of Spanish Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 29
Drastic Measures to Combat “Flu” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 30
To The Democratic Women of Susq. Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 32
Women and the Right of Suffrage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 33
Meeting of Democratic Men & Women Voters . . . . . . . . . . Pg 33
Can She Vote If She Marries Before November . . . . . . . . . Pg 34
Democrats Have Rousing Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 34
County Chairman Democratic Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 35
Large Enrollment of Women Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 35
Women as Jurors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 36
Jurors Drawn For Next Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 36
Ladies on our Juries Next Term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 38
Grand Jurors In Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 38
Women Jurors in Lackawanna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 40
Women Voters Form Club At Rush, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 40
Testing Lackawanna County Beer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 41
Susquehanna Police Capture Whiskey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 42
Trap Tried On Local Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 43
G.A.R. Veterans Support Suffrage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 46
Why Flags are hung at Half-Mast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 47
Anti-Saloon League Endorses McFadden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 47
Laws Puts Liquor On The Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 48
Forest City Dealer Arrested For Liquor Law Violation . . . . Pg 49
Susquehanna County W. C. T. U. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 51
An Alligator in The Susquehanna River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 52
Extinction of the Chestnut Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 53
Facts About The W.C.T.U. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 54
Prohibition Agent Raids Local House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 56
Pioneer W.C.T.U. Worker Summoned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 57
Looking Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 58
Women Enter Political Arena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 62
Many County Women Register as Electors . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 64
Old Harford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 65
Dam Goes Out at Susquehanna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 66
The Building of Starrucca Viaduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 67
None But the Best Need Apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 70
Officer Finds Whisky Still . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 72
Our State Now in Dry Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 73
Bootlegger Is Nabbed Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 74
Twilight Prohibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 75
Are We Wet or Are We Dry? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 76
Items For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 78