The Shadow of the Bottle

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 8, 1915

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 23.

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The Shadow of the Bottle

New Temperance Book

The Shadow of the Bottle

A Powerful Argument in Support of Prohibition
Just like “World’s Crisis” in size, number of pages, style of cover, and price
Many Temperance Stories
Some Statistics
Sixty-four Cartoons

PARTIAL CONTENTS

Down with the Bottle and Up with the Man
A Bloody Monster
The Saloon Keeper’s Advertisement
Tom Darcy; or Only the Husk
Drinking a Home
Sermon at a Maryland Drunkard’s Funeral
A True Story of One Woman’s Life
The Bridal Wine Cup
The Old Temperance Lecture
The Prisoner at the Bar
“It Is Not My Business”
“Your Sign Is Down, Mister”
Tommy Brown
How Ned Barred Out Alcohol
Story of a Dry Town
The Growth of the Prohibition Movement

POINTS OF INTEREST

Gleaned from Its Pages

Does it pay to maintain 275 life-saving stations on our coasts at a cost of $1,500,000, and out of the same pockets maintain 25,000 life-destroying stations at a cost of $2,000,000,000 yearly?
Thirty-nine great railroads and many other industrial concerns forbid the use of alcoholic beverages among their employees.
Nations are going dry.
The ravages of drink are greater than those of war, pestilence, and famine combined.
The Titanic carried down 1,503 persons. Phelps estimates that alcohol carries off directly and indirectly 65,897 adults annually. This means 1,503 men and women every eight days the year around.
HELP! Remove the shadow of the bottle from the homes and hearts of men.
Demon Rum is still an unconquered foe, but he is on the run. Get into the fray at once, and have a part in the glorious victory just ahead. Your enlistment is needed. “The Shadow of the Bottle” is one of the best weapons that we have seen. Use it in your warfare against the liquor traffic.
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