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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Nov 13, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 43.

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Vile Forgery.

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THE following is going the rounds of the papers:—
“Gladstone writes as follows in answer to a total abstinence appeal: ‘I am opposed to coffee palaces. I believe they are more deteriorating than rum shops. The stimulating properties of tea or coffee are greater and more injurious than malt liquors.’”
Mr. Gladstone has pronounced it a forgery, and declares himself decidedly against malt liquors. The item was manufactured to give the liquor trade the benefit of the influence of the name of the eminent statesman.