The Temperance Movement in Licking County

Declaration
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Promise on Honor to Abstain from Drinking Ardent Spirits
scans of pages with names of persons who "promise on honor to abstain from drinking ardent spirits for one year, unless ordered by a physician; Granville, April 20, 1829" original at Granville Historical Society... View Full Record
Constitution
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Constitution and By—Laws of the Granville Division of Sons of Temperance, Number 53
scan of title page of Constitution and By-Laws of the Granville Division of Sons of Temperance, No. 53 original at Granville Historical Society... View Full Record
Portrait
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Mayor David A. Bricker portrait
scan of portrait of David A. Bricker, Mayor of Utica, Ohio from 1904-1908, "a strong temperance advocate," who acted vigorously against liquor and gambling-related crime and corruption in the town, according to Edwin M. P. Brister, Centennial History... View Full Record
Registration
2014-11-12
Notices to All Liquor Dealers
letters and lists, filed with the Newark City Clerk of Council's Office, enjoining dealers, vendors, saloon keepers, etc. to not sell or give intoxicating drinks to certain persons; some items have filing dates written upon them according to sever... View Full Record
Registration
2014-11-13
Register of Liquor Notices, City of Newark
intended for use by "Liquor Dealers;" is a list of persons who were not to be sold intoxicating drinks indicates date, name of person to be prohibited from buying intoxicating drinks, name and/or relation of person who requested prohibition ("By W... View Full Record
Songbook
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Local Option Songs
scan of pages from "Local Option Songs, Licking County (revised from those of Meigs County)," showing words of two songs: "A Great Warfare" and "Help Save Old Licking" "Local Option" refers to the 1908 election in Licking County to vote on the lo... View Full Record
Photograph
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Gathering of Drys in Alexandria, Ohio
scan of photograph of group of persons supporting prohibition of sale of alcoholic beverages in Licking County, taken in Alexandria, Ohio, year of "Local Option" election original at Alexandria Museum... View Full Record
Photograph
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Parade of Drys in Alexandria, Ohio
scan of photograph of "300 Drys on Parade," in support of the 1908 "Local Option" law in Licking County which outlawed the sale of alcoholic beverages original at Alexandria Museum... View Full Record
Criminal Record
2013-5-9
Criminal Record
records of criminal cases, indicating names of defendants, alleged offenses, pleas, verdicts, sentences and other court actions dates are approximate... View Full Record
Appearance Docket, Criminal Cases
2013-5-471
Appearance Docket, Criminal Cases

(spine indicates "Criminal Causes")
Court of Common Pleas, criminal cases indicates "No. of Cause;" case number; "Title of Cause" (style) with defendant name; attorney names; "Action before..." with indictment information (charge); pleadings filed, writs issued, copies of returns, e... View Full Record
Photograph
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Carl Etherington Portrait
scan of a photograph of Carl Etherington, deputy marshal, who was lynched in Newark, Ohio in 1910, during a riot against the enforcement of dry laws; from "The Thin Crust of Civilization: A Study of the Liquor Traffic in a Modern American City," by R... View Full Record
Jail Register
2010-15-39
Jail Register
shows which prisoners were present in the Licking County Jail during particular months (see Structure-System of Arrangement in this catalog entry for more information) entries indicate "number of commitment," prisoner's name, place of nativity/fro... View Full Record
Petition...Sale of Intoxicating Liquors
2010-18-1
Petition...Whether the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors...Shall Be Prohibited...
petition to the County Commissioners of Licking County, stating "we hereby petition you to order a special election, in accordance with the County Option Law passed March 5, 1908, (99 Ohio Laws, p. 35,) to ascertain the will of the voters of said Cou... View Full Record
Songbook
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Temperance Crusade Music, from Everybody Sing: Songs of the WCTU [Women's Christian Temperance Union]
scan of page showing "Crusade Hymn" music, and words to "Crusade Glory Song," from Everybody Sing: Songs of the WCTU" original at Granville Historical Society... View Full Record
Minutes
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Minutes, Women's Christian Temperance Union, Utica chapter
scans of pages from record book of Women's Christian Temperance Union, Utica, Ohio chapter record book owned by Utica Historical Society... View Full Record
Roster
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Women's Christian Temperance Union Membership, Utica, Ohio chapter
Membership Roster of Women's Christian Temperance Union, Utica, Ohio chapter Roster book owned by Utica Historical Society... View Full Record