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The Monroe Journal
Monroe, Union County, North Carolina
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Prisoners in Philadelphia's Eastern Penitentiary drafted a petition claiming 70% of Pennsylvania crimes stem from excessive alcohol use and urging prohibition legislation. It is circulating for 1,500 inmate signatures to present to the state legislature, initiated by the prison newspaper's editor.
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Fifteen Hundred Inmates of Pennsylvania Penitentiary Seek Prevention of Liquor Sale.
Philadelphia.—A petition drafted by prisoners in the eastern penitentiary declaring that fully 70 per cent of the crime within this state is directly attributable to the excessive use of intoxicating liquors and asking for the enactment of prohibition legislation is being circulated among the convicts confined in that institution. It is reported that 1,500 signatures of inmates of the prison will be attached to the petition which is to be presented to the legislature. The editor of a paper published in the penitentiary by the prisoners initiated the movement.
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A petition drafted by prisoners in the eastern penitentiary declaring that fully 70 per cent of the crime within this state is directly attributable to the excessive use of intoxicating liquors and asking for the enactment of prohibition legislation is being circulated among the convicts confined in that institution. It is reported that 1,500 signatures of inmates of the prison will be attached to the petition which is to be presented to the legislature. The editor of a paper published in the penitentiary by the prisoners initiated the movement.