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"Alis volax proprus": Oregon dry 1910

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Year:
1910
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Prohibition > Poetry
Elections > Oregon > Poetry
Temperance poetry
United States > Oregon > Portland
Local ID:
HB15907 OR
Extent:
1 sheet : map ; 9 x 8 cm.
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Notes:
Broadsheet printed in pink and white on heavy glossy white paper.
On recto map of Oregon with "dry" counties white and "wet" ones pink.
Misspelled Latin motto on recto; all other text in English.
On verso eight-line poem beginning: To make Oregon right.
At head of poem on verso: "Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink."--Bible.
Poem promises the undersigned will vote to make Oregon dry on Nov. 8.
Place of publication from printers' union label on verso.

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No Copyright - United States
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Collection is open for research.

Citation

"'Alis volax proprus': Oregon dry 1910 " (1910). Harris Broadsides. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:265065/

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    Harris Broadsides

    Broadsides are single-sheet publications, often issued as ephemera or announcements. The Harris Broadsides Collection is a comprehensive collection of American poetry published in broadside format from colonial times to the present. The collection offers materials covering a broad spectrum of …
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