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Show Long a Temperance Worker. "Mother" Stownrt, who died recently, wns 92 yenrs old. Sho devoted her life to the tomporanco canso. Mrs. Stownrt estnbllshod tho first V. C. T. U. In Ohio nt OBborn In 1873. In 187G she vlsltod England and organized the first W. C. T. U. In that country- Following tho civil war sho lectured ox. tenBlvely in tho southern states on bohnlf of tho wnr sufferors. Flvo yenrs ngo "Mother" Stownrt boenmo Interested Inter-ested In tho teaching of Aloxandor Dowlo nnd visited Zton City whdro sho remained ono year, Blnco which time sho lived with friends nt Hicks-ville. Hicks-ville. Until flvo years ago sho resided In Springfield, Spring-field, O., whoro alio led In many temperance crusades. cru-sades. Scarcely a woman In America could boast of tho pralso from pulpit and press like "Mothor" Stewart. |