A School House on Every Hill Top and No Saloon in the Valley." First Grand National Prohibition Camp Meeting! [caption title] by [Temperance]. [Illinois] - 1884

Decatur: Powner, Ackerman & Co, 1884. Very good.. Broadside, 17.5 x 11.75 inches. Old fold lines, minor wear. Broadside advertising the First Grand National Prohibition Camp Meeting at Decatur, Illinois, to be held the first ten days of July, 1884. The lower half of the broadside provides the program of events for the ten days, noting that, "The singing will be conducted by Prof. Lutz and a thousand trained voices." Grand Opening Day events include prayer meetings and several speeches, including an address by Francis Murphy "the Great Blue Ribbon Reformer," and a final address by Frances Willard of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Speakers later in the week include Mrs. Lucy Simpson of Detroit, an African-American member of the WCTU. Numerous other members of the WCTU are also listed as presenters. The final event of the week is a "Grand Re-union of Old Settlers of Central Illinois," led by the citizens of Decatur. A handsome piece advertising many of the premier voices in the temperance movement. Not in OCLC.