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 liquor traffic was swept out of no fewer than two hundred and fifty towns and villages. But marvellous as their success had been, the women at the head of the movement saw that if the drink traffic and its attendant evils were to be kept at bay, sustained and systematic work would be necessary.

The workers in the various towns were therefore formed into Unions, and in November, 1874, these hitherto separate bodies were linked together in an organisation known as the National Women's Christian Temperance Union of the United States.

The Union flourished exceedingly, and in the early part of the year 1883 a more ambitious