The protest of women in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana for temperance appeared in the following newspapers:
The Weekly Reveille – 27 Feb 1856 – Page 3, Column 3; 5 Mar 1856 – Page 3, Column 5; 12 Mar 1856 – Page 3, Column 5
A PROTEST.
HAVING learned that it is in contemplation to set up in our midst an establishment for the vending of intoxicating liquors, for purposes which we conceive to be highly inimical to the morals, the peace, and the prosperity of the community, we, the undersigned, Mothers, Wives, Sisters and Daughters of Vevay and vicinity, in the name of virtue and religion, –as we would preserve the peace and happiness of our homes, the virtue and security of our Fathers, Husbands, Brothers and Sons, SOLEMNLY PROTEST AGAINST ANY SUCH PROCEEDING. And we furthermore declare, that, if in the face of our protest, such an establishment should be set up, we shall not fail to employ every proper means to destroy and hurl it from the community:
- Mrs. S. Harwood
- Mrs. Julia L. Dumont.
- C. Gerrard
- D. Goldenburg
- C. S. Chafee
- Eliza Durnall
- I. R. Dumont
- E. S. Armstrong
- Jemima Protsman
- Margaret Kincaid
- Mary A Miller
- Eliz. Knox
- C. Crutcher
- R. Littlefield
- Marietta Lamb
- Eliza Kessler
- Eliz. Clarkson
- K. M. Dufour
- Justine Schenck
- Mary L. Detraz
- Mary A. Turner
- M. A. Moxley
- Sarah A. Smith
- J. Craig
- K. Aldridge
- –. Faulkner
- Mary A. Shaw
- Lizzie Courvoisier
- J. C. Teats
- M. J. Lemmon
- L. A. Boyd
- Euphemia Lindley
- E. B. Sullivan
- A. Stowe
- A. Gilbert
- Z. C. Grisard
- H. A. Malin
- Ann E. Dufour
- Lucy Nutler
- Mary Torrence
- Ann Pleasants
- Charlotte Pleasants
- M. Rutherford
- M. Peelman
- Eliza Patton
- J. Mansfield
- A. S. Hathorn
- L. Hall
- Hannah Armstrong
- Miss Mary E. Sparks
- Eliza B. Kincaid
- Lizzie Durnall
- Louisa Poindexter
- Julia L. Dumont
- Maggie Shaw
- Celestine A. Golay
- Sallie A. Tague
- Eliza M’Cord
- Louisa J. Sullivan
- Lou. Golay
- E. Newkirk
- M. Patton
- M. A. Rous
- Mary Stowe
- Izolene Leclerc
- Char. L. Keeney
- Martha E. Waldo
- B. R. Wason
- C. Kincaid
- S. Anderson
- J. F. Dufour
- Margaret Wiley
- Nancy Price
- Mary J. Detraz
- Lucilla Jagers
- Mary A Roberts
- H. M. Tardy
- E. J. Malin
- Sarah J. Rous
- Effy Stewart
- C. A. Henderson
- M. D. Campbell
- M. Tibby
- C. A. Northcott
- M. A. Eblin
- Sarah Eblin
- Jane Moen
- Clara Morerod
- Ann M. Todd
- N. W. Gale
- Ellen McCallum
- E. White
- M. A. Mansfield
- S. A. Patton
- M. J. Torrance
- J. A. Doan
- A. A. Noble
- E. A. Goodwin
- Belle D. Grisard
- S. W. Webb
- Mary Rous
- Mary Todd
- Eliza Vandever
- Sallie Hall
- M. Brison
- M. A. Hatch
- S. Bornand
- Mary S. Knox
- Lucretia Roberts
- M. Adams
- Eliz. Danner
- Sarah Tague
- M. J. Morerod
- Miss Caroline Protsman
- Jane E. Kincaid
- Hetty Goldenburg
- Irene R. Miller
- Julia Wiley
- Collumb. Kessler
- Josie L. Schenck
- Ann E. Anderson
- Manora Vanbriggle
- E. Henderson
- Zelia C. Grisard
- E. Patton
- Lizzie Rous
- Caroline Wooley
- Hattie Henderson
Vevay, Ind., Feb. 27, 1856.