Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1902 — DRUNKARDS NOW GO TO ASYLUM [ARTICLE]

DRUNKARDS NOW GO TO ASYLUM

New lowa Law Carries Consternation to Inebriates. Webster City, la., special: Edward E. McNeel was sentenced under lowa's new inebriate law to one year in the Inebriate ward of the Mount Pleasant State Insane asylum. This is the first conviction in this section of lowa. The conviction has spread fear among drunkards, who dread the insane asylum more than any other form of punishment oy attempt at reformation The temperance element will now wage a relentless warfare against drink.