So what motivated Carrie Nation to attack saloons with an axe?  A message from God, delivered on June 5, 1900, according to her autobiography. “The words, ‘Go to Kiowa [KS],’ were spoken in a murmuring, musical tone, low and soft, but ‘I'll stand by you,’ was very clear, positive and emphatic. I was impressed with a great inspiration, the interpretation was very plain, it was this: ‘Take so


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