February 16,1918 and it's a Police raid on Pastor Russell's Literature at Vintage Edmonton:

[vintageedmonton@mstdn.ca]

February 16,1918 and it's a Police raid on Pastor Russell's Literature at Vintage Edmonton:

http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2026/02/february-16-1918.html

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[likelyjanlukas@mstdn.ca]

@VintageEdmonton

Yikes! What was in that literature that was so contentious?

[likelyjanlukas@mstdn.ca]

@VintageEdmonton

Ahhh, that was a fascinating ranbit hole to peek into. Sadly, it never occured to me that the modern Jehovah's Witnessed were a splintrr offshoot from a prior group with competing factions. Fascinating!

I do recall seeing some old articles about JW parents being in serious trouble during the war yesrs as their children would refrain from various expected, school-sanctioned activities related to promoting nationalism and patriotism.

Very sad to see no attempt was made to accommodate dissenters within public education.

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