Memories of Ennis - The not-so-funny pages

The move toward a more moral society was on such a roll that even newspaper cartoons caused controversy in Ennis’s early days. In 1906 a group of concerned female citizens, calling themselves The Mothers Club, publicly protested against the publication of the funny pages in local papers. After a lecture called “How Can We Cultivate a Taste for Good Literature in Our Homes?” it was unanimously agre…