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Ten alternative products made by breweries during Prohibition

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Ten alternative products made by breweries during Prohibition

Posted on January 17, 2021January 16, 2021 by Jackie Apoyan

American businesses have become adept at producing alternative products during the global Covid-19 pandemic. Distilleries have been producing hand sanitizer…


Decades of temperance activism led to passage of Prohibition 100 years ago

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Brian Freeman

All the tumult of 2020 makes it easy to forget that it is a huge anniversary in the history of…


Last call before the Dry Decade

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Jackie Apoyan

At 12:01 a.m. on January 17, 1920, “last call” parties wrapped up across the nation, as the United States officially…


Happy New Beer’s Eve!

Posted on April 4, 2019April 10, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

On the evening of April 6, 1933, lines formed outside of bars and breweries. In Chicago, WGN Radio broadcast special…


World War I played key role in passage of Prohibition

Posted on November 9, 2018November 10, 2018 by Jackie Apoyan

In January 1919, Albert Von Tinzler and Edward Laska published “The Alcoholic Blues,” a song describing the feelings of a…


The first mobster in Las Vegas: Part 2

Posted on August 28, 2018August 29, 2018 by Jackie Apoyan

Second of three parts The year 1928 initially looked good from Jim Ferguson’s standpoint. The “King of the Tenderloin” in…


The first mobster in Las Vegas: Part 1

Posted on August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 by Jackie Apoyan

First of three parts In the 1920s and ’30s, the U.S. government considered him a “menace to society.” Nevada law…


‘A shiny mark of incorruptibility’

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Jackie Apoyan

Good stories usually have five key elements: a likable protagonist who selflessly rises to the occasion; a malevolent antagonist seeking…


Temperance vs. individual liberty

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Jackie Apoyan

In 1826, a century before Prohibition, Presbyterian minister Lyman Beecher wrote, “No sin has fewer apologies than intemperance.” Beecher founded…


Iconic Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone died 70 years ago today

Posted on January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 by Brenda Hengel

Al “Scarface” Capone, the ruthless yet media-friendly Chicago Outfit boss during Prohibition, died of natural causes 70 years ago today,…


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