Word: liquored
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...liking prohibition anyhow. The state's church-going United Drys (many of whom fasted and prayed for victory at the polls) were fiercely proud of living in a prohibition state.* So, naturally, were the bootleggers. And many an Oklahoma drinker liked prohibition too-there was plenty of good liquor, prices were reasonable, and instead of going out to buy a bottle he could have one delivered promptly to his door. Last week, by a margin of 55,400 votes, Oklahomans of all persuasions decided once more that prohibition was just too good to give...
...locating his store on a busy highway near the Indiana line and selling at cut rates, Meyer Jacob had become one of Chicago's biggest liquor dealers. But when the state legislature passed the Mandatory Fair Trade Act in July 1947, the state liquor commission tried to suspend his license for selling Penn Springs whisky 95? cheaper than the fair trade (i.e., minimum retail) price. Jacob kept his license while he fought the case through the courts...
With his fight won, Jacob promptly began trimming his liquor prices again. This time he had plenty of company. Chicago department stores, Goldblatt's and Wieboldt's, slashed 96? off fifths of such bonded bourbons as Old Crow, Old Forester and I. W. Harper (new price $5.79), made lesser cuts on blended whiskies...
...vehicles the most possible space in which to make this turn, a new stoplight will be installed in front of the Harvard Trust which will halt traffic coming into the Square from the Littaur end of Mass Avenue. Other stoplights will be located in front of the Varsity Liquor store and in back of Lehman Hall...
...good Senator first wanted to build his college at the town of Mayfield but insisted that Mayfield become dry. When the citizens objected, he moved the site to the neighboring hamlet of Pale alto, which obligingly passed an anti-liquor law. By moving the local railroad station from Mayfield to Pale Alto, the former was easily reduced to a suburb of the latter. Pale Alto is still a dry town, and a group of bars do a wonderful business just across the town line...