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Word: liquorous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Herbert. Prohibition Administrator at Baltimore, whose territory included the District of Columbia, was transferred to Helena, Mont. His assistant, John Joseph Quinn, was suspended pending investigation of charges against him. To Baltimore was shifted Administrator Thomas Elijah Stone, top-notcher, credited with abating Detroit's huge liquor influx from Canada...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Unwetting Washington | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

...added appropriation was spent for 275 extra agents. What they did puzzled Senators because the report showed that since April i, 1929, there have been fewer arrests, fewer prosecutions, fewer stills and less malt liquor seized than during the corresponding period last year. Only the seizure of spirits increased in quantity. Also, importation of liquor from Canada, averaging around 500,000 gals, per month in the summer of 1928, was reported halved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Smaller the Higher | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

...were arrested late Saturday night by Federal prohibition enforcement officers outside of Russell Hall, and were taken to the West Roxbury police station charged with illegal transportation of liquor and violation of the national prohibition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRY AGENTS PINCH TWO ON GOLD COAST | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

...part of a widespread enforcement effort suggested itself last night, however, when rumors were current that a series of Bostonwide raids were being made with the aid of half a dozen Harvard undergraduates, It was reported that students in the University, piqued at paying exorbitant prices for bad liquor, were "getting even" with the bootleggers. The CRIMSON was unable to obtain accurate facts as to the alleged connections between Harvard undergraduates and enforcement officers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRY AGENTS PINCH TWO ON GOLD COAST | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

...interesting sidelight of Saturday night's arrests was uncovered when the addresses of the phone numbers published in alleged bootleggers' advertisements in the CRIMSON and Lampoon a month ago were compared with the addresses given by the alleged liquor vendors., One, that of Morris Willis, at 39 Schuyler Street. Roxbury, was identical with that of phone number Garrison 2198, advertised under the name of "Mr Rogers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRY AGENTS PINCH TWO ON GOLD COAST | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

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