Word: volsteadism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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PORTO RICO: A new ruling by the War Department will permit the enforcement of the Volstead law on the island. Opponents hold that, since no attempt is made to enforce the law in the Philippines, it should not be enforced in Porto Rico. It is pointed out, however, that Porto Ricans are citizens of the United States and Filipinos...
Proceedings were instituted by the United States District Attorney for Southern New York for closing and padlocking for one year Shanley's Restaurant, the Little Club, the Knickerbocker Grill. "Repeated violations of the Volstead...
...indulged in. And the recent exhibit of the "Society of American Artists" in New York will not comfort him. Its two stellar attractions would hold, in foreign eyes, the place of scorn that Mr. Studge, the Medium, held in Browning's. In one of these "masterpieces", Bryan, Anderson, and Volstead are seen protesting against the miracle of turning water into wine, with the illuminating title underneath: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And a neighboring exhibit represents a miracle in itself. For here are heads on John the Baptist and of Christ, sawed up from...
...Minnesota, a resolution to Congress not to alter the Volstead...
Julian Eltinge, actor: " I was arrested in Seattle. The charge? Volstead violation...