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11 stories matching bootlegg
- The Persistent Bootlegger
After multiple arrests and a brief escape to Seattle, a local 'bootlegger' is being used by police to trap the druggist supplying his liquor.
- The Viral Panic of 1924
Washington State launches a defensive campaign against a hoof-and-mouth outbreak in California, warning citizens to watch for 'disease bootleggers' and misinformation.
- The Whiskey Wagon on the Reservation
Law enforcement in Yakima hunts a bootlegger accused of supplying alcohol to the Yakama Reservation.
- A Local Bootlegger Arrested
An officer catches a man red-handed in a tent near the gas house, highlighting the ongoing tension of the era's restrictive alcohol laws.
- The Oyster House Bootlegger
A local oyster house proprietor avoids conviction for selling liquor without a license by claiming he sold it at cost to his patrons.
- The Prohibition Ploy: Licensing Soft Drinks to Stop Bootlegging
A new city ordinance requires soft drink counters to purchase a license, not for revenue, but as a lever to shut down businesses caught selling liquor.
- Washington’s 1916 Dry Law Fueled Bootlegging Syndicates
An editorial argument against the state's dry laws, claiming they fueled criminal syndicates and destroyed home order.
- The Political Tug-of-War Over the Temperance Vote
As Everett prepares to vote on the liquor question, the Labor Journal critiques state senator George Cotterill's approach and argues that labor's interests transcend the wet-dry binary.
- Voters Revolt Against Boss Rule on Puyallup Reservation
A primary election descends into chaos as residents allege a one-man ballot scheme to protect a local bootlegger.
- Seattle Bootlegging Rose After Dry Law Stocks Ran Out
Pro-liquor advocates use the rise of bootlegging and 'blind pigs' to argue for the passage of Initiative 24, claiming that legalizing home delivery of light beer is the only path to temperance.
- Newport Goes Dry on December 7 — and the Town Has to Refund the Saloons' Licenses
Local option, voted in September, shuts every saloon on the Washington side of the river next Tuesday. The council will borrow against the treasury to hand back about $900 in unearned license money, and warns bootleggers that blind pigs will be dealt with severely. Drinkers need only cross to Idaho.