All posts tagged "Prohibition"
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36.2K1Politics and MilitaryThe Peculiar and Biting Calvin Coolidge Wit
The Calvin Coolidge wit was once described as ‘sharp and cold as a frost-etching on a windowpane.’ His humor completed his image...
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14.6K8Crime and ScandalFan Jones, The Madame Who Reigned Over the Devil’s Half Acre in Bangor
When Penobscot logging was at its peak, lumbermen flocked to the bordello run by Fan Jones near the Devil’s Half Acre in...
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9.7KConnecticutGentleman Gerald Chapman, Connecticut’s Celebrity Gangster
Gerald Chapman, Prohibition’s celebrated “Gentleman Bandit,” might have escaped the gallows if he hadn’t gone on a crime spree in Connecticut. While...
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8.1K8Crime and ScandalOliver Garrett, Boston’s Booze-Busting Million-Dollar Cop
When dashing Oliver Garrett was in charge of it during Prohibition, the Boston Police vice squad made 25,000 raids and 17,000 arrests...
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30.6K14Religion and Social MovementsThe Puritan Tithingman – The Most Powerful Man in New England
In November of 1789, George Washington was passing through Connecticut on his return from his tour of New England. A man stepped...
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17.0K10Crime and ScandalKing Charles Solomon, Boston’s Answer to Al Capone, Gunned Down in Mob Shooting
King Charles Solomon ruled Boston’s underworld without challenge until a small-time gangster gunned him down in the men’s room of the Cotton...
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