BONE DRY AT LAST.
WILD SCENES IN NEW YORK. Vancouver, Jan. 16. A message from Washington says that constitutional prohibition, the dream of reformers for more than a century, became a reality a minute after midnight on Friday, and 1400 special prohibition agents were appointed throughout the United States to enforce the new law. War-time prohibition had many leaks, but the nation now becomes bone-dry! All holders of liquor, except in private houses for personal use, must immediately report all stocks. What will become of the '00,000,000 gallons which are estimated to be in storage will be decided by Congress, though the Prohibitionists demand its destruction. A message from New York states that Thursday night's revelry shamed all previous celebrations of a similar nature. Unbelievable prices were realised, champagne bringing £0 fl s a quart. In Chicago spectacular robberies of liquor marked the celebration.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1920, Page 5
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144BONE DRY AT LAST. Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1920, Page 5
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