A regular feature looking back at what was being printed more than 100 years ago in the Bristol Daily Courier. This week’s entry comes from the July 19, 1920 edition of the newspaper.
Still Handing Out Booze In Bristol
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(Context: Prohibition was enacted on January 16, 1919 and went into effect on January, 17, 1920.)
While federal authorities are making raids in various towns and cities, arresting hundreds of persons they accused of selling liquor, the lid in Bristol is being opened further every day, judging from the evidence along the streets.
Saturday night men staggering under the influence of liquor were to be seen in several instances along the streets. Two were so intoxicated that they lay sprawling out in the middle of Beaver Street, right in the path of traffic. Others were taking almost the entire width of their sidewalk as they reeled to their homes.
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“Where are they getting it?” is the question everyone is asking.
The two men sprawled out on Beaver Street were residents of Bristol Township. They had been into town to make some purchases, and started home, when their intoxicated condition made it impossible for them to continue the journey, so they sought the restfulness of the highway near the Corona Leather Works.
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Police were notified, and an officer went in search of the men. The pair had a quart of a liquid labeled “Overhold.” One was so much under the influence of liquor that the officer carried him from the automobile into the police station.
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