On This Day | The Trouble With Prohibition
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“Say, Judge,” he said, “I’ve a bootlegger before me and I don’t know what to give him.”
“Well,” replied the old timer, “don’t give him more than $4 a pint—that’s all I ever give.”
— November 3, 1927 | The Ward County Independent
Why We Chose It
Prohibition had a fatal flaw, and it’s that men of all sorts like to have a drink now and then. And also… that a little country weekly editor was moving on toa booming metropolis says a lot about the quality of journalism and news we had throughout North Dakota at the time, that “underpass” eventually became an “overpass”, the state wanted the counties to plow snow, and smart dog is always newsworthy.
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“Say, Judge,” he said, “I’ve a bootlegger before me and I don’t know what to give him.”
“Well,” replied the old timer, “don’t give him more than $4 a pint—that’s all I ever give.”
November 3, 1927 | The Ward County Independent
Why We Chose It
Prohibition had a fatal flaw, and it's that men of all sorts like to have a drink now and then. And also... that a little country weekly editor was moving on toa booming metropolis says a lot about the quality of journalism and news we had throughout North Dakota at the time, that "underpass" eventually became an "overpass", the state wanted the counties to plow snow, and smart dog is always newsworthy.
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