On the night of Jan. 16, 1920, as the clock clicked toward midnight, the citizens of New York City were celebrating as if it was New Year’s Eve all over again. But, alas, it was not. It was ...

Calls to ban the production and sale of alcohol in the U.S. started nearly a century before Prohibition, with the creation of temperance societies and growing support of the abstinence movement. Here ...

In this June 12, 1924, file photo bottles of Scotch whiskey smuggled in hollowed-out loaves of bread are pictured, location unknown. AP NEW YORK — In this era of bottomless mimosas, craft beers and ...

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