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Evansville 1918 Board of Public Safety

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Evansville 1918 Board of Public Safety

The Board of Public Safety had oversight of the police and fire departments. Dubbed “Safers” by the press, it was not uncommon for these and other public officials to also hold positions in private business. For example, Henry Karges was treasurer of the New Vendome Hotel and a member of the board of directors of […]

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Breweries Changed Their Products

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Sterling & Cooks Breweries

In anticipation of prohibition coming to Indiana, The Evansville Brewing Association introduced Sterling Beverage–the non-alcoholic “foody” cereal drink. F.W. Cook’s came out with Cook’s Dry Goldblum which tasted like beer but without the kick.

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Indiana Ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment

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Ratifying the 18th Amendment

When Indiana ratified the 18th Amendment on 1/13/1919, it had already instituted it’s own prohibition effective 4/2/1918. Here’s Indiana’s joint resolution number 2 passed by the Indiana General Assembly of 1919

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Indiana Goes Dry

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Putting Indiana in the country’s “dry” column. Indiana, 1917.

Governor James P. Goodrich of Indiana in February of 1917, surrounded by prominent “dry” workers as he signed the state-wide prohibition bill titled “An act prohibiting the manufacture, sale, gift, advertisement or transportation of intoxicating liquor except for certain purposes and under certain conditions” and was signed by Governor Goodrich in February of 1917. This […]

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The 1920 Evansville, Indiana Police Department Whiskey Conspiracy Trial

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Evansville, Indiana Police Shield

The year 2020 marked the centennial anniversary of what is colloquially known as the Evansville “booze boat” or “whiskey ring” trial.

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