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  • Bootlegging Buffoonery
    Posted on Monday, September 30th, 2013 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Malone, Prohibition, Rumrunning

    1931 Packard 833: it’d be a shame to shoot up this beauty. Information for this article was found in: Mooney, Elizabeth C. “War on Rum Road.” Adirondack Life . November 1980. Buffoonery in Rumrunning ? Yes, some of the things people did in the name of booze was quite funny. And there were no shortages of risk takers …[ read more ]

  • Moonshine Madness: The Source of Prohibition Alcohol
    Posted on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: bootlegging, moonshie, Prohibition, whiskey

    Prescription form for medicinal liquor (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Prohibition did not stop drinking–in many ways it glamorized it. For example, people began flavoring the whiskey with fruit drinks and sodas, making cocktails. o to any bar today and look at the wonderful, colorful creations with the alcohol masked by alluring flavors. Since drinking didn’t stop …[ read more ]

  • Bootlegging In Malone
    Posted on Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: bootlegging, Dutch Schultz, Malone NY, Prohibition

    Mary Riley Road–top left, in pink Lost Nation Road–to the right, in blue Bootlegging was not considered a big deal–thus when Dutch Schultz arrived in Malone, NY for his second tax-evasion trial, no one thought of him as a gangster. Grandpa and Dad both made hooch in the barn. English: Dutch Schultz 1935 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) However Malone saw …[ read more ]

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    • By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain I know. It's been a while since I've been on my blog. You know. Life's so busy--so many social engagements, fairs, family gatherings ... So many lies. I've more than likely not taken my own medicine. The prescription can be found in Proverbs 17:22: "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:" The last chapter of 2020 closed a few weeks ago, but not without promising us more heartache in 2021. Our pandemic hasn’t finished with us, and we will find more grief and hardship for many more months. Now, aren’t you glad you decided to… ...[ full story ]

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