Historic Newspapers: Prohibtion

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 22, 1930

• Anti-prohibition movement
• Wets gain majority in MI & OH

The front page has a one column heading: "REPEAL URGED BY AUTHOR OF OHIO DRY LAW" with subheads. (see

BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Dec. 9, 1933

• United States officially ends prohibition
• Repeal of the 18th Eighteenth Amendment
• Beer & liquor returns for 1st time in 13 years
• Organized crime - gangster era

THE DETROIT NEWS, September 24, 1931

• Prohibition in the United States
• re. 18th - Eighteenth Amendment
• Beer - liquor - alcohol beverages wanted
• American Legion votes to end it
• Wets vs. Drys in Detroit,

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 12, 1930

• Prohibition is a failure ?
• re. Eighteenth Amendment
• Nice headline for display

The front page has a banner headline: "SIFT DRY LAW CHANGE TODAY" with subheads. (see

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 27, 1933

• United States prohibition ending
• State of Illinois acts to allow sale of alcohol
• Beer and Liquor returns to the gangland

The front page has a one column heading:

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 4, 1929

• Wisconsin votes to repeal prohibition early
• Severson Act - enforcement bill repealed
• Public liquor - beer consumption allowed

The front page has a five column

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 2, 1933

• End of Prohibition in the state of New Jersey
• Beer - liquor returns - Ratification voted
• Repeal of the Eighteenth 18th Amendment

Page 21 has a one column heading:

THE DRY SPASM of The "BLABBER", Rochester, New York, Feb. 18, 1918  A very unusual broadside newspaper without any volume or issue numbers. The masthead includes: "Priceless", "Weather: Bone Dry",

THE SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, January 16, 1920  This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "J. BARLEYCORN IS MOURNED AT 36-HOUR WAKE"

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, Sept. 13, 1933

• End of Prohibition in state of Maryland
• Beer - liquor returns - Ratification voted
• Repeal of the Eighteenth 18th Amendment

The top of the

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 26, 1933

• End of Prohibition in the state of Wyoming
• Beer - liquor returns - Ratification voted
• Repeal of the Eighteenth 18th Amendment

The bottom of page 4 has a very small and

BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Nov. 29, 1933

• End of prohibition (final week) - beer & liquor returning
• Repeal of 18th Amendment with applied 21st Amendment

The front page has two reports regarding the

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1919

• War-time prohibition taking effect (eve)

The front page has a one column heading: "WAR PROHIBITION REPEAL HANGS ON ATTORNEY GENERAL" with subheads. (see) Coverage

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, December 6, 1933

• U.S. prohibition ends (1st report)
• Beer returns - legal liquor

The front page has one column headings that include: "Repeal Adds New Problems

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 6, 1930

• Prohibition - 18th Eighteenth Amendment
• Wets vs. Drys in Washington D.C.

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "DRYS PORTRAY PROHIBITION AS BASIS OF

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 4, 1933

• U.S. prohibition ending (eve)
• Liquor and beer returning

The front page has a one column heading: "RUSH U.S. LIQUOR RULES TO MEET REPEAL TUESDAY" with subhead.

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, March 14, 1933

• Prohibition ending - beer returning
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR

The top of the front page has a four column heading: "Beer by Week

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 20, 1920.

• U.S. prohibition at the beginning
• No more beer or liquor - temperance
• From the city where crime would arise
• Prohibition officially started a few days prior

THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, July 3, 1919

• Headed towards prohibition
• Liquor - beer to be abolished

The top of the first column reports on the progress towards Prohibition: "PLAN TO STOP

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, February 20, 1933.

• Impending end of prohibition
• 18th Amendment
• Alcohol - beer -liquor

The front page has a two column headline: "HOUSE PASSES DRY REPEAL BILL;

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 11, 1933

• End of Prohibition in the state of Illinois
• Beer - liquor returns - Ratification voted
• Repeal of the Eighteenth 18th Amendment

The front page has a one column

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 13, 1933

• Prohibition ending in Michigan
• Beer - liquor soon to return
• Michigan Senate passes beer bill

The front page has a nice banner headline: "Senate Passes Beer Bill

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, June 23, 1919

• War-time prohibition takes effect

The front page has a one column heading: "WETS DESPERATE IN PRESENT CRISIS" with subhead. (see images) Coverage

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 14, 1930

• Herbert Hoover message to U.S. Congress
• Prohibition & the enforcement of the Dry Law

The front page has a five column heading: "Fight Opens on Hoover Dry

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 3, 1935

• Prohibition ends in Iceland
• Beer returns - legal liquor

The top of the front page has a small one column heading: "Iceland Ends Prohibition; Few Drink

THE DETROIT NEWS, June 21, 1933

• End of Prohibition - repeal
• Iowa - Connecticut - New Hampshire
• Beer - liquor returns

The front page has a one column heading: "DRY IOWA JOIN REPEAL PARADE" with

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 21, 1933

• End of Prohibition in Tennessee
• Beer - liquor returns

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TENNESSEE VOTES FOR REPEAL WETS WINNING IN CITIES" with

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, February 24, 1931

• The 19th Amendment deemed valid
• Supreme Courts upholds Prohibition

The front page has a 4-column, 2-line heading: "SUPREME COURT HOLDS

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, December 18, 1917

• America prohibition adopted
• House approves with vote

The front page has a one column heading: "'DRY' PLAN NOW UP TO VOTES OF STATES" (see images)

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1933

• End of Prohibition - repeal
• Alabama & Arkansas
• Beer - liquor returns

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "REPEAL WINS IN ALABAMA AND ARKANSAS BY 3 TO

THE NEW REPUBLIC, Westerville, Ohio, January 22, 1915  An interesting Prohibition newspaper from early in the 20th century. The content within these four pages has an overwhelming bias against the

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 20, 1933

• End of Prohibition - repeal
• Missouri repeals amendment
• Beer - liquor returns

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "REPEALISTS WIN IN MISSOURI, 4 TO 1;

THE DETROIT NEWS, April 27, 1933

• Prohibition ending in Michigan
• Beer - liquor soon to return soon
• Governor Comstock signs beer bill

The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "Beer For

THE DAY, New London, Conn., Feb. 27, 1930

• Prohibition - 18th Eighteenth Amendment
• Wets vs. Drys in Washington D.C.
• Beginning of the end ?

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Take

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 20, 1933

• End of Prohibition - repeal
• Beer - liquor returns
• New Mexico - Idaho

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "IDAHO, NEW MEXICO JOIN REPEAL RANKS; 31

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 28, 1933

• End of Prohibition in West Virginia & California
• Beer - liquor returns - Ratification voted
• Repeal of the Eighteenth 18th Amendment

The front page has a one

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 7, 1926

• During United States Prohibition
• The "Chemist's War" inquiry
• U.S. government deliberate poisoning
• Alcohol to deter illegal drinking
• U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 6, 1918

• Cardinal James Gibbons
• Catholic Church prelate
• Against prohibition
• Pro beer - liquor

The front page has a two column heading: "Cardinal Gibbons Announces

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 24, 1933

• End of Prohibition in New York State
• Beer - liquor returns - Ratification voted
• Repeal of the Eighteenth 18th Amendment

The top of the front page has a three line, two

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 11, 1933

• Prohibition ends
• Beer returns
• Legal liquor

The front page has a one column heading: "WHAT! NO BEER? CONFLICT RAGES IN THE SUBURBS" with subheads. (see) More on

NEW YORK WORLD TELEGRAM, December 5, 1932

• Repeal of U.S. prohibition fails
• 18th Amendment continues
• John Nance Garner

The front page has a one column heading: "REPEAL LOST IN CONGRESS BY 144 TO 171"

THE DETROIT NEWS, March 14, 1933

• 3.2 per cent beer voted on
• Franklin D. Roosevelt  endorses
• Prohibition ending

The front page has a one column heading: "NATION VISIONS BEER BY APRIL" with subheads.

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, February 17, 20, and the "Extra" of the 20th, 1933

• 18th Amendment - prohibition end imminent
• House votes to repeal - 21st Amendment - Blaine Act

This trio of issues

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 6, 1923

*Interesting Prohibition Headlines

The 2nd page has fascinating Prohibition coverage including: “CITY WANTS WHISKY FOR HOSPITAL USE”,“MODERN PAUL REVERE WARNS OF

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 18, 1930

• Inventor Thomas Edison
• U.S. Prohibition support
• Anti beer - liquor law

Page 17 has a one column heading: "EDISON SEES BOON IN PROHIBITION LAW" with subheads.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 9, 1933

• End of Prohibition - repeal
• Beer - liquor returns to Arizona

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "IOWA VOTES WET, ALSO CONNECTICUT, NEW HAMPSHIRE"

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. July 12, 1932

• Prohibition coming to an end ?
• The "Great Depression" era
• No beer - alcohol - liquor

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SENATE KILLS BEER

THE DETROIT NEWS, January 19, 1930

• Prohibition - 18th Eighteenth Amendment
• Wets vs. Drys in Washington D.C.
• Beginning of the end ?

The front page has a one column heading: "DRYS' STEAM ROLLER WORKS"

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., February 21, 1933

• 18th Amendment - prohibition end imminent
• House votes to repeal - 21st Amendment - Blaine Act

The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "REPEAL

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., May 14, 1930

• Prohibition ending in America "
• Francis Scott McBride
• Homemade beer legal ?

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "LIQUOR CAN BE MADE IN HOME,