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Yates County History Center
The Yates County History Center’s volunteers have gleaned these entries for your enjoyment from their digitized newspapers. You can access them at the free site www.nyshistoricnewspapers.com. For more information about the YCHC, visit www.yatespast.org.
150 Years Ago
July 13, 1871
An Effective Liquor Law A provision of the Excise Law gives to the wives of men addicted to drink the right to warn liquor dealers not to sell to their husbands, after which warning damages of $50 can be collected from those who disregard it. Thursday the first notice of this kind was served in Queens county on sixteen saloon keepers, by Justice Lawrence, on complaint of Mrs. Jones, of Flushing.
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