Month: January 2019

100 Years Ago Today: Bootlegger is Fined $100

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BOOTLEGGER IS FINED $100; FOUND WITH BOOZE AT GRANITEJ. J. McEachern of Leadville arrived in Granite Friday with a trunk and an eye for business. G. W. Herendeen, special agent for the D. & R. G., was suspicious of McEachern's trunk and asked to see inside of it. McEachern had it filled with booze imported …

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100 Years Ago Today: Eat Mangel Soup

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EAT MANGEL SOUPWITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Jan. 11 -- Darmstadt's civilian population has been staving off starvation with mangel soup, mangels stewed in water before American occupation, according to Edward Prunier, of New Haven, Conn., private in the 102nd infantry, 26th division, who was prisoner of war there for eight months."The Boche have …

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