Georgia Prohibition Law Sweeps State From Jan 1908
The Sentinel reports Georgia's new prohibition law took effect on New Year’s Day, wiping out millions in capital, cutting liquor revenue and closing open saloons. It details impacts on breweries, dispensaries, and tax losses to Atlanta, Savannah, Macon, and other cities, plus enforcement rules for druggists and churches.
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the Sentinel
Atlanta
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Httle
Smith
Senate
General Assembly
I. G. Hardman
Jackson County
Seaborn Wright
Floyd
W. A. Covington
Colquitt
Hardman
Wright
Covington
Piedmont
United States
Savannah
Macon
Augusta
Columbus
Albany
Brunswick
Chattanooga
Jacksonville
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Rents Strike Spars East Side as Socialist Drive Grows
The rent protest gathers 30 000 East Side families under socialist banners. It cites high per room costs in Grand Street tenements, the lessee system, and real estate speculation as drivers of hardship. Activists at 313 Grand Street organize committees and door to door canvassing while youth and workers press for rent reductions amid a weak socialist structure.
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The
Sentinel
New York
East Side
Great East Side
Grand Street
Upper City
Jacob H. Schiff
Allen Street
Ossa
Pelion
Madison Street
Herods
Marx
Socialist Party of the
Eighth Assembly District
Knickerbockers
Joan
Karl Marx
Ferdinand Lassale
Jassalle
Thomas Carlyle
William Shakespeare
Abraham Lincoln
Chelsea
East Side No. 313
Joseph Rosenhock
Committee of Ten
Tammany Hall
Kaplan
Louis Wichter
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