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Restaurant Owner Recalls Gaiety Of The Twenties
New York AP recalls nightlife of the 1920s with speakeasies and big spenders. Bouncers recall clubs like The Five Up Club and Napoleon Club, bootleg whisky at $7 or $8 a bottle, and Wall Street merchants who party at home. Shor notes faster living and fewer big decisions, with more drunken brawls in Prohibition days.
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