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Still found in Glenwood home linked to bootlegging
In Glenwood March 19 state and federal agents reported finding and sealing a copper still in the home of Ruel Watkins, manager of Mills County Electric Light Power, across from the Congregational church. Grain hops and moonshine were confiscated. officers also reported a still and about 250 gallons of sour mash in the Robert J. Allen home, now jailed in Council Bluffs on bootlegging charges.
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Robert J. Allen
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