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Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-30-09

Good morning,

There’s a likelihood of a light snow today, with a high in the mid twenties. No meaningful accumulation is expected.

On this day in 1922, law enforcement in Madison had a busy day, as the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls:

1922 – Authorities Confiscate Illegal Alcohol

On this date authorities in Madison confiscated 1,200 gallons of “mash” and fifteen gallons of moonshine from the home of a suspected bootlegger. As the illegal liquor trade flourished in Madison’s Greenbush neighborhood during Prohibition, two rival gangs, one on Regent Street and the other located on Milton Street, fought to gain control until the “Rum War” erupted among these factions in 1923. [Source: Bishops to Bootleggers: A Biographical Guide to Resurrection Cemetery, p.189]

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