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The Lager Beer Riot occurred on April 21, 1855 in Chicago, Illinois, and was the first major civil disturbance in the city. Mayor Levi Boone, a Nativist politician, renewed enforcement of an old local ordinance mandating that taverns be closed on Sundays and led the city council to raise the cost of a liquor license from $50 per year to $300 ...
1+. July 23 – 26, 1877. Labor. Chicago railroad strike of 1877 - Part of a nationwide wave of strikes by railroad workers after most rail companies slashed wages. The majority of deaths occurred during the Battle of the Viaduct, where workers threw stones and fired at police who then returned fire.
September 24, 2024 at 9:46 PM. CHEYENNE — The retail liquor license held by the owners of Cheyenne’s former Old Chicago location, which closed without much advance notice in April, has been ...
The Liquor Control Commission is an Illinois state government commission, with four divisions. The Licensing Division is responsible for reviewing state liquor applications and issuing new and renewal state liquor licenses. There are 28 different license categories - including airplanes, trains, liquor stores, non-beverage users, out-of-state ...
While their request for a 2 a.m. liquor license will seemingly hinge on neighborhood support, the Peoria Liquor Commission voted to deny their request in July in a 3-0 vote, citing concerns over ...
Minimum legal purchase age as of 1975 (when most states had their lowest age limit): Detail on dual age limits. Minimum legal purchase age as of 1983 (one year before the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed): Minimum age is 21. Minimum age is 20. Minimum age is 19 and 21. Minimum age is 19.
The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. [1] The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, and Prohibition was formally introduced nationwide under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 16, 1919.
Sale, processing or consumption of any liquor or spirit of greater than 153 proof is illegal. (FSS 565.07) No retail sale of wine in containers larger than 1 gallon. FS 564.05 Supermarkets and other licensed business establishments may sell beer, low-alcohol liquors, and wine.