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Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. The term rum-running is more commonly applied to smuggling over water; bootlegging is applied to smuggling over land. Smuggling usually takes place to circumvent taxation or prohibition laws within a particular ...
Gertrude Lythgoe (March 1, 1888 - June 24, 1974 [1]) was one of the most prominent female rum-runners, or bootleggers, in the 1920s.She had various jobs before working for A. L. William Co in London where she began her involvement in the rum trade. [2]
Bootlegging equipment for distilling and fermentation Before the government started this process, bootleggers were already making alcoholic beverages unsafe for the public. These illicit liquor manufacturers found that by adding some questionable ingredients, they could simulate certain types of beverages they had enjoyed before prohibition, or ...
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The British criminal historian, Jonathan Goodman did a thorough study of the death of Starr Faithfull, whose body was found on the beach at Long Beach, Nassau County, New York, on 8 June 1931. Although Faithfull's cause of death was determined to be drowning, it was unclear whether the death was a homicide, suicide, or accident.
The Shelton Brothers Gang was an early Prohibition-era bootlegging gang based in southern Illinois. They were the main rivals of the famous bootlegger Charles Birger and his gang. In 1950, the Saturday Evening Post described the Sheltons as "America's Bloodiest Gang".
Bootlegging (business), practicing unauthorized research activities within an organization; Bootleg Fire, a 2021 Oregon wildfire; Bootleg mining, a mining practice involving small, illegal mines; Bootleg play, a tactic in American football; Bootleg turn, a driving maneuver
The New York Times Games (NYT Games) is a collection of casual print and online games published by The New York Times, an American newspaper.Originating with the newspaper's crossword puzzle in 1942, NYT Games was officially established on August 21, 2014, with the addition of the Mini Crossword. [1]