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The Trade Protective League

February 5, 2017 by sergneri 1 Comment

Sacramento Union – 5 February 1917 Cancellation of Oriental Liquor Licenses Asked The Trade Protective League of Sacramento has sent communications to the city commission and to the board of supervisors asking those bodies to cancel all liquor licenses now held by Orientals. This action by the league was taken after the city of Stockton … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Politics, Racism, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: 1917, California, Chinaman, Chinese, Japanese, Liquor, Orientals, Protective League, Sacramento, White Men

MRS. P. WILSON – I will sue them for damages

October 15, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Los Angeles Herald, 18 March 1875 NOTICE. I HEREBY NOTIFY ALL LIQUOR DEAL- ers in the city and county of Los Angeles not to give to my husband, Peter Wilson, any kind of intoxicating liquors. I will sue them for damages, under the penalty of the law. MRS. P. WILSON.

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers Tagged: Intoxicating, Liquor, NOTICE

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