The Gonzaga Prep principal had now made it official: girls would be admitted next fall. The boys at the school had mixed feelings. “I was against it when I first heard about it but now I think it will ...

In 1781, the planet Uranus was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel. In 1868, the Republican-dominated U.S.

Following the ban on alcoholic drinks with the passage of the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act, a Prohibition Unit was established under the Bureau of Internal Revenue. In 1927, the unit became ...

At Cochinito, co-owner Travis Dickinson says he's seen a 22% to 25% decrease in sales compared with the same period a year ago; and at Volstead Act, owner Roman Harner says sales have decreased by ...

The following year, in 1919, the Volstead Act set out the details of what Prohibition meant and the punishments for breaking the new law. Drinks containing more than 0.5 per cent alcohol were banned.