Yesteryears

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Confiscated booze poured into sewers this week in 1922

Liquid evidence, in demijohns, kegs, casks and bottles, was poured into the local sewer on Thursday of last week by Sheriff Johnson and his deputies. The product of a number of raids and interrupted booze parties could not have found a better receptacle than in that into which it trickled.

No luck receiving TV signals in Hood River in 1952

100 YEARS AGO — 1912 There isn’t a chance to start a debate on woman’s suffrage in Hood River. It simply can’t be done. They tried it at the newly-organized People’s Forum Friday evening, but there was absolutely “nothing doing.” Although there was a good crowd present, not a man ...

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