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A ‘wet’ Christmas in the Coal Region during Prohibition

Posted on December 11, 2018December 17, 2018 by Jake Wynn

A reporter for the Hazleton Plain Speaker interview bootleggers to get a scoop on the booze situation in 1926.

Posted in Coal Region, Luzerne CountyTagged 1920s, 1926, Christmas, Coal Region, Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Prohibition1 Comment

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