Prohibition Quickly Brought Dry Times to Rochester in 1920

Prohibition quickly brought dry times to Rochester in 1920

Prohibition, making the sale of alcohol illegal, arrived in the United States with the speed of a comet, hung around for a decade, and disappeared like a rocket. In both cases — its arrival and its departure — Prohibition, as enshrined by the 18th Amendment to the constitution, was quite popular. “When the 18th Amendment was ratified, it seemed to have an almost united country behind it,” Frederick Lewis Allen later wrote. However, he added, “Ev…

With the judicial elections around the corner, several states are preparing to implement the traditional “dry law,” a measure that prohibits the sale of alcohol to guarantee order during the elections. But, in which states will this restriction apply? Here we tell you everything you need to know. As usual in each election, local authorities will strengthen surveillance in the shops to ensure compliance with this measure.

SARA AMADOR VERA/ EL EDÉN MX On the occasion of the Extraordinary Election Day corresponding to the federal and state elections of the Judiciary 2025, the Government of the State of Tabasco decided to suspend the sale, distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages throughout the state territory. The measure will enter into force from 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 30, 2025 and will continue until 6:00 a.m. on Monday, June 2. Thereafter, the sal…

Mexico City. In a few days, Cruz Azul will face Vancouver Whitecaps at the University Olympic Stadium for the CONCACAF Champions Cup final, the same day that the elections for the Judicial Reform will take place; therefore, the sale of alcohol during the party by the Dry Law is in danger. At the moment there is no official confirmation to know whether there will be a sale of beer or not during the final, but, according to ESPN, Cruz Azul establi…

COMMUNICATE Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax. May 28, 2025.- In order to guarantee the order and peaceful development of the election day of the Judiciary, the Government of the State through the Secretariat of Government (Sego), issued the agreement prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages from 00:01 hours on Saturday, May 31, until 24:00 hours on Sunday, June 1. This applies throughout the state of Oaxaca, in: restaurants, discotheques, dance halls, s…

MÉRIDA.— The Ministry of Health of Yucatán promulgated the “dry law” due to the extraordinary election day on Sunday, June 1, in which the new representatives of the judiciary will be elected, and in an atypical case it will not be two days, according to the SSY Agreement 01/2025, published in the Official Journal of the State. “The sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages throughout the state territory, from the first minute of June 1 until …