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Witnessing the Whisky Specials of Baltimore During Prohibition

Experience the wild excitement of Baltimore's "Whisky Specials" during Prohibition. Read this article from The Baltimore Sun, printed on November 28th, 1918, and learn about the scramble for the cars, the wild dash for the booze, and how the police viewed it all.

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An Accident so Ghastly We Read it in The Baltimore Sun in 1911

Read about a ghastly accident that was so gruesome, it was reported in The Baltimore Sun in 1911. J.C. Wood, a Baltimore and Ohio railroad brakeman, was run over and killed instantly. The wheels of the cars had passed over it, cutting it almost in two.

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