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• Columbus Mileposts: May 27, 1919 | Drinks were lacking that extra kick

  
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  Booze was banned from the city’s bars on May 27, 1919, as the first day of Prohibition in Ohio dawned.But that didn’t stop the saloons from opening. The wake had been held for beer, whiskey and booze of all kinds the night before, with the casket closing at midnight. The next day, many of those bars opened for ...
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• Columbus Mileposts: May 20, 1837 | Local banks handled ‘Hard Times’

  
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  On May 20, 1837, as the nation’s financial system collapsed into six years of devastating depression that historians call the “Hard Times,” Ohio bankers convened in Columbus to deal with the crisis.
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• Columbus Mileposts: May 13, 1937 | Gambler had diamond studs and a heart of gold

  
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  Gambler Pat Murnan, a 6-foot-tall Irishman was a “virtual landmark” at Broad and High streets before his death from a heart attack on May 13, 1937, The Dispatch reported. He wore loud plaid suits, had huge diamond studs in his shirt collar and always carried a gold-headed cane.
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• Columbus Mileposts: April 29, 1918 | ‘Ace’ begins his high-flying exploits

  
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  Eddie Rickenbacker, a 27-year-old race-car driver drawn to the sky, was an unlikely pilot in World War I. He was two years older than the pilot age limit of 25 and lacked both the college degree and the upper-class roots that marked the gentlemen of the aristocratic fighter squadrons of that time.
  4 weeks ago

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