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Monday, January 1, 2001
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Alcohol - History of Liquor Referenda for Leon Co. - Prohibition
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Leon County liquor referenda in the 20th century:
August 30, 1904: dry 494, wet 372
July 10, 1912: dry 458, wet 347
Oct. 10, 1933: Leon Co. approved repeal of national prohibition.
March 5, 1935: dry 883, wet 594
Aug. 11, 1937: dry 1,094, wet 924 / Dec. 15, 1951: dry 3,974, wet 3,566.
June 12, 1960: legal liquor sales at package stores - dry 6,119, wet 8,210; liquor by the drink - dry 6,619, wet 5,942.
May 8, 1967: liquor by the drink - dry 6,277, wet 12,187.
(Tallahassee Dermocrat, Sun. Aug. 12, 1990, p. 7G.) See also VF, LC/T History/City.
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LCLCPL
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