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1910 - Braves in riotous spree

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Braves in riotous spree
W.G. Calderwood gets reports of debauches of redmen [sic] in Village of Detroit
Minneapolis Morning Tribune, February 5, 1910


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Affidavits received yesterday by W. G. Calderwood, secretary of the state Prohibition committee, indicate that the braves living in and around Detroit, Minn., are having one grand celebration in honor of the recent departure of Federal Indian Agent "Pussy-Foot" Johnso, who allowed four saloons to run in Detroit, provided no Indians should be found intoxicated following the permit. . .
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