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Headlines from history! Parades, fires, and women bootleggers — Mendocino Co. news from July, 1921

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Dispatch Democrat. July 1, 1921 – INFORMATION FILED AGAINST WENDLING BLIND PIGGERS 

WENDLING – Information was filed by District Attorney McCowan this week against several alleged bootleggers of Wendling. Annie Mariani is accused of two counts, one for making a sale and one for maintaining a place where intoxicating liquor was sold. Mrs. Betti was accused of four sales and one maintenance charge. Mrs. Gialdini will face trial on one sale and one maintenance charge, while E. Capelli is accused on one maintenance charge. Dispatch Democrat. July 29, 1921 – WOMEN BOOTLEGGERS GET FINES OF $100

Lack of quarters in the county jail for women inmates saved from a jail sentence last Friday Mrs. Amelia Gialdini and Mrs. Elenia Betti, female bootleggers of Wendling.