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Saturday, January 1, 1881   Kansas Prohibition

After a vote on November 2nd, 1880 Kansas enters statewide Prohibition the following January 1.  The new law made the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors punishable by a fine of $100.  Most businesses simply paid the fine, which could only be levied once a month.

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Associated Breweries

The Wehrle & Khim Brewery in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
Jocker's Western Brewery & Malt House, Charles Jocker, of Hanover, Kansas, USA
The P.A. Kalenborn, Phoenix Brewery of Marysville, Kansas, USA
Hebrank & Freeman of Independence, Kansas, USA
Christian Joseph Walruff of Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Jacob Kinzler of Lawrence, Kansas, USA
J. W. Brown of Wichita, Kansas, USA
Adolph Wiegand of Wichita, Kansas, USA
Peter Weidemaier & Co. of Highland, Kansas, USA
The Kansas Brewing Co. or Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
Southwest Lager & Beer Brewery of Atchison, Kansas, USA
Pupka & Eberle Brewery of Beloit, Kansas, USA
John Hess of Ellinwood, Kansas, USA
Frederick H. Mackey of Emporia, Kansas, USA
Schulz & C. Smith of Fort Scott, Kansas, USA
Kansas Brewery, John Grund of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
August Herbolsheimer, Topeka Brewery of Topeka, Kansas, USA
Home Brewery, Offerman & Elsner of Topeka, Kansas, USA
Andrew Butler, Fort Scott Brewery of Fort Scott, Kansas, USA
Frank Manney of Winfield, Kansas, USA
Gustav Behr of Salina, Kansas, USA
Hartman Bros., Rock Brewery of Chanute, Kansas, USA
John Strebel of Kirwin, Kansas, USA
Joseph Schaaf of Cawker City, Kansas, USA
Le Roy Brewery, Albert Schmidt of Le Roy, Kansas, USA
Peter Marsch, Jr. of Waconda Springs, Kansas, USA
Peter Mugler, Salina Brewery of Salina, Kansas, USA
Richard Schindler of Iola, Kansas, USA
Robert Bartusch of Eudora, Kansas, USA
The City Brewery, Meier & Moser of Topeka, Kansas, USA
Important Prohibition Dates

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