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Sterling R Knapp 1919 - 2002

Sterling R Knapp of Roseburg, Douglas County, OR was born on October 15, 1919, and died at age 82 years old on May 7, 2002.
Sterling R Knapp
Roseburg, Douglas County, OR 97470
October 15, 1919
May 7, 2002
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  • 10/15
    1919

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    October 15, 1919
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  • 05/7
    2002

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    May 7, 2002
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    Sterling R Knapp lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1919, in the year that Sterling R Knapp was born, in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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In 1920, he was only 1 year old when speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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