The Long Island History Project

Episode 108: Suffolk County News, April 17, 1920


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We continue our trek through the local news of a century gone by. Today we read the Suffolk County News from Arpil 16, 1920. We find stories of bootleggers, war-torn France and two spinster sisters freed from an insane asylum after a decade of confinement.

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