Category Archives: drunkenness

York Police First in Pennsylvania with Drunk-o-meter

Posted on December 4, 2010 by june lloyd

According to a Gazette and Daily clipping I found in the files at York County Heritage Trust, in 1948 the York Police department was the first in Pennsylvania to acquire a Drunk-o-meter, a predecessor to the Breathalyzer. In 1948 there … Continue reading →

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Wrong Bullets in Gun Saves Yorkers

Posted on January 27, 2008 by june lloyd

An Earlier View of Market and Beaver Streets by William Wagner with National House on Left. I recently wrote about a rowdy York citizen swinging a Civil War cavalry sword around a local cigar store in 1877. Click here to … Continue reading →

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Drunk Terrorizes York Cigar Store with Cavalry Sword

Posted on January 23, 2008 by june lloyd

I recently wrote about a Confederate sword that a farmer plowed up near Hanover in 1882, nearly 20 years after it had fallen in a skirmish there. Click here to read about sword on Forney farm. There were probably a … Continue reading →

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