Today in Detroit history (1915): Police banned from saloons

By Ryan Felton

Mar 17, 2015 at 10:48 am

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Today in Detroit history (1915): Police banned from saloons

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Tip of the hat on this drinking holiday to the proprietors of Michigan's Past on Twitter. On this day in Detroit, one long century ago, Detroit police were apparently banned from saloons.

Detroit Police Cannot Enter Saloons Kalamazoo Telegraph newspaper 3/17/1915 pic.twitter.com/tUao1vhemm
— Michigan's Past (@MichiganHist) March 17, 2015

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Ryan Felton

Ryan Felton was born in 1990 and spent the majority of his childhood growing up in Livonia. In 2009, after a short stint at Eastern Michigan University, he moved to Detroit where he has remained ever since. After graduating from Wayne State University’s journalism program, he went on to work as a staff writer...