Recently on the [email protected] site, a newspaper clipping was included in a posting. I was curious to know how much a penalty a $100 fine would be. So I googled and hit a site that had an article that addressed the issue of 1927 money compare to 1998 money. $100 fine not exactly a slap on the wrist. In 1927 dollars, $100. would have been a bunch of money. Some of our relatives went to 'Detroit-City' to work in Henry Ford's factory for $1. a day (10 hour day). To read an article that "unofficially" compares 1927 prices to 1998 prices, click on http://www.jitterbuzz.com/costs.html Yeh, yeh, I know it isn't strictly genealogy, but it reflects our ancestors life experiences. ~~~~~~~~~ Linda shared: Athens Messenger (Athens, Ohio) 1927 July 26 REEDER IS FINED LOGAN, (Ohio) July 26 - A fine of $100 and costs was assessed against John Reeder in Common Pleas court Saturday when he appeared before Judge Harley M. Whitecraft on a charge of possession of intoxicating liquor. Reeder was arrested last week by Constable Charles Poling and a deputy when they found a number of bottles of home brew after searching his premises near Haydenville.