Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1915 — Ruling Will Modify Chicago Closing Law. [ARTICLE]

Ruling Will Modify Chicago Closing Law.

Chicago, Oct. 28.—Strict enforcement of the Sunday saloon closing law in Chicago was reinforced today by an opinion formally field by the corporation counsel with the council licenses committee holding that saloonkeepers may not keep their places open on Sunday for the purpose of selling cigars and soft drinks. Another ruling of the corporation council was hailed as lifting of the ban against Sunday liquor. Under this ruling parties or secret societies are permitted to serve liquor in halls adjoining saloons; provided the bars were screened off, the liquor brought before Sunday and the general public excluded. Guests in hotels, the opinion read, could served with liquor on Sunday provided the hotel bar was closed and the liquor bought beforehand.