Old Peoria Was ‘Right’ for Sheltons…

Date: 4/16/1957

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"Old Peoria Was 'Right' for Sheltons Until Death Closed the Books," Peoria Journal Star, Apr. 17, 1956, p. B1.

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Old Peoria Was ‘Right’ for Sheltons…

Date: 4/16/1957

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1. Trailblazers of the Red Light District (1870s-1930s)

Adaline Cole, Colored Queen of Peoria’s Underworld –1870s-1890s–

Eaton Street, home of Diamond Lil’s resort –1930s–

Diamond Lil –9/28/1930–

“Diamond Lil” Found In Cell; Keeps Silence –12/27/1931–

A Prostitute at the Window –5/1938–

North Washington Street –1938–

Miss Diamond Lil’ –2/2011–

2. The Empire of Vice in Its Heyday (1920s-1930s)

Peoria Grand Jury Condemns Dry Terrorism –9/30/1925–

The Peoria Protest –10/4/25–

Peoria Busier Than Ever But Much Drier –9/8/26–

Old Peoria: As Wide Open As The Gateway To Hell –4/14/1956–

Old Peoria: Fixed Cops, Gang Murders, Kidnapping –4/15/56–

This Was Peoria –4/15/56–

‘The Good Old Woodruff Days’ –6/26/76–

Historic Site (last house of prostitution) –5/8/1980–

3. WWII Jolts the Red Light District (1941-1942)

Council-Mayor Fight Widens –12/17/1941–

Attention Citizens! –3/5/1942–

Peoria Vice Hit By Government –3/18/1942–

Carson Orders Resorts Closed –5/8/1942–

4. Bustle and Trouble (1943-1944)

Plan Fight on Social Disease –11/19/1943–

Two Women Held In Vice Check Up –11/21/1943–

City Council Targets Social Diseases –11/30/1943–

Council Votes Cleanup Power –12/1/1943–

Vice Termed As Sabotage –12/07/1943–

Mayor Woodruff: More Penicillin Needed –10/10/1944–

5. Sin City Moves Up and Out (1945-1950)

The Pryor Family at the Famous Door –c. 1945–

Jury Urges Nine Taverns Closed –2/15/1945–

TIME Magazine: By the River –2/26/1945–

An Exceptional Spectacle –c. 1946–

Famous Door Exterior –c. 1947–

Gamblers Tell Why They Quit Peoria Rackets –10/20/1948–

Fire Gutted Tavern To Be Replaced by Modern Structure –11/24/1949–

Old Peoria Was ‘Right’ for Sheltons… –4/16/1957–

6. The Pryor Family in the Mix (1950-1953)

Ann and Buck Drinking With Friends –1950s–

Ann Stepping Out On the Town –1950s–

Aiken Alley in the Early 1950s –4/3/1951–

Eight Arrested Here in Narcotics Raid –4/8/1953–

8 Jailed Here in Narcotic Raid –4/9/53–

Bell Captured in St. Louis on Dope Charges –4/10/1953–

7. Reform vs. the Players of N. Washington St. (1953-1963)

Bris Collins’ Tap Raided, Closed; Baseball Pool Czar Fined $1,000 –5/23/1953–

Collins Gets Year, Day On Money Count –7/2/1954–

Joe Eagle Indicted on Lie Charges –7/2/1954–

Bris Collins Surrenders to Serve Term –9/11/1954–

Is it True What They Say About Peoria? –mid-1950s–

The Town That Reformed –10/1/1955–

Cop in Closet Sees Bribe –6/26/1961–

Harold’s Club Liquor License Revoked –7/21/1961–

Day v. Illinois Liquor Commission –1/24/1963–

8. The Pryor Family Tries to Dodge the Law (1965-1968)

Prostitution Counts Name 5 Defendants –9/10/1965–

Guilty Verdict in Trial of Alleged ‘Madam’ –10/6/1965–

Convicted Madam Out as Student –10/8/1965–

5 of 10 Vice Raid Counts Dismissed –11/10/1965–

Appelate Court Upholds Vice Count Conviction –9/24/1966–

Upholds Ruling In Vice Case –10/3/1967–

Vice Raid Nets Man, 56, Woman –11/15/1967–

Prostitution Case Fines Total $700 –3/5/1968–

Adaline Cole, Colored Queen of Peoria’s Underworld
–1870s-1890s–

Eaton Street, home of Diamond Lil’s resort
–1930s–

Diamond Lil
–9/28/1930–

“Diamond Lil” Found In Cell; Keeps Silence
–12/27/1931–

A Prostitute at the Window
–5/1938–

North Washington Street
–1938–

Miss Diamond Lil’
–2/2011–

Peoria Grand Jury Condemns Dry Terrorism
–9/30/1925–

The Peoria Protest
–10/4/25–

Peoria Busier Than Ever But Much Drier
–9/8/26–

Old Peoria: As Wide Open As The Gateway To Hell
–4/14/1956–

Old Peoria: Fixed Cops, Gang Murders, Kidnapping
–4/15/56–

This Was Peoria
–4/15/56–

‘The Good Old Woodruff Days’
–6/26/76–

Historic Site (last house of prostitution)
–5/8/1980–

Council-Mayor Fight Widens
–12/17/1941–

Attention Citizens!
–3/5/1942–

Peoria Vice Hit By Government
–3/18/1942–

Carson Orders Resorts Closed
–5/8/1942–

Plan Fight on Social Disease
–11/19/1943–

Two Women Held In Vice Check Up
–11/21/1943–

City Council Targets Social Diseases
–11/30/1943–

Council Votes Cleanup Power
–12/1/1943–

Vice Termed As Sabotage
–12/07/1943–

Mayor Woodruff: More Penicillin Needed
–10/10/1944–

The Pryor Family at the Famous Door
–c. 1945–

Jury Urges Nine Taverns Closed
–2/15/1945–

TIME Magazine: By the River
–2/26/1945–

An Exceptional Spectacle
–c. 1946–

Famous Door Exterior
–c. 1947–

Gamblers Tell Why They Quit Peoria Rackets
–10/20/1948–

Fire Gutted Tavern To Be Replaced by Modern Structure
–11/24/1949–

Old Peoria Was ‘Right’ for Sheltons…
–4/16/1957–

Ann and Buck Drinking With Friends
–1950s–

Ann Stepping Out On the Town
–1950s–

Aiken Alley in the Early 1950s
–4/3/1951–

Eight Arrested Here in Narcotics Raid
–4/8/1953–

8 Jailed Here in Narcotic Raid
–4/9/53–

Bell Captured in St. Louis on Dope Charges
–4/10/1953–

Bris Collins’ Tap Raided, Closed; Baseball Pool Czar Fined $1,000
–5/23/1953–

Collins Gets Year, Day On Money Count
–7/2/1954–

Joe Eagle Indicted on Lie Charges
–7/2/1954–

Bris Collins Surrenders to Serve Term
–9/11/1954–

Is it True What They Say About Peoria?
–mid-1950s–

The Town That Reformed
–10/1/1955–

Cop in Closet Sees Bribe
–6/26/1961–

Harold’s Club Liquor License Revoked
–7/21/1961–

Day v. Illinois Liquor Commission
–1/24/1963–

Prostitution Counts Name 5 Defendants
–9/10/1965–

Guilty Verdict in Trial of Alleged ‘Madam’
–10/6/1965–

Convicted Madam Out as Student
–10/8/1965–

5 of 10 Vice Raid Counts Dismissed
–11/10/1965–

Appelate Court Upholds Vice Count Conviction
–9/24/1966–

Upholds Ruling In Vice Case
–10/3/1967–

Vice Raid Nets Man, 56, Woman
–11/15/1967–

Prostitution Case Fines Total $700
–3/5/1968–