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Short Stuff: Milk Wars

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The Chicago Milk War: Mobsters and Milk

This chapter examines the surprising link between organized crime and the dairy industry in 1930s Chicago during the Milk War. It reveals how mobsters used violence and intimidation to disrupt traditional milk distribution and manipulate prices, creating chaos in the market amidst the backdrop of the Great Depression.

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