Lets you think that San Francisco's War on Fun is a 21st Century invention, a look at the New Year's Eve rules and rituals of SF in 1913 are here to prove you wrong. Yes, the city was wild and wooly in the early 1900s, but they also had plenty of "nanny-state" bans, even back then.

Hoodline took a look at the archives of local old-school newspaper the San Francisco Call, and what they found was a mix of familiar and unfamiliar regulations: Though booze sales were to end at 2 a.m., NYE dancing was to be allowed "in all the restaurants and cafes 'that maintain floors for the purpose'" until 6 a.m.

One area of the city was left out of the dancing fun, however, as downtown's Barbary Coast area was "specifically excluded from participating in the all-night dancing," the Call reports, nor would women be allowed in area saloons.

There was one NYE ban that would have caused big trouble for, say, certain sloppy startups. According to the Call, the then police chief called for a confetti crackdown, saying that it "will not be permitted" and that officers will "arrest violators of this order." Tough talk!

Here's the full article from the December 31, 1913 Call. Oh, for the good old days of lady-less saloons and confetti arrests!

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San Francisco Call, Volume 115, Number 158, 31 December 1913 — FUN GODDESS TO REIGN IN ALL CAFES [ARTICLE] Image: CNDC