Glever Tricks of Bootleggers and Hidden Booze Hides
Buffalo expert John M. Evans recounts methods used by bootleggers and saloon operators in Maine and elsewhere. He details coats pockets, under the bar hides, fountain syringes, and hidden tanks within girders and fish closets. He notes near beer as alibi, and describes enforcement challenges and evolving schemes.
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Buffalo
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John M. Evans
Maine
Mr. Evans
South
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Maynard Dominates Marlboro In Weekend Basketball Clash
Maynard routed Marlboro 101 to 26 at Pastime hall on Saturday evening in front of the season’s largest crowd. Marlboro center sparked a second period surge but Maynard’s Waldron led the home team with 18 baskets as Kendall Clancy and Waldron starred. Marlboro’s O Connell and Boston players fought hard. Ghiloni shuffled players to fill gaps as Marlboro aims for a three game series to avenge the defeat.
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Marlboro
Maynard
Pastime Hall
Highland City
Marlboro Center
Chris Ghiloni
Bages
Ghilani
Ages
Mitchell
O'Connell
Murphy
Boston
Kendall
Clancy
Waldron
Mitchburg
Bower
Fitchburg
Kelley
Ghiloni
Baggs
Red hot weeknight game at astime hall showcases local teams
Miss Sadie Mallinson and Miss Marion Gault led a high energy gym clash where Gault’s five won by a narrow margin in three periods. Binks and Gault each scored three baskets amid no spectators. The week also featured Camp Devens Soldiers defeating Samosets 50 to 11 and Middlesex A C A bowling in a tight Meynard league race with Pawnee leading and Middlesex slipping to second.
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Astime Hall
Sadie Mallinson
Marion Gault
Miss Gault
Viola Binks
C. C. Murray
Maley
Middlesex
Meynard
Pawnee
Allied
Reds
Pawnee Iy
AL AQ
ALO
Allied Vets
Aled Vets
M.C. AL AN
Engineer Refused to Spoil This Lie
Pinehurst North Carolina report details Miss Metcalf Keating of Agawam Hunt club driving to railroad tracks near the club house as a train neared. The engine driver saw the ball on a cinder tee, applied airbrake, stopped the train, passengers shaken but the lie remained intact and play resumed northward.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Metcalf Weating
Agawam Hunt Club
Miss Keating
Cess
Wax figure of Pussyfoot Johnson joins Waxworks immortals
A wax figure of Pussyfoot Johnson, the American prohibition worker who lost an eye in the dry campaign, has been placed among Mine Teeth Tussauds famous immortals, showing his notoriety in the museum. The display features a patch over the injured eye and underlines the museum’s status as a national institution. Portland reports pitch extracted from Oregon firs to bolster turpentine supplies as a district forester issues the first permit to extract pitch from Douglas fir timber on 160 acres near Disston in the Umpqua forest.
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London
Pussyfoot) Johnson
England
Tussiaud
Museum
Mr. Johnson
Tussauds Establishment
Portland
Oregon
Disston
Umpqua National Forest
Acton Center Town Meeting Reports Road and School Plans
Town meeting held with small attendance. Vote to sell town farm by public auction. Approved raising 50000 if state and county provide matching funds to repair road from Great Road through Acton Center to Maynard. Also budgeted 27090 for schools and other items. Dinner by Acton Grange under A P Durkee. ninety tickets sold.
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Great Rd
Acton Center
South Acton
Maynard
Acton Grange
A. P. Durkee
Obituary: Benjamin Hapgood Dies at 86 in Acton
Died Saturday Benjamin Hapgood aged 86 respected citizen of Acton. Funeral from his late home Tuesday at 1.90 o clock with Rev. Mr. Robertson officiating. Son of Mr and Mrs Simon Hapgood he was the last of his line and never married.
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Benjamin Hapgood
Mr. Robertson
Simon Hapgood
Acton
Mgr. Hapgoug
Peace and contentment vs. man’s restless strive
The piece contrasts a serene natural life with modern government and social strife. It cites George M. Farley of the Seattle Post Intelligencer noting a man’s fatigue after labor, urging peace and enjoyment of earned gains rather than demanding more. It mentions the Fourth Ward Protest club as a symbol of discontent.
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JoJo Burroughs
le Wreates
Tam
Moon
George M. Farley
Seattle Post. Intelligencer
Fourth Ward
Obituary fragment notes surviving nieces in Ashby
The person is survived by two nieces living in Ashby. Undertake Nee of Concord had charge and the remains were placed in the tomb.
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Ashby
Nee of
Concord
Wallop the H C L by eating bread and calories rise
A vintage diet piece argues bread is the cheapest energy source per calorie. It compares bread to beefsteak and eggs, urging housewives to buy by calories and eat more bread to beat high living costs. It cites daily calorie needs by occupation and suggests bread supports health and economy.
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A. O. H. Victorious
Maynard Alleys
Peterson
Camp Devions
Kitterment
Desautels
Barney
Sal Samoset Gouls
Tower
Murray
Taylor
Bok
Ian Lynch
Geo
Lynch
Lesane
Su Graber
Hyndman
Pussyfoot
Studebakers
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W. A. Haynes Co. Incorporated
D Lumber Co
Mass
Bunker Hill Council
K. of
Samosets
Atlantic A. A
Main Street
United Co-operative Society
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