Maine Prohibition Debate and Editorial Standouts in 1909
Prohibition advocates and anti advocates clash over state and national policy. Maine newspapers criticize enforcement while arguing for repeal, highlighting liquor demand and illicit trade under Maine’s prohibition regime. The Port land Daily Argus notes jail sentences for illegal selling amid broader public ambivalence.
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Maine
Prohibition
Portland Daily Argus
Argus
Lawrence Telegram
Haverhill Record
Portland Argus
Lawrence
Haverhill
Utter Failure of Prohibition Warns of Its Evils
Portland Daily Argus reports on prohibition in 1909, citing Biddeford Chief of Police Harmon who testifies that Maine’s prohibitory law creates perjury and crime, erodes respect for all law, and corrupts politics. He argues officials know the policy harms society and favors deceit over abstinence.
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Portland Daily Argus
Harmon
Biddleford
Biddeford
Maine
Revenue intake exceeds expectations in October
Internal revenue reports show October receipts of 23,694,434 dollars, up 1,616,735 from a year earlier with potential additions to last month’s total. For the current fiscal year through October 30, receipts run 4,575,99 ahead of last year, totaling 89,783,037 since July 1.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Distinctly Different in Public Canteen Stance
General Fred Grant reiterates support for restoring army canteens, signaling temperance alignment rather than prohibitionist stance. The Haverhill Gazette notes a nuanced distinction prohibitionists wholly ignore.
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Portland Argus
Fred Grant
Union Pacific Local Time Card for Sidney and Web
Local timetable entries list passenger and express trains for Union Pacific with times in Sidney and Web. Services include Overland Limited Nos. 1 2 4 and California Oregon Los Angeles Fast Mail and Atlantic Express with multiple numbered trains and private cars.
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Bridgeport
Sterling
United States
Canada
M. A. Shipman
L. W.wakeley
Omaha
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Web
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Overland Limited
Colorado Express
California & Oregon
Los Angeles Limited
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EAS
Atlantic Express
Mall and Express
W. J. Snaorm
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