Saloon-Keeper Boycotted.

New York, 1895

The people of Manorville are indignant because the Excise Commissioners granted a license to Gustave Brasch. The man has opened a saloon on one of the principal streets. The village is a prohibition one, and each year a large vote for a no-license candidate is cast. Brasch is not meeting with a pleasant reception by his neighbors. They boycott him and the village tradesmen refuse to sell him provisions.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 31, 1895, p. 2.

He Had a Whisky Diet

New York, 1895

HOW A SICK MAN LIVED DURING SIX HEALTHY DAYS.

He Consumed Ten Quarts of Whisky and Sixteen Quarts of Milk, Took Seventy-five Cents' Worth of Medicine, and Ate Ten Dollars' Worth of Victuals.

Otto Buhler, who keeps a saloon somewhere in Morris Park, has sent a peculiar bill to the Board of Health. Buhler had a man working for him named Soney. Soney fell sick. Buhler did not report the case to the Overseer of the Poor, but proceeded to take care of the sick man himself, and the way he did it is illustrated by the items in his bill, as follows:

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The patient appears to have had a robust appetite in spite of his illness. What he was ill of doesn't appear. In six days he required but 75 cents worth of medicine, and in the same time he consumed $10 worth of victuals. But the most extraordinary thing about the bill is the quantities of whisky and milk that he consumed.

On the first day he consumed three pints of whisky and three quarts of milk. He must have been a great deal sicker on the second day, for he added a pint of whisky and cut off a quart of milk. Three pints of whisky and three quarts of milk served to keep him alive on the third day. On the fourth day he had need of more whisky than milk and took them in the proportion of three and two. On the fifth day he consumed the life saver in equal proportions, three and three, and then he must have had a serious relapse, for the sixth and last day of his illness it was necessary to supply him with four pints of whisky and three quarts of milk. He consumed altogether ten quarts of whisky and 16 quarts of milk, an average consumption of four and a half quarts a day.

He got no medicine at all until the last day, according to the bill.

How a sick man could get away with four and a half quarts of liquor and milk each day, and $1.67 worth of food each day, perhaps Mr. Buhler can explain. The quality of the whisky must have varied, for the cost of it differs on different days.

In his well days Soney ought to be able to eat a load of hay, or drink a brewery dry.

No charge is made for nursing the sick man. Mr. Buhler must have forgotten this service.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 22, 1895, p. 1.

Enforcement in Bangor

Maine, 1916

Bangor, Sept. 6. — Following what is said to have been a stormy discussion with Mayor John F. Woodman, Chief of Police, Lindley W. Gilman tendered his resignation to the Mayor late this afternoon. Tonight the Mayor said that he had not accepted the resignation and probably would not and that matters would no doubt reach an amicable settlement.

Chief Gilman declined to discuss the matter more than to admit that his resignation was brought about by a difference of opinion as to how the liquor law should be enforced in Bangor at this time. The chief of police is appointed by the Mayor, who also has the power of removal.

When the electric carmen went on strike about 10 days ago, Chief Gilman ordered the saloons and bars, said to number 114, holding United States revenue licenses, to close and stay closed. Several who did not obey were promptly raided and fined.

On Tuesday morning there was a general reopening of the bars. Some of the liquor dealers said there was an understanding with the Mayor that they could resume business after Labor Day. Chief Gilman said that he could not be expected to maintain order during a car strike with all the bars open and ordered them to close again.

It is understood that today the Mayor took up the matter again favoring the reopening of the saloons and Chief Gilman passed in his resignation. The saloons are still closed.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 6.

Shock of Near Beer Kills Inebriate Dog

1919

Booze-drinking Animal Succumbs After Losing Wet Rations.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — "Booze" was a bulldog, owned by Cal Harris of this city. Until July 1, last, his daily fare included a small quantity of beer. He was a visitor at several barrooms during the day, and as he came under the swinging doors during the summer or scratched and whined at the door in winter, the bartenders in the thirst emporiums which he frequented would "draw" a small beer, which would be consumed by their friend. With a wag of his tail as a silent "thank you," Booze would continue on his rounds.

When the saloons of Council Bluffs, Iowa, which was Booze's home, were closed, the owner of this famous canine laid away a supply of beer, but a few weeks ago, following nation-wide prohibition. the supply ran out. Booze was then forced to live on near beer. He could not stand it for many meals and the sudden shock from the sublime to the ridiculous was too much for him. He died a martyr to the cause of beer.

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, Jan. 3, 1920, p. 11.

Drunken Tomcat Leads Detectives to Liquor

1920

Officers Find Felines and Humans in Hilarious Condition

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Confounding those who say that cats will not drink "hard liquor," Harold B. Dobbs, internal revenue agent, avers that a tipsy "Tom," reeling along the street led him and brother officers to a cache of fifty gallons of alcohol and other intoxicating beverages in the cellar of a saloon.

In the place, according to Dobbs, were several more cats, and all hilarious. Moreover, there was a determined effort made by each cat to obtain a share of a dark brown liquid that had leaked from an overturned demijohn on the floor.

Thomas Fitzgerald, proprietor of the saloon, and his bartender, Hugh Leckey, were arrested and charged with violating the prohibition amendment.

--The Saturday Blade, Chicago, March 27, 1920, page 9.

U.S. Officers Find $43,000 on Stowaway

New York and Chicago, 1920.
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U. S. Officers Find $43,000 on Stowaway

Flight of Chicago Saloonkeeper Foiled in New York.

Two months ago Sabestano Esposito closed his saloon, said he had received a Black Hand letter and vanished from Chicago.

A day or two ago agents of the Department of Justice, searching for stowaways in a liner about to sail from New York for Naples, plucked Esposito from the vessel's hold. They took from him $43,000 and a loaded revolver. He is wanted in Chicago, the Federal officials in New York asserted.

Chief of Police Garrity recalls that a few months ago he received a letter from Joseph Esposito, convict in the Joliet penitentiary, asking that search be instituted for his brother, Sabestano. Detective Sergt. Michael DeVitto was assigned to the case and succeeded in locating Esposito in a saloon in Chicago.

According to reports among Sabestano's intimates, he was suspected of participating in a recent robber of a wholesale liquor establishment.

--The Saturday Blade, Chicago, May 22, 1920, page 1.