Word: taverner
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...mountain regions of Greece, where old traditions die hard, a girl without a dowry has about as much chance of getting a husband as a girl without a nose. The birth of a boy to a poor family is celebrated in the tavern; baby girls are greeted with laments...
Trustless of their own experience, the Puritans had gotten best at minding other people's business. At the taverns, which followed the cows to Boston, the constable's duty was to see that nobody drank "more than was good for him." In time, however, some did, and the taverns caused various disturbances with England, including a war. In 1747, when a fire turned the General Court into a street, its members met at the Royal Exchange Tavern, where, later, the only duel ever to be fought on Boston Common was started...
Twenty years later, John L. Sullivan had come to Boston from Roxbury. At the advent of another tavern renaissance, society began its journey westward from Beacon Hill to Brook-line and finally to Wayland, Weston, and Wellesley. Since 1900 the biggest thing that has happened to Boston is Mayor Curley, and he is still happening. The sale of his library at Lauriat's a week ago started a near riot...
Downwind. In Jersey City, police got a phone tip from Kenneth Thompson, 21, of a tavern robbery by a "good-looking guy," confirmed the theft, tracked down handsome Tipster Kenneth Thompson...
Fighting Retreat. In Forward Township, Pa., when Prohibition-minded citizens compelled the three-tavern area to take a local-option vote on beer and spirits, citizens voted narrowly against the continued sale of beer but for the sale of hard liquor...