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That liquor is harmful to persons under twenty-one, but that the tavern, if approved, need not be kept away from the vicinity of Harvard or any other University, seems to be the consensus of opinion among the members of the Senate and House of Massachusetts. When interviewed yesterday State Senator Harry B. Putnam, who is active in liquor control work, said. "There is no harm in selling liquor to men over twenty-one, and since the liquor bill contains a provision prohibiting sale of liquor to anyone under this age, I see no reason why the tavern should...
...main trouble I see," said Representative Paul A. Dever of Cambridge, "is with girls. No one can tell how old they are nowadays. The tavern will not be harmful," continued Mr. Dever, "it will be an aid to temperance, and will keep the students away from the bad influence of speakeasies...
Other objections to the sale of alcohol presented by the Square merchants included a marked dislike of converting their places of business into liquor dispensaries, and the impossibility of handling the equipment necessary for operating such a tavern. The owners of one shop avowed too great an affection for Harvard boys to allow them to procure hard liquor in their tavern, thereby harming them. "I'd sooner shoof you than sell you any liquor," the manager said she had remarked to one student, adding that his replay had been, "Sell me the drink first and then shoot...
...blonde wife of a former transport pilot, Mrs. Kenyon received $5,000 and the title of champion airwoman. Not so good as Mrs. Kenyon at spot landings, but unsurpassed at aerobatics was an engaging young man named Felix William ("Bill") Zelcer, proprietor of Manhattan's famed White Horse Tavern. In his fast biplane with a picture of Felix the Cat painted on the side, Pilot Zelcer scored 590 points out of a possible 600 at stunting, won the men's title...
Manhattan's Daily Advertiser advertised the U. S.'s first panorama show (Jerusalem) in 1790, "at Lawrence Hyer's Tavern, between the Gaol and the Tea Water Pump; the sight is most brilliant by candlelight." The U. S. panorama fad reached its peak in the 1850's, faded fast...