• Whiskey in Moxie bottles and distributed in a box full of the famous nerve tonic was what was found at the restaurant thought to be run by Emile Marchand. Deputy Sheriffs Smith and Sabourin raided the place which is on the west side of Lower Lincoln street. They searched for sometime but finally found what they were looking for cleverly concealed. The stuff was beneath the counter.

• A large amount of sulphur is en route to Portland for Maine paper mills. The sulfur used now comes entirely from New Orleans, while formerly it was loaded at Girgenti, Sicily.

50 years ago, 1957

Forty-six cases of measles and chicken pox were reported to the Lewiston Health Department in the week that just ended. Reported were 30 cases of measles, including one of German measles, and 16 chicken pox cases. Most of the victims were children under 11 years old. The seven-day period also brought in reports of single cases of acute pneumonia, mumps, scarlet fever and strep throat. Dr. Wiseman, commenting on the rash of measles and chicken pox cases, said it does not constitute an epidemic.

25 years ago, 1982

There’s trouble in Video Game City – code books Memorize the manual, and you’ll get hours of playing time for just one quarter. More and more video buffs have been exchanging techniques for pattern playing, sending arcade owners, who grossed an estimated $5 billion last year, to the edge of financial hyper-space. Now the owners face a new problem – a growing number of best-selling paperbacks by video game wizards that serve as how-to manuals. “Of course it’s going to hurt business.” said Irving Tauve, co-owner of Manchester Music, a New Hampshire company that owns about 700 video games. “The longer a person plays on a quarter, the less quarters I get.”