Perhaps the most instructive, as it certainly is one of the most interesting motion pictures which have ever been shown at The Nickel, formerly Keith’s, since its opening is that entitled “Whale Fishing” which is the top liner of the present week. At first the lookout is seen climbing the shrouds to the “crow’s nest” at the mast head, to keep his watch for the blowing of a whale. The whale is sighted and then is shown the harpoon gun being loaded for the prey. The whole process is full of intense interest and the picture is certain to be one of the most popular ever shown.

50 years ago, 1957

Should – and could – beer and ale commercials be banned from Maine TV screens? A legislative bill in Augusta would – legally, anyway – was defended as “wholly proper” and assailed as “discriminatory” unworkable and “inconsistent” before the Judiciary Committee. The bill was filed by Rep. Bruce (R-Buxton) because, he said, he became “terrifically annoyed at watching ball games and being told every two or three minutes to go out to the ice box and get a cold bottle of beer.”

25 years ago, 1982

One of Maine’s oldest and largest food-processors is selling its blueberry factories and agricultural holdings in eastern Maine to a Canadian firm for more than $2.7 million. A.L. Stewart and Sons Co. is selling its assets east of the Penobscot River to Oxford Frozen Foods Ltd. of Nova Scotia, according to the Bangor Daily News. The Stewart firm, based in Portland, has processed blueberries and vegetables since 1868. The company and Jasper Wyman and Sons Co. of Cherryfield have been Maine’s major processors of blueberries through the century.

Mount St. Helens in Vancouver, Wash. erupted sending what was believed to be a cloud of ash 45,000 feet into the air, the National Weather Service said. The service spotted the cloud on radar.