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The Public Ledger
Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
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In Maysville, after saloons closed on July 1, people are drinking witch-hazel and lemon extract as alcohol substitutes, leading to daily drunks, arrests, and one death. Police find empty bottles regularly and cannot control sales from stores or bootlegging due to lack of laws.
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The Use of Witch-hazel and Extracts Is Becoming General in and Around Maysville and Officers Are Unable to Control Its Sale or Use.
Although one man has been killed by the use of witch-hazel as a drink in Maysville since the first of July when all saloons were closed, this object lesson does not seem to have been very effective on a great many drinkers in this section for most every day drunks are seen on the street and when arrests are made and the drunks are required to tell what they drank in the courts, they usually report that they were either drinking witch-hazel or lemon extract.
Police and night watchmen report finding empty pop bottles and empty extract bottles as well as empty quart bottles which smell of witch-hazel in door steps most every morning early when they are leaving their beats for home and the situation has become very serious in Maysville.
Witch-hazel is being sold in local hardware and harness stores at a very low price and it is even reported that there are ignorant men, who probably think there is a license attached to its sale, "bootlegging" witch-hazel on the quiet. There are no laws to touch the sale of either witch-hazel or extracts and the police have quite a job on their hands to handle the situation in which they now find themselves.
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Maysville
Event Date
Since The First Of July
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one man has been killed by the use of witch-hazel as a drink
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Although saloons closed on the first of July, drinkers in Maysville and surrounding areas continue using witch-hazel and lemon extract, resulting in daily drunks on streets and arrests where they admit to drinking these. Police find empty bottles smelling of witch-hazel each morning. Witch-hazel is sold cheaply in hardware and harness stores, and some bootleg it. No laws regulate their sale, making control difficult.