Thursday, 6 November 2014

Some folks would do anything to get a drink...

During BC's  official Prohibition from 1917 to 1921 the only legal drinks one could get over the counter was "near beer" which a much weaker product than the regular stuff.  For those who desired stronger spirits, they had better be in good with their doctors as it could be obtained with a prescription on an official British Columbia government form:


But one fellow decided he wanted to speed things up, as evidenced in the following article printed on this day back in 1919, in The Colonist newspaper of Victoria:

---courtesy of  British Colonist Online  1858 - 1920
University of Victoria

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