Late City Edition · Two Cents

The Granite State Evening Dispatch

June 9, 1923Manchester, New Hampshire

BV–23–019 · Special report

Whispers Along the Merrimack

Federal agents watch the north road while Manchester’s private rooms remain undisturbed.

Cases bearing Canadian marks were seized north of the city yesterday, renewing talk that imported spirits have been moving through Manchester by motor and rail. Officials declined to connect the seizure to any establishment within the city.

Three informants nevertheless named a private club called The Black Veil. One placed it near the river, another behind a Canal Street warehouse, and a third above an Elm Street business. None agreed on the entrance.

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Historical black-and-white photograph looking along Elm Street in Manchester, New Hampshire, circa 1908
ELM STREET · Manchester, N.H., circa 1908 · this image does not depict The Black Veil
Warm roomsFurnished · respectable · West Side
Repair while you waitClocks · typewriters · small machinery
Last streetcarConsult the winter schedule