DCHP-3

licensed house†

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a hotel licensed to sell beer and liquor on complying with certain government regulations. See 1915 quote.

Quotations

1915
There was a licensed house in one of the small prairie towns, which complied with all the regulations; it had the required number of bedrooms; its windows were unscreened, the license fee was paid; the bartender was a total abstainer, and a member of the union; also said to he a man of good moral character; the proprietor regularly gave twenty-five dollars a year to the Children's Aid, and put up a cup to be competed for by the district hockey clubs.
1958
All the amenities were there, even "gamblers and courtesans, and strange to say, one of the latter keeps a licensed house."