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"Tell the General that at his age, an occasional drink might do him some good."
- Gen. William Sherman in a telegram congratulating Neal Dow on his 90th birthday. Dow, who died at age 97 in Portland on this date in 1897, was the father of Prohibition in Maine. Commanding the "Temperance" regiment, he served with Sherman during the Civil War.
(Source: "The Civil War," Greater Portland magazine, Summer 1982. Portland: Greater Portland Chamber of Commerce)

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