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New York's Raines Law meant to crack down on drinking, but it instead gave rise to an industry of hotel brothels.
Blue laws banned saloons from selling alcoholic beverages on Sundays, but the Raines law of 1896 permitted hotels to do so. When saloon keepers responded by creating bedrooms, which were then used for prostitution, the Committee demanded inspections of premises to distinguish legitimate hotels from saloons.
John Raines. The Raines Liquor-Tax Law, The North American Review, Vol. 162, No. 473 (Apr., 1896), pp. 481-485. Frank B. Gilbert and Robert C. Cumming. The Liquor Tax Law of 1896: The Excise And Hotel Laws of the State of New York, As Amended to the Legislative Session of 1897. With Complete Notes, Annotations and Forms. Albany, N.Y.: M. Bender ...
Dorman, bar director and partner of Raines Law Room and Dear Irving bars, each with multiple locations, said customers were buying fewer expensive craft cocktails, priced between $26 and $40 ...
June 13 – Alpheus Felch, 5th Governor of Michigan from 1846 till 1847 and U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1847 to 1853 (born 1804) June 25 – Lyman Trumbull, U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1855 to 1873 (born 1813) July 1 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and author best known for the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (born 1811)
The Rev. Thomas De Witt Talmage called New York City the "modern Gomorrah" for allowing the Tenderloin to exist. Early in the 19th century, the major vice district had been located in what is now SoHo, called at the time "Hells' Hundred Acres", but as the city grew steadily northward, the theater district along Broadway and the Bowery moved uptown as well, as did the legitimate and ...
For large rooms up to 1,881 square feet – such as a family/living room, big kitchens, a dining area, foyer or basement – the Winix 5510 Air Purifier can clean the air in that space within an ...
The Purple Rose Theatre Company is a 501(c) non-profit regional theater located in Chelsea, Michigan.It was founded in 1991 [1] by actor and playwright Jeff Daniels. [2] Its name comes from the 1985 film The Purple Rose of Cairo, [3] which starred Daniels and for which he earned his first Golden Globe nomination.