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"Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends" is a pun in the form of an antimetabole.It is recorded as a toast dating to at least the nineteenth century, [1] though it is often mistakenly attributed to the Irish painter Francis Bacon [2] (1909–1992) or the American musician Tom Waits (born 1949).
The Milwaukee News building (right in photo), built 1879, housed the Milwaukee Journal offices from 1885 to 1891. The Abstract Assn. building (left) was built in 1884. Both are clad in cream city brick, with form and styling typical of the period when they were built. [183] [184] 120: Milwaukee Normal School-Milwaukee Girls' Trade and Technical ...
The northern terminus of the M-Line is Burns Commons (Ogden Avenue at Prospect Avenue). From there, the line follows Ogden Avenue in both directions to Jackson Street, turns west on Kilbourn Avenue, then splits; southbound streetcars follow N. Broadway, while northbound streetcars follow N. Milwaukee Street. 0.575 miles (925 m) later, [14] two-way running resumes at E. St. Paul Avenue.
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By 1949, the Milwaukee rapid transit system was down to two interurban lines, running from the electric company's Public Service Building at 231 W. Michigan St. to Hales Corners and Waukesha.
The Milwaukee Road main line was completed between Milwaukee and Watertown in 1855. [1] The train's heritage dates to 1886, originating as a Madison–Milwaukee–Chicago intercity service. The corridor has had several of these trains throughout its history, but train 12 left Watertown at daybreak and arrived in Milwaukee before business hours.
Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the railroad became owned by the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, later known as the Milwaukee Road. In 1864, a new mainline with a shorter route was built between Milwaukee and Portage via Watertown, and by 1869, the Chestnut Street line had become an industrial branch line. [2]: 8
Owen's book Sir Francis Bacon's Cipher Story (1893-5) stated that Queen Elizabeth I was secretly married to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who fathered both Bacon and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, later ruthlessly executed by his own mother. [5] This was the basis for what became known as Prince Tudor theory. This secret history of the ...