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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.
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 ...
John Raines (May 6, 1840, in Geneva, Ontario County, New York – December 16, 1909, in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He authored the 1896 Raines Law , which prohibited liquor sales on Sundays, except in hotels, which had the unintended consequence of fostering prostitution .
John Raines (1840–1909), New York politician, namesake of the Raines law; Matthew Raines (born 1982), Pathologist and U.S. Air Force officer; Ron Raines (born 1949), American actor and musician; Ronald T. Raines (born 1958), American chemical biologist; Steve Raines (1916–1996), American actor and stuntman; Thomas Raines (1842–1924), New ...
Welcome to QB Room, Charles Robinson's weekly quarterback-centric NFL column at Yahoo Sports. (Joseph Raines/Yahoo Sports) With that in mind, I wanted to push aside all the factors that Warren was ...
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 ...
Dem. Reps. Ayana Pressley and Cori Bush called for Biden to commute the death sentences of those on federal death row in a press conference Tuesday.
Mattie Silks arrived in Georgetown, Colorado in 1875. There, she a met a man by the name of George or Casey Silks. Sources are unclear as to whether Mattie married Mr. Silks or lived with him as a common law wife; Collins is of the opinion that at the very least Mattie and Silks lived together as common law husband and wife for a couple of ...