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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 ...
Governor of Alabama: William C. Oates (until ... The New York State Legislature passes the Raines Law, restricting Sunday alcoholic beverage sales to hotels. April ...
Born Minnie Winifred Gleeson [1] on 9 February 1845 [2] in County Tipperary, Ireland, [4] her father, Thomas Gleeson, was reputed to be a landowning squire. [5] Gleim received a good education in England, including in the Romance languages.
Basin Street, New Orleans c.1909. Anderson's saloon is on the left and Hilma Burt's brothel is the adjacent building. The other buildings on the block are, left to right, the brothels of Diana & Norma, Lisette Smith, Minnie White, Josie Arlington (with rounded cupola), Martha Clarke (smaller older building), Lulu White's Mahogany Hall (with pointed cupola) and Lulu White's Saloon
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Belle Brezing was born Mary Belle Cox, the illegitimate daughter of Sarah Ann Cox.Sarah Cox was a dressmaker who also worked part-time as a prostitute. Sarah Cox subsequently married George Brezing, a saloon operative, grocer and alcoholic, in 1861, [3] whose name Belle adopted.