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  2. San Antonio Sporting District - Wikipedia

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    Because of the area's size a "Blue Book" was published as a tourist guide for visitors. [1] [7] The 1911–1912 edition listed 106 vice entertainment venues as well as many other businesses. [1] In contrast to the relatively raucous red-light districts in other parts of the country, San Antonio's was known for being relatively subdued and ...

  3. Mulligan's - Wikipedia

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    The first Mulligan's was established on Thomas Street, Dublin in 1782. [2] The Mulligan family moved their business to several different premises, before leasing the present building in 1854 at 8/9 Poolbeg Street, Dublin 2. [1] Mick Smyth bought the pub from John Mulligan in 1932.

  4. Frédéric Dard - Wikipedia

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    Frédéric Dard wrote 175 adventures of San-Antonio, of which millions of copies were sold. [citation needed] Detective Superintendent Antoine San-Antonio is a kind of French James Bond without gadgets, flanked by two colleagues, the old, sickly but wise inspector César Pinaud and the gargantuesque inspector Alexandre-Benoît Bérurier.

  5. Herbert M. Shelton - Wikipedia

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    San Antonio, Texas: Dr. Shelton's Health School. OCLC 32372334 Also available from SoilandHealth.org. Shelton, Herbert M. (1934). The Hygienic System, Vol. III: Fasting and Sun Bathing for Healing Disease. Chicago, Illinois: Natural Hygiene Press. OCLC 8413951. Archived from the original on February 22, 2011

  6. San Antonio Public Library - Wikipedia

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    The Central Library is a 240,000-square-foot (22,000 m 2), six-story structure that opened in 1995 in Downtown San Antonio. [2] It is easily recognized by its bright-colored, striking "Mexican Modernist" design. The primary color of the building's exterior is popularly referred to by San Antonians as "Enchilada Red." [3]

  7. Joe McKinney (author) - Wikipedia

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    His first Young Adult publication, Dog Days, was released in 2013 as part of Journalstone's Doubledown Series, Book III, paired with Sanford Allen's Deadly Passage. Noted as a coming of age novel, Max, the 14-year-old narrator of Dog Days , spends the summer of 1983 facing the worst hurricane the suburbs of Houston have endured in memory, as ...

  8. History of vice in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Due to the area's size, a "Blue Book" was published as a tourist guide for visitors. The 1911-1912 edition listed 106 vice entertainment venues as well as many other businesses. [43] An unusual facet of San Antonio's red-light district compared to other cities was the lack of segregation in this area. [77]

  9. HemisFair '68 - Wikipedia

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    HemisFair '68 was the official 1968 World's Fair (or International Exposition) held in San Antonio, Texas, from April 6 through October 6, 1968.Local businessman and civic leader, Jerome K. Harris Sr., [1] coined the name HemisFair and conceived the idea for the fair, hoping it would unite all the cultures that comprise San Antonio and solidify the city's reputation as a cultural and historic ...