14 days ago by Ian Randal Strock

On 24 October 1855, James Schoolcraft Sherman was born in upstate New York. He represented New York in the House of Representatives from 1887 to 1891, lost the election of 1890, and then won again in 1892, serving another eight terms. In 1908 he was elected Vice President on William Howard Taft's ti ...

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180 days ago by Ian Randal Strock

On 11 May 1852, in Unionville Center, Ohio, Charles Warren Fairbanks was born. In 1874, after graduating law school, he was admitted to the bar in Ohio, and then moved to Indianapolis, Indiana. He became a railroad financier, and served as counsel to millionaire Jay Gould. In 1896, Fairbanks was ele ...

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227 days ago by brianhey

Here’s the press release from Victory Gardens: VICTORY GARDENS ANNOUNCES 2009-2010 SEASON 37th season kicks off with two overlapping Ignition Festival premieres, one in Victory Gardens’ new 2nd floor Studio Theatre, and ends with Kevin Anderson and Francis Guinan in newest work by Joel Drake Johnson ...

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