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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Nov 9, 2023, 06:34 AM Nov 2023

On this day, November 9, 1853, architect Stanford White was born.

Architect Stanford White was #BornOnThisDay, Nov. 9, 1853. In 1906, White (age 52) was shot & killed by Harry Thaw, over the alleged rape of Thaw's wife, actress Evelyn Nesbit; resulting in Thaw's murder trial, dubbed by the press as "The Trial of the Century" #RIP #GoneTooSoon







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On this day, November 9, 1853, architect Stanford White was born. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 OP
What a beautiful woman Rastapopoulos Nov 2023 #1
A central peripheral character in the novel "Ragtime," the only 'pro-peace' novel I've ever read . . . Journeyman Nov 2023 #2

Journeyman

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2. A central peripheral character in the novel "Ragtime," the only 'pro-peace' novel I've ever read . . .
Thu Nov 9, 2023, 05:03 PM
Nov 2023

Lots of anti-war novels, very few pro-peace. Ragtime stands alone in its advocacy of measures we could use to ensure peace if we would but avail ourselves. Well worth reading.

I loved E.L. Doctorow's description of "the trial of the Century":

"The press called it 'the trial of the Century.' But Emma Goldman knew it was only 1906 and there were 94 years to go."
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