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Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
That was probably from Storeyville in New Orleans. They created the advertisements that you see. The most important one was called "The Blue Book". Inside were listed houses, described girls and services, music was available in each house, and it was a place to find any color girl. It was created in 1897 and ended in 1917 when the navy secretary used federal authority to force New Orleans to close it down. Should I add that Josephus Daniels was a hardcore democrat, racist, and puritan?
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Gotta make everything political.