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French Lick Springs Hotel |
1905 |
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8670 West Indiana Ave., Route 56 |
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French Lick, IN 47432 |
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The following several articles show the relationship between chips and politics in 1906. Also see NY Times article further down the | ||||||||||||||
page. At the bottom of the page is a neat ad for the French Lick Springs Hotel showing Thomas Taggart as president. | ||||||||||||||
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The chips were taken in a July 3,
1906 raid. Following is from the New York Times, 4 July 1906.
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Aside from chips, note that a NYC policeman used his nightstick "freely" on the acting mayor's son. | ||||||||||||||
Advertisement below is from 1905. Note the president, Thomas Taggart. | ||||||||||||||
Taggart convinced the Monon Railroad to build a spur directly to the hotel | An old matchbook. Screw on bottle indicates | |||||||||||||
grounds with daily passenger service to Chicago("On the Monon Route"). | matchbook dated much later than years of the chip. | |||||||||||||