<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18882"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT color=#008080 face="Times New Roman">Good sleuthing Michael. Looks like you were on the right track from the start!</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT color=#008080 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT color=#008080 face="Times New Roman">Kate</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT color=#008080 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #008080 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mjnrootdig@gmail.com href="mailto:mjnrootdig@gmail.com">Michael John Neill</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">APG APG Public</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 19, 2010 7:22 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [APG Public List] Sample room in 1870s St. Louis</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Thanks for all the suggestions on a "sample room." I'm going with the idea that it was some type of drinking establishment, perhaps even associated with the apparent brewery this gentleman had at some point in time. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Found a very interesting mechanics lien for the proprietor of the sample room when he and his partner didn't pay completely for the beer cave they had built in the 1860s. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Michael<BR>------------------------------------<BR>Michael John Neill<BR>Weekly How-to Column Casefile Clues<BR><A href="http://www.casefileclues.com">http://www.casefileclues.com</A><BR></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P><BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <BR>Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2697 - Release Date: 02/19/10 07:34:00<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>