Subject: More on LATX bi-state building<br/>
Date: Aug 10, 2003 @ 03:55<br/>
Author: Lowell G. McManus (&quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1683863217">I just thought to search for &quot;Bethany&quot; in THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS ONLINE, a<br/>
prestigious encyclopedia of 23,000 scholarly articles on everything Texan (<br/>
www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ ).<br/>
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In the article &quot;Bethany, Texas (Panola County),&quot; it is stated:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; One of the stores, bisected by the state line, was built in 1889 by a<br/>
 </span></blockquote>barkeeper who wanted to take advantage of the differences in state laws; in half<br/>
of the store drinking was legal, in the other gambling was legal.<br/>
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Lowell G. McManus<br/>
Leesville, Louisiana, USA</div>