Initially conceived as alternatives to bars and gambling houses for working men, the various libraries created by philanthropists were initially engineered toward industrial and mechanical arts.  In San Francisco, out of work miners might discover an aptitude for extracting riches of another sort from the land. The chess club is the oldest continuously running one in the country. They’ve a very nice staircase.
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Initially conceived as alternatives to bars and gambling houses for working men, the various libraries created by philanthropists were initially engineered toward industrial and mechanical arts.  In San Francisco, out of work miners might discover an aptitude for extracting riches of another sort from the land.

The chess club is the oldest continuously running one in the country.

They’ve a very nice staircase.

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