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world of the gilded age, and especially the lives of larz and isabel anderson. is the first full length publication on the couple, an important addition to our understanding of the andersons. why studied them? they will never be household names. the person never ascended into the ranks of the carnegies with the vanderbilts, but through their lives we get a well-documented window into our nation s character and history as it charged into the modern world of the 20th century. we get an especially vibrant view of the nation s capital, where the andersons were among the most important residents during the gilded age. for more, let me turn it over to our speaker. [applause] mr. moskey: thank you emily for that introduction. i want to thank emily and the entire staff at the society of cincinnati for hosting me and many visits to the library and archives for almost six years. i almost feel like this is a homecoming for me. it is a pleasure to be here in the home by larz ande ....
heiress and society wife. exploring her full life and her husband s as the partnership it was is the focus of tonight s talk. mr. moskey writes on the period between the civil war and world war ii. and the great depression. as a resident of washington dc, he has thrown himself into the world of the gilded age, and especially the lives of larz and isabel anderson. his new book is the first full length publication on the couple, an important addition to our understanding of the andersons. but why study them? they will never make it into your history textbooks and have never been household names, then or now. the andersons never ascended into the ranks of the carnegies or the vanderbilts, but through their lives we get a well-documented window into our nation s character and history as it charged into the modern world of the 20th century. we get an especially vibrant view of the nation s capital, where the andersons were among the most important residents during the gilded ....
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have been killed in zimbabwe, poisoned with cyanide. the death tell from an earthquake in pakistan has gone up to 327. rescuers are struggling to help thousands of people who s homes have collapsed. emergency aid has started arriving in many places. here is more. reporter: this is what remains of many villages in the district. houses platened and hundreds of inhabitants wounded. it was the epicenter of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake. translator: everybody was destroyed. translator: we took out some bodice and some injuries, but there are no facilities here. translator: we don t know how many are dead. half of our families are gone. reporter: it was a few hours before the injured or dead could be moved to hospitals. reporter: the earthquake has also severely affected the communications system in the area. and the relief workers are also facing difficulties to reach out to the survivors, and it takes at it hours from the capitol to each the district. repor ....
inland, we re into the 90s today. even a hotter tomorrow. katie? thank you, lisa. developing news, investigators believe a gas heater may be to blame for one-alarm fire that destroyed a home in union city this morning. the fire broke out around 4:20 at a home on eighth street. authorities say neighbor saw the home on fire and called police, one person was inside at the time. but he managed to get out safely. crews were able to knock down the fire within 20 minutes and there were no injuries. new this morning, firefighters are investigating the cause of a vegetation fire that burned 100 acres in the east bay. it started at solano and sasoon avenues in bay point after 12:30 and the fire quickly grew. crews were able to get the flames under control at 5:00 a.m., no word on what started the fire. but there were no injuries there. police in the east bay are putting together a task force, after several violent attacks by large groups of teenagers. it s called wilding an ....