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September 30, 1886: ‘An Orgie Such as Even the Most Salacious Pen of Ancient Rome Never Dared Describe’

Posted on September 30, 2026 by lmharnisch

Sept. 30, 1886: The Times describes an all-night “orgie” in the apartments over Eckert’s saloon involving Walter S. Moore, running for secretary of state, three other men and “four common prostitutes.” By morning, Moore was trying to rouse the waiter to get a photographer ‘for an obscene purpose.’ Continue reading →

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Sept. 30, 1886: ‘An Orgie Such as Even the Most Salacious Pen of Ancient Rome Never Dared Describe’

Posted on June 17, 2018 by lmharnisch

Sept. 30, 1886: We decided to dig out the original quote from Joe Mozingo’s history of the Los Angeles Times in Sunday’s paper. And let it be said that the editorial pages of frontier newspapers were not known for their … Continue reading →

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