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Im fara eelliott. Were in one of the oldest parts of the capitols house wing. We call it the new house wing, but it was really built in 1857. And this spot is an ideal place to talk about Historic Events in the capitol and the artifacts that we have in the collection that matt and i work with and interpret all the time. Zb so today we want to tell you about the history of the house page program. It has a history going back to the early 1800s. We dont actually know when the first pages served in the house. The tradition of having messengers and a page is simply a messenger, an errand runner. In...

Im matthew wasniewski, a historian of the house of representatives. Im farar elliott, a curator. We are here in the historic space. The ceremonial office, one of the oldest parts of the capitols house wing. There was built in 1857. This spot is an ideal place to talk about Historic Events in the capitol. In the artifacts we have in the collection that matt and i interpret all the time. We want to tell you about the history of the house page program, which is a history going back to the early 1800s. We dont actually know when the first pages served in the house. The tradition of having messenge...

How fractious the chamber is. And there are several folks in here yelling to be heard, trying to make their point, and right in the front theres a little page, and he is looking towards where some of the yelling is going on, and he is silhouetted. And one of the things he is there for is so we know, oh, confusion as to why this is happening is part of whats going on here. This isnt regular. According it might well be regular, but according to the London Illustrated news, this is unusual because its unlike what theyre used to. That moves along often. A few years later in 1869 Thaddeus Stevens i...

Now. In reading, twomile visibility there. Not an issue for blue bell, and doylestown is fine and pocono mountains seeing the worst of it this morning and just gotten a bit better there from mt. Pocono and now half a mile visibility and it was down to half a mile at northeast philadelphia at the airport and now fivemile visibility. The fog has already cleared out there. Theres still a chance and temperatures cool and see more spots of fog pop up. 66 degrees right now and the temperatures will be popping up during the day and be in the low 70s and goodbye fog at 9 00 and lots of sunshine, breez...

Monopolies whos in control . With the help of our economic analyst richard gill well find out on this edition of economics usa. Im david schoumacher. We like to think of our economy as one that runs on competition. For instance, we can choose the brand ofasoline we buy. If one station sets its prices too high thene can simplygo across the stet for a lower price. If enough drivers pass the highprice station by, sooner or later it goes out of business. Of course, if in order to attract business a station sets its prices too low and cant cover costs, sooner or later itll go out of business, too. ...