ALFRED LUCKING A Representative from Michigan; born in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, December 18, 1856; moved with his parents to Ypsilanti, Mich., in 1858; attended the public schools, the Ypsilanti High School, and the Michigan State Normal College at Ypsilanti; was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1878; was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in Jackson, Mich.; moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1880 and continued the practice of law; temporary chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1900 and was both temporary and permanent chairman of the State conventions in 1902, 1908, and 1924; permanent chairman in 1928; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in Detroit, Mich.; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1912; general counsel for the Ford Motor Co. and the Henry Ford interests from 1914 to 1923; president of the Detroit-Vancouver Timber Co.; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924; died in Detroit, Mich., on December 1, 1929; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery - Detroit Michigan

PFEIFFER BREWERY Very RARE Detroit beer bottle. This is one of the earliest beer bottles from the Pfeiffer Brewery in Detroit Michigan. One of only two known excaved in the area about 8 years ago. Dark amber glass, 9 1/4 inches tall. High embossing on a round slug plate shows a monogram and "Conrad Pfeiffer Detroit Mich" Blown in mold type, with a fall through blob top. Smooth base. Stopper, liner and bail all in good condition. Bottle has some nice larger bubbles. Two small stone bruises below the embossing, they are smooth to the touch and show no radiation. Dated to around 1889-1890's. Detroit brewania at it's best. Source: Worthopedia