Monthly Archives: October 2006

A Foul Wind Blows Over Boyle Heights

Posted on October 12, 2006 by lmharnisch

A Foul Wind Blows Over Boyle HeightsOct. 12, 1907Los AngelesAfter repeated complaints to police because half a dozen dead dogs had laid in the streets for two weeks,  the health department tried to charge C.T. Hanson, who held the contract for … Continue reading →

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Death of a Millionaire

Posted on October 11, 2006 by lmharnisch

Oct. 11,1907Los AngelesPerhaps John Bryson’s early life was something out of Horatio Alger, but the death of the Los Angeles developer and self-made millionaire could have easily been taken from the pages of Charles Dickens.Born in Lancaster, Pa., in 1819 … Continue reading →

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The Want Ads

Posted on October 10, 2006 by lmharnisch
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The Confidence Woman

Posted on October 9, 2006 by lmharnisch

Oct. 9, 1907Los AngelesShe was known as Trellis C. Harris or Trellis Blessing—or Edna Hall. But her method was always the same. She would commit some theft, then fake an epileptic fit, spitting up blood from a capsule hidden in … Continue reading →

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White Croaker

Posted on October 8, 2006 by lmharnisch

Oct. 8, 1907Los AngelesHealth officials and a deputy district attorney have joined to urge the Board of Supervisors to ban fishing within a half-mile of the city’s Hyperion line that pours sewage into Santa Monica Bay.“It is claimed that the … Continue reading →

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The Curious Dreamer

Posted on October 5, 2006 by lmharnisch

Oct. 5, 1907Los AngelesHilliard Stricklin is a man with an urgent desire to do something for his fellow African Americans. He says that he came to Los Angeles from Chattanooga, Tenn., about 1895 with a few dollars in his pocket, … Continue reading →

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On the Frontiers of Medicine

Posted on October 2, 2006 by lmharnisch

Oct. 2, 1907Los AngelesIf you have back problems, you might try this method, used by “Dr.” Thomas H. Storey, an unlicensed chiropractor : Have the patient lie down with his head on one chair and his knees on another. Then … Continue reading →

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Bob Belden, Black Dahlia, "Genesis"

Posted on October 1, 2006 by lmharnisch
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Bob Belden, Black Dahlia

Posted on October 1, 2006 by lmharnisch
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