Jan. 25, 1908

Abbot Kinney is the target of 150 complaints about a tent city in Venice … Los Angeles County collects nearly a quarter-million dollars in taxes in one day, its highest record to date … Secondhand dealers — mostly Jews, The Times notes — are furious over items they bought at a warehouse sale of unclaimed boxes … Residents drink 40,000 quarts of milk a day — and use 16 tons of butter … The marital travails of a wandering barber … And someone has stolen a 250-pound cannon from 222 E. 29th.

 

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