Category Archives: 1907

History Deals a Deadly Hand

Posted on May 12, 2006 by lmharnisch

May 12, 1907 We’ve been having fun all week with the Shriners, parading around in their costumes, engaging in peculiar rites and pondering silly questions like “What Makes the Wildcat Wild?” Then in a moment, a train wreck at Honda … Continue reading →

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A Poem for La Fiesta de los Flores

Posted on May 7, 2006 by lmharnisch

John Steven McGroarty, The Times columnist and staff poet, offered this tribute to the annual La Fiesta de los Flores, which coincided with the national Shriners convention.The fiesta featured four parades of vehicles decorated with electric lights. The Times described … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Dining

Posted on May 2, 2006 by lmharnisch

Nicholas “Nick” Schwegel (sometimes misspelled Schwegal), the city’s new restaurant inspector, issued a report to the Board of Health that left officials sick to their stomachs—so ill, in fact, that one board member asked that the report be tabled until … Continue reading →

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Pigs’ Feet

Posted on April 25, 2006 by lmharnisch

Anthony Kallan likes pigs’ feet more than he cares for his wife and proved it by kicking her out of the house because she refused to cook his favorite meal for dinner—a day before their baby was to be born.Kallan, … Continue reading →

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An Early Bodybuilder

Posted on April 5, 2006 by lmharnisch

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DnAAAAOmWu2sud1VVl3pCqNRi0yVs9uVPEHGIIpdoFYikpTvo5K0T7y6diVw_gVaL1ZKfzJhcbVvM52UGiDdO74CFNUOKontIOkOzQ8ceAoooptlyJxnq39lDzjABsLT_whxDtpJqcSi1xIFxbaQioMeXDnqSQ2R8DZ79ql9aJ8j_HSqbtln7WqPsD4azEJJodQ-jUE92ywi6d6O7IrfkF2_DUqM%26sigh%3DU2eJYd8AM_M83DkR2lx8gjvDN9Y%26begin%3D0%26len%3D47947%26docid%3D-6427214334119429675&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3D1e55d08e89660dc9%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1144246772%26sigh%3D3uz2X1klMv8QwbZFtXO9MvRPnKo&playerId=-6427214334119429675 In a 1907 article in the Los Angeles Times, Eugen Sandow offers this advice to women seeking to retain their youthful appearance, noting:“At first I thought it might seem that for a woman to look only 25 years old … Continue reading →

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A Page From Dickens

Posted on March 23, 2006 by lmharnisch

For some time, the teachers at the Casco Street School had been concerned about the pupils from the nearby Christian Orphanage. But finally the problems became too great to ignore.“One small boy, an especial pet and a delicate child, was … Continue reading →

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Bright Young Faces

Posted on March 18, 2006 by lmharnisch

“Who was the first man?” asked the teacher of an American boy.“Washington,” was the reply. He was reminded of Adam and observed: “Yes, if you count foreigners.”Henrietta B. Freeman paid a call on a schoolroom somewhere in Los Angeles in … Continue reading →

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Elijah Washington

Posted on March 17, 2006 by lmharnisch

Elijah Washington died because he didn’t like being called a six-letter word for black people.And a San Bernardino jury decided that Tough Webster had done nothing wrong in killing him, even though Webster’s friends said the slaying was unjustified.On Oct. … Continue reading →

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1907: In Which We Begin

Posted on March 15, 2006 by lmharnisch

As I began to write my grand opening about Los Angeles in 1907, I felt a ghostly hand pluck ever so gently at my sleeve. “Promise me, dear boy, you’ll remember to say that women couldn’t vote in 1907.” “Yes, … Continue reading →

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