Category Archives: Books and Authors

In Which a Ghostly Visitor Returns

Posted on March 15, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This post and the next were the finales of my crawl through 1907. Keep on reading because we will circle around with posts from 2006. March 15, 2007 Los Angeles “Well, dear boy, I suppose you thought you were … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 41 — The Whole Nine Yards

Posted on March 14, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H.Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe is using the “Laura” format in … Continue reading →

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March 14, 1907: A Now-Forgotten ‘Carmen’ Passes Through L.A.

Posted on March 14, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 14, 1907 Los Angeles Harry C. Carr, future author of “Los Angeles: City of Dreams,” visits Fely Dereyne, who is starring in the San Carlo Opera Company’s touring production of “Carmen.” … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 39 — Aiding and Abetting

Posted on March 12, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. The original post had ads that, as you can imagine, don’t work 12 years later, so they have been deleted. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The … Continue reading →

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March 12, 1907: Brave War Dog Killed by Speeding Car

Posted on March 12, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 12, 1907 Whittier Don had rushed up San Juan Hill with the Rough Riders, fearless in the face of enemy fire. But he could not survive a speeding driver on the … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles Has No History

Posted on March 11, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 24, 1907 Los Angeles Google Earth, 2007

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March 10, 1907: Religious Leader Last Words ‘I Will Return in 1,000 Years’

Posted on March 10, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 10, 1907 Los Angeles Someone who opened the Los Angeles Times on this Sunday might be forgiven for wondering what had become of the world, for Page 1 was full of … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 37 — Mystery Woman

Posted on March 9, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe has begun with the butchered, … Continue reading →

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March 9, 1907: Man Says It’s Worth a $25 Fine to Beat His Wife

Posted on March 9, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 9, 1907 Los Angeles The Insanity Begins Led by I. Newerf and J.B. Dudley, the automobile owners of Los Angeles are fighting a new city ordinance that bans parking within 40 … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 36 — Bust of a Man

Posted on March 8, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I have been blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” At this point in … Continue reading →

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March 8, 1907: Streetcar Conductor Beats Wagon Driver With Crowbar for Blocking Tracks

Posted on March 8, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 8, 1907 Los Angeles

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March 7, 1907: Veterinarian Goes on Violent Rampage

Posted on March 7, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 7, 1907 Los Angeles A dreadful disease called acute glanders has been discovered in a horse and veterinarian R.J. Ramage ordered that the animal be destroyed immediately. In addition to rapidly … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 34 — Limbo

Posted on March 6, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” At the moment we’re enmeshed in … Continue reading →

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March 6, 1907: Actress Drinks Beer in S.F. Play; Irish Besiege Theater

Posted on March 6, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 6, 1907 San Francisco (VIA Associated Press) The Irish of San Francisco are furious over a play at the Davis Theater called “The Belle of Avenue A,” which features a character … Continue reading →

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March 5, 1907: Monrovia Woman Defies Family, Marries Chinese Man and Moves to Hong Kong

Posted on March 5, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 5, 1907 Los Angeles What shall we do with Emma? She’s gone off to New Mexico and married a Chinaman. Her horrified mother hopes to get the marriage annulled, but Emma … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 32 — Foxy Grandpa

Posted on March 4, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” We’re at the part of the … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 31 — Phoning It In

Posted on March 3, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” So far we have seen very … Continue reading →

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March 3, 1907: L.A. Public Library Welcomes Young Readers

Posted on March 3, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 3, 1907 Los Angeles Stroll into the Los Angeles Public Library on Central Avenue with me for a moment, over to the children’s section. The librarian says there are about 15,000 … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 30 — Tick, Tick, Tick

Posted on March 2, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Page 39 We’re blogging Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Yesterday, one sentence. Today, let’s try to double that, eh? … Continue reading →

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Page 1 News

Posted on March 2, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 2, 1907 Los Angeles

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