Category Archives: Books and Authors

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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That Energetic Brown Fox

Posted on September 30, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 30, 1907Los AngelesWho says research can’t be any fun? I wonder what the WCTU would say about five dozen liquor jugs. Dr. J.Z. Quack? Not a reassuring name, is it?Bonus factoid: In French, it’s “Voyez le brique geant que … Continue reading →

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Loud Pipes Save Lives

Posted on September 28, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 28, 1907Los AngelesMembers of the Los Angeles Motorcycle Club have written to officials in support of a measure banning loud exhaust pipes on motorcycles.“The motorcycle club says that it has been making a direct crusade against open mufflers and … Continue reading →

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The Public Guardian

Posted on September 27, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 27, 1907Los AngelesRingling Bros. manager Charles Davis said farewell to Los Angeles, leaving $50 ($1,026.18 USD 2005) and some choice words for local authorities.Child welfare officer Robert W. Reynolds spent several days attending the circus to ensure that there … Continue reading →

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Disharmony

Posted on September 26, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 26, 1907Long Beach Marco Vessella, conductor of Long Beach’s Royal Italian Band, has had nothing but trouble with Special Officer W.D. Cason after firing him from his job as ticket taker. On one September evening, Vessella and a young … Continue reading →

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The Melancholy Prizefighter

Posted on September 25, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 25, 1907Los AngelesMeet Joe Gans, a boxer whose name once echoed among fans of the ring now buried in the dusts of sporting history. Gans may well have been one of the finest fighters whoever lived—among sportswriters, he inspired … Continue reading →

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Our Prolific Poets

Posted on September 24, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 24, 1907Los AngelesA First Day in Los AngelesRoving, roving, ever restless, driftingOn from strand to strand.Have I see the years slip by me,Seeking for the promised land.From the palm trees of Jamaica andThe Golden Spanish main.To the gray and … Continue reading →

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Take Me to the Water

Posted on September 23, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 23, 1907Los AngelesA crowd of 2,000—the faithful and the doubters—gathered at Echo Park Lake as black evangelist the Rev. J.L. Griffin prepared to baptize five believers in the cold water. Children climbed in the trees to get a better … Continue reading →

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Less Than Eternal Love

Posted on September 22, 2006 by lmharnisch

Less Than Eternal Love Sept. 22, 1907Los AngelesShe was 34 and a successful businesswoman. He was a 19-year-old bellboy at the Hollenbeck Hotel. Emma and George Lloyd were married and for a time were quite happy, with Emma running her … Continue reading →

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Not a Pretty Moment

Posted on September 21, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 21, 1907 Los Angeles It is one thing to know in the abstract about racial intolerance at the turn of the 20th century and quite another to have to read it in the daily paper. I will spare you … Continue reading →

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Everything Is Boiling

Posted on September 20, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 20, 1907Los AngelesFor weeks, Colorado mining investor John Geisel, 57, had confided in his diary as he felt his mind and his life coming unraveled “Good God,” he wrote, “for the first time today I began to fear that … Continue reading →

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El Grito

Posted on September 18, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 17, 1907Los AngelesMexican Independence Day was celebrated in a grand program sponsored by the Club Porfiro Diaz of Los Angeles at Turner Hall, 325 S. Main (demolished 1951), which was decorated with American and Mexican flags.“The exercises were begun … Continue reading →

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