Category Archives: Comics

Matt Weinstock, Dec. 19, 1959

Posted on December 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  On Eucalyptus Trees     On a distinct hill, eucalyptus trees are things of beauty, particularly to roving artists, who depict them standing as graceful sentinels against the sky.  Up close as in your backyard, phooey!  In a strong wind … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 14, 1959

Posted on December 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

Rubbish Crisis A frantic call came into the county sanitation office recently from Redondo Beach.  A resident there, in placing some discarded clothing in a rubbish disposal bin, had included an old shoe containing $5,000.     "Don't let them cover … Continue reading →

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How to Spoil a Husband

Posted on December 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Dec. 14, 1919: Dorothy Dix writes, Have you ever noticed this strange domestic phenomenon – that  all the good women seem to get the mean husbands and all the mean women appear to get the good husbands? Virtue apparently … Continue reading →

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Book Store Owners Arrested for Selling Radical Literature

Posted on December 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

“Oh, Man!” by Clare Briggs.   Unfortunately, Google maps street view is a little broken at the moment. The area of the Red International Book Shop, 508 S. Maple, is here. Dec. 13, 1919: The Times publishes three stories about … Continue reading →

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December 12, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on December 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Phone Troubles This week, as indignant citizens protested to the State Public Utilities Commission that they were being billed for phone calls they didn’t make, a young woman recently married, asked to have phone service started in the apartment where … Continue reading →

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LoCigno Arraigned in Whalen Killing

Posted on December 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Darryl Kemp’s prints are found in Marjorie Hipperson’s apartment. “Yes, I’ll Leave Now!”   Dmitri Shostakovich gives some lumps to Louis Armstrong and Leonard Bernstein. Now you know what a Shamash is. A robe is $55 at Oviatt’s – that’s … Continue reading →

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Publicist Dies in Fall From Alexandria Hotel

Posted on December 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

“Somebody Is Always Taking the Joy Out of Life” by Clare Briggs. Dec. 12, 1919: Publicist Albee Smith had a big story, but nobody ever found out what it was.

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Cost of Living at a Historic High

Posted on December 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

   “Oh, Man – and Woman!” by Clare Briggs April 3, 1920: Former bank executive Frank A. Vanderlip says the American economy is unsound. "Unrestrained extravagance is our national keynote, and the capital of the smaller capitalists, when it isn't … Continue reading →

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December 9, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on December 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Dialing Chessman Francois de Montfort, correspondent for Ici Paris, is in Hollywood having a look at the movie making.  As he arrived on the set of “Strangers When We Meet” to interview Kim Novak the other day, he told publicist … Continue reading →

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Boy Kills Mother, Wounds Stepfather in ‘Dream’

Posted on December 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Dec. 8, 1959: A teenager kills his mother and wounds his stepfather during what he calls a bad dream.   Edna Fisher, 38, was killed and Donald Fisher, 28, was injured. Dec. 9, 1959: Edgar Lee Cox was suspended from … Continue reading →

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The Complicated Geometry of the Eternal Triangle

Posted on December 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

“When a Feller Needs a Friend” by Clare Briggs Dec. 8, 1919: To help raise money for Liberty Loans during World War I, a fundraising campaign was begun in which an engaged couple would win furniture, linens and other items … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 5, 1959

Posted on December 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

      Television Judge     Three days a week Edgar Allen Jones Jr. rushes from UCLA, where he is a law prof, to ABC-TV studio, where he puts on a robe and becomes Judge Edgar Allen Jr. of the program … Continue reading →

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December 4, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on December 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

Half a century hasn’t dulled the tragedy of these Christmas stories. Start With People and Where Are You?  Top public relations executives took a long, searching look at themselves and what they referred to as “continuing attacks” on their work … Continue reading →

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Hole in Brain Doesn’t Kill

Posted on December 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

  “That Guiltiest Feeling” by Clare Briggs A man of mystery tries to kill himself … and a husband tries to divorce a wife who believes in free love.    Dec. 4, 1919: Movie star William Stowell and Dr. Joseph … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Dec. 3, 1959

Posted on December 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

  The Mirror brings out an extra on killing of Jack “the Enforcer” Whalen.   Google maps’ street view of 13359 Ventura Blvd., site of Rondelli's restaurant. On the Togetherness of Police, Pawnshops     Today's lesson is how to have … Continue reading →

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Man Kidnaps Daughter’s Playmate

Posted on December 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

  “The Days of Real Sport” by Clare Briggs   Dec. 3, 1919: J.C. [or J.T.] Christian is accused of running off to Calexico with a 13-year-old girl who was his daughter's playmate. The Times not only names a minor … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 2, 1959

Posted on December 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oath Era     Harvard and Yale, you may have read, withdrew recently from the federal student loan program in protest over the required loyalty oath.  Their action meant a substantial sacrifice, involving more than $500,000.  It also brought into … Continue reading →

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December 1, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on December 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

A Lucky Man  Lee Shippey sat smiling at a table in the Broadway Department Store yesterday, chatting with friends and autographing copies of his new book, his 11th, “The Luckiest Man Alive.”  Lee, a glowing, healthy 76, means himself.  The … Continue reading →

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Men in Blue Auto Sought in Attempted Kidnappings

Posted on November 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

“Somebody Is Always Taking the Joy Out of Life” by Clare Briggs. Nov. 29, 1919: For the fourth time in a month, two men in a blue car have tried to kidnap Mrs. Blanche Fisher, 2343 Scarff St., while she … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 27, 1959

Posted on November 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Another panel you'll never see in the legacy sitcom version of "Peanuts." Dog's Day in the Sun     Inasmuch as the subject was brought up here, it's only fair that we have a final report on Glenn Shahan's miniature … Continue reading →

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