Category Archives: Comics

November 13, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on November 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

The End Is in Sight Bravely ignoring the tear-inducing smog which was seeping in through the woodwork, the gentlemen of the copy desk yesterday, between, editions, went into their daily seminar titled “Whither Drifteth?”  Their despondent conclusion, delivered to my … Continue reading →

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November 12, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on November 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Serious Slapstick As you may have read, that was quite a comedy of errors the other night in the little city of Cypress in Orange County. On a tip that Louis Ross Lord, 35, road camp escapee, was there, two … Continue reading →

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Cops Pose as Beatniks to Catch Drug Suspects

Posted on November 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Like, dig the crazy berets on the fuzz, daddy-o! One New York detective even wrote poetry to fit in with the beats! Jack Webb’s cult classic about the newspaper business is about to open.   Los Angeles Times file photo … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 7, 1959

Posted on November 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

  The Fight Against City Hall Continues     It's an old adage that you can't fight City Hall.  Nevertheless, some people keep trying, whether they get anywhere or not.  Today's candidate for head bumping is Kenneth Reiner, who writes in … Continue reading →

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Policewomen Experiment a Success

Posted on November 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Clare Briggs takes another look at golf in “Conceding Yourself a Putt.” Nov. 7, 1919: London retains 100 of the women police officers who were put into service during World War I. Part of the force was disbanded after … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Horse Thief

Posted on November 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

  "Buster Brown" visits Athens.   Nov. 7, 1909: A 25-year-old man describes his downfall, including stealing horses and betting money on baseball games. "Tell the young men that sin always brings suffering," Robert Perry says.

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 6, 1959

Posted on November 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Racing the Stork     A woman in the throes of becoming a mother was being driven to General Hospital by a  neighbor one night recently and as they reached the Civic Center it became apparent they weren't going to … Continue reading →

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The Problem of Vice

Posted on November 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

Clare Briggs on golf.   Nov. 6, 1919: A judge blames gambling and other forms of vice at a Spring Street hotel on the lack of a segregated vice district. "It is one of the penalties we have to pay … Continue reading →

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November 5, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on November 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Tax Bite Tuesday was the day of the big blow.  No, it wasn’t windy.  It was the day the tax bills hit the fan. The resultant moans have ranged from low and plaintive, tapering off into controlled disgust, to … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 4, 1959

Posted on November 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Confused Stranger     Let us stipulate that people are rushing into the L.A. area at the rate of 640 — or is it 704? — a day and it is inevitable that there are strangers in our midst.  Now … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 3, 1959

Posted on November 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

      Lockheed has plans for a monorail system for Southern California. Haven in Cyprus     How does it go, one may wonder, with those resolute citizens who muster the courage to drop everything and leave the rat race for … Continue reading →

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A New Comic in The Times

Posted on November 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Beginning in October 1919, The Times added “Gasoline Alley” to its daily comics, which included “The Gumps,” “Mutt and Jeff” and “When a Feller Needs a Friend” – or whatever Clare Briggs titled his strip that day.  Nov. 3, 1919: … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 2, 1959

Posted on November 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Power of a Pet     An old man whose increasing bitterness in his last years antagonized his family and friends died recently.  Despite their feeling toward him and toward each other because of him, they all came to the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 31, 1959

Posted on October 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Still another panel you'll never see in the legacy version of "Peanuts." Eccentric? Us?     Deserved or not, people in Los Angeles have acquired a reputation for eccentricity.  Today there's evidence that we normal, ordinary folk may be the … Continue reading →

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Halloween Pranks

Posted on October 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

 A cheese elephant from “The Terrors of the Tiny Tads” by Gustave Verbeck/Verbeek. A five-passenger Cadillac is stolen – police say it’s a prank. Oct. 31, 1909: Three motorcyclists are charged with going almost 30 mph, in violation of the … Continue reading →

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October 29, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

No Boredom Today The girls in classified are a little dewy-eyed today over a Public Announcement ad.  It states simply, “Happy birthday, pretty Beverly.”  But there’s more to it than that. Beverly, whoever she is, frequently remarks that nothing exciting … Continue reading →

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The ‘Unwritten Law’ on Homicide

Posted on October 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Halloween with R.F. Outcault’s Buster Brown. Oct. 26, 1919: The “unwritten law,” that a husband was justified in killing any man who romanced his wife, appears frequently in The Times and was cited as a defense for decades – often … Continue reading →

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Hula Dance Craze Sweeps New York

Posted on October 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

Clare Briggs, “When a Feller Needs a Friend.” Oct. 23, 1919: Harry Carr, one of The Times' best-known writers, files a series of vignettes from New York. He says that prohibition is lightly enforced and that it’s still easy to … Continue reading →

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October 22, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Brace Yourself   As you have read, Gov. Brown announced the other day that he was through with proclamation business.  Too much time and energy were expended, he said, in calling attention to such inspirational events as Don’t Race Your Motor … Continue reading →

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Jealousy Leads to Murder and Suicide

Posted on October 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

“Somebody Is Always Taking the Joy Out of Life” by Clare Briggs. Oct. 22, 1919: Mrs. Zola Schmidt was  killed as she slept … while holding a letter from another man. 916 W. 9th, the scene of the crime. “I … Continue reading →

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