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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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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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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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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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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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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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March 1, 1907: L.A. Businesses Running Out of Space to Dump Garbage

Posted on March 1, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 1, 1907 Los Angeles Downtown businessmen are at a complete loss over what to do with the garbage from their operations and want the city to either take it or designate … Continue reading →

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Feb. 28, 1907: Edison Crew Cuts Down 300-Year-Old Oak to Keep Power Line Straight

Posted on February 28, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 28, 1907 Los Angeles An old and massive California live oak used to mark the division between three Spanish land grants lies in pieces on the ground because an Edison foreman … Continue reading →

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Feb. 27, 1907: Downtown Fire Kills Secretary Who Stopped to Call Boss

Posted on February 27, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 27, 1907 Los Angeles A thick cloud of smoke from a raging fire in the basement swept through the Germain building on South Spring Street at lunch hour, engulfing businessmen and … Continue reading →

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In Indiana, There Is No Beer

Posted on February 26, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 14-26, 1907 Los Angeles The Rev. Ervin S. Chapman, a Presbyterian minister who heads the Anti-Saloon League of California, has won a victory through an address that persuaded an Indiana judge … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: A Two-Year Update and a Look Ahead

Posted on December 26, 2017 by lmharnisch

The second anniversary of my retirement from the Los Angeles Times coincided with lots of questions prompted by a Fox News piece on Piu Eatwell’s “Black Dahlia, Red Rose.” Even though I had blogged about the book repeatedly, people still … Continue reading →

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Books From the Slush Pile: ‘The Return of Comrade Ricardo Flores Magon’

Posted on July 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

If I hadn’t written the posts about Los Angeles in 1907 for the 1947project in 2006, I would have never heard of Ricardo Flores Magon, who was arrested in Los Angeles, along with Librado Rivera, Antonio Villareal and L. Gutierrez … Continue reading →

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Imagining the Future

Posted on April 26, 2014 by lmharnisch

Note: This is a post I wrote in 2006. The subject came up today when I was having lunch with Ed Fuentes, so I thought I would repost it. Notice that in this plan, Union Station was to have been … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

Note: This is a repost of a regular feature I did for the 1947project in 2007 in which I tried to find homes listed in The Times’ Sunday real estate section in 1907. Architectural Ramblings was one of my favorite … Continue reading →

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Matzo Brawl!

Posted on November 29, 2013 by lmharnisch

Note: This is a post I wrote in 2006 for the 1947project and I’m reposting it for newer readers. Nov. 29, 1907 Oh Those Shriners: Recall, if you will, the grisly train wreck that killed a large number of Shriners … Continue reading →

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Slaughter of the Innocent

Posted on November 23, 2013 by lmharnisch

Note: This is a post I originally wrote for the 1947project in 2006. Nov. 23, 1907 South Pasadena Warning: This is a grotesque, tragic story with graphic details. Pasadena Detective Wallace H. Copping is investigating the murder of a young … Continue reading →

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