July 5, 1907
Los Angeles
See here, you pesky temperance workers, beer is
Los Angeles
See here, you pesky temperance workers, beer is
Category: Larry Harnish
Can This Be the Fourth of July?
July 4, 1907
Los Angeles
And how does Los Angeles celebrate Independence Day? With cricket matches and bagpipe contests.
The Times said: “Oratory and music are to replace firewater and fireworks in this year
They Weren’t Fakes
July 3, 1907
Los Angeles
Robert T. Hall, head of the Los Angeles Anti-Fakers League (or Anti-Fakers Society), says shots were fired at him as he returned from an outing to a friend
Laugh Track
Number-Crunching the Horseless Carriage
July 1, 1907
Los Angeles
If you ever wondered if the Locomobile or Pope-Hartford got great gas mileage, the answer is no, as shown in the results of the 185-mile Lakeside Endurance Race. In cost and fuel efficiency, the 1907 automobiles were about the equivalent of a 2006 Ford Explorer (MSRP $31,650) or a Range Rover Sport (MSRP $56,085-$69,025).
The car with the best gas mileage in the economy competition was the Pope-Hartford, 8
What’s That on Your Shirt, Phelan?
June 29, 1907
Los Angeles
Through the jail cell
Angelenos and Their Cars
June 28, 1907
Los Angeles
Give cars to a bunch of wealthy Los Angeles residents and what do they do? Race them, of course. Not on a track this time, but in an endurance test from Los Angeles to Lakeside. And yes, it
A Kinder, Simpler Time
June 27, 1907
Los Angeles
Louise arrived in Los Angeles three months ago from Norway with her four young children. She met a man who worked in San Pedro (we only know his initials, F.G.) and before long, they were married and living in his small home at 825 Tennessee St.
One morning, she got up to make coffee, turned on the stove, took a glass of dark liquid from a shelf and poured it into the coffee pot.
But the liquid was gasoline.
The Brute!
June 26, 1907
Los Angeles
Fred D. Samuels is a monster and nothing less, according to his aunt, Sister Kostka, assistant mother superior of the Ursuline Convent in Frontenac, Wis. As her mother, Maria S. Bowman, lay dying at her home, 1266 E. Adams, Samuels refused to let Sister Kostka (nee Minnie Bowman) see her.
In fact, Kostka charged, Samuels refused to let a Catholic priest visit Mrs. Bowman and refused to grant her a Catholic funeral. Instead, Bowman received two services, one at St. Patrick