Keystone to Tenderloin is Strange Block on West 47th
New York column notes West 47th Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue as a paradoxical mix of theater, hotels, churches, speakeasies, and a famous chop house. It recalls raids on drug runners and a drunken act that harmed a waiter, highlighting the block as both notorious and neighborly with varied activity and enduring legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
0. C. McIntyre
New York
Manhattan
West 47Th Street
Broadway
Sixth Avenue
Main Street
Jack Kennedy
West 45Th Street
Wilson Mizner
Morex Glandular Extract Tablets Now Sold by Randall Drug Co
A modern tonic named Morex formed from glandular extracts and vegetable tonics is now recommended by leading druggists across America. The ad urges testing the original Morex, two tablets three times daily for ten days, with Randall Drug Co. at 422 Taylor Street supplying the product.
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America
Randall Drug Co
Taylor Sr
Nightlife in New York: vaudeville, tea, pools and Bowery lodging
The era’s street theater and tavern culture mix with corrupting space as visitors roam a metropolis hardy with gamblers and night pools. New Yorkers savor tea while drinks and laughter mask a city of lodging houses, hotels, and a faded war veteran recalling Fort Oglethorpe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Oglethorpe
New York
GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC Promises Strength
An advertisement promises a strengthening invigorating effect from GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. The copy appeals to relief from fatigue and aims to restore color and energy quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GROVE
Lodging House Signs Plea for Nighttime Attire Removal
A fragment notes a lodging house sign requesting guests to remove clothing before bed. The item cites 1927 copyright by McNaught Syndicate and appears as a clipped text from a period newspaper notice.
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The
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
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