Coney Island in a Phoenix Like Transformation
Dennis Car Mahan recalls a trip to a transformed Coney Island and notes the shift from old amusements to modern acts, price hikes and new venues. He contrasts past Bowery flavor with current electric lights, crowding, and revamped attractions as he wanders toward Dreamland ruins.
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Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Dennis Car Mahan
Coney Island
Norah Flynn
Vesuvius
Bricklayers’ Union
Ivil
Andy Coghlin
Coney
Old Bowery
All St
Apec
New York
Hirin
Maudie
Micky
Bowery
Babylonian Towers
Hindoo
Paradise Roof Gardens
Elect Rabbita
Surf Ave
Adition
Widow of Slain Man to Testify Self Defense
Testimony opens with Maria Angie recounting pre shooting quarrel over a dog and Davis being forced to apologize. Gustaf Angie, 12, and Routley describe the moments before and during the killing as Charles Davis claims self defense.
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Charles Davis
Peter Angle
Gustaf Angie
John D. Carmorly
Maria Angie
Davis
Angie
Routley
Angle
Davis’ Yard
Henry Ford Reduces Car Prices Across Model Line
Henry Ford announced price cuts averaging 142 per car across all models in Detroit Mich noting shortages of materials hinder production and that lowering prices would spur material flow to return prices to prewar levels amid 146,000 unfilled orders.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Ford Company
Ford
Ex-con Jimmy Fitzgerald Re-Arrested After Knife Incident
Detective McLennan identifies Jimmy Fitzgerald from a rogues gallery picture. The ex-convict, who has served time in San Quentin and Portland, carried a jimmy knife and seven keys and attempted to escape during transport but was thwarted.
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Jimmy Fitzgerald
EB. J
McLennan
Jimmy
Fitzgerald
San Quentin
Portland
City Budget Keeps Shine Price at 100 Mills
Budget estimates show the city will keep the price of a shoe shine at 100 mills for the current year. The figures project continued maintenance of the parlors and related municipal services as part of the financial plan.
Suspect Escapes Police After Burglary at Main Street Home
Police hunted Tuesday for a Black man who fled from Y. Yuasa during a burglary at 1236 Main Street. Yuasa cornered the suspect who grabbed $3.50 and a fountain pen before escaping.
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Y. Yuasa
Yuasa
Main St
Stolen Sugar Bowl Hits Cafe Theft Note
A cafe owner labeled a sugar bowl with a sign reading Stolen from the Boston Cafe to deter souvenir seekers. On Monday night the sign inspired a thief to steal the bowl, valued at twenty dollars when empty.
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Boston
T. R. Seigel
Heart
Forgetting Seventh Commandment Lands Thief in Jail
Silk shirts lured H Chapman 26 of the Newport hotel 1411 First Ave. He took six shimmering shirts belonging to J C Gordon Potter hotel 614 James St W 8. McGraw city detective arrested Chapman and returned the shirts to their owner.
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H. Chapman
Newport Hotel
First Ave
J. C. Gordon
Potter Hotel
James
McGraw
Chapman
Stolen Jar of Face Cream At Y M C A Room
Police suspect several persons after a jar of Dr Brandon's face cream was stolen from the L G Row land Y M C A room last night. The incident sparked a broader inquiry into fragrance and cosmetic items in the area.
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L. G. Rowland
Dr. Brandon
Spanish War Vet Back on the Job
Thomas Joseph Louis Kennedy returns home from St. Louis where he served as a delegate to the Spanish War Veterans convention. Kennedy is the first assistant luminary in the legal department.
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Thomas Joseph Louis Kennedy
St. Louis
Veta
Man Survives 80-Foot Plunge With Minor Cuts
In Kemmerer Wyoming Joe Glass fell 80 feet down a gulch in an automobile. He was cut up but uninjured otherwise, illustrating his remarkable resilience after the crash.
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Kemmerer, Wyo
Joe Glass
Milk price boost approved for Seattle dairies
Committees from the United Dairy Association of Washington and the King County Dairymen's association planned a Tuesday session in the Chamber of Commerce to set a new milk price at 16 cents per quart starting October 1, three months at the higher level. The rise follows a 14 to 15 cent jump earlier in September with the increase largely benefiting distributors.
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Seattle
United Dairy Association of Washington
King County Dairymen’s Association
King, Pierce
Snohomish Coun Ues
Chamber of Commerce Assembly Room
Herr Deitrich
Exile Breaker Boy Arrested by Seattle Detectives
Floyd Hibbard, 19, known as a smooth young room cer, violated his exile from Seattle and was jailed Tuesday. Detectives G L Gordon and R E Benjamin arrested him at Third Ave and Pike. He had a suspended one to five year sentence upon promising to leave for his father's Oregon farm. He had been in the city over a month and claimed he had just arrived.
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Floyd Hibbard
City de Tives
Seattle
G. L. Gordon
R. EB. Benjamin
Third Ave
Pike
Oregon
Young Hibbard
Beltran
Alaska
San Francisco
Deaths in Motion Picture Circle Spark Drug Probe Shift
Los Angeles investigators follow disclosures in the Gladys Goulding case and Olive Thomas tragedy to a wider look at narcotics use in the film colony. Mexican youth Beltran says Goulding urged drug procurement. officials foresee a national drive to curb drug use in cinema circles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gladys Goulding
Olive Thomas
Paris
Goulding
Albert Beltran
San Francisco
Paria
America
Seattle
Beltran
First
Stenogs Typewrite at Seattle Business Show
Stenographers may lose jobs as Seattle business show displays modern equipment including mechanical bookkeepers and near human filing systems. The exhibit promises a bangy start and runs through the week with free admission tickets available from display firms.
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Seattle
Money Order Leads to ID in Magnolia Bluff Death
Postal money order records were examined Tuesday to identify a man found shot through the head on Magnolia bluff Sunday. A money order receipt was found in his pockets and a dental chart will be checked with local and Tacoma dentists. He is believed to have committed suicide.
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Magnolia Bluff
Tacoma
Joyful Drip Ends as Officers Move In
I H DeGehring at 404 West 45th Street remained the focus Monday night as a joyful drip lingered until dry squad officers intervened. The incident page notes DeGehring’s residence and the police action concluding the event.
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I. H. DeGehring
DeGehring
W. 45Th St
Mrs. E. T. Pope Seriously Ill
Mrs. E. T. Pope mother of Gus Pope the American discus champion is seriously ill. Gus Pope who competed in the Olympic games is returning home from Boston today to be at his mother's bedside.
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KB. T. Pope
Gus Pope
Gus
Boston
Scottish Reds Threaten Coup Near English Border
Sovietism neared English borders as Scottish communists boasted they could muster 3000 red guards at Blantyre to seize Lanarkshire coal mines. Storekeepers were allegedly threatened and shops extorted money to pay strikers fines.
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London
Poles Report New Success in Galicia Front
Warsaw reports smashing successes in Galicia with Dubno occupied after hard fighting. Polish forces claim to hold a line through Husiatyn Trembowla Olessow and Tarnopol as of September 21.
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Warsaw
Galicia
Dubno
Lemberg
Husiatyn
Trembowla
Olessow
Tarnopol
Honest Tax Lesson on a Seattle Streetcar Meet
Two men argue over keeping a $28 income tax windfall. A passing inspector reveals himself as William T. Beeks, chief of the Seattle IRS, urging honesty and payment of taxes. The scene unfolds on a Phinney avenue streetcar as bystanders listen.
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Department of Internal Revenue
William T. Beeks
Income Tax
Seattle
Serious Uprising Reported in Formosa and Departure of Japanese
Los Angeles dispatch reports 250 Japanese mainly women and children left for Japan on the Canada Maru amid alarms over rising tensions between Japan and the United States. Tokyo confirms a serious uprising on Formosa with fighting and several Japanese killed and native kings burned.
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Los Angeles
Japan
United States
Jai
Tokyo
Formosa
Japanese Evacuate Her Barovsk in Siberia
Tokyo reports the war office announces Japan has begun evacuating Her Barovsk in Siberia after delays.
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Siberia
Tokyo
War Office
Herbarovsk
Japs Threaten Philippines From Air Sieges and Formosa Fortifications
Washington reports Formosa is being converted into an aviation field with large scale explosive testing aboard fleets of planes. Navy officials say Japan may target the United States from Formosa and compare the new weapon to the Shi mose explosive, fearing limited defenses at Minal and Subig Bay.
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Washington
Septa
Formosa
Philippines
China
Japan
Great Britain
Benson
Navy Department
Europe
Navy
U. 8
United States
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