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Larry Harnisch reflects on Los Angeles history

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Jan. 25, 1908

January 25, 2008 |  5:59 am

Abbot Kinney is the target of 150 complaints about a tent city in Venice ... Los Angeles County collects nearly a quarter-million dollars in taxes in one day, its highest record to date ... Secondhand dealers -- mostly Jews, The Times notes -- are furious over items they bought at a warehouse sale of unclaimed boxes ... Residents drink 40,000 quarts of milk a day -- and use 16 tons of butter ... The marital travails of a wandering barber ... And someone has stolen a 250-pound cannon from 222 E. 29th.

 

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