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May 5, 1908

Above, an update in the Brownsville incident ... Below, arson destroys a "spite house" next to 1712 W. Adams ... Ministers of the First Christian Church help raise money toward a legal test case on the Bible in public schools ... Population of the city of Los Angeles, as determined in a school census, is 305,000, The Times says. There are 65,000 children in the city younger than 17.

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Posted by Larry Harnisch on May 5, 2008 in Architecture , Front pages , Real Estate , Religion | Permalink

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Larry Harnisch. The leading Black Dahlia expert and a collaborator in the 1947project, Harnisch has been a copy editor at The Times since 1988. He has appeared on many TV shows discussing the Dahlia case, notably "James Ellroy's Feast of Death."

Join him for a spin through old Los Angeles in the Mirror's radio car. Keep your eyes open for Mickey Cohen and Tempest Storm. It's quite a ride.

The reporter's badge belonged to Sid Hughes (1908-1958), legendary reporter who worked at nearly every newspaper in Los Angeles.

Keith Thursby. Keith has been an editor at The Times in news, sports and design since 1986. The Rams moved to St. Louis on his first day as assistant sports editor of the paper's Orange County edition. He grew up in Norwalk and lives in Irvine.

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