White also noted the passing of Texas Guinan. Known as “Queen of the Nightclubs,” she was a fixture on the Manhattan speakeasy scene throughout the Roaring Twenties and a reliable source of nightlife headlines. White also recalled George Bernard Shaw’s controversial speech at the crowded Met...
1929) during a certification flight from Roosevelt Field to Teterboro Airport. No one was killed, but the aircraft was destroyed. The design itself didn’t last much longer — considered underpowered for its size, and too expensive at the dawn of the Depression, it was phased...
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Texas $7,912 $5,890 Utah $7,390 $5,505 Vermont $8,985 $7,023 Virginia $8,023 $6,103 Washington $7,835 $5,812 West Virginia $8,023 $6,103 Wisconsin $8,280 $6,120 Wyoming $7,390 $5,505 Source: 2023 NFDA General Price List Study View Full Table Direct Funeral Costs Accor...
•Texas: Score one for Rep. Lloyd Doggett: He snarfed up a copy of what he believes is the congressional map that Republican congressmen have proposed to leaders of the legislature. Acopy is here(PDF). An unnamed source tells the Austin Statesman that they think the map is out-dated, ...
(top right), featuring an abstract light show audiences compared to an aurora borealis. Bottom right, the Clavilux Junior was developed for home use, operated with special glass records, each hand-painted with a distinct composition that would create the projected image. (cdm.link/Yale ...
Simon Louvishcalls thefilm a chronicle of the “many titanic struggles between Harold Bissonnette and the universe. There will be battle of wills between father and daughter, between male and female, between man and a variety of uncontrollable objects.” Here isJohn Mosher’sreview forThe New ...
It is always with a tinge of sadness that I write aboutMorris Markey, who from the start wrote for virtually every department atTheNew Yorkerand was best known for his “A Reporter at Large” feature. According to his obituary inThe New York Times, Markey won his greatest recognition for ...
(among many others) the operators of two of Manhattan’s most popular nightclubs, actressTexas Guinan(300 Club) and torch singerHelen Morgan(Chez Morgan). In the “Talk of the Town,” theNew Yorkerfound hope in the acquittal of Guinan and Morgan, and in the opinion of one of the ...
Lois Longseemed a bit bored with the week’s diversions in her column, “When Nights Are Bold,” but did welcome the reappearance ofTexas Guinanafter yet another club was threatened with padlocks by the Prohibition Authority: She just wants to have fun…Texas Guinanwas well known toNew York...