1909 Los Angeles Herald headlines were wild:
SUES COMPANY BECAUSE MULE KICKED HIM AND FAILED TO OPEN DOOR
NIGHTGOWN IGNITED AND WOMAN IS BADLY BURNED
FORMER MINNESOTAN IS KILLED BY CAR
(it me, btw)
FONDNESS FOR MACHINERY LEADS TO A FIST FIGHT
END OF OCEAN HATE WAR ASSURED BY WEDNESDAY**
CHURCHMAN'S SON FORCED TO CRIME
GIRL MURDERED FOR HER GEMS
MEETS DEATH AS BURNING TORCH
BIG GOLF BATTLE IS FORESHADOWED
LONG BEACH WINS
EXHIBITION OF CAT CLUB ENDS
GARBAGE CONTRACT SUGGESTIONS MADE
(the actual reason I am reading this, natch)
HORSE DEALER CHARGES RANCHMAN WITH SLANDER
**turns out it's actually Ocean Rate War, a pity