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October 14, 1930
October 14, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has Diamond Was Shot By His Own Gang, Mulrooney Says, Drought Puts Umbrella Mender in New Jersey Jail As Vagrant, Hitlerites in Riots, Stone Jewish Shops As Reichstag Opens sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: Prohibition, News, Infrastructure, Crime & Courts, all happening at once.
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October 14, 1930's archive note points to Shot by hie own gang, Comr Mulrooney says. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: Prohibition was not background noise; it turned nightlife, courts, police, and politics into one long argument.
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October 14, 1930's archive note points to Drought in N J puts one in jail as vagrant. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.
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October 14, 1930's archive note points to Fascists riot, stoning shops owned by Jews, as Reichstag opens. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The fight is over movement: who gets through, who pays, and whether the modern city can keep from tying itself in knots.
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