  Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6059 Registered: 10-2003 |
Jealousy and rage, 1930's style - P.D.J. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 795 Registered: 12-2005 |
Andy--can you get your text to space out vertically so that the lines don't collide? It's painful to read. | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 7201 Registered: 10-2003 |
Awesome siding! I imagine the furniture inside is aluminum sided, too. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 974 Registered: 01-2005 |
Good find, Andrew....fascinating story. Love those 'then and now' comparison photos. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4585 Registered: 11-2003 |
In their misguided improvements, the current owners removed that lovely porch up stairs. Instead of Vodka, the guy shoulda had a nice plate of hot cabbage borscht with a dolop of sour cream. That would have mellowed him out. It always worked in jjaba's Russian home. The male tenant slept on a closet door up on two kitchen chairs. Thus, the term "Boarder." jjaba, Westside Bar Mitzvah Bukkor. | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 5270 Registered: 02-2004 |
The House still there, but the ghosts of the Mr. and Ms. Yarmolovich still haunts there. | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 5271 Registered: 02-2004 |
You can hear their screams when you enter that house. | ||
Gumby Member Username: Gumby Post Number: 1504 Registered: 11-2003 |
Itsjeff sorry to correct you but that is vinyl siding not aluminum. Jeez if you are going to be facetious at least get it right.  | ||
Realitycheck Member Username: Realitycheck Post Number: 390 Registered: 08-2004 |
Forget the siding, boys, and look again at the spare-no-detail writing. This gem has more than 'jealousy and rage, 1930s style' -- it's a timeless piece of tabloid journalism. Savor this breathless prose from the era of 'Sweetheart, get me rewrite': Lastly, a priceless detail about the close-range witness who was told "Stand aside": Great artifact, Andrew. That reporter deserved a byline.  (Message edited by RealityCheck on December 12, 2006) | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6061 Registered: 10-2003 |
I thought it was a great example of sensational journalism, sadly there was no byline on the article. | ||
Realitycheck Member Username: Realitycheck Post Number: 391 Registered: 08-2004 |
Indeed it is, Andrew. A real-life 1930s template for the dramatized versions in Chicago, countless films and still embraced by Rupert Murdoch. I actually missed a couple more deft touches on my first admiring scroll through the text you evidently took the time to type from a microfilm print: That nameless newsman sure didn't hold back. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4592 Registered: 11-2003 |
Fascinating stuff AIW, eh. Merci! jjaba, Wurstsider. | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 9037 Registered: 10-2003 |
Damn Russian immigrants ; ) | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 757 Registered: 11-2005 |
Sad stuff. Reminds me of a story in my own family so I thought more of the human impact than the writing style. Probably a good thing they had no children. |
