The Happiness Boys -- September 17, 2024

New York Daily News, 19-September-1924

Billy Jones and Ernie Hare, billed as "The Happiness Boys," were pioneer broadcasters. They sang duets and engaged in humorous repartee. They performed on New York station WEAF. Many people find them obnoxious. Musical and comedy styles have changed.

New York Daily News, 19-September-1924

Twisting the Dials (Happiness Boys)

Lynching Record for Four Months -- September 17, 2024

Birmingham Age-Herald, 20-September-1899

33 lynchings in 4 months.

Grito de Dolores, 214 Years -- September 16, 2024

San Francisco Call, 16-September-1901

A portrait of Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the Mexican priest whose Grito de Dolores led to the birth of the Mexican indepence movement, 214 years ago today. He was captured and executed in 1811. 

The President of Mexico raises a version of the cry every year:

“Viva México! Viva la Independencia! Vivan los héroes!”

Nash Leads the World in Motor Car Value -- September 14, 2024

Omaha Bee, 28-September-1924

4-Wheel brakes were starting to appear on American automobiles. Nash Motors later merged with Hudson and became American Motors.

Ella Mae Morse 100 -- September 12, 2024

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Ella Mae Morse was a popular singer. She started out with Freddie Slack's band. 

Cow Cow Boogie by Ella Mae Morse

Ella Mae Morse--"Shoo-Shoo Baby," 1944 Film

Pig Foot Pete

Comic Book -- Rex the Wonder Dog -- September 11, 2024

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Rex the Wonder Dog was a DC hero. He was a brave dog of many talents. Here we see him helping the fire department by rescuing three frightened kittens.

Pulp -- Spicy Adventure -- September 10, 2024

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The Spicy pulps from Culture Publications, Spicy Adventure, Spicy Detective, Spicy Mystery and Spicy Western, were too intellectual for some people, but they remained popular for several years.

Happy Admission Day, 2023 -- September 9, 2023

San Francisco Examiner, 09-September-1924

We don't hear much about Admission Day anymore. Today is the 174th anniversary of California being welcomed into the Union as the 31st state.

I thought it was interesting that the cartoon is set in Santa Cruz and shows the beach and boardwalk, but does not include the Giant Dipper, which went into service that summer.

Toonerville Trolley -- During a Presidential Campaign -- September 4, 2024

Spokane Chronicle, 17-September-1924

I love Fontaine Fox's The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All the Trains. In light of the current presidential campaign, I thought this was appropriate. 

Washington Times, 30-June-1918

Krazy Kat -- Why I Won't Even Rememba That I Had "Amnesia" -- September 3, 2024

Fort Worth Record, 12-September-1924

I love George Herriman's Krazy Kat. Click on the image to see a larger version.

Washington Times, 30-June-1918

Labor Day, 2024 -- September 2, 2024

San Francisco Examiner, 01-September-1924

Happy Labor Day, everyone.

September 2024 Version of the Cable Car Home Page -- September 1, 2024

01-September-2024 is the 151st anniversary of the Clay Street Hill Railroad starting revenue service.

I just put the September 2024 version of my Cable Car Home Page on the server: 
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/

It includes some new items:

1. Picture of the Month: Leomine Gray, "Sensational Queen of Piano and Song" did a remote broadcast from the Cable Car Village, a San Francisco nightclub, over radio station KYA on Sundays. (Source: San Francisco Examiner, 1952-July-26).
2. On the Cable Car Businesses page: Updated the article about the Cable Car Hotel with newspaper items about the Cable Car Village, a nightclub which once operated on the premises
3. Also on the Cable Car Businesses page: A 1987 newspaper ad for the late lamented Joe's Cable Car Restaurant.
4. On the Motion Pictures Which Feature Cable Cars page: Added posters for movies Fools, A Gathering of Eagles, In Love and War, Moran of the Lady Letty, Mr Billion, No Escape, Pal Joey, Petulia, Shoot to Kill, Starlift, Walk a Crooked Mile and Woman on the Run.
5. Added News items about an essay about a cable car ride and cable car bus substitution

Ten years ago this month (September 2014):

1. Picture of the Month: New Orleans Canal Street streetcar 2018 outbound at Royal Street in July, 2014.
2. On the Miscellany page: General Beauregard's Cable Car, a new article about an experimental line in New Orleans. Includes lots of photos of streetcars and other items of interest from my recent visit to the Crescent City
3. On the Who page and the News: The passing of economist and cable car historian George W Hilton
4. On the Horse Car Home Page: We visited History Park at Kelley Park in San Jose and saw Central Railroad 7, an 1863 San Francisco horse car built in New York by John Stephenson and shipped around the Horn.

Twenty years ago this month (September 2004):

1. Picture of the Month: Grant Dew's photograph of the East Cliff Lift in Hastings, East Sussex, UK.
2. On the UK page: Thanks to information and photos from Grant Dew, a new article about Cliff Lifts.
3. On the More Muni photos page: Photos of Car 44 (retired Powell Street car 4) at Pac Bell Park, including a photo taken in August by Walter Rice, and a photo I took in February of the car wrapped in tarps for the winter.
4. Migrated one item from the Cable Car Museum site:
   • Added "Market Street Railway Company Past, Present and Future", a 1925 article from the San Francisco News Letter, with an introduction by Walter Rice.
5. Added News and Chronology items about Val Lupiz being named Muni's Runner Up as Systemwide Operator of the Month for July, 2004. Congratulations, Val.
6. Added more Chronology items

In January 2024 I started on a long overdue process of cleaning things up on my site. I started with the development pages. Actually, I guess I started the year before with making most thumbnails 200 pixels instead of 100.

Coming in October 2024:  On the Other Cities page:  A ten-year update about the Cable Tramway Company of Omaha

125 Years Ago This Month (September 1899):
Sep 28 - The Third Ave Railroad's 125th Street section (New York, New York) converted to electric. The rest of the company's cable trackage was converted by the end of the year.

The Cable Car Home Page now has a Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/CableCarHomePage/

The Cable Car Home Page also has an Instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/cable_car_guy/

Joe Thompson
The Cable Car Home Page (updated 01-September-2024)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/
San Francisco Bay Ferryboats (updated 31-July-2024)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/ferry/
Park Trains and Tourist Trains (updated 29-February-2024)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/ptrain/
The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion (updated spasmodically)
http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com
The Big V Riot Squad (updated obsessively)
http://bigvriotsquad.blogspot.com/