Combatting Winter with Coal, Gas, Steam, and Whiskey
One hundred years ago today … New Yorkers combatted the cold and the common cold.
The Evening World, January 31, 1920, p.1. Newspapers.com.
One Stanwood L. Henderson wrote in to the New York Tribune with his suggestion for fighting off colds: whiskey. (Subtly campaigning against Prohibition?)
New York Tribune, January 31, 1920, p. 12. Newspapers.com.
New Yorkers could go to 47 West 42nd Street and buy either a coal-burning heater from the Kewanee Boiler Company, or a gas-burning “Clow Gasteam Radiator” from Eastern Gas Appliance Company.
Real Estate Record and Builders Guide, 10 January 1920, p. 45. Columbia University Digital Library Collections.
Real Estate Record and Builders Guide, 10 January 1920, p. 61. Columbia University Digital Library Collections.
Plus, those fearing deportation due to the ongoing Palmer Raids could visit civil rights attorneys Rose Weiss and Charles Recht, who worked at that address.