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An August 28, 1934 newspaper article discussing the garbage left by the city in an area of town known as "Black Bottom".

A July 23, 1934 newspaper article detailing a knife altercation between two women in Black Bottom.

A November 13, 1914 newspaper article reporting the Arlington Hotel on Front Street being raided by police for being a disorderly house.

An August 21, 1927 newspaper article detailing the event of a woman calling the police on her husband after not coming home, who was then found between two women at a rooming house in Black Bottom.

A January 24, 1927 newspaper article on the extreme intoxication of local man, Jim Watson.

A July 10, 1935 newspaper article detailing the shooting of Roscoe Jenkins in Black Bottom.

A July 15, 1929 newspaper article reporting on the arrest of three men for "storing ardent spirits".

A May 18, 1930 newspaper article reporting on a fight that took place between two men in Black Bottom.

A March 3, 1936 newspaper article reporting on William "Waterboy" Black being fined $30 for gambling, after being found on his porch with dice in his hands and 35 cents on the floor.

A June 19, 1935 newspaper article reporting a tear gas bomb being thrown into a dance hall in Black Bottom.