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From our archives, 100 years ago

Maggie Mills did it again.

She found herself in jail for over the 100th time – “a record that surpasses by at least a score that of any other police character,” said The Spokesman- Review.

Maggie, about 50, was arrested this time for more or less the same behavior that landed her in jail 100 times before: drunkenness and vagrancy.

This time, she was arrested while “celebrating” with the boys in the Workingmen’s Home on Browne Street. She would be spending a few more days in jail, her most familiar home. Authorities estimated that she had spent at least half of her life behind bars.

Usually, however, Maggie didn’t stay in jail for long during any one stint.

“She has a reputation for kindness and good behavior while in jail and this fact generally results in short sojourns there,” said the paper.

From the arts beat: The New York Symphony continued to draw huge crowds during a three-week stint at Natatorium Park. The orchestra drew 2,700 on a Monday night, 4,000 on a Friday and an amazing 18,000 for two concerts on a Sunday.

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(From the Associated Press)

1945: The U.S. exploded its first experimental atomic bomb in the desert of Alamogordo, N.M. … 1969: Apollo 11 launched on the first manned mission to the surface of the moon.