Capone, Dillinger Visited Locally
Originally from January 21, 2004
Q: Did gangsters Al Capone and John Dillinger ever hang out in Palm Beach County? A: Capone mostly hung out in Miami, but he was not particularly loved there, and a news report from 1930 places him in Palm Beach County, perhaps eyeing real estate; another says a lawyer bought a...
Markers, Capsule Moved As PBIA Grew
Originally from September 21, 2005
Q: There are two areas near Palm Beach International Airport where it appears plaques or markers once stood, but have been removed. One is a circular drive on the south side, in front of the juvenile center, about a fourth of a mile west of the airport entrance. The other...
After decades relative discovers truth
Originally from January 5, 2012
We’re starting our 12th year of Post Time. Thank you! We’re reminded that history is about real people. On Jan. 16, 2005, we ran a feature on the slayings of two federal agents in West Palm Beach. We’d found relatives of Robert Moncure thanks to his surname, but not Frank...
Woolworth Lunch Counter An Oasis For Shoppers
Originally from April 23, 2009
Readers: Do you remember Woolworth's? Frank W. Woolworth founded America's original five-and-dime in 1879. Think wooden floors, penny toys, bobby pins, pet goldfish. An endless aisle of loose candy behind glass that a clerk scooped and poured onto a scale. The latest 45s (ask your parents) from Bill Haley, Elvis and Fats Domino,...
Sundy Wouldn’t Take ‘Nothing’ For Answer; He Made Something
Originally from August 16, 2000
Q: Who were the Sundys of Delray Beach's Sundy House? A: John Shaw Sundy became a city pioneer on the day in 1898 when he stepped off a train heading south. Sundy was a construction superintendent for Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway. "There's nothing here," Flagler told Sundy, relatives would...
