Month: July 2023

• Bridges
• Harlem
• Stunts

The Forgotten Bridge Jumper [published Jan. 6, 1884]

jpkntz July 13, 2023

      It seems a cast-iron law of that queer...

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• Actors
• France
• Gambling
• Royalty

Playing Poker in New York with Napoleon [published Apr. 16, 1882]

jpkntz July 13, 2023

      Of all games with cards “draw poker” has...

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• Churches

The Dutch Church Affrays [published Apr. 13, 1884]

jpkntz July 13, 2023

      The papers have been full lately of the...

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• Brooklyn
• Churches

Henry Ward Beecher On Thin Ice [published Feb. 8, 1885]

jpkntz July 13, 2023

      Readin’ the other day an account of the...

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• Politicians
• Taverns

Moving Day Woes [published May 17, 1885]

jpkntz July 13, 2023

      Less than forty years ago, when the first...

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• Horses and Horseracing

Is the Trot a Natural Gait? [published Aug. 23, 1885]

jpkntz July 12, 2023

I see the sportin’ and daily papers have been...

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• Artifacts
• Newspapers
• Writers and Editors

Horace Greeley Transformed [published Apr. 13, 1884]

jpkntz July 12, 2023

      The recent openin’ of the new Eden museum...

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• Brooklyn
• Neighborhoods

Williamsburg vs. Brooklyn [published Aug. 17, 1884]

jpkntz July 12, 2023

      Political feelin’ in New York and Brooklyn ran...

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• Artifacts
• Revolutionary War

The Vandalized Statue of William Pitt [published Mar. 16, 1884]

jpkntz July 12, 2023

      We haven’t got many relics of the past...

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• Entrepreneurs
• Inventors

Solace Tobacco [published Dec. 11, 1881]

jpkntz July 12, 2023

       John Anderson, the great tobacconist, millionaire and philanthropist,...

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