Year: 2023

pokercards

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

jpkntz July 13, 2023

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

middledutchcurch

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

jpkntz July 13, 2023

The papers have been full lately of the...

icebridge

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

jpkntz July 13, 2023

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

madisoncottage

Moving Day Woes [published May 17, 1885]

jpkntz July 13, 2023

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

horsegaits-1

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

jpkntz July 12, 2023

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

waxworks

Horace Greeley Transformed [published Apr. 13, 1884]

jpkntz July 12, 2023

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

williamsburg

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

jpkntz July 12, 2023

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

williampitt

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

jpkntz July 12, 2023

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

solacetobacco

Solace Tobacco [published Dec. 11, 1881]

jpkntz July 12, 2023

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

redpetticoat

The Red Petticoat Fashion Fad [published April 23, 1882]

jpkntz July 12, 2023

I heard my women folks the other day...