Month: January 2024

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The Odd Home and Strange Temperament of a Brilliant Writer [published July 2, 1882]

jpkntz January 21, 2024

Havin’ some business near Newark, recently, I passed...

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The Flour Riot of 1837 [published June 4, 1882]

jpkntz January 20, 2024

Meat is goin’ up, or at least, the...

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The Ghost Writer and the Fortune Teller [published Jan. 15, 1882]

jpkntz January 18, 2024

Among the humbugs of thirty years ago was...

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Marriage Challenges of Women of the Stage [published Oct. 23, 1881]

jpkntz January 17, 2024

There has been for some time a rumor...

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Notable Yachts of New York [published June 19, 1881]

jpkntz January 16, 2024

Besides the yacht America, to which I have...

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Mike Walsh’s “Japanese Cactus” [published May 22, 1881]

jpkntz January 15, 2024

A friend of mine told me the other...

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The Great Patent Office Jewel Robbery (Where Robbery Was Not the Object) [published Apr. 17, 1881]

jpkntz January 14, 2024

Many of my readers probably don’t know or...

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The Veiled Murderess of Troy [published Mar. 20, 1881]

jpkntz January 12, 2024

One of my correspondents requests that I make...

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Dens of the Five Points [published Jan. 9, 1881]

jpkntz January 11, 2024

Thirty years ago, when I came to New...

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Sol Smith’s Theatre Company [published Nov. 29, 1885]

jpkntz January 10, 2024

The New York amusement-goin’ world is full of...