Month: February 2024

• Anecdotes
• Music
• Philanthropists

Joe Drexel and His Fiddle [published Sep. 27, 1885]

jpkntz February 10, 2024

      For some time prior to the late Republican...

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• Epidemics
• Landmarks
• Medicine

The Reformers of Bellevue [published Sep. 6, 1885]

jpkntz February 8, 2024

      It is, perhaps, too early to congratulate New...

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• Artists
• Impostors
• Philanthropists
• Women

The Gentleman’s Gentleman Who Was a Lady [published Jun. 7, 1885]

jpkntz February 6, 2024

      The papers have lately been full of the...

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• Eccentrics
• Women

Miss America (Vespucci) Comes to New York [published May 31, 1885]

jpkntz February 5, 2024

      All sorts of people come to New York...

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• Hotels
• Landmarks
• Practical Jokes
• Restaurants

The Varied History of the Knickerbocker Cottage [published Mar. 29, 1885]

jpkntz February 4, 2024

      The old Knickerbocker Cottage on Sixth avenue has...

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• Entertainments
• Inventors
• Sports

Roller Skating Comes to New York [published Mar. 8, 1885]

jpkntz February 3, 2024

      The roller-skatin’ mania has struck the Madison Square...

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• Opera

The Genteel Manners of Pasquale Brignoli [published Nov. 9, 1884]

jpkntz February 1, 2024

      “If every woman who used to fancy herself...

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