Month: April 2024

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The First “Wickedest Man in New York” [published Feb. 10, 1884]

jpkntz April 29, 2024

The recent efforts of old Mr. Gibbs, the...

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Edwin Booth’s Debut; A Prank on Joe Jefferson [published Dec. 9, 1883]

jpkntz April 25, 2024

The reappearance of Edwin Booth in New York,...

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The Operatic Death of Lorenzo Da Ponte [published Nov. 4, 1883]

jpkntz April 21, 2024

The operatic war wagin’ between Abbey and Mapleson...

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Francis Murphy’s Path to Temperance [published Sep. 30, 1883]

jpkntz April 19, 2024

Francis Murphy, like all the big temperance men,...

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Gentlemanly Chester A. Arthur Defends Lizzie Jennings’ Right to Ride a Streetcar [published Sep. 23, 1883]

jpkntz April 15, 2024

About the time I came from England to...

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Flushing–Quaint Home to Quakers and Pirates [published July 29, 1883]

jpkntz April 11, 2024

I have always been very fond of Flushing....

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Old New York Painters in Clover(s) [published July 1, 1883]

jpkntz April 7, 2024

I was passin’ down Fulton Street the other...

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Finding Beauty in Death at Greenwood Cemetery [published May 27, 1883]

jpkntz April 5, 2024

As Decoration Day approaches one naturally takes to...

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The Detectives and the World’s Greatest Impostor [published May 20, 1883]

jpkntz April 2, 2024

A lawyer of this city, residin’ on an...