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cowcatcher

Car Spotters, Instinctive Engineers, and Other Railroad Personalities [published Sep. 10, 1882]

jpkntz December 14, 2023

Dick Carter dropped in at my little place...

vanderbilt_cornelius

The Best Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt Bests [published Aug. 27, 1882]

jpkntz December 13, 2023

[Warning: The following column, published in 1882, contains an...

jeffgds2

Militias Collide, Obliquely [published July 30, 1882]

jpkntz December 12, 2023

I have some previously mentioned on several occasions...

omnibus

The Early Ferries and Stage Lines of New York [published July 9, 1882]

jpkntz December 10, 2023

Crossin’ over to Jersey City, the other day,...

menken_adah_isaacs2

The Luck of Mazeppa and the Fall of a Prima Donna [published May 7, 1882]

jpkntz December 8, 2023

I have before alluded to one of the...

matsell_george

A Know Nothing Riot Averted [published Mar. 19, 1882]

jpkntz December 7, 2023

Passin’ across City Hall Square not long ago,...

hotcorngirl2

Two Infamous Wife-Murderers [published Feb. 12, 1882]

jpkntz December 1, 2023

[Warning: The following newspaper column, written in 1882, contains...

fort-wayne-railroad-events-118957677

The Wall Street Fall of A. W. Morse [published Aug. 14, 1881]

jpkntz November 30, 2023

Goin’ along William street the other day I...

sonsofmalta

A National Practical Joke: The Sons of Malta [published July 3, 1881]

jpkntz November 28, 2023

Fifteen or sixteen years ago New York went...

alcoholism

Extremes of Self-Promotion: John B. Gaugh and Henry M. Paine [published June 5, 1881]

jpkntz November 27, 2023

People were just as anxious to get and...