jpkntz

• Brooklyn
• Deaths
• Landmarks

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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• Criminals
• Detectives
• Impostors

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

jpkntz April 2, 2024

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

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• Disasters
• Firefighters
• Theater

Bunking Fire Laddies and the Bowery Theatre Fire [published Apr. 22, 1883]

jpkntz March 31, 2024

      Passin’ by an engine house the other day...

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• Eccentrics
• Jews
• Landmarks
• Writers and Editors

Niagara Falls, Refuge to New Yorkers [published Mar. 18, 1883]

jpkntz March 28, 2024

      The recent talk about turnin’ Niagara Falls into...

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• Deaths
• Disasters
• Schools

The Stampede and Stairway Collapse at Ward School No. 26 [published Feb. 25, 1883]

jpkntz March 22, 2024

      Every father and mother in New York has...

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• Entrepreneurs
• France
• Gambling

Edward Stern and the Riverboat Sharpers [published Jan. 7, 1883]

jpkntz March 21, 2024

      The recent death of Gambetta has given the...

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• Deaths
• Entertainments
• Murder
• Stunts

Mlle. Volante and the Mirror Trick Shot [published Dec. 10, 1882]

jpkntz March 19, 2024

      The recent killin’ of the unfortunate actress by...

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• Actors
• African-Americans
• England

Ira Aldridge, Forced From New York By Prejudice [published Oct 1, 1882]

jpkntz March 15, 2024

      Burnt Cork and negro minstrels have always been...

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• Colonial New York
• Taverns

Old Coffee-Houses of New York [published Sep 17, 1882]

jpkntz March 13, 2024

      There are no more coffee-houses–at least, no coffee...

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• Entertainments
• Hotels
• Restaurants

Willard & Jenning’s City Hotel; Niblo’s Garden; Windust’s [published July 9, 1882]

jpkntz March 11, 2024

      I met Marsh, the veteran hotel clerk, probably...

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