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

jpkntz March 28, 2024 0

      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]

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      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]

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      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 0

      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]

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      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 0

      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 0

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

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• Eccentrics
• Entrepreneurs
• Royalty
• Sailing Ships
• Steamboats

Building and Welcoming Foreign Ships [published May 7, 1882]

jpkntz March 9, 2024 0

      New York ship-builders used to be so famous...

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• Entrepreneurs
• Stock Market

The Mining Board…of Manipulation [published Apr. 30, 1882]

jpkntz March 7, 2024 0

      Every now and then somethin’ about minin’, minin’...

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• Actors
• Theater

Stage Fright and Stage Pluck [published Feb. 19, 1882]

jpkntz March 6, 2024 0

      Some actors at my little theatre the other...

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