Brooklyn

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Brooklyn’s Irishtown Whisky Raids; Jimmy Haggerty’s Escape [published December 4, 1881]

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I had a talk, the other day, with...

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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 New York Earthquake of 1870 [published Aug. 17, 1884]

jpkntz January 30, 2024

People have been talkin’ earthquake durin’ the last...

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Early Days of Coney Island [published June 17, 1883]

jpkntz December 31, 2023

Everybody goes to Coney Island nowadays, and yet...

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Public Love for the Romance of Elopement [published Sep. 21, 1884]

jpkntz October 19, 2023

Roma Sickles, General Sickles step-sister, who eloped with...

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Tom Kinsella Tours the Hempstead Jail [published Mar. 8, 1885]

jpkntz July 31, 2023

“Tom” Kinsella, the late politician and journalist of...

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The (American) Tichborne Claimant [published Feb. 3, 1884]

jpkntz July 23, 2023

I see the Tichborne claimant’s time is nearly...

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Lola Montez, Smoking [published Nov. 13, 1881]

jpkntz July 15, 2023

An old friend of mine, who was for...

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Coney Island “Runners” and the Oceanic

jpkntz July 14, 2023

I went down, along with thousands of my...

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Henry Ward Beecher On Thin Ice [published Feb. 8, 1885]

jpkntz July 13, 2023

Readin’ the other day an account of the...